Comments on: Interview with Jeff Turner of Real Estate Shows

By: Joe Manausa - Tallahassee Real Estate

Joe Manausa - Tallahassee Real Estate — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:01:56 +0000

Hey Brad, when are going to bring some more content here? You had a good string running for a while. You can’t be that busy can you???

By: Joe Manausa - Tallahassee Real Estate

Joe Manausa - Tallahassee Real Estate — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:55:50 +0000

Great article Brad, but unfortunately it makes me realize that I have yet to make it to the Kindergarten of web 2.0. The fact that I have a job outside of this learning curve is very intimidating, considering that I feel like I need an 80 hour week just to get my company moving in the right direction on our new web marketing strategy.

It certainly helps when you “pick the brain” of somebody like Jeff who is out there mixing it up with all the various social networks and can help us reach a starting point. Thanks again.

By: Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:26:16 +0000

Re: “You must set boundaries on your time or you will find yourself eating up large amounts of it before you know it.”

A very, very important point. You don’t need ALL the tools with respect to social networking tools out there, you just need the right ones. Use your online presence to engage with people and drive on-line relationships into off-line encounters… But whilst your out there social networking, set boundaries for yourself or you’ll end up wasting a lot of your valuable time…

By: John, Vancouver WA Homes

John, Vancouver WA Homes — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:42:55 +0000

Thanks for bringing Jeff’s insights to this forum. Personally I find it very easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of social networking sites a real estate agent can get involved with, let alone finding the few that will be a good fit for my business model. I also like the closing remark of having a focus on the easy and effective for RES, and not the latest tech craze.

By: Tallahassee Real Estate - Joe Manausa

Tallahassee Real Estate - Joe Manausa — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:05:50 +0000

Jeff said “First of all, you have to treat your online social networks the same way you treat your offline social networks, your “real world” friends. If you have your friends over every night for dinner and drinks and games, before long, you’ll simply grow tired of even your closest friends.”

Super advice for people entering into social networks for the first time.I wish I would have heard this a year ago! Thanks and I’ll pass this along.

By: Jeremy Vaught

Jeremy Vaught — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:31:21 +0000

I love that you are using Social Media to excel in a non-technology area. I disagree with you about Seesmic though. It’s only a time waster if you allow it to be.

For example, you can use it to create a video on your blog and allow others to respond through video. Video is much more personal than text. You can also add the ability to allow your readers/watchers to respond to your blog posts in video through the Wordpress plugin or by adding Disqus.

So even if the timeline at Seesmic.com doesn’t suit your needs, there is still a lot more to Seesmic. (you mentioned Twitter as a great took, well Seesmic’s Twhirl is also the most used Twitter client)

So if you haven’t figured it out by now, full disclosure, I actually am a contractor for Seesmic. But I got the job because I’m a such fan of Seesmic. We are doing great things, so don’t write us off as a waste of time.

Cheers!
Jeremy Vaught