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How To Tick off an Experienced Twitter User

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:43:52 +0000

I just followed you, and I don’t blindly follow people. That means you went through some level of screening process. It might have been just a quick look at your last 20 Tweets to see if you have anything interesting to say. Or, it might have been a deeper look – including a look at your bio, perhaps even your website, and a glance at your Followers to Following ratio.

So if I end up following you, you just passed a test. I invested time in you. The LAST thing I want from you is an instant DM Spam message with a sales pitch. This is your one way ticket to getting UNfollowed.

You need to realize that Social Networking has the word “Social” in it. Not “Auto Networking”, ….. Social Networking. Try spelling it out loud, S-O-C-I-A-L ….. You get the point. Or do you?

The people in the screen capture to the right didn’t. I blindly followed 100 people with a test account to illustrate a point. Almost 50% greeted me with auto DM spam. #Justsayin

Times have changed. The days of cramming your sales pitch down the throats of others is over. Instead of Auto DM Spamming someone as your very first “connection” with them, why don’t you send them a message with a personal touch. Refer to them by name, or something on their website. This way they’ll know you actually invested time in them, and not just the typical, “Thanks for following me, I look forward to your Tweets.” You are better off sending nothing at all, and engaging them later.

So if your goal is a million followers (and it shouldn’t be, but that’s another post altogether) try Engaging people, try interacting with them. Do something nice for someone else and stop thinking that everyone is interested in your message (read that, “sales pitch”)

So check me out. Put ME through the test. If you think I have something interesting to say, Follow ME, and hopefully, I will follow you back.

————- ©2010 – AmazingVideoTours.com – All Rights Reserved. Amazing Video Tours is Charlotte’s Premier Real Estate Home Video Provider for Realtors, and other individuals with property to sell, lease, or rent. A departure from the old fashion 360 Virtual Tour, Amazing Video Tours takes online property marketing to the next level.

How To Tick off an Experienced Twitter User was written by Amazing Video Tours

How To Use Twitter for Business

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Twitter! It’s everywhere! Ever since Oprah talked about it, you can’t read the paper, go to a website, or even watch your evening news without being invited to follow them on Twitter. So what’s the big deal, and why are so many businesses embracing Twitter?

The first thing you need to know: There is a right way and a wrong way to use Twitter, especially if you are using it to promote a business.

Every day, I’m out there talking to Small Business Professionals who can’t wrap their minds around Twitter. “No one cares that I just ate dinner”, they say. For the most part, they’re right. But then I hit them with a curve ball. I tell them that Twitter is more about “Listening” then “Tweeting”…. and I see a dumbfounded look on their face.

I go further, Twitter is about engaging people, interacting with them, and discussing common interests. At this point their face has an expression of complete confusion with a bit of frustration. They ask, “How do you engage when you are just blabbing about what you just did in 140 characters”? It’s a great question – and one that after some time – I finally discovered the answer.

You see, the Twitter website is a bit tough to “get”. It’s not until they download a third party software like TweetDeck (http://www.tweetdeck.com/) or Seesmic (http://www.seesmic.com/) that most people can truly “GET” Twitter.

These 3^rd party apps allow you to set up searches (in convenient columns) for keywords that are of interest to you. This allows you to “LISTEN” to anyone who tweets your keywords. If you are a business owner, listening to your key words becomes an invaluable tool to see what your potential customers, and your competition are saying.

It’s also a good idea to set up a search for your geographical area (city name) and know exactly everything that’s going on in your area when people are Tweeting about it. You can “Listen” for anything, this just scratches the surface.

After you build these “listening searches” you will get a feeling for Twitter, how others are using it, and most importantly, how to INTERACT with these “Tweeps” via @Reply’s, Re-tweets, and DMs (Direct Messages). Now we’re really getting into the nuts and bolts of Twitter. For more details on what this all means, watch my Video Series on “How To Use Twitter (without using Twitter)”. If this lingo goes over your head, don’t sweat it, it’s just Twitter-speak for ways to interact on Twitter.

Here’s the most important thing to remember for those of you wanting to use Twitter for business. Think of Twitter as a huge cocktail party. You would not walk into a cocktail party and scream a promotion out loud. You would be friendly, engage others, build trust, discuss different things and [eventually] work what you do for a living into the conversation. It’s a VERY soft sale. Less then 10% of your Tweets should be about your business.

So remember – Go gentle, be friendly, Engage others, and occasionally remind them what you do. When the time comes to employ your services, they’ll call!

If you want the soup to nuts on Twitter, watch my Video Series on “How To Use Twitter (without using Twitter) It talks about setting up columns to listen using TweetDeck, and goes in depth about interacting, and what to Tweet about.

————- ©2009 – AmazingVideoTours.com – All Rights Reserved. Amazing Video Tours is Charlotte’s Premier Real Estate Videography and Photography Provider for Realtors, and other individuals with property to sell, lease, or rent. A departure from the old fashion 360 Virtual Tour, Amazing Video Tours takes online property marketing to the next level.

How To Use Twitter for Business was written by Amazing Video Tours

Video – How to Use Twitter for Business Professionals

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:32:00 +0000

I’m preparing for a class that I’m going to be teaching tomorrow on Twitter to a local Real Estate Company so I started putting together an outline for my presentation. I also wanted to teach myself some new software. The video below is the combination of the two.

This is my first stab at doing a “how to video”. I know it’s a little blurry – I am still learning the software but I hope the content is beneficial to those who take the time to listen to it.

————- ©2009 – AmazingVideoTours.com – All Rights Reserved. Any use of video, including reproduction, modification, distribution or republication, without the prior written consent of Amazing Video Tours, is strictly prohibited. Amazing Video Tours offers photography and full motion video marketing solutions to Realtors, and other individuals with property to sell, lease, or rent. A departure from the old fashion 360 Virtual Tour, Amazing Video Tours takes online property marketing to the next level.

Video – How to Use Twitter for Business Professionals was written by Amazing Video Tours

CRRA/CMLS Technology Open House

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:18:14 +0000

Hey Charlotte Realtors. You know that you’ve been saying that you have to get on board with the whole Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn thing. Well, good news. The CRRA/CMLS is hosting a Technology Open House on June 19^thfrom 9A to 3P. The open house will feature technology sessions with subject matter experts on topics such as:

Tools and tips to maximize your use of TEMPO^TM

Wireless technology – Palm Treos, BlackBerrys
Blogging
Social Networking – including Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
Maximizing Use of Paperless Transactions (Realfast)
Getting the Most Out of CSS
Video and Photography for Real Estate
CMLS Tricks of Trade (Lockboxes)
GIS (Polaris)
Syndication of Listings (ListHub, IDX and VOWs)
Contact Management (Outlook for Realtors^®)
Other sessions TBA

I am very excited to have been asked to conduct the session on Full Motion Video for Real Estate. I am looking forward to attending some of the other sessions and learning more myself.

The event is free for members and $25 for non members. For questions, or more info, please visit www.CarolinaRealtors.com or contact Karyn Lindsey at 704-940-3116

CRRA/CMLS Technology Open House was written by Amazing Video Tours