Last week, Jonathan Rivera from Real-Tech Guy had his Facebook page (The Official Real Estate Referral Group) turned off. I am sure he, and many others have learned a lot from the experience. Jonathan has created a report to help you understand how to protect yourself from losing everything. He shares this 6 page report on list building to help cover and potentially save your business.
Thanks for sharing your ideas Jonathan!
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This question has been asked in many fields for many years now. It would appear that people are only now starting to realize how difficult it truly is to relax anymore.
Do you have your blackberry attached to your belt and your bluetooth hanging on your ear more than 20 hours a day? Is your iPhone tucked quietly (or not so quietly) in your pocket all day long? Do you text people instead of calling them? Do you ever put your laptop away and walk away from it for anything other than sleep? What do you do during commercial breaks or when you are sitting in an office or lobby waiting for an appointment?
As a population, we have become connected to devices. We have forgotten how to experience down time and take a moment to do absolutely nothing.
Ari Herzog posted an interesting article, “Is Social Media Dangerous For Your Brain?” I found this article to be thought provoking and it lead me to challenge myself and you.
My challenge to you is this: Spend an evening without any devices – no Blackberry, iPhone, iTouch, wifi option of any sort. Can you do it? Will this help you go to sleep easier? Will you spend more time with your family or friends? What will you do with yourself to keep busy during this time to relax?
Let us know how it goes!
Tech Savvy Agent recently posted a video for Real Estate agents on how to get found on Google. This tool is not just for real estate agents, but for businesses of all shapes and sizes.
Google Places is a great tool for helping customers find you. Working with Google Maps, customers can search your local area for businesses and if you have taken advantage of this free listing opportunity, they will find you!
Get started today … Google Places
Ben Parr posted this article on Mashable.com talking about the upcoming changes to Twitter.
“In an effort to remove the obscurity of shortened links and to prevent malware and phishing attacks, Twitter has begun the rollout t.co, its official URL shortener, along with some major changes to how the microblogging platform handles links.
In a blog post aptly titled Links and Twitters: Length Shouldn’t Matter, Twitter’s Sean Garrett announced that the company is taking a new approach to URLs. Not only will all links on Twitter.com and Twitter apps be “wrapped” in t.co links, but how they are counted against the 140 character limit. These change will occur throughout the summer.”
Read the complete article here on Mashable.
Have you noticed on Facebook that some fan pages have nice neat logical branded URLs and others have a generic URL made up of numbers and letters?
Would you like to have a custom branded URL for your fan page?
When you first set up your Facebook Page, you are given a generic URL of numbers and letters. Once you have successfully passed the point of having 25 people “like this” page, you can create a custom URL for your fan page.
To create your custom URL, go to http://www.facebook.com/username/ .
If you have not yet gotten 25 people to click “like this” for your fan page, remember that you can always send out a quick note to your friends/family/co-workers by using the “Suggest to Friends” option just below the image on the left hand of your screen.
Happy branding!
Here is a great article from Nick Shin:
“Is your Facebook page dull and uninviting? Maybe you’ve seen those really attractive Facebook pages and wondered, “How’d they do that?”
Given Facebook’s powerhouse status for marketers, isn’t it time you upgraded your Facebook page?
How can you help your brand stand out from the competition and increase the relevancy of your Facebook page?
The answer: Static FBML. This article will share what you need to know to conduct a Facebook page makeover.’
To read the rest of this article, head on over to Social Media Examiner.
Thanks for the great article Nick!
Denise Wakeman shares great tips on how to schedule your blog content and keep things hopping on your blog.
“Are you suffering from blogger’s block? Is it hard to find time to create content for your blog? If so, look no further. This article lists some easy-to-implement tips to help you get over the hump.
But first, there’s a big myth (and it may be your roadblock) that needs attention.
The Myth: I Have No Time to Blog
Every now and then I poll my blog readers and ask about their challenges with blogging. Without fail, most people say that their number-one challenge is that they don’t have time to write on their blog. Frankly, I think that is a false problem because you make time for what’s important.
I suggest reframing the challenge from “I don’t have time to write on my blog” to “I make time to market my business.” In the context of your business, blogging is a marketing tool.
A business blog is one of the best tools you can use for extending your online visibility because it’s the dynamic hub of your business on the web. The content you create can be leveraged in many ways that will work for you 24 hours a day, so making time needs to be a key part of your marketing plan.
I propose you devote a minimum of 30 minutes per day focusing on your blog marketing activities.
It’s not really that much time when you think about it, especially for the return you can get from consistent effort. Yet I know there are other social marketing tasks competing for your attention. Just keep in mind that the content you create on your blog can be syndicated and leveraged on other platforms as well.
So how do you make time? I’ll state the obvious: you’ve got to schedule it. That’s how I advise my clients and it’s how I manage my blogging time. Following are six tips for how you can efficiently tackle your blogging tasks.”
Read Denise’s six tips at Social Media Examiner … http://bit.ly/9QvUU3
What a great read!
Curt Hopkins from Read Write Web shares the newest addition to Associated Press’s resources.
“Despite the fact that social media is hardly still the exclusive purview of the early adopter, it still surprises, grates or inspires laughter sometime to see it crop up outside its native ecosystem. So, when Associated Press, the official arbiter of terminology, text and typography turned to Twitter, it gave us funny feelings. We weren’t sure if we were being wooed or abused.
The 2010 AP Stylebook now carries a dark, dirty little section called “Social Media Guidelines.” Squeeeeee! Let’s look inside, shall we?
The 164-year-old AP has added 42 entries focused on social media terms. Among them are app, blogs, click-throughs, crowdsourcing, curate, e-reader, friend and unfriend, hashtag, metadata, RSS, search engine optimization, smart phone, trending, widget and wiki.”
Read more here … http://bit.ly/cQanve
