Comments on: The Next Generation of Internet Leads

By: Matthew Ferrara

Matthew Ferrara — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:21:07 +0000

Debbie:
Great video – nice way to use the medium to connect with buyers! I may show it in some of my classes. Good job!

Matthew

By: Debbie Henderson

Debbie Henderson — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:11:27 +0000

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By: Tom Sykes

Tom Sykes — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:42:09 +0000

Speaking of social media, I walked an agent through getting on Facebook the other day and quite a few of his clients have already found him. He was floored.

Now for LinkedIn…

By: Grayson Hodge

Grayson Hodge — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:46:43 +0000

Outstanding article and so refreshing. Your stats are excellent and what they mean is very exciting. LinkedIn is fast becoming a tidal wave and I expect it to be even more so. It’s a resource for business decisions for all consumers and I believe as you do that in the near future any realtor who is not on the network might have to explain why to potential clients.

Like you I don’t use my Facebook account for direct business; it’s just out there as a connection, but it does bring them to my business eventually. I’m also using eCademy and have connected with a very strong force of International business networkers.

Keep up the great work and best regards,

Grayson Hodge

By: Debbie Henderson

Debbie Henderson — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:39:12 +0000

Outstanding article!

I agree that LinkedIn has become a phenominal site to meet new business associates. As Realtors, we really need to use it to benefit our referral business.

Thanks,

Debbie

By: Matthew Ferrara

Matthew Ferrara — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:05:22 +0000

Thanks Virginia! I appreciate the comments and look forward to the next time we are in class together! Perhaps at IBC?

Be well,
Matthew

By: Virginia O'Connor

Virginia O'Connor — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:07:30 +0000

Great post!

I very much enjoyed your recent seminar on social networking in Long Beach. Sadly, too many real estate agents are not even all that comfortable with their computer, let alone networking on Facebook or LinkedIn. They face the fate of the dinosaur – presumable they are among the huge number of agents expected to retire by 2010.

Keep up the great work – I love your posts.

Virginia

By: Matthew Ferrara

Matthew Ferrara — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:14:20 +0000

Hi Robert:
Thanks for your comments. I am definitely NOT doing ads of any kind on Facebook; that’s not the way to use social networking. I’m simply connecting to friends, family, and friends-of-friends-family and being ME. Adding interesting links, photos from my cell phone, updating my status and generally just “being social.” Since those people also might be in a position to use our services or refer me to someone who can, my goal is simply to remain “in their presence” so that, when the need arises, I’m “top of mind.”

For more “direct” solicitation of business, especially to business customers, I used LinkedIn. I don’t do “business-direct” on Facebook – that’s not the culture – but I do more “here’s what we can do, let me demonstrate it” by participating in groups and discussions on LinkedIn instead.

Hope that helps!

By: Robert Dawson

Robert Dawson — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:41:15 +0000

I was trying to see if you had a Facebook page or group but could not find one. I’m curious as to how you are driving traffic through Facebook. Are you using Facebook ads, pages, groups, profile or a combination of these?

Great article.