How Many Social Networking Sites Could There Be?
Most agents in today’s market are participating in a never-ending battle to “keep up” with the changing technology and internet networking sites that seem to just keep coming. As many agents have found out the hard way, at some point you must draw the line, or at least somehow become more efficient online or you will simply run out of hours in your day!
One of the things I try to keep updated is my “status” on multiple social networking sites. “Travis is holding an Open House today, 1-2pm” or “Travis is waiting on your call, who needs a new home!” are some examples of my day-to-day status updates. I like to let everyone know that I am in Real Estate as often as I can, so hopefully they call me first when they need to buy or sell. The task of changing my status on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, LinkedIn, Ect… can be very time consuming, until now.
I was recently introduced to a free service that saves me tons of time and helps me market myself daily. It’s called ping.fm, and as the site states, “it’s a simple way to update all your social networks in one easy step.”
You can sign up for a free account at ping.fm and be up and running in no time. It just takes a few moments to go through the list of over 35 social networking sites and indicate which ones you belong to. You add your username for each site and ping.fm does the rest!
After setup, you simply go to the ping.fm website and you can enter a status update, blog entry, photo, or even a video. Then ping automatically posts this information to ALL your desired networks! You can even “ping” from your cell phone, email, or instant messenger.
This service may not be for everyone, but it saves me time everyday. Check it out and keep networking!
