Field Guide to Twitter
(Updated November 2008)
Twitter is a way of sending short bits of information to your subscribers. The messages are limited to 140 character at a time, called a Tweet. Let your clients know what you are doing for them, post short descriptions of new listings, keep your team on schedule. Learn more from the following articles and resources. (A. Siudzinski, Information Specialist)
Contents:
What is Twitter? | Why Use Twitter? | Twitter and Real Estate | eBooks & Other Resources
What is Twitter?
What is Twitter?, (www.twitter.com, 2008).
Let's Twitter?, (REALTOR® Magazine Online Exclusives, Sept. 2008).
Associations using Twitter, (A List Bloggers, Aug. 25, 2008).
What is Twitter? A beginners guide, (Social Media Today, Aug. 11, 2008).
Twitter explained for the real estate blogger, (Real Estate Tomato, July 30, 2008).
Twitter: a distracting habit that you should pick up, (Washington Business Journal, May 2, 2008).
How to use Twitter, (websearch.about.com, 2008).
Why Use Twitter?
Twitter? How could that possibly help me?, (ActiveRain, October 28, 2008).
50 ideas on using Twitter for business, (Chris Brogan, Aug. 30, 2008).
Using Twitter for business, (The Blog Herald, Aug. 26, 2008).
22 reasons to use Twitter for business and pleasure, (My Tech Opinion, May 29, 2008).
What is Twitter and why do you use it?, (Soft Tech Reviews, May 8, 2008).
"The what & why of Twitter" -- Social Network Review, (www.activerain.com, Mar. 31, 2008).
Using Twitter to listen to your customers, (Future of Real Estate Marketing, Mar. 26, 2008).
How to use Twitter for business, (www.flyte.biz, 2008).
Twitter for real estate--How to get started, (Real Estate Webmasters, November 3, 2008).
Twitter replaces annoying drip email marketing, (Transparent RE, October 25, 2008).
Find clients by searching Twitter, (ActiveRain, Sept. 5, 2008).
A Twitter resource for real estate twits, (MyTechOpinion, Aug. 18, 2008).
Twitter and the Real Estate Blogger, (Real Estate Tomato, July 30, 2008).
Real life example of using Twitter in the real estate industry, (Real Estate Marketing World, July 19, 2008).
How Twitter saved the day!, (Silicon Valley Real Estate Guide, July 18, 2008).
Real estate agents -- 10 good, non-"salesy" ways to use Twitter, (www.ezinearticles.com, July 15, 2008).
Marketing on Twitter, (The Phoenix Real Estate Guy, June 1, 2008).
eBooks & Other Resources
eBooks.realtor.org
The following ebooks and digital audiobooks are available to NAR members:
I'm on Facebook -- Now What??? (Adobe eReader)
I'm on LinkedIn -- Now What??? (Adobe eReader)
The Networking Survival Guide (Adobe eReader)
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