{"id":13650,"date":"2010-11-17T22:03:42","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T05:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=13650"},"modified":"2010-11-17T22:03:43","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T05:03:43","slug":"greg-swann-is-just-a-twit-head-and-other-common-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/13650\/greg-swann-is-just-a-twit-head-and-other-common-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Swann is Just a Twit-Head and Other Common Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greg Swann is dead wrong<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\ufeffI say that trying to sell real estate via Twitter\/Facebook is a waste of time \u2014 and it is anti-marketing even if it seems to produce some results. Why?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I’ve said it, in public. \u00a0And I’m only being mildly gratuitous. \u00a0Because it’s fun.<\/p>\n

It is productive to be on Twitter all day long.<\/p>\n

It’s also productive to be on Facebook all day long.<\/p>\n

Especially in comparison to the selling behavior of the average Bullpen Agent(tm). \u00a0That’s being on facebook and twitter bitching about their lack of business and appraisal issues.<\/p>\n

Now, listen also to what I’m not saying: I’m not saying that it’s the most productive possible use of time. I’m not saying that the ambient, distracted entitled connectivity lifestyle is something to be.<\/a> I’m not saying that the way the practitioners <\/em>teach it is sensible. \u00a0It’s not prudent to crow-plain about every bit of work that they do as if each ordinary real estate transaction is this death struggle that only you can close because you are $(array_honest,kind,connected,smart).<\/p>\n

I’m not saying that I’d follow an example of any of the Twit-Lumin-ati.<\/p>\n

I’m saying that in damn near any market, a smart agent should be getting 12-14 deals a year via twitter.<\/p>\n

They are there, daily.<\/p>\n

And you can snatch them out from under the entitled noses of those folks that are “pillars of the twit-munity,” with ease. \u00a0 With ease.<\/p>\n

How?<\/p>\n

1.) Search.Twitter.Com: \u00a0This is a godsend. \u00a0This is amazing. \u00a0“House hunting” in your area “realtor” in your area. \u00a0Say hi, send ’em to a squeeze page.<\/p>\n

2.) MarketMeSuite.Com<\/a> (disclosure: they are a paying client of ours). Geotarget local people. \u00a0Autofollow and autoengage. \u00a0Make contacts and add to your sphere. \u00a0They have an auto tool that lets you quickly add and kill it.<\/p>\n

3.) TwitterFeed.com <\/a> when I used TweetSpinner to build up my account (and the ratio of bots\/humans is about 4:1) I noticed that my bit.ly links got more clicks. \u00a0Others had similar results, and if you happen to be blogging and cataloguing your city brute force style, you do it.<\/p>\n

4.) DMs. \u00a0These are where Twitter rocks. \u00a0Build relationships, make sales. \u00a0Don’t hesitate, go balls <\/a>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greg Swann is dead wrong: \ufeffI say that trying to sell real estate via Twitter\/Facebook is a waste of time \u2014 and it is anti-marketing even if it seems to produce some results. Why? I’ve said it, in public. \u00a0And I’m only being mildly gratuitous. \u00a0Because it’s fun. It is productive to be on Twitter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[397],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-abusing-twitter","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17541,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17541\/overnight-news-thanksgiving-was-a-holiday-established-by-productive-people-to-celebrate-the-success-of-their-work\/","url_meta":{"origin":13650,"position":0},"title":"Overnight News: \u201cThanksgiving was a holiday established by productive people to celebrate the success of their work.\u201d","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I like that quote in the headline, but by now I like Thanksgiving better as a celebration of the success of a colony of religious rebels: It is our freedom they were consecrating. 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