I am a new Active Rain participant, a newbee as we say in the real estate business and wanted to express my sentiments about all of this Social Media if you are on the fence about it. My adult children (early 20's) nearly died when I informed them they could Facebook me, you could feel the pain. I also informed them that I have a Linkedin page, they stated they didn't need it, of course not...not yet...and then I received an invitation to Rain Camp in New York City this past January and I decided I needed to attend and see what this was all about.
When I arrived at Rain Camp w/notebook in hand I was blown away with the technology, technical advisement, the great communication available amoungst members across the internet and states, and the outstanding networking that was going to be available...and prior to going had set up my Active Rain account and began my profile. What a relief to have another avenue to obtain clients.
Once you write a blog post it just adds to your inventory of items out in Cyber Space. Whenever you are googled by potential clients your name comes up as current as long as you are an active member of your real estate community....it is amazing.
I now have a sale under contract, and two more buyers who have "found" me on the interent as I come up when they are cruising for a realtor in my area of expertise. I also have my own Fan Page on my Facebook called "Patricias World" that my fans will see whenever I post anything to my Facebook account that I want to keep at a professional level. My personal Facebook Page I do have to tell you I keep professional too, no Farming or Mafia Wars for me.
Give yourself a chance and try it, I truly believe that is not an upcoming wave of the future but it has already arrived...the sooner you get blogging the sooner you will suceed.
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