An introduction to Social Media. This program was for real estate agents to teach them some addtional functions and uses of Facebook, a tutorial on Twitter, and exposure to YouTube and Blogs.

1. A Taste of Social Media for Real Estate Agents “ Find Your Voice” Liz DeLoach Social Strategies February 8, 2011

3. Why Social Media? It’s social, not self promotional No pressure involved – just the desire to connect with others Hundreds of millions are there – a potentially huge audience Ease of use

12. Who Do I Follow? How often do they tweet? Are their tweets of interest and value to you? Are they conversing and responsive to others? Do they have a good “mix” of tweets? Do they Retweet good info? That’ s a sure sign of a generous tweeter.

15. Search Resources

16. Search Resources

20. Blogs Are short entries, usually 200-400 words, on a topic of interest or one about which you are knowledgable Should be attached to your existing website, or can be created on sites such as eblogger or Wordpress Allow you to establish yourself as a thought leader Can boost your site’s search rankings when updated with fresh content routinely – content is king!