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New Bloggers? Great Ideas from Social Media Minds on how and where to get compelling content-Twitversation 1

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Twitter is a Grand Experiment and one of the things that Twitter just rocks at, is Crowdsourcing.  Crowdsourcing is the process of sending a question out to the "statusphere" and getting back multiple (often valuable) answers...  The Quality of the answers depends solely upon the quality of your community...

I am Lucky.

I am truly blessed with a social community that includes the brightest minds in the RE.NET.  Associates, Friends, Clients and Co-Workers...  Most of which have come from Social Media, and almost all of which I consider #IRL (In Real Life) close friends...  This is the ANOTHER thing that Twitter just Rocks at.

So I had an idea...  Why don't I ask a question that REALTORS, my clients, would like to have Crowdsourced and give my tweeples 15 minutes to tweet their answers (in 140 characters or less)...

I asked and they gave of their day to engage, help, answer and enlighten...  A sincere thanks to everyone below.  You ROCK!

Here was the question...

 

and here were the answers...  A special thanks to Ines Hegedus-Garcia, Eric Stegemann, Ginger Wilcox, Bill Lublin, Vicki Lloyd, Jay Thompon, Sara Bonert (who tweeted from On stage at a presentation), Drew Meyers, David Gibbons, Kris Berg, and all others who offered great advice....

For those new to twitter, here are some tips to read this CONVERSATION...

  • Read from the BOTTOM up.. That is how the conversation takes place.. Oldest to Newest (Kind of like a Blog)
  • RT means ReTweet. This means you agree and support the statement made, and may add a thought to the end...
  • @(name) means you are speaking to that individual, but on the public timeline....

NOTE: I asked for answers, and a CONVERSATION Broke out...  Welcome to Twitversation...

This was just SO cool, I think we should make it a weekly thing... Do You?  What are your thoughts on the this question and what questions would you like to see in the future...  Please feel free to leave a comment or question to any of the participants, here? or tweet them with the twitter handle next to their name...

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Derek Overbey
Roost.com - San Francisco, CA

I was on the last 30 minutes but I swear I was there!

Jul 22, 2009 11:24 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Pretty cool, Jim. Just what you would expect to have happen. There's a wealth of information in 140 characters. And a ton of idea folks ready to share.

Jeff

Jul 22, 2009 11:30 AM
Jim Marks
Virtual Results - Laguna Beach, CA

Derek,

It went from 10 -10:30... you got on at 12:30...  Really felt bad I didnt include your tweets...they were awesome...  I will put you on the emai list and give you advance warning...

Love your input.

Jul 22, 2009 11:32 AM
Chris Olsen
Olsen Ziegler Realty - Cleveland, OH
Broker Owner Cleveland Ohio Real Estate

Hi Jim -- This is a pretty compelling argument on one of the great strengths of Twitter.

Jul 22, 2009 12:39 PM
Christine Donovan
Donovan Blatt Realty - Costa Mesa, CA
Broker/Attorney 714-319-9751 DRE01267479 - Costa M

There's a lot of great ideas that came out of your tweet.  Write a controversial title's always a great way to garner attention.

Jul 22, 2009 01:39 PM
Lane Bailey
Century 21 Results Realty - Suwanee, GA
Realtor & Car Guy

The thing that struck me is that I have hung out with well over half of these folks...  And they are great resources...

Jul 22, 2009 02:14 PM
Greg Fleischaker
Louisville, KY
Louisville's real estate podcast

Great conversation, one that is sure to help those of us finally getting on the bandwagon.

Jul 22, 2009 02:16 PM
An Marshall
Berkshire Hathaway - St. Augustine - Saint Augustine, FL
Your St Augustine Real Estate Consultant

Oh boy, I really don't even know what you have all been talking about.  But I start a class tomorrow and hope to get better informed.

Jul 22, 2009 02:39 PM
Aaron Poling
Long & Foster - Martinsburg, WV
Working to get YOU the BEST Deal!

I post all my questions here on AR and always get great answers.

Jul 22, 2009 02:43 PM
Anonymous
Janet Rushford

Great ideas for a rookie like me!

Jul 22, 2009 02:46 PM
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Anonymous
Janet Rushford

Great ideas for a rookie like me!

Jul 22, 2009 02:46 PM
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Melissa Zavala
Broadpoint Properties - Escondido, CA
Broker, Escondido Real Estate, San Diego County

I really need to get on Twitter. I am like a mile or so behind when it comes to the social networking thing!

Jul 22, 2009 03:05 PM
Lora "Leah" Stern 914-772-4528
Coldwell Banker, 170 N Main Street, New City NY 10956 - New City, NY
Real Estate Salesperson

Jim, that's a great way to get ideas for a blog when you come up empty.  Now if I only knew my way around twitter, it might help!

Jul 22, 2009 03:25 PM
John Novak
Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace - Las Vegas, NV
Henderson, Las Vegas and Summerlin Real Estate

"The Quality of the answers depends solely upon the quality of your community." That is readily apparent in the responses here, and something we all need to keep in mind as we build our online networks.

Jul 22, 2009 03:27 PM
Becky Brand
Shorewest Realtors - Oconomowoc, WI

Awesome post!  Thanks for sharing both the info and the method of getting the information. 

Jul 22, 2009 03:30 PM
Sara Bonert
Zillow - Atlanta, GA
Real Estate Internet Marketing

Hey Jim- While this content was good, I think the way you went about getting the conversation going is really the brainchild here.  Making this into a regular thing is very interesting. 

Realtors take note of how Jim did this, you could easily do this in your market.  Jim got something going around a general topic.  You could get something going about a local topic.  Imagine asking a lender, title, realtor, and builder to talk about the (insert local topic here) for 15 minutes each Monday on Twitter. Then repackage this into a blog post (like Jim did) and each participant broadcast the results and next week's topic to their twitter, facebook and linkedin friends..... you get the idea. All wrapped up with a pretty, hashtag bow. 

This was great Jim, thanks for organizing.

(and yes, I really did participate while on stage in a panel about social media!)

Jul 22, 2009 04:41 PM
Bob Bloom
Keller Williams Realty - Vancouver, WA

Concise is good. Wordy is out.

Jul 22, 2009 05:33 PM
Jeff Corbett
BoomTown - Charleston, SC

Damn I wished I hadnt missed this...awesome idea Jim, crowd-sourcing at its finest and a truly novel example of how to generate compelling content!  I think you answered your own question with this experiment that hopefully turns into a series :)

 

Jul 22, 2009 06:16 PM
Carol Pease
JP & Associates Realtors - Bastrop, TX
CRS, Broker-Associate 512-721-6320

Where do all these great minds find the time to twitter.  It is after 1:00 am and I just wandered in to see what was up tonignt.  Everyone seems to focus on writing about your passion!  Great comments.  Thanks for sharing this with us. 

Jul 22, 2009 06:32 PM
Home Loan Search.Online
Home Loan Search Online - Newnan, GA

Great concept. I've known that to work by using your status on Facebook but I've never thought about it with Twitter.

Jul 23, 2009 01:16 AM