Comments on: Twitter for Real Estate: Who to follow?

By: Sean Walls

Sean Walls — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:43:58 +0000

Great points! Have a look at this site TwitterMLS.com , it’s a service for realtors to get their listings out to Twitter followers based on the city they are interested in, they already have a big following and a large Realtor user base! Happy Tweeteing!

By: Mitch Argon

Mitch Argon — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:49:45 +0000

I am not sure many people would find my daily real estate activities terribly interesting… showing properties, doing a blog post, returning phone calls, writing offers, etc….

Any agents out there who can attest to tweets on “day in the life” updates being of any real interest to anyone, let alone prospective clients?

By: Joe Stampone

Joe Stampone — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:14:51 +0000

G Dewald,

Thanks for your input. At this stage I am doing some monitoring of my favorite CRE users and seeing how they utilize Twitter. I don’t want to write a post merely stating the benefits of Twitter, but showing examples and results. I’ll be sure to let you know when I complete the article. Thanks for your support.

By: G Dewald

G Dewald — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:01:58 +0000

Hi Joe,

A commercial real estate list/directory would be great. I’m a little biased because I started the Inman thread, but I think that format is working the best.

The completely open formats allow for spam too easily. Sadly, real estate is an industry that attracts a lot of spam. So some sort of editorial function, if you can remain neutral and not de-list competitors, helps keep the list useful.

Also, having some sort of indication of what people tend to tweet about is also useful.

Let me know when you get something started and I’ll be happy to link to it.

By: Joe Stampone

Joe Stampone — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:43:05 +0000

Great article, I’m working on doing a similar post for my blog, but focusing exclusively on Twitter for commercial real estate professionals. Would love input or suggestions from anyone out there.

http://twitter.com/JoeStampone1

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By: Linda Slocum

Linda Slocum — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:12:31 +0000

Twitter is a great way to interact with your community and to keep up with current trends. I agree with Nordaune that Twitter shouldn’t be used just for marketing – that tends to get you unfollowed pretty quickly.

By: G Dewald

G Dewald — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:54:50 +0000

Hi Jodi, thanks for stopping by.

The best way to find out would be to ask those that are on those lists. They’re all quite friendly and open. You also might want to check out the Twitter for Lead Generation post. It has a lot of real estate related links in it.

To my knowledge no one has done a comprehensive ROI study on Twitter effectiveness yet. Also, check out the Twitter Naysaying post where I am collecting anti-Twitter articles. I like balancing pros and cons as well.

By: Jodi Suguitan

Jodi Suguitan — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:16:53 +0000

Just how successful is this type of marketing? I know it must be worth it to some, but what about the vast majority of agents on twitter? I would like to hear some of the success stories and some failures too, just to balance pros and cons….

By: G Dewald

G Dewald — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:18:16 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Nordaune!

I think you are dead on about being subtle and giving little updates now and then. For my own use of Twitter the people I follow have a high value vs low noise. I don’t mind if they pitch something now and then as long as the ratio of value to pitches is acceptable.

Of course, what’s acceptable will vary from person to person.