Comments on: Wastebook, the Final Frontier…

By: Eric Holmes

Eric Holmes — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:25:13 +0000

Facebook in and of itself is about spam, see Farmville, Mafia Wars, etc. If you think that adding information about a new listing is causing people to shut down the FB accounts then you’re mistaken in my opinion. I

There’s nothing wrong with letting folks know what you do for a living. If we get a new listing, then I simply make a photo album with information and I post it to my profile. That’s it. I don’t hit everyone with daily updates. I know they don’t care. However, I’ve seen plenty of work not come my way from old friends because I’ve been too passive. I agree content is key, but don’t be shy to let people know that you’re there to help.

By: ShowingSuite

ShowingSuite — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:41:02 +0000

Wow. Tell us how you really feel. What's your perspective? http://ow.ly/166YMj

By: BHG Real Estate

BHG Real Estate — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:16:34 +0000

Wastebook, the Final Frontier http://ow.ly/JwIn

By: Mark Washburn

Mark Washburn — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:44:46 +0000

Fred….Completely agree with your point of view about Realtor spam on FB. A little filtering is a great way to improve your FB experience.

By: egoldre

egoldre — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:41:08 +0000

I posted a listing on my Facebook fan page a few days ago and got two leads right away. My profile is all personal, my fan page is pretty much all business as per the Terms of Use.

If my friends want to know what’s going on in local real estate they can become a fan.

I don’t think there is anything wrong with posting listings on Facebook. I don’t spam them out all the time. I spam more on what crazy thing my two year old said or did.

By: Hal Benz

Hal Benz — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:48:12 +0000

I couldn’t agree more!!! Markets are conversations. And people only converse if they’re interested.

Here’s what I think people should be doing on FB…LISTEN, and comment on what matters to those in your friend list. Build relationships. Do you really think people are going to your FB site to see your listings? Get a grip…

By: Spring Haigler

Spring Haigler — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:41:34 +0000

RT@fredglick Wastebook not Facebook http://agentgenius.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/marketing/wastebook-the-final-frontier/

By: Benn Rosales

Benn Rosales — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:31:31 +0000

I’m not really the one that’s complaining, I’m more talking about peeps that want a less professional experience on fb might aughta stay personal in whom they follow- pretty simple really.

The bottom line is I’ll unfollow those the compromise my experience, and I suspect anyone that goes above and beyond to violate the space will pretty much end up friendless anyway, and why not? They really werent there for frendship anyway, isn’t that the meat of it all? Opportunist versus casual user?

By: Dan Connolly

Dan Connolly — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:09:32 +0000

SpaceBook?… MyFace?

By: Jim Duncan

Jim Duncan — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:22:24 +0000

All too many realtors are spamming the online world. It will come back and bite them later on.

Maybe, maybe not. While I’m still in the conceptual stages of my facebook “strategy” but one thing I know is this – spam works. I know it works because the spammy realtors and agents are still in business.

Consumers – the market – hold some responsibility too.

If a consumer searches for “realtor in Charlottesville”, sees the top 3 results, two of which are spammy facebook realtors, emails those three and the spammer returns the email the fastest … and then the buyer uses that realtor …

That realtor has demonstated SEO skills but no real estate skills … if the consumer encourages this behavior, shouldn’t they accept some blame as well?

I’m all for quality, but I think the message is tried and true – quality counts, but spam (all too frequently) works.