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Are You Wasting Time With Social Networking for Real Estate?

by J. Lamar Ferren | September 6, 2009

Social NetworkingThere are some Real Estate Investors & Entrepreneurs alike who are wasting their time with Social Networking.

What they’re doing is pointless, annoying, and it needs to stop.

Thousands and thousands of investors have caught onto Web 2.0 Social Networking/Social Media. But Why… What’s the Point?  Even people who have tried it, tend to fall off quickly…

I finally understand why…

You sign up for one of these social networking sites, you create a profile, try to make a bunch of friends… now what? Is that all to it? Are we competing to see who has the most friends or what?

It’s Not About Having The Most Friends

Some people don’t understand the power of Social Networking and they tend to write it off as a waste of time… or something for kids.

If you want to make the most out of your Social Networking, then follow the tips below.

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Real Estate Marketing

Using Voice Broadcasting through CallFire to Close Real Estate Deals

by Justin McClelland | September 3, 2009

A tag cloud with terms related to Web 2.As one that invests in Real Estate, time maximization and lead-generation are imperative. It’s ideal to utilize automation tools to outsource tasks that allow your business run efficiently and to maintain a constant influx of leads.

A way to accomplish both is by utilizing a call center. And I don’t mean usage of a traditional call center which may come to mind. Call centers with expensive set-up fees, high per minute rates, or agents who answer your business’ calls among others are unnecessary and a thing of the past.

Move into Web 2.0 by leveraging cloud computing for your call center, or a cloud-call-center. With a cloud-call-center service such as that offered by CallFire, you can optimize their Infrastructure-As-Service model to obtain great marketing results.

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I’ll pose an example case-study scenario, just to give an idea of how such a service could be utilized:

Case Study for the Use of Cloud Call Center Applications

Justin is a real estate wholesaler and had a house under contract that he absolutely had to assign as quickly as he could. He gave himself a 60 day time-window in the contract to find a buyer and 20 days had elapsed. Justin turned to his primary contract-assignment options; he called the buyers on his existing buyers’ list, he placed 50 bandit signs around town, he put an ad in the paper, he blasted information about the property on the internet.

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Real Estate Technology

8 Essential Reasons Why You Should Join Twitter for Marketing Your Real Estate Business

by Joshua Dorkin | December 7, 2008

I’ve been playing around on Twitter for a few months now (@jrdorkin) and, while I’m not an addict like many people claim to be, I do think that it can be yet another useful tool in your marketing arsenal. I thought it would be interesting to browse the ‘net to see what others are [...]

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BiggerPockets News

BiggerPockets.com Undergoes a Major Facelift Complete with New Property Directory!

by Joshua Dorkin | June 21, 2008

It has been a long time coming . . .
We just launched a MAJOR FACELIFT to BiggerPockets!
For years, people have been using our site to do everything from finding tools and resources, to discussing real estate, to making deals, to selling property, etc. We’ve just made it easier to do several of these things.
Here [...]

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BiggerPockets News

Great Review of the New BiggerPockets

by Joshua Dorkin | January 11, 2008

Site member and blogger, Scott Ficek wrote a great post tonight on his blog that reviews the New BiggerPockets Real Estate Social Network. Please support us and Scott by visiting his post:
BiggerPockets Gets Even Better!
Enjoy!

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BiggerPockets News

It’s Here

by Joshua Dorkin | January 5, 2008

See what everyone will be talking about:

Join The Real Estate Social Networking Community!

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Real Estate Resources

Top 7 Coolest Real Estate Web 2.0 Sites

by Joshua Dorkin | April 23, 2006

digg_url = ‘http://www.digg.com/tech_news/The_7_Coolest_Web_2.0_Real_Estate_Sites’;Things are changing so fast online, and Web 2.0 is taking over. Mashups are the newest rage for now, and there will certainly be cooler stuff to come in the not so distant future. Hopefully these technologies will continue to make it easier to learn about, buy, sell, or rent properties. [...]

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