Well I would expect my real estate agent to be taking pro-active action to sell my property rather than socialising on the internet. Something I find interesting is taking a different angle on this from a FSBO point of view. I'm sure people already do this, but if you have a well established broad social network online in Facebook, Twitter etc, you could leverage this to find a buyer whether you are a realtor or a private seller.

Have you done this? Do you have any comment?

David.

It is a difficult task sometimes to stay the course with sellers who do not believe you know what you are talking about when you say they need to reduce the price or make the home more available for showings, etc.

Maybe we have no one but ourselves to blame when the general misconception is, we care more about our money than theirs.

I really can’t blame Twitter and Facebook; I’m not there enough! Heck, I don’t even make it here often enough.

-Tyler

I guess the real key is moderation. I am one of the guilty ones when it comes to multi-social media simultanously. I try to utilize my Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter to keep my clients(current or future) up to speed with what’s out there. I figure if I’m doing research to keep myself abreast of the changing market, they may also be interested in the same.

On a final note, however, I do love the list. We are all guilty of slipping when it comes to our clients. If nothing else, the list gives us something to think about for the new year.

Thanks for the post.

The intent of my post was, just as you say, moderation. I used a catchy title to grab people’s attention, but I am really not down on Social Media, I actually love it, use it quite a bit and get both business and pleasure from it. I’ve always got an iPhone in one hand and one if not, two computers going (and hate to say, sometimes driving)

More important than doing a great job (assuming we do), is to not forget to let your clients know about it. Perception can be reality and if you are not updating them on your marketing of their listing, the market, etc. and then they see you on Facebook, they might get the impression you aren’t working hard to sell their listing when you really are. If you keep them updated and they see you on Social Media, they might not only NOT be upset, they might use it to rave about you to all of their friends, win-win

With social media, it is so easy to be visible in all that you do, we just want to make sure they KNOW all that we do, not just see bits and pieces. This is likely self censure more than advice (not to get off SM, but to keep them better informed)