Okay, its hip, its the cool thing to do. Tweet away. Follow me. Please follow me. Come on you know you want to follow me.
I am just not sure why everyone loves twitter so much. I use it, I follow people, I get some followers, but what are you really following. Did you really want to know how many times I went to the bathroom today. I guess if thats your thing who am I to tell you differently.
I have grown a little fonder of twitter recently, and continue to learn a lot from tweetdeck, and twibs, but the founders of twitter must have paid celebrities and the media to report on how great twitter is. I can't tell you how many times I have heard the local, regional, and national news media mention twiiter in a news report.
What do you tweet about? How do you use it for business?
David Serle
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I realize that I'm completely out of tune with recent popular real estate Internet marketing, but I still believe that Twitter is a colossal waste of time.
Use the ActiveRain feed to automatically post links to your ActiveRain blogs on Twitter. If you use the Facebook application to Twitter, your ActiveRain blog links will automatically appear on your Facebook wall as well.
Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/roykelley
If you use twitter properly, it can be an amazing tool to build business relationships. The key is to use the social side of it more than the media. I have been able to build many great relationships just from twitter that have resulted in business just from being me and conversing with those that are followers/following me. But, like Lenn said, it isn't for everyone. Some just hate it. I wouldn't put all my eggs in just a twitter basket. Just like any type of successful marketing, you have to have balance.
David,
Try the following techniques that I have documented here on AR. You'll see. Yes, it is a tool in development, but it is already pretty incredible. I expect you to happily eat your words!
Finding Local Buyers, Sellers, and Renters Using Twitter
Real Estate Twitter Search - who's moving to your neighborhood?
And a case study (what I found): Found 8 Solid Prospects In 3.95 Seconds Using Twitter - Here's How
I use it, but, cannot seem to find time to tweet about what I am doing all day long like some. I am with you on thinking....what the heck is the news doing....they are talking about it constantly! We even have a commercial and I can't remember what it is exactly for but they talk about twittering too...geesh!
Lenn, thank you for your comment. I am not sure it is all a waste of time, but I am not sure it is as good as everyone says.
Roy, I do already sync with twitter. Thank you.
Jeremy, thank you for your thoughts. I am figuring it out, and do tweet as often as I can.
Ian, thanks for the links. I will check them out.
Tina, thanks for the comment. I just cannot believe we have nothing better to report on, but twitter.
This may be one of those things that needs to perk for a couple of years more to see the true value...
Hi David - I use Twitter but don't tweet all that much. I guess there's a value to it as a Realtor but I've had more success off LinkedIn and Facebook.
Twitter has definitely gone mainstream - it's in every publication we subscribe to this week/month. I didn't get twitter until I got tweetdeck - that made it manageable. I'm geting to know some people from AR in a much more informal way, plus finding out about news events locally and other places.
Sharon
Evelyn, thank you for your comments. You are probably right. I guess we should start using it now to be ahead of the game.
Jon, thank you for your comment. I agree, I have had more success on Linkedin and Facebook, but I think that twitter may bring a different audience so it may be good to work on twitter as well.
Sharon, I love tweetdeck. It organizes it better. Thank you for your comment.