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I finally decided to try Facebook last week. I'm beginning to get aquainted
with it, but would love all the advise possible about how to use it for
business. I'm sure that others would be interested in that, too. I did see
some one post a listing the other day, but I don't know how to do that yet.

Linda,

I am fairly new to Facebook. It still amazes me the amount of time some people must spend on the internet?? Anyhow this is how I put my listings on Facebook. There may be another way but this is how I do it. Create a postlet account go to www.postlets.com, sign up/log in. Click on Create a Postlet and then follow the steps to add your listing information and photos. You can play around with the layouts/colors and then there is a button you click to post it on Craigslist as well. At the bottom of the page where you view all the info and photos there is a button copy/paste html - click on that button. The next page is where you choose where the ad is syndicated. As well as post to Craigslist if you want. Below the list of syndication sites is a group of buttons where you can link your listings. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter etc. Click the one you want, log in and there it is (at least for Facebook). Make you click the "post" button. One of my teammates missed this step and wondered why it wasn't on her page. It take a couple of minutes, so my advice is wait 5 minutes after you post the listing, then check or refresh your page. The first time I did this I didn't wait. I kept adding the listing. Fortunately there is a delete option for any posting on the wall.

It is pretty amazing how you can connect with people- not only those you have lost touch with - but making the business connections around the country and really even the globe. I have just connected with an e-Pro who found me on NYSAR (New York State Assoc. of Realtors) page. He is from New York (the city) and not anyone who I most likely would never had met. Within hours of signing up, I heard from 2 friends from high school, and that was more years ago than we are going to talk about. One lives across the state near Buffalo, and the other is in Oregon. So it was fun catching up with them. But I am really hoping that this can be used more as a business tool than a social place to reconnect with old friends.

Good luck to you- email me if you have any other questions I can help you with.

Kris Coutant, e-Pro
Associate Broker
The Ultimate Team
Keller Williams Realty Distinctive Properties
Serving Warren, Washington
and Saratoga Counties
Cell: 518 361 5250
Office: 518 798 0040
KrisCoutant@roadrunner.com

 

Jim Clauser
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I finally decided to try Facebook last week. I'm beginning to get aquainted
with it, but would love all the advise possible about how to use it for
business. I'm sure that others would be interested in that, too. I did see
some one post a listing the other day, but I don't know how to do that yet.

If anyone else is out there and wants to add me as their friend, just search
for Linda@Grissette.com/

Linda,

I just returned from a round table on Social Networking and the panelists stated they are very low key on using Facebook for hard core business dealings. They bring in as many friends as they wish and use Facebook for keeping in touch, hoping to find common ground and interests. Then they start posting "I'm doing an open house at 123 Main this afternoon from 2-4." Or they let friends know that they just listed a property or sold a property. Telling others what is going on in your life is what it's all about. Very subtle marketing. If someone wants to take it further, they will let you know. Thus, you won't offend your other friends that just want to be friends. I hope this is a start.

Catherine Myers, REALTOR
GRI, CRS, ABR, SRES
Alain Pinel Realtors
1646 No. California Blvd., Suite 101
Walnut Creek, CA 94596

925-683-2125 cell
925-465-1593 fax

www.DiabloValley.net
www.CCShortSales.com

Here's where I find value in Facebook. Notice that every time you log in, your home page gives you updates on all kinds of things your friends are doing - their status, things they've posted, comments they've made on other people's pictures, etc. Well, think about what your friends might see about YOU when THEY log in. I go on almost every day and do something related to real estate - either change my status to something like "John is happy they expanded the first-time homebuyer tax credit, or post a link to an article I think people will find interesting/helpful in real estate

John Laibson

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Good info, John, and a great marketing tool.

Let's take it a step further. Once you find these unique niche groups, why not create your own RealTown Group - either public or private? There you can set up your format, invite users, have a great platform to share content and user-generated info and add other members of the sphere as you find them.

Just log on to RealTown and click on the Group tab on the My RealTown page.

Great product and all for free.

Rich