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From Facebook Official Statistics page (as of 2-10-10)
Company Figures
- More than 400 million active users
- 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day
- More than 35 million users update their status each day
- More than 60 million status updates posted each day
- More than 3 billion photos uploaded to the site each month
- More than 5 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each week
- More than 3.5 million events created each month
- More than 3 million active Pages on Facebook
- More than 1.5 million local businesses have active Pages on Facebook
- More than 20 million people become fans of Pages each day
- Pages have created more than 5.3 billion fans
Average User Figures
- Average user has 130 friends on the site
- Average user sends 8 friend requests per month
- Average user spends more than 55 minutes per day on Facebook
- Average user clicks the Like button on 9 pieces of content each month
- Average user writes 25 comments on Facebook content each month
- Average user becomes a fan of 4 Pages each month
- Average user is invited to 3 events per month
- Average user is a member of 13 groups
If you haven’t already started a Fan or Business Page on Facebook, here are some resources to get your going:
Mashable’s Facebook Guidebook– Comprehensive, excellent resource
http://mashable.com/2009/12/28/facebook-guide-book/
Facebook for Business Super Guide
http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/facebook-for-business-superguide/
Create a Page for Your Business on Facebook – The Social Media Guide
http://thesocialmediaguide.com.au/2009/07/01/create-page-business-facebook/
Blogging & Social Networking for Business
Approved by the Nevada Real Estate Commission
3 Hours Continuing Education (PD) CE.3706000-RE
Next Class Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Download the class flyer: Blog Class Flyer Feb 12, 2010
Location: Robb & Stucky Community Room, (Town Square Las Vegas • At I-15 and the 215 Beltway )
Address: 6521 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV 89119
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$45 in advance; $55 at the door
Register online at: http://business-blog-consultant.com/register/
Instructors: Jan O’Brien, 858-9191 and Kathryn Bovard, 348-7191
Three hour (CE Approved) training seminar covering…
- What is a Blog? Who Is Blogging? Why should You Blog?
- The anatomy of a blog – understand all the components and how a blog differs from a conventional website
- 6 Questions to Consider before Launching a Blog
- Learn the 15 Top Tips for A Successful Blog
- How to generate leads using a blog and other social media
- How does Web 2.0/social networking impact the real estate industry?
- Learn how to use FACEBOOK, TWITTER, ACTIVE RAIN and LINKEDIN to optimize and drive traffic to your blog!
Bonus Materials: Receive a copy of:
- WordPress.com Tutorial ($20 value) A step-by-step guide to launch your FREE blog
- Real Estate Agents Internet Resource Guide ($10 value) A comprehensive guide to online Listing Tools, Blogging and other Web 2.0 services, tools and technologies
Stefan Swanepoel delivered two excellent talks at the Real Estate Trends 2010 and Short Sale Market seminar held November 5, 2009 in Las Vegas. The event was hosted by Steven Kitnick Seminars
In his opening keynote, Stefan covered 7 Super Trends impacting the Real Estate Industry today. Stefan’s insights and all the details are available in the Real Estate Trends Report available at www.RETrends.com.
#7 Information HIghway Congestion “Too Much Traffic Creates a Virtual Parking Lot”
#6 The Foreign Factor ”Ciao, Salute, Hallo, Salaam, Jambo, Pree-vyet, Hola”
#5 Boulevard of Broken Dream “The Future of (a National) MLS
#4 Organized Real Estate Moves “New NAR Could Change the Industry”
#3 The Good, The Bad & The Ugly “The Price of Greed and Stupidity”
#2 The Power of One “Online Tribes Become Power Players”
#1 Life After (During) a Down Market “Cycles Are Part of the Real Estate Journey”
Approved by the Nevada Real Estate Commission
3 Hours Continuing Education (PD) CE.3706000-RE
Friday, November 13th, 1:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View Mortgage Training Room
215 & Durango (Sunset to Butler to Building)
Click here for a MAP – Street Address not on Mapquest
$45 in advance; $55 at the door
Register online at : http://careerrealty.com/contact_training.htm
Instructors: Jan O’Brien, 858-9191 and Kathryn Bovard, 348-7191
Three hour (CE Approved) training seminar covering…
- What is a Blog? Who Is Blogging? Why should You Blog?
- The anatomy of a blog – understand all the components and how a blog differs from a conventional website
- 6 Questions to Consider before Launching a Blog
- Learn the 15 Top Tips for A Successful Blog
- How to generate leads using a blog and other social media
- How does Web 2.0/social networking impact the real estate industry?
- Learn how to use FACEBOOK, TWITTER, ACTIVE RAIN and LINKEDIN to optimize and drive traffic to your blog!
Bonus Materials: Receive a copy of:
- WordPress.com Tutorial ($20 value) A step-by-step guide to launch your FREE blog
- Real Estate Agents Internet Resource Guide ($10 value) A comprehensive guide to online Listing Tools, Blogging and other Web 2.0 services, tools and technologies
Real Estate Blogging 101 CE Class
Wednesday, September 23rd, 1:00 to 4:00 pm
First United Mortgage Building Do not mapquest – The street does not exist!
(215 – between S. Buffalo and S. Durango – off W. Sunset) Here is a MAP
$45 in advance; $55 at the door
Register online at http://careerrealty.com/contact_training.htm
Jan O’Brien 858-9191, www.JanOBrien.com
Kathryn Bovard 348-7191, www.KathrynBovard.com
Three hour (CE Approved) training seminar covering…
- What is a Blog? Who Is Blogging? Why should You Blog?
- The anatomy of a blog – understand all the components and how a blog differs from a conventional website
- 6 Questions to Consider before Launching a Blog
- Learn the 15 Top Tips for A Successful Blog
- How to generate leads using a blog and other social media
- How does Web 2.0/social networking impact the real estate industry?
- Learn how to use FACEBOOK, TWITTER, ACTIVE RAIN and LINKEDIN to optimize and drive traffic to your blog!
Bonus Materials: Receive a copy of:
- WordPress.com Tutorial ($20 value) A step-by-step guide to launch your FREE blog
- Real Estate Agents Internet Resource Guide ($10 value) A comprehensive guide to online Listing Tools, Blogging and other Web 2.0 services, tools and technologies
Register & reserve your seat online: www.careerrealty.com
What is Twitter?
- A microblogging platform that asks the question…”What are you doing now?“
- A communication channel and social network
- You post to Twitter in 140 characters or less via your mobile phone or the web
- It’s text messaging, instant messaging, and email rolled into one service that allows you to communicate instantly with a group
- A potential addiction and time-waster or a unique way to stay in touch with family, friends, current and prospective business clients? Only you can decide that one!
The answer to that controversial question depends on several things, among them:
- Are you comfortable with the platform?
- Do you have clients or friends who use Twitter as a preferred communication method?
- Can you find the balance of following members in your group and what they are doing at the moment and “Tweeting” or posting a comment about what you are doing and the rest of your daily life?
I setup my Twitter account over a year ago when I attended the Real Connect conference in San Francisco. I posted 2 times to it and was reintroduced to Twitter this past weekend at Unchained with Brad and Andy. For me, I see the potential benefits to connecting with others and building my online social network. I just have to find that elusive balance…
Twitter can be an incredibly effective platform to:
- Connect and communicate with a group for a specific event, function or gathering.
- An impromptu or planned get together or meet-up. Several people have shared stories with me of putting together a meet-up using Twitter – for business or social reasons.
- Stay connected with a client and their group of friends during the buying or selling process.
- Connect with potential clients by simply participating in the online social networking world.
There are numerous desktop Twitter applications or clients popping up – additional services to enhance your Twitter experience. Here are just a few:
- Twirhl – monitor and post to your feed with this desktop client
- Tweetscan – a real-time search engine for Twitter
- Twemes – use the hashtag (#) to follow a live event, conference or group event
- Twitpic – let’s you share photos on Twitter
If you really become a Twitter fan, you can create a widget and post your live Twitter feed on your blog or website to encourage visitors to follow you.
Here are some useful posts I’ve read researching the whole Twitter phenomenon:
Tweeting for Companies 101 - great post about “why Twitter, stuff to tweet about, how to talk Twitter”
12 Reasons to Start Twittering – from Michael Hyatt of “Where I Sit”
Twitter Fan Wiki = lots of useful information on Twitter, applications
Pat Kitano of TransparentRE.com has several recent blog posts about Twitter – check out:
How to fully participate in the Twitter conversation in only 30 minutes
To Tweet or Not Tweet…now that’s the question. Hope this post can help you find your individual answer.
Enjoy this short, simple explanation video on You Tube “Twitter in Plain English “
