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Re: How Our Real Estate Firm is Embracing Social Media

CrystalCoastBlog — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:59:09 -0000

I love all the consistent branding with Jameson. You guys are certainly on your marketing "A" game. I would recommend you consider having your webmaster add FBML to your Facebook fan page so it offers your fans two critical features; the ability to search for Chicago properties and read about Chicago neighborhoods right on your FB fan page.

Re: Real Estate Bar Camp Ohio

cletch — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:19:01 -0000

That explains why I love frosting so much!

Was great to meet you and to listen to your ideas. Very cool you streamed the event and I apologize for my camera shyness at the end of the event when you asked for comments.

Re: Real Estate Bar Camp Ohio

CrystalCoastBlog — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:55:40 -0000

Pat - Awesome meeting you at RE BarCamp Ohio! The great thing about real estate barcamps is you can guide discussions in breakout sessions, attend those to help you learn about social media or rediscover the fire of social media and maybe experience your own personal "ah-ha" moment in another session. The point being, you make RE BarCamp what YOU want it to be. The "frosting on the cake" is walking away from the event having met others you may have interacted with online, made new friends and expanded your network in a very valuable way!

Re: 20+ Social Media and Online Resources for Realtors

RoyalAntsJosh — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:04:57 -0000

Thanks for the comment, and for the great advice. Social media is without a doubt a soft sell tactic when it comes to marketing. While researching, every successful example of real estate agents making deals and contacts via social media was through first building a realtionship with people. Later those people contacted the agent when they were in need of real estate services because they trusted that person.

Re: 20+ Social Media and Online Resources for Realtors

CrystalCoastBlog — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:22:50 -0000

Josh - you offer some excellent tips for those in RE.net. I would recommend real estate pros who are embracing SM to look beyond the typical real estate watering holes and hang out at traditional sites like Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, MySpace and LinkedIn. Of course, it's wise to write keyword-rich, unique profiles at each of these portals. Observing social networking "netiquette", I always recommend those in RE.net to leave the hard sell at the door.

Bobby Carroll - Crystal Coast Blog
@rewebcoach
Dakno Real Estate Marketing

Re: Talk Social News Episode 19 Video: A look back at Social Media in 2008 and Kipp and Wayne’s predictions for 2009

CrystalCoastBlog — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:51:36 -0000

Great post guys. Recap of 2008 was spot on. BTW - I met both of you back at the first Social Media Club meeting at Ignite Social Media in Cary with Jim Tobin. Happy to hear your goal is to strive for better quality for 2009 Along those lines, here are a few of my suggestions:

Go to a 2-camera system with a wide shoot and one solely positioned so we can see your monitor. Currently, it's really difficult to see the monitor when you guys refer to the screen.

Of course, light control will help with that. That means eliminating the extraneous light from the window.

I also suggest the length of your videos be a bit shorter. This one's a bit too long IMOH. Maybe have one video be focused on a 2008 year in review and the second video be about predictions for 2009. Just a thought. Hindsight is 20/20 of course.

Keep up the great work. I'm a fan!

Bobby Carroll - Dakno Real Estate Marketing
@rewebcoach

Re: Get Your .Me Domain Today

CrystalCoastBlog — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:18:18 -0000

Joel - I totally agree. For those agents who leverage the personal brand marketing angle, they may want to consider buying their .me extension.

In preparation for the Inman Conference, I purchased a .me URL for those who might want to add me as a Twitter friend. The URLI purchased is YouCanFollow.me.

BTW- it was great meeting you at Inman Connect!