I’m one of those jump right in kinda’ guys… no sticking my toe in to see what’s happening for me! But when I first started communicating and networking on Twitter, I have to admit it wasn’t making much sense. I kept doing it, but I just wasn’t “Feeling” it.
Since then, I’ve learned 5 Things About Twitter that made it easier for me!
#’s are your friend. Hashtags, those # marks, are one of the ways to search for information on Twitter. So #Dallas… or #Cardinals… you can even put the Hashtag and the word or term in your Google “search” bar and come up with real time results! (#FF shows up every Friday – it’s a list of people you might want to follow!)
U Dont Have 2 Use All Ur Vowels In Twitter World it’s perfectly acceptable to misspell words. You only have 140 characters for your whole idea – so this can B helpful!
Twitter doesn’t make any sense to most people unless you “LOOK AT IT” with another tool. I like to use HootSuite (which is free) but a ton of my friends also us Seesmic and TweetDeck. There are probably more than 50 good platforms for looking at Twitter on your Laptop or Mobile Device. Here’s what My Hootsuite screen shot shows today.
With this screen shot, you can see the left column is my NewsFeed (like Facebook) and I can have a HUGE number of columns to the right. The one with the red arrow is pointing to #RETSO (a Real Estate Technology event that I hope to go to this spring).
You can put people you want to follow into lists. Just like Facebook, you can organize the people you follow into lists. You can ALSO follow a list!
Checking in on Four Square will send a notification to Twitter (if that’s how you have it set up)…ditto with your blog posts, and your LinkedIn Status updates… but you will not find many people FOLLOWING you, unless you actually join a conversation. Twitter, just like ALL of the other Social Media Is A Cocktail Party. If you are going to get anything out of it… you need to MINGLE!
If you have questions about building your real estate blog as you build your real estate business, give me a call! Josh Harley, Fathom Realty, 214-228-0301. I’d love to help you, and learn more about what’s working in your market! Are you on Facebook and Twitter? Let’s Connect!
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