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Twitter for Real Estate agents? - Step 3: adjust your Twitter settings

We found Twitter to be everything but what we incorrectly assumed prior starting using it for our online real estate presence. I thought it was rather a silly technology and concept. I was so wrong...Twitter is so much more...

Interested in learning if Twitter is REALLY for you?

Why not take the journey with us? Those tutorial posts are designed to take a few minutes of your time and accomplish with each one a specific and tangible task that will bring you one step closer to your goal. So enough already, let's just do it!!!

Previous posts:

Is Twitter for Real Estate Agents? - Step 1: create your Twitter account
Is Twitter for Real Estate Agents? - Step 2: complete your Twitter profile

 

Step 3: adjust your Twitter settings

Like with any other web application, adjusting settings is just a way to get the most out of it. Nothing exciting in this post, just needs to be done...

If you have followed my two previous posts, you should have by now created your Twitter account with a good Username, added a picture, your location, your website and a keyword rich Bio.

To get to the Settings section, click on top of your Twitter page on "Settings" ( you need to be logged in your Twitter account).

  1. Account Tab
    In this section "Name", "Username" and "Email" should already be completed from the two previous posts. Make sure to adjust"Language" and "TimeZone". I personally have checked "Tweet Location" and un-cheked "Tweet Privacy" as I want my tweet to be public.
  2. Mobile Tab
    This is where you can enter your phone number which will allow you to receive and send tweets.
  3. Notices Tab
    This is where you can select to receive emails from Twitter for the following 3 reasons: when someone starts following you, when you receive a direct message, Twitter's marketing emails. I have all those un-checked as I do not need to receive extra emails.
  4. Profile Tab
    Everything should be already completed from the two previous posts. If not it is your chance to come clean...Remember completing your profile is very important as it allows other folks to find you.
  5. Design Tab
    Offers a few pre-designed themes to use as your Twitter background to customize your Twitter account. Easy and fun...
  6. Connections Tab
    There are 100,000s of third party applications that integrate with Twitter. As we keep on learning about Twitter, we will go through few of them. Those applications usually need to access your Twitter account and they appear in that section so you can revoke their access at anytime.

That was easy...

Next coming posts:

Twitter for real estate agents? - step 4: what to Tweet???
Twitter for real estate agents? - step 5: start following other Tweeps
Twitter for real estate agents? - step 6: let's take a breather...
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Catherine "Cathy" Chaudemanche Team
Realtor Associate
Circle of Excellence 2009
Agent Leadership Council
Metuchen Keller Williams Realty
Middlesex County Market Center, New Jersey

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Comments (2)

Ron Luis
Greenbrae, CA

Hi Michael,

Good information, I admit I have been negligent on using Twitter.  Now I no longer have any excuses.

Thanks,

Ron

Apr 25, 2010 09:22 AM
Wendy McSteen
Spring Realty Inc. - Channahon, IL

Hi Michael:  I too have an account on Twitter, but have not utilized it enough.  Thanks for the great information.

Apr 25, 2010 09:27 AM