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21 Social Media Trends for Real Estate Marketing in 2012

A recent online presentation from DreamGrow Digital outlines 21 social media marketing trends for marketers looking to stay ahead of the digital curve. While there are a lot of great ideas in the presentation, the following points are some highlights we feel will have the biggest impact on Agents and other Real Estate marketing professionals: 1) Social media budgets will grow. It will become even harder to compete in the social media sphere. Agents will see the benefit of a targeted social media strategy and will begin to put more time, effort, and money into their own. 2) Content Creation… Read More »

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What Is Driving Your Website’s Traffic?

The Impact Of Social Signals On Unique Views: What happens when a friend or family member tells you that they “like” something? Does it make you want to experience the same? Referrals and social influence are some of the most powerful drivers in personal decision making. Does this same principle apply to the work of social media? Almost every platform on the web right now provides an option that allows for social “signals”. Facebook has likes, Twitter has Tweets, Google has +1s, and you can almost always count on seeing a “thumbs up/down” option available. Do these simple buttons increase… Read More »

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Google+ Social Network

The new social network Google+ is trying to corner (or catch up, depending on how you see it) on the expansive reach of online communication. The idea revolves (ha!) around their Google+ and their “Circles.” Circles help you organize everyone according to your real-life social connections. Then, you can share relevant content with the right people, and follow content posted by similar people you find interesting. Basically, Circles more closely follow the way you organize your contacts in real life. Circles offer a simple means of organizing one’s social network by grouping contacts. Google is hoping their site will make… Read More »

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Fastest way to get Googles attention known to man?

I got a Spint EVO 4G smartphone in the summer and since then I have been getting more and more actively engaged with Twitter and other social media marketing. With my new EVO I wanted to know when Sprints 4G service was going to be available in Denver – so I discovered Google Search options that allow you to search different things, its on the left side – you can say ‘search images’ or ‘ search news’ etc. which meant hopefully I’d see the very latest news on this topic! There is also an option to search “Realtime” which presents,… Read More »

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Your social presence matters to Google and Bing – official!

A common question I get is WHY the heck do I need to bother with Facebook and Twitter .. etc! Well, as I regularly explain in my marketing classes, these social systems are great mechanisms for engaging a broader sphere, presenting yourself as  a knowledgeable expert, and also bringing traffic back to your real estate website. Of course – these are all behaviours that we’d expect Google and BING to be interested in, and now its official. This article and interview by Danny Sullivan of SearchEngineLand.com is facinating as it shows how the big search engines view social media today… Read More »

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