{"id":6185,"date":"2008-12-20T16:09:55","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T23:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=6185"},"modified":"2008-12-20T16:09:55","modified_gmt":"2008-12-20T23:09:55","slug":"pictures-still-sell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6185\/pictures-still-sell\/","title":{"rendered":"Pictures Still Sell"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Constant Contact<\/a>:<\/p>\n

ConnectUp!SM<\/sup> Poll<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nDo you have an online profile that you keep current on networking sites?<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n
I have one that I don’t actively use<\/span><\/td>\n6.54%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
I primarily use Facebook<\/span><\/td>\n38.69%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
I primarily use LinkedIn<\/span><\/td>\n38.32%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
I primarily use something other than LinkedIn or Facebook<\/span><\/td>\n3.74%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n
I don’t have any<\/span><\/td>\n12.71%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Less than 4% of the Constant Contact community polled (a tech-savvy group of entrepreneurs), claimed to use anything other than Facebook or LinkedIn (not limited to but including Twitter).\u00a0 Twitter’s been around for over three years<\/a> and while it’s an awesome service, the hoi polloi just ain’t using it.\u00a0 This means that potential homebuyers aren’t using, what Greg Swann once called “modern-day CB radio”.<\/p>\n

I caught hell from my buddy Todd Carpenter for my defection from Twitter<\/a> to the glamorous world of Facebook.<\/p>\n

Nota Bene:\u00a0 Neither Todd nor I sell houses to the public.<\/em><\/p>\n

I recognized that while 140 characters is beautiful in its simplicity, all the world loves a winner.\u00a0 In my opinion, Facebook is, without a doubt, the best social network to brand yourself today.\u00a0 That’s where alll the customers are….and that’s where soccer moms are headed<\/a> en masse.<\/p>\n

Why is Facebook growing in popularity?<\/strong> I call it Twitter with pictures.\u00a0 Take note of that last word; pictures.<\/p>\n

From my question on LinkedIn<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Which is the most useful tool, on social media, to engage your audience and create offline conversations?\u00a0 I’m most interested in how you engage the community with an intent to start an offline conversation. (ie- Answers on LinkedIN, Twitter, Status bar on Facebook).\u00a0\u00a0 Have conversations, started online, resulted in offline sales\/deals.contracts, etc. ? I would consider a weblog a social medium <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When asked how many transactions were generated, directly from Twitter or from relationships forged on Twitter, there was silence.\u00a0 There was talk about the POTENTIAL of Twitter conversations and the wonderful relationships from Tweet-Ups but no transactions (from REALTORs).\u00a0 Okayfine.<\/p>\n

Let’s see what IS working, from the pros who answered the question.\u00a0 Here’s Teresa Boardman<\/a>, who says she loves Twitter… BUT… watch what results in money for her:<\/p>\n

However I’ll mention Flickr because it isn’t on your list and it has been a great tool for meeting people off line. Conversations start online Read more<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Constant Contact: ConnectUp!SM Poll Do you have an online profile that you keep current on networking sites? I have one that I don’t actively use 6.54% I primarily use Facebook 38.69% I primarily use LinkedIn 38.32% I primarily use something other than LinkedIn or Facebook 3.74% I don’t have any 12.71% Less than 4% […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6185","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6185"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6188,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6185\/revisions\/6188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}