Using Social Networking Websites to market Real Estate

Posted by: Keron Calame on May 23, 2009

With the economy being in recession it has been really hard for Realtors to get buyers for the properties they have listed. But I am sure 99% of Realtors know about the internet and how to use it efficiently. Most realtors have there own blog or website but getting potential clients there is the problem, so that should be your starting point after your blog or website has been published. Getting visitors and potential clients to your blog/website can be a hard task if you don’t decide to hire a search engine marketing expert to do it for you.

If you decide to do it buy yourself, then you can start by using Social Networking Websites to market your Real Estate Business. Social Networking Websites is a websites that gives users the ability to connect with different users and share content. These are sites that you are already a member of but probably just didn’t know the power that they had.

FaceBook
This is a great medium that could send potential buyers to your blog or website. Probably you are there wondering how, so far you know that it is a place where you and your friends can connect. Well facebook has an option where you can create a page for your business, after you create a page potential clients can become fans of your business plus you can advertise your page on Facebook for as low as $5 per day. There are also plugins (if you are using the WordPress Blog Platform) that will give users the capability to share contents of your blog with their friends on facebook.

Digg
This is a another popular networking website that gives the capability to connect with other users and
share content with not just your friends but everybody who visits the website. Another great way to get
visitors to your blog. Digg features a voting system that is referred to as “digging an article”, if readers view an article from your website / blog which was submitted to digg, they can vote on it, the more votes you get on your article is the more it gets publicized on Digg.

Stumble Upon

Here is another great one, I use this everyday. Even this article will be on it after it is published. Stumble Upon is a social networking site that users submit article which they have stumbled upon while surfing the internet and then share it with users. You can add users as your friend and even see what they have stumbled upon.

Twitter

This is one of the newest Social Networking applications on the internet. You can update your friends on what you are doing in real time with a tweet. With each friend you add it is considered as you following them and each person that adds you is considered as your follower. After sign up, you can add a brief bio and also your website or blog address so friends can check your blog out. For more information on Twitter see previous article on Twitter.