Are you trying to figure out how to measure your success with Facebook? Well you are not alone!
Real estate agents are just many on the long list of companies and marketers trying to figure out how to gain measurable, trackable results from social media platforms. ViTrue, a social media service recently posted a survey showing Tuesdays and Wednesdays almost have a 10% click through rate, higher than every other day of the week. Read the rest of this entry »
Twitter is a perfect platform for building a real estate community online. Whether you are engaging prospective home buyers and sellers or following others in the real estate community, Twitter is a fun, simple and not to mention FREE way to interact with the real estate community.
Here are a few tips to get started using Twitter today:
1. Network with others tweeting within the real estate community. Start by following real estate pros in your local area to build your community. You can also search for other industry gurus nationwide to follow or send invitations to your friends to join Twitter and build your online real estate community.
2. Educate home buyers and sellers on real estate. You can use Twitter as a platform to educate others about real estate, especially first time home buyers. For example, you can post links to information available online, including tips on purchasing a home, stats on the state of your current local market or advice on beginning a home search. Tweets are an easy way for you to share information and generate conversations about your business expertise.
3. Create a community with your current clients. Invite your current clients to join Twitter, ask them to follow you and in return, follow them. It’s a perfect platform to share ideas, invite them to open houses, notify them of new listings, share links online and so much more.
To get started building your online real estate community, you can follow Homes.com on Twitter here.
Homes.com provides a simple, FREE way to share listings on Facebook for FREE. Here’s how:
1. Click on the “Share on Facebook” link on the Homes.com listing.
2. If you’re not logged in already, log into your Facebook account.
3. Comment on your posting for all your friends to see or send a message to individual friends.
4. Click “Share” and the listing is posted to your profile.
Did you know that the fastest growing demographic of active Facebook users, according to the Facebook statistics page, are those 35 and older? With more and more of your targeted real estate audience using this social media platform, it’s important for you to take advantage of the FREE services that Facebook offers for real estate. That’s why Homes.com offers this FREE feature too.
For more information on posting listings on Facebook, check out our sister company, Advanced Access, who has an excellent blog post where you can learn more about reaching this audience on Facebook for FREE. To read this post, just click here.
Also, don’t forget to follow Homes.com on Facebook.