Comments on: Needed: Facebook Geniuses

By: Jim Lee

Jim Lee — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:05:38 +0000

Poke back Linda; it’s good, they’re noticing you and letting you know.

By: Jim Lee

Jim Lee — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:04:27 +0000

I have a couple of current sellers who love to communicate with me on Facebook; works for me if that’s what they want.

I’ve also got a couple of listings; not the two mentioned above, as a direct result of sellers finding me on Facebook and deciding I was their guy. Works for me too; I believe in always riding your horse in the direction he’s going.

By: Bonnie Erickson

Bonnie Erickson — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:20:23 +0000

It’s all about the sheep, the flying sheep! Honestly, I’m no genius and haven’t gotten too involved with the social part of Facebook yet. I find it’s easy to spread my time too thin and not get anything done. The more time I spend there the less time I have to read other’s blogs, to write my own blog posts, to update web pages, etc. I have found, however, that the 20 something crowd is surprised when they find I’m on MySpace and Facebook. Now if I could just get all my kids friends to be my friends, I could sit back and live off the cream of the social network!

By: Steve Volkers

Steve Volkers — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:03:25 +0000

I have been on facebook marketing myself for 4 months and have not had closed deals from it but have made a lot of friends and connections. I also have seen a big jump in my website hits coming from my facebook profile. So it’s a good addition to my over all internet marketing.

By: Benn Rosales

Benn Rosales — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:11:22 +0000

Only when no one else is looking linda ;]

By: Linda Davis

Linda Davis — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:00:11 +0000

I’m still trying to figure out whether it is good if someone pokes you.

By: Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:19:02 +0000

Smacking aside, we can learn from Jay’s story. It seems nearly all college kids and 20-somethings are either on facebook or MySpace or both or more. This is a great way to tap into the Generation Y networks, and we will definitely need to sooner or later to stay afloat in real estate

Brian Wilson, Zolve.com

By: Benn Rosales

Benn Rosales — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:05:16 +0000

haha smack them anyway- but seriously, smack them.

By: Jay Thompson

Jay Thompson — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:02:33 +0000

Benn and Lani are so smart. Seriously.

Most of my Facebook friends are agents or at least connected to the industry. But I do have a current client whose preferred method of communication is through Facebook. Not email, phone or text message. Facebook.

They actually told me, “It’s cool that someone your age is on Facebook.” I didn’t know whether to laugh, cry, or smack them.

By: Lani Anglin

Lani Anglin — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:24:03 +0000

I agree with Benn- it's the same as any social network- be social and the result is natural referrals. Too many people are guilty of abusing Facebook by placing unnatrual comments on "walls" or sending sales-y messages to "friends." My theory is that if you make friends online (or off for that matter) and they happen to know what you do for a living instead of basing your entire "conversations" on what you do for a living, referrals are the natural result of these friendships. If the connections aren't natural, I believe it will be nothing more than a waste of time. My point: the subject matter will guide your success... talk about your city with people from your city, join groups of people with similar interests and talk about those interests. If you talk about nothing but YOU and YOUR business, the Facebook connection may be lost.