Vancouver, North Vancouver, Burnaby. December 28, 2011.
As I huddle by the fire with my laptop, I am catching up with friends, family and clients- all through social media.
While I prefer face time to Facebook, and a real chat versus Twitter, these toys/tools serve their purpose. They are what you make of them. I use Hootsuite ( a Vancouver company ) to coordinate them all, including LinkedIn and a charity that I manage their Twitter profile.
I increasingly enjoy getting my news snippets electronically, and thank my networks for posting things of interest. Politics, business, real estate, philanthropy and upcoming events. I just watched Meryl Streep's "Kennedy Centre Honors" (US spelling) thanks to a friend who posted the YouTube clip. I had forgotten to PVR it, and it is a year end indulgence. Worth a watch.
So, if you are expanding your horizons, playing with some new techno toys, and you want to interact or just be a voyeur:
Follow me: www.twitter.com/agentblair
Link up: http://www.linkedin.com/in/blairsmithrealtor
Friend me: https://www.facebook.com/agentblair
I have resisted many other social platforms, so if you invite me to one of those- I may respectfully decline. As I said, it is a personal decision how social media does or doesn't work for you.
With my clients, I always ask how they best chooses to interact. Some prefer email, some want texts to "call me when you are free", and others actually like getting succinct voicemails if they cannot answer when I call.
A final bit of advice: DON'T talk online about your real estate negotiations, motivations, anxieties over an inspection etcetera.
People like me Google the competition looking for any leg up for my clients.
Cheers, and all the best for 2012!
or just call me: 604-313-8732. Helping YOU Make All The RIGHT Moves.
