Real Estate Marketing & Beyond
As a real estate investor, it's important that I realize my own limitations. I'm a real estate expert not a social media expert. However, as a real estate investor, I do stay on the cutting edge of real estate marketing developments. As such, I am very much in touch with the networking and marketing power that this new frontier brings to real estate investors.
There can be little doubt that Facebook is the clear social media leader. You may ask why I believe Facebook to be so important? These facts are very convincing:
Those numbers cannot be ignored. You won't find that many participants on any other media - anywhere. In comparison, there are 115.9 million TV households in the USA. As we all know, TV marketing is very expensive. Facebook and other social media marketing can be free or very low cost. It's a no brainer.
There are many strategies for social media marketing. Four of the most effective are:
The last one is the one that most real estate investors prefer. Sharing information with multiple links back to your own webpage where visitors will find more information and real estate opportunities you offer.
Setting up your own Facebook site isn't complicated and can be accomplished in a short amount of time. For a business, you want to begin with a Facebook page rather than a profile. Profiles are generally used by individuals and can be either public or restricted. As a business, you want everyone on the internet to have access to your top page, which is why you go with a Facebook page. It should be composed of a quick summary of what you want others to know about you and your business. You include a current photo of yourself and/or current business interests.
The wall page can either be set to public or private. For a business page, it makes sense to keep it public but you need to monitor what others post. This is where visitors or "friends" post short message and links for you and your other friends to see. Wall posts are an intricate aspect of social networking. This is where both you and readers interact to keep everyone informed of new business developments or update status of current projects.
For semi-private discussions, you want to go with a private discussion board with limited access for both reading and posting comments. This is a good option for collaborating on business projects you're not ready to share with the world or as a high-level networking platform. You will soon discover other uses specific to your business.
Don't wait until you've learned everything there is to know about social media marketing. Since Facebook has already proven to be THE POWERHOUSE for online marketing, it's time to jump in and get your hands dirty. You may just figure out the next silver bullet to social media marketing.
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Author bio: Brian Kline has been investing in real estate for more than 35 years and writing about real estate investing for seven years. He also draws upon 30 plus years of business experience including 12 years as a manager at Boeing Aircraft Company. Brian currently lives at Lake Cushman, Washington. A vacation destination, a few short miles from a national forest. In the Olympic Mountains with the Pacific Ocean a couple of miles in the opposite direction.
