There’s no doubt about it. Technology has totally revolutionized how real estate agents conduct their businesses. Remember back just a few years ago when agents had to rely on just the telephone and postal service to communicate with customers? And where our best form of exposure was the local newspaper or yellow pages?
Well, goodbye ancient times. Thanks to technology those archaic methods for running a real estate business have been replaced with computers, websites, blogs, and social networking sites that enable any real estate agent to communicate with thousands of people from all corners of the world almost magically.
Okay, now that brings us to Twitter. What is Twitter? It’s a social networking website that enables people to obtain information about people, some particular topic, a business, and more, simply by browsing the site for tweets (as they are called). Where do the tweets come from? They come from people with a wide-range of backgrounds, experience, and interests; and because most want to be informative, they provide lots of fresh ideas and opinions worth consideration, including the market, foreclosures, mortgages, home selling, and real estate investments.
Fair enough, but here’s how it can help you.
Once you sign up (it’s free) you can start posting your own tweets for others to read, exchange ideas with other tweeters, and join in any number of forums. In other words, you can be heard, interact with other agents and professionals (perhaps potential customers), and at the same time expose your business and expertise to the world. Best of all, it’s in real time so you don’t have to wait to get posted. Simply write your message and click the Tweet button.
If you’re not into Twitter yet, you should consider it because social networking can make a huge difference to your real estate business. It not only opens you up to a ton of information you might find profitable, but it provides with an easy and affordable (it’s free) way to inform others about you and your business. Just go to the web site, sign up, set up your profile, and start getting into the action. Here’s to your success.
