In my short career in real estate sales, I have met many agents (in my office, in training, networking events, etc...) that know the Importance of Networking, but many don't take advantage of online networking. To the older generations, online networking seems complicated and juvenile, but it can also be a very important tool in building your sphere of influence. Everyone that reads this already knows about Activerain and how much it can help your real estate career, So below I list a few other sites that I think everyone should join. Keep in mind these sites are very user friendly and FREE. I hope that you give them a try.
Social Networking:
Myspace.com- easy sign up, you design a page using free templates, you can add music to your page, find and add friends searching for old friends and colleagues, this is a site you can be very creative with. It has an area to write blogs. You can also link to activerain.
Facebook.com-easy sign up, your main page is your wall, this is where your friends will leave you messages and you can keep up to date on what everyone is up too. This site also has a type of instant messaging that doesn't require a download but enables you to chat with your friends
Twitter.com-Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
Linkedin.com-The most Professional of the group, you fill out your information which basically will look like a resume when you are complete. You add connections by searching for colleagues, previous classmates, etc... There are lots of professional groups you can join.
Remember all these sites are free and don't take a lot of time to set up. I hope this helps!
You are absolutely right Walter. All these sites are great sites and thats why I am a member of all of them and some. Also www.meetup.com is a very good one too. Great post.
I try to add at least one new email to my database a day.
Just increase you sphere by one a day ...that's 365 in a year!