Social Media, Social Networking Presentation For VA Realtors

Are you a Virginia REALTOR®? Interested in learning how to use social media and social networking within your busines to increase your success? Then come check out the "Social Media for the Technologically Challenged" presentation on Saturday, September 27th at the Virginia Association of REALTORS® convention in Baltimore (don't ask why it's in Maryland).

A fellow Realtor and I will be giving the 90-minute presentation beginning at 2:00pm. We're leaving the last 30 minutes open in order to answer your questions and show real-time examples of social media and social networking at work.

I'll be posting a comprehensive list of social media and social networking resources from the presentation tomorrow so come back to check that out.

Hope to see you there!

***UPDATE: The list of social media and social networking resources is now available.

A Way To Find Others With Similar Interests

Curious as to who has the same interests as you? Wondering what people are saying about and doing in Loudoun County? Want to make friends and communicate with others near you? One way to do so is through Twitter and TwitterLocal.

Twitter brings people together that have the same interests whether it be due to geographical area, work, organization or some other common thread. Twitter is a "micro-blogging" platform that allows you to post 140 character snippets (aka "Tweets") of what you’re doing, your thoughts, comments to other Twitters, etc.

Twitter is a good way to post about stuff that is not necessarily worth a phone call, blog post or email. Your friends and associates can "follow" you and get your updates sent to them directly on their computer or their cell phone. You can see who else has the same interests or likes to go to the same places as you do. The common interest brings you and them together online and eventually, offline/in person (if you choose to do so).

TwitterLocal is basically a search/reader for Twitter. Just put in a keyword such as "Ashburn" or "Loudoun County" and it will search through Twitter and send you all the "Tweets" that have those keywords in them. You can get real specific with the keywords such as "Ashburn Ice Rink" or "Spartan Football". You can see who’s talking about what’s of interest to you and see what they’re saying. Same goes for others - they can see that you’re talking about the same things of interest to them and get your take on it.

Twitter and TwitterLocal are an integral part of social media and social networking, a movement that is gaining tremendous momentum and will not be going away any time soon. It’s amazing how it can bring people and information together that may never have been brought together otherwise.

For a great and simple explanation of Twitter and how/why it works, check out these two short videos:

Twitter in Plain English

Twitter is Like Cheers

***If you’re on Twitter, feel free to share your handle here in a comment. And please stop by and say hello on Twitter - my handle is DaniloB. You can also check out my "Tweets" on the Twitter widget located near the top of the right hand column of the page.