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Shall We Twitter?

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John Reilly, Real Estate Educator , San Diego, CA

Date: March 27, Number of Replies: 5

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Hi everyone

To Tweet or not to Tweet?

RealTown Featured Author Bob Corcoran takes a look at Twitter, one of the fastest growing social networking sites on the Net.

"One new tool that's begun to make a splash on the Internet social networking scene is Twitter (www.twitter.com). If you just said twhat? Don't feel alone. In a recent poll I read, 22 percent of people interviewed said Twitter was a 'great networking tool.' But another 36 percent asked simply, 'What's Twitter?'

"But don't get me wrong, it's growing like a Saint Bernard puppy. From February 2008 to February 2009, the number of visitors to twitter.com grew from under one million to over nine million. Twitter is basically a funny name for a way people can share their thoughts (on just about any topic imaginable) via instant messages sent over the Internet or cell phones. It's free and those who "twit" type what they're doing or thinking in 140 characters or less. And if you're selective about who you follow, it can become a kind of readable radio show of the thoughts on whatever industry you are interested in."

Sound interesting? Take a look at the full article and, as always, let us know what you think.

John Reilly e-PRO
CEO and Publisher
RealTown®
John@RealTown.com
San Diego 619-283-7302 x103

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Katherine Keough Licensed Real Estate Agent, Shelton, WA

Date: March 28

I am twittering, and believe me there is an ever growing number of real
estate professionals on Twitter now.

Kedda Keough
Shelton Land & Homes, LLC
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360-426-5555 (office)

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friends need a caring and competent real estate professional. Thanks for
your referrals!"

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Herb Gentry

Date: March 29

I would like to become more knowledgeable about Twitter and how you can use it advantage without breaking the rules. I undeerstand there is a limit to how many friends you have and they discourage people who only promote their particular business all the time.

Herb Gentry
RealEstate.com
623-826-1044
17425 N Stone Haven Drive
Surprise, AZ 85374
www.HerbSellsAZ.com

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Julious Evans Licensed Real Estate Agent, South Hill, VA

Date: March 31

Once again..... Twitter is just another form of social networking . Its not a place to go and push your business on anyone . If you are looking for somewhere to put your listings or push anything out there on Twitter or Facebook or any other social network, most will get offended and worst of all you will be doing it all in Vain . The best thing that you can do IF you want to "tweet" is just become an active member and participate in on-line discussions and build up those friendships FIRST ! Then you can every now and then casually bring up something pertaining to being a REALTOR or something about Real Estate . To Tweet or not to Tweet....lol

Julious Evans ABR e-PRO
REALTOR
RE/MAX By The Lake 102 S. Mecklenburg Ave South Hill,Va. 23970
Office: 434-447-7003
Fax: 434-447-7004
Cell: 434-607-1859
Email: jevans1@JuliousEvans.com

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Win Singleton Vendor, Falls Church, VA

Date: April 30

From an article at ComputerWorld on 4/29/09 called "Twitter quitters are fleeing the site in droves" - It seems that while people are joining the micro-blogging site in droves, a whole lot of them don't stick around for long. A Nielsen Co. report released yesterday shows that 60% of Twitter users do not return to the microblogging site the next month. And for the 12 months prior to Oprah Winfrey joining Twitter this month with great media fanfare, the site had a retention rate of less than 30%.

Is this just because Twitter is a fledgling site that maybe hasn't found its footing yet?

Not really, according to Nielsen. Compared to the early years of social networking giants Facebook and MySpace, Twitter's retention is still bad. Both Facebook and MySpace had twice the retention rate that Twitter does now, Nielsen reported. When their audiences ballooned, so did their retention rates. Both companies now have about a 70% retention rate.

"Twitter just doesn't seem to have a whole lot of stickiness to it," said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst at Technology Business Research Inc. "People join Twitter ... and then it has to be an ongoing commitment. Twitter's charm is that it's immediate and instant. The minute you get busy, its usefulness fades."

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Kim Adamof Licensed Real Estate Broker, Garner, NC

Date: May 1

Win Singleton wrote: Is this just because Twitter is a fledgling site that maybe hasn't found its footing yet? Not really, according to Nielsen. Compared to the early years of social networking giants Facebook and MySpace, Twitter's retention is still bad. Both Facebook and MySpace had twice the retention rate that Twitter does now, Nielsen reported. When their audiences ballooned, so did their retention rates. Both companies now have about a 70% retention rate. "Twitter just doesn't seem to have a whole lot of stickiness to it," said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst at Technology Business Research Inc. "People join Twitter ... and then it has to be an ongoing commitment. Twitter's charm is that it's immediate and instant. The minute you get busy, its usefulness fades."

Twitter's usefulness lies in the fact that you can "listen" to the buzz around town. The search feature allows you to "hear" what others are saying and then to join in the conversation. Being part of the conversation keeps your name in front of people. Twitter isn't for selling houses. I see companies tell agents they will post their listings on twitter, like it's a great service realtors need to pay them for, but I wonder if anyone has ever sold a house this way. I seriously doubt it.

Think about a cocktail party. You don't walk in and say I want to sell XYZ house. You introduce yourself, mingle, get to know others, and build a repoire. Once you find they have a need for real estate, then you can find them a house or list their house. But until they have a NEED, you are just "screaming" in their face that you want to sell them a house.

If you don't have time to tweet, don't use Twitter. Its not necessary to selling real estate.

Just my personal 2 cents. Have a great weekend.
Kim Adamof
Progressive Real Estate
Twitter @kadamof

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