A Quick Start Guide to Social Media
Unless you’ve been in suspended
animation for the last decade,
you’ve heard a lot of buzz about
Tweets, friending, Facebook,
Linkedin, Twitter and likes.
As a real estate agent, you are also
hearing that unless you become an
active user of social media you’re
missing out on a huge opportunity
to automatically produce a large
number of referrals for your
business. Still, if you are like most of
us, you’re somewhat overwhelmed
with the sheer volume of
information out there about these
tools, and you’re not quite sure
where or how to start building your
very own social-media machine.
This quick-start guide is for the topthree social-media tools -- LinkedIn,
Twitter and Facebook. The goal
is to make it easy for you to find a
starting point so you can take action
now!
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LinkedIn: Most Effective for
Business Referrals
Unlike the other two social
networks we are going to explore,
LinkedIn is a bit more formal and
focuses on creating business-tobusiness relationships. It’s free and
easy to sign up for an account and
the first step is to upload a profile,
i.e., resume. This, in my opinion, is
the most important step of utilizing
Linkedin’s powerful set of tools.
It’s important to take your time,
use a professional photo and/
or a company logo [