Wednesday, March 24, 2010
3:46 PM
In a previous post, we tackled about how you can post your NAR listings to Facebook. But it's just one of the things that you can do to get your business profile in Facebook up and running!
I found an article that cites 6 Facebook applications that will really be useful for real estate agents. I got excited to share this to you all! I think this is a great idea to try for all of us!
So here is the list!
Friday, March 19, 2010
2:11 PM
March 18, 2010 (MMD Newswire) ASTOR, FL - America's Best Real Estate Center is proud to announce Nancy Brand, as "America's Best Real Estate Agent" for Florida's West Volusia, East Lake and North Seminole Counties, and will have the ability to assist home buyers and sellers with having access to the top real estate properties and specialized online marketing tools through the America's Best Agents website.
"Nancy was chosen to be America's Best Real Estate Agent for Florida's West Volusia, East Lake and North Seminole Counties because of her outstanding achievements and success in the Real Estate industry," said Ginny Lee, CRS and the CEO & Founder of America's Best Agents.
Friday, March 12, 2010
12:51 PM
One industry where virtual assistants are currently thriving is in Real Estate.
With the nature of work real estate agents have—always been on the road, meeting clients, showing houses, holding open houses (among others)—these professionals always find that they don’t have enough time for necessary but time-consuming tasks like paper works.
As real estate agents, they usually spend their time: 1. out on the streets selling, 2. making phone calls for follow-ups, and 3. talking to clients. But these three things are just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. There are a lot of work that needs to be done to be a successful agent, and this where VAs come in to play.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
2:21 PM
Display your listings from REALTOR.com® on your Facebook wall! If you are a real estate agent, your listings are already displayed on REALTOR.com® for FREE.
Now you can add your listings on Facebook with the FREE REALTOR.com® See My Listings application.
How do you do it? It's Easy, Trust me!
- Go to this website: http://www.realtor.com/seemylistings/
- Click on "Add my Listings"
- Click on "Allow" to let realtor.com access needed information.
- Select your MLS and input you MLS ID
- Enter the necessary information.
And that's it, you'll have your listings on the left sidebar of your profile page!
It will look just like this one:

Isn't it neat? Now why don't you try it!
For now, it's just available for your profile page, but I checked their
facebook fan page and looks like the application will be available for fan/business page next week!
Let's wait for next week and see!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
3:11 PM
I recently stumbled upon a blog called Mr Internet, Michael Russer - Online Dominance. In it are a lot of tips, techniques, and secrets on how one can fully utilize the internet for business, among others. I will be featuring some of his posts here as I know that it would definitely help Realtors like us grow and expand our business.
So for a start, let's talking abuot Facebook. I know everyone has a Facebook account, but do you know that you can use it to help you improve your search rankings, as well as in lead generation?
Do you have a Facebook fan page? If not, then I suggest making one. But how does a profile page differ from a fan page? Mr Internet explains this:
Personal Profile vs. Fan Page
There are two primary ways you can represent yourself on FaceBook:
- Personal Profile – everyone who has a FaceBook account has a profile page. This is your “home base” for all your friends and family to connect with you in a personal way on personal (i.e. not business) matters. While how you grow and manage your “friend base” is a topic for another post, suffice it to say it doesn’t even come close to helping your business as the next way.
- Fan Page – sometimes also referred to as your business page. This is where you try to attract and interact with people who are part of your target market or at least connected to it in some way. Now this next part is very important: The more targeted fans you have, the more Google will see you as being relevant and important in your field of real estate expertise. And this translates to significant gains for your search engine rankings. For example, Douglas Newby is essentially a one-man shop in Dallas, yet his site consistently out-ranks those of companies in his area with 1,000 or more agents.
So now how do you make this fan page work??
Here is the link to Mr Internet's blog post titled "Explode Your Facebook Fan Page Base For no Cost" and learn the secret. Goodluck!
Read the article here.