Create a Facebook Fan Page to Sell a Home
by Ross Hair on May 20, 2010
in Facebook, How to, Real Estate Social Media
Can you use Facebook to list real estate and actually sell a home?
It’s an interesting idea and I’m having a great deal of fun trying to find out if Facebook is an effective real estate listing platform.
Here’s the basic strategy:
- Create a new Fan Page on Facebook for each new home for sale. Think of the Fan Page as equivalent to a “Single Property Website” with it’s own unique URL on Facebook. Read more..
Facebook Adds the Like Button
Facebook made a small but important change to Fan Pages but changing the Become a Fan button to a Like button. The change was made to reflect the true nature of the relationship between Fan Pages and Likers. It’s a small change but it should increase the number of Fans / Likers as becoming a Fan made some people feel like stalkers. You can see the new Like Button right here.
MetCalfe’s Law and Real Estate Social Media Marketing
by Ross Hair on April 21, 2010
in Facebook, Real Estate Social Media
Metcalfe’s Law explains why social networks are so viral and grow so exponentially. If you grasp the concept you can use it every day to power your real estate social media marketing.
In simple terms Metcalfe says that if you have 1 friend this represents 1 connection. If you have 5 friends this represents 10 connections and if you have 12 friends this represents 66 connections. Do you see the exponential growth in connections as you add friends?
Here’s a more scientific explanation – Metcalfe’s law states that the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system (n2).
In short Metcalfe says “Go send out more friend requests on Facebook already!”
The great news is that Facebook and the other social networks are incredibly viral and you can simply piggyback on their network to virally expand your own personal network. In the Facebook Economy you can reach and connect with so many more people than in the “old days” of door-to-door or tele-canvassing.
About Ross Hair
Ross Hair is the Baldest Man in Real Estate Social Media.
Video Recording of my Presentation at Virtual Real Estate Bar Camp
by Ross Hair on April 7, 2010
in Facebook, How to, Real Estate Social Media
I presented a session at Virtual Real Estate Bar Camp called “Building Facebook Communities to Generate Real Estate Business”.
It’s my most powerful Facebook tactic and is used very successfully by top producing real estate professionals throughout the nation.
Here’s the video. You will need to login to view it.
Do you want to follow me as I build a new community from scratch? You can do it right here!
Build a Local Facebook Community for your Town or Neighborhood
A number of presenters at Virtual Real Estate Bar Camp spoke about building a local community on Facebook for your town, neighborhood or even subdivision. Real estate social media experts view this one strategy as a powerful way to connect with local homeowners and build your real estate business.
In the next few months I’m going to build another local community and I’m going to let you peep over my shoulder as I record and explain every thing I do. You can use the exact same strategies and techniques in to build your own community.
Take a look at the very short video below as I explain how you can look over my shoulder!
How to Build a Facebook Fan Page (on the Cheap)!
One of the cool things about Facebook is that you can use Fan Pages to build your business.
In particular you can customize your Fan Page to target your audience and convert “friends” into clients.
Here’s a tutorial on How to Build a Facebook Fan Page and avoid hundreds of dollars in developer costs.
Facebook is the New Coffee Shop!
In 2004 the 22 year old founder of Facebook famously turned down a $1 Billion offer for Facebook. That’s right – a 22 year old kid said thanks but no thanks to a billion dollars.
Nuts!
Turns out he was right. He’s now worth $2 billion plus and he presides over a social network that has over 350 million users and shows no sign of slowing down.
(In case you’re wondering, his name is Mark Zuckerberg.)
The most impressive thing about Facebook is not just its size. What’s just as impressive is Read more..
I’m Presenting at Virtual Real Estate BarCamp #vrebc
by Ross Hair on April 2, 2010
in Facebook, Real Estate Social Media
I’m thrilled to have been invited back to speak at Virtual Real Estate BarCamp #vrebc.
Tuesday April 6 from 10am to 5pm MOUNTAIN featuring 27 expert speakers – Free and Online!
I’ve decided to really up the ante at the third edition of VREBC by presenting my MOST POWERFUL SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY - Building Neighborhood Communities!
This is the one strategy that outperforms every other strategy on Facebook, Linked In and Twitter and will help you connect with hundreds of new online friends and prospective clients every week.
It’s the holy grail of social media marketing – a way to send a free message to local homeowners.
Learn how you can use Facebook Groups and Fan Pages to dominate your local real estate market by building Neighborhood Communities.
Register at www.virtualbarcamp.com
About Ross Hair
Ross Hair is bald! Ross is also a huge real estate social media fan and founder of Social Media Marketing Camp (SMM Camp)
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