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Utah Dave — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:15:26 -0000

Yes, i sometimes have a hard time with twitter....theres a lot of spammers on there.

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Mark Schleimer — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:40:40 -0000

There’s actually a great Twitter tool for real estate. TweetLister (http://TweetLister.com) is a free service that allows real estate brokers and owners to easily create, post and manage all of their Twitter listings. It's pretty much Twitter for Real Estate Listing and Vacation Rentals.

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San Diego Homes Pro — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:41:05 -0000

Twitter is a great place to keep track of the latest SEO ideas. It would be wonderful to have the same kind of continuing interest in real estate subjects. My guess is that followers of real estate tweets will be interested followers only during their time of active looking for homes.

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Utah Dave — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:04:20 -0000

That video definitely helped me understand twitter. ITs been fun. im soo busy lately though its harder to use.

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Murrieta City Guide — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:03:31 -0000

Twitter will eventually be used for City Portals where people can follow certain users and to get updates on events, businesses, sales, and news in their local area.

It is going past a simple friend to friend update but rather a complete update service.

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Charles — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:20:05 -0000

Mixed emotions about Twitter. For some things it is handy, but I'm not sold that it is as great as some people preach.

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James Shiner — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:33:44 -0000

Dena - if your two profiles are completely different and will have different followers than two profiles may be a good idea. I have my personal profile (ZipvoJames) and the company profile (ZIPVO) although some of the followers do overlap.

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James Shiner — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:32:26 -0000

Pasadena Homes - thanks for the follow! Looking forward to some great conversations.

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Dena Davis — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:04:54 -0000

Would you suggest different profiles on Twitter. I am a member of one group on Twitter that is all about real estate marketing and seo. ( that is how I found you) But I am thinking I need another group that is my local contacts. It is another audience.

Or am I off here with this strategy?

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shashindra — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:31:24 -0000

Sometimes I wonder about the effectiveness of twitter on the real estate sphere. It often seems like Twitter is a bunch of Talking heads

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Pasadena Homes — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:10:18 -0000

I have read some reviews of people who use Twitter and they love it. Maybe the folks who don't get much out if it don't comment. Anyway James, I am now following you on Twitter.

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Greg Afarian — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:00:45 -0000

I think that one major opportunity that Twitter and other social media sites create is that it helps you (as an Realtor) be more productive. If your on Twitter and 10 of your potential customers are following you, in a very casual / social way can send links of your new listings / videos. This will save you time if you are Tweeting videos by not driving to every listing you send to your clients. Time equals Money :-)

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Mike Price — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:41:30 -0000

Tony,
Twitter actually provides a number of ways to deliver value from a business perspective. Here's just one: each "tweet" you write is indexed in search engines like any other blog post. If you're tweeting information about something in your farm area, it has the potential to show up in an organic search. A prospect just might find and decide to "follow" you for more information. It may not be for you, but it's worth the time it would take to investigate it further.

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Tony Sena — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:52:16 -0000

I agree with Brett, I really don't see any value in Twitter. My partner on the other hand swears by it?

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Riversidehomes — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:39:43 -0000

I'm @riversidehomes and I participate in both a re centric sphere, but also have a SEO centric profile out there... I think that any new person on twitter should know that who you follow makes a huge difference in the quality of your twitter stream.

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Juliet Johnson — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:25:09 -0000

I'm having a lot of fun with Twitter - great conversations, and a substantial increase in traffic both to my website, my articles and most importantly to my Squidoo lenses.

Plus, Twitter is the perfect way to update your Facebook!

I'd love to get to know other people on Twitter... please feel free to follow me at twitter.com/julietjohnson.

Great post, thanks. Juliet

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Hawaii real estate guy — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:52:53 -0000

Twitter is a great way to get your message out quickly in a viral manner. If you are active and build a large following. Great tool!

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Riverside — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:27:55 -0000

Sometimes I wonder about the effectiveness of twitter on the real estate sphere. It often seems like Twitter is a bunch of Talking heads, that are hoping that someone will hear what they're saying... I mean...how interested are people REALLY in hearing reading twits about your listing...?

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Brett Tousley — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:25:45 -0000

Agree with you Drew. Active followers are crucial for twitter to have any value. I've been using it off and on for the past few months, it's fun, but other than that I don't see a ton of value in it yet.

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Drew Meyers — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:52:54 -0000

"Let’s say you have 100 followers. When you get a new listing, blog post, or anything else you want the world to know about, you can simply tweet it and those 100 people will see it."

Playing devil's advocate here -- there's certainly no guarantee that all 100 of your followers will see your tweet. I'm not sure if twitter measures (or reports) on this, but the number of "active" followers is what really matters. For instance, I follow quite a few of people, but I rarely ever log into twitter. So tweets don't really reach me.