Yesterday we held a webinar for real estate and mortgage professionals sharing strategies on how to incorporate Twitter into your business.  Today I want to share our presentation resources. To start we have a video recording of the event. You’ll also notice we have included our PowerPoint slides, and a list of links to most of the resources we talked about.  We hope these resources will be helpful! Please leave any questions in the comments below.

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If you were to ask me for one of the big buzz words of 2009, I would have to say Twitter.  You can’t turn around without someone mentioning the rapidly growing micro-sharing network.  But what is it about 140 character tweets that has everyone talking? If you’ve been asking those questions, than you should seriously think about attending our free upcoming webinar:

Twitter Webinar
Date: May 7^th, 2009
Time: 10am (PDT) / 1pm (EST)
RSVP: http://rsvp.cyberhomes.com
Instructors: Reggie Nicolay (@cyberhomes) and Nicole Nicolay (@nik_nik)

The truth is Twitter has lots to offer your real estate business.  The simplicity of the tool has empowered extremely creative uses of the technology.  One of the latest Twitter features is another take on a growing web-based quandary of user registration. Keep in mind, each time users are asked to create a new account; they typically create a new username, password, and even upload their avatar.  Both Facebook and Google have stepped up with solutions aimed at porting user’s profiles into newly authenticated sites. Now Twitter has done the same with Twitter Connect. Basically the service allows any website or blog owner to self-host the entire oAuth connection process. (see examples)

As mentioned, this would allow visitors to your site to authenticate using their Twitter account. Which could be handy for leaving new comments, it’s even possible to bring in their avatar alongside.  Of course, Twitter Connect could be used for more than just comments; it could be used for any other registration need that may arise.

If you’re a WordPress user, I’ve already seen a WordPress plug-in popup that will help you through the installation process.  You will however need to follow a process similar to Facebook connect setup, meaning you will need to register your blog and then grab your Consumer Key and Consumer Secret. Those unique numbers are then added to the WordPress Plugin.

Are you interested in implementing social media into your real estate business, but not sure how or where to start, make sure you join Cyberhomes on April 21^st at 10am.

We’ll be looking specifically at Facebook as a marketing tool.  Did you know that more than 100 million users log on to Facebook at least once each day further positioning the social networking giant as a new and growingly respected communications channel?  With these incredible numbers and the fact that Facebook makes it easy to engage with a large but targeted audience, real estate agents are finding Facebook to be a valuable way to engage and connect with consumers.  But how should you best implement Facebook into your business? This webinar is designed to expose 12 Facebook marketing strategies you can implement immediately!

Here are a few strategies you’ll learn:

1. How to better organize your network and target your conversations
2. How best to display and share real estate data
3. Learn best practices for authentic engagement
4. Learn how to prioritize your daily social media marketing tasks

Below you’ll see where the Facebook growth by age group and gender between January and March of 2009:

Don’t forget, REGISTER HERE:  https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/681697514

If you have an open hour on January 27^th, Cyberhomes has sponsored a seminar lead by Jennifer Cummings. Jennifer is a trained economist and direct response marketing specialist.  She will be sharing strategies you can implement immediately to boost your marketing in 2009.  Jennifer will speak to the changing consumer mindsets and share techniques boosting the confidence of your prospects.

Jennifer is a dynamic speaker and I’m sure you will enjoy her style.

Webinar Details
Date: Tuesday, January 27th
Time: 10 AM Pacific Time
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