Which Social Networking Site Do You Use and Why?
Below is my comment to an excellent post from Kris Kombrink. I wrote so much I thought I would Re-Blog it.
My Comment:
Your success in Social Networking, to me anyway, depends on what you wish to achieve.
I would agree with your comments regarding Facebook, but I know of several agents that use that platform very successfully (and they don't even have an open profile).
LinkedIn I also use a lot, (please see my ActiveRainer's Group on LinkedIn or contact me for details), sorry had to put that in, but this platform works on two levels. The first, a networking arena with other real estate (and other) industries looking to build links for outbound and, to be honest, more importantly inbound Referrals. The second level is at an individual/business level within your local community/locality looking to build your SOI.
I can't comment on Twitter as I have not caught that bug yet.
ActiveRain works well, mainly, in my opinion, because it is a great tool for many jobs, networking, keeping up to date, learning, new ideas and marketing yourself though Localism.com
There are so many other Networking & Social Networking platforms, from the big names like, YouTube, Facebook and sites like Hi5 down to more specialized sites like KayakMind, BlackPlanet and iVillage which have their own appeal to their users.
I recently looked to see how many "Networking" sites there are, Any guesses? 10, 20, 40?
Well I got to over 50 within 30 minutes of looking.
To give a little prospective, these are all sites with over 1,000.000 unique visitors/Users.
Since my answer is now longer than the original post and that it is such an interesting (to me anyway) subject, I shall Re-Blog this post in my own blog.
The agents on my team recently attended a Social Networking class at the local community college. They didn't come back with any magic bullet or anything, but I think they had a little better understanding of this new medium.
One interesting thing they mentioned to me about the class was that the instructor really pushed Facebook as the primary site to be using. They briefly mentioned Active Rain, Twitter and Linked In. Now I'm still new to this whole Web 2.0 thing but I have kind of prioritized the sites in my own head, and Facebook comes in dead last.
Don't get me wrong, I love Facebook and use it a lot in my personal life, but from a business stand point I would have to say Twitter and Active Rain are my #1. Active Rain is great for exposure and tapping into what other agents across the country are thinking about. And I love Twitter as a great place to learn the latest marketing and stuff.
So what's up with Facebook, do people use it for business and if so, how?
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