Clean Slate » Digg http://bhgrealestateblog.com Insights Into The Real Estate Industry Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:54:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Friday Blog Scan: Things We Liked from the Week That Was http://bhgrealestateblog.com/2009/05/22/friday-blog-scan-things-we-liked-from-the-week-that-was-16/ http://bhgrealestateblog.com/2009/05/22/friday-blog-scan-things-we-liked-from-the-week-that-was-16/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 13:49:59 +0000 Jason Steele http://bhgrealestateblog.com/?p=2721 U.S. home prices are their most affordable in at least 18 years, according to a report released Monday published on CNNMoney that offers insight into where the opportunities for great deals on great homes in markets where good jobs can also be found.

Here’s neat little Twitter story really makes you sit back and go Mm, maybe there’s something to this Twitter thing.

Star Trek fans may be somewhat geeky but it appears those who are the most devoted are being exposed to extreme leadership skills and infinite wisdom. Fast Company explores this in detail in a post titled, 12 Leadership skills from the Bridge of the Starship Enterprise.

Lane Baily offers agents and ‘little guys” tips on creating optimized landing pages on your WordPress blogs.

What do the top executives at Zappos, Digg, Microsoft and Best Buy have in common? They are all easy to follow to through Twitter on the new ExecTweet apps on the iPhone. Rick Broida explains it here.

]]> http://bhgrealestateblog.com/2009/05/22/friday-blog-scan-things-we-liked-from-the-week-that-was-16/feed/ 1 Simple Steps to Building a Social Network http://bhgrealestateblog.com/2008/11/18/simple-steps-to-building-a-social-network/ http://bhgrealestateblog.com/2008/11/18/simple-steps-to-building-a-social-network/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:50:25 +0000 Sherry Chris http://bhgrealestateblog.com/?p=773 Social networking becomes less complicated when you break it into simple steps. Last week, I presented this concept at NAR to a predominately broker owner audience. As promised, I am sharing an edited version of the presentation right here.


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The four categories, as we see them are:

Social Media Profiles… or more simply put, personal profiles on the various sites such as Facebook, Linkedin, MySpace. Building your profile is the first step.

Text Platforms… blogging, microbloging.  The second step is creating a platform to speak from and collaborate. WordPress and TypePad provide blogging platforms. Twitter is great for microblogging.

Visual and Imagery Platforms… add videos and photos to make your message more engaging. You Tube and Flickr bring your networking and your story to life.

Use Listening and Sharing Tools. Listen to what’s going on and spread the word. RSS, Digg are two of many tools that accomplish this.

If you are serious about using social networking as a business tool, some of the same rules of general networking apply. For example, always give more than you receive. And if you make a commitment, be sure to stick to it. Better not jump into this arena if you are only prepared to go halfway.

There are a growing number of examples of social networking being used effectively as a strong business tool. As the next wave of home buyers and sellers engage in the real estate market, smart agents and broker owners will have a strong presence on all of these sites. It is all part of truly being a real estate agent or brokerage of the future.

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