Getting your FACE-book, LINKED-in so others can see your my-SPACE
October 18th, 2009 Categories: Uncategorized
Getting connected with today’s home buyer, generation X and Y, seems like a challenge. It is. But considering the tools available to you, it also has never been so easy. The old ways of open houses, cold calling and sending postcards seems obsolete. While not entirely true, there are better ways to get your name face and message out to your sphere and others….social networks. There are so many out there it will amaze you. CHECK HERE
You may ask, “How do you establish the trust, that face to face relationships are best at, via the web?” Go to one of the sites and see for yourself. The users give you access to their lives through their profile, which consists of: pictures. self descriptions, school and job histories, stories, their friends, and their friends’ friends, and the list goes on and on. We need to socialize ourselves, not in the traditional way, but rather the virtual way. Anyone interested in staying connected with the web will need an ever changing early-adopter attitude. The web is always changing and requires our utmost attention to stay up with it.
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Here are a few of the social sites that I am connected with and recommend you get connected with as well:
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First is FaceBook. The most visited social networking site there is. It is not a site just for connecting with your third grade buddy, no no no. It’s a way to view profiles of people with the same interests as you. It is a way to view people in your area who are connected with similar interests as you . Ultimately it is a way into millions of people’s lives through information they choose to share, which you will find is quite a lot. Here are some of the baffling stats of Facebook.
More than 300 million active users, 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day, The fastest growing demographic is 35 years old and older, Each friend has an average of 130 friends, over 2 billion photos uploaded each month, over 14 billion videos added each month.
Twitter is a great site that gives you up to the minute updates to individuals. Twitter is a free service that lets you keep in touch with people through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Use Twitter to productively market, promote, converse, or network to millions of followers. It is your job to provide value to your followers so they will promote that value to others. They will watch your every move and wait for your next post. With generation X and Y wanting their info. so immediate, this can be a extremely valuable service to them. Primarily a service useful in business, and many people have used twitter in their business. See for yourself here. Here are a few stats on Twitter.
55 million visits every month, it is the third most visited social network, 72.5% of all users have joined since January 2009, 93.6% of users have less than 100 followers, while 92.4% follow less than 100 people.
YouTube is a website we have all visited, but how many of us have posted a video? Founded in 2005 it has since become the second most trafficked social networking website. YouTube is a platform used by individuals to express, connect, inform, and inspire others who view their content. This can be another valuable service in any profession. Musicians, real estate agents/brokers, comedians, teaching, filmmakers, and professional content providers are just a few of the professions taking advantage of YouTube. You can share your talents and expertise thus establishing trust with a client you have never met. Express yourself publicly or privately and gain subscribers awaiting your newest video. It is easy to do and effective. Perhaps your next video will be the newest number one gaining close to 23,000,000 views. Now that’s good advertising.
A “Few”Tube stats. Every minute ten hours of video is uploaded into YouTube, 150,000 videos uploaded daily, over 100,000,000 videos to view, It would take over 450 years to watch all the videos…
So now that you know all the advantages these social networks have to offer try a few out. I recommend FaceBook and Blogspot.com. Soon you will have hundreds of new contacts and new friends as well as reconnecting with old ones.
