SOCIAL MEDIA SITES FOR THE REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL

Some social media sites for the Real Estate world. Some are better than others but depending on what you are trying to do this list will help you navigate some of the more established sites. This list provides some great platforms and mediums that allow you to show thought leadership and expertise among your peers. Some can creatively integrate profiles and responses into great marketing campaigns!

• Active Rain is for real estate agents and others in the industry who want to promote and grow their businesses. There’s a lively blogging community here, offering a place to share ideas about online marketing and networking.
• Localism.com describes itself as “The World’s Most Complete Neighborpedia.” This is a growing site that offers up the flavor and unique character of specific neighborhoods. Photos and maps, as well as neighborhood and property descriptions, are included.
• Mydealbook.com is used by those in commercial real estate, including architects, developers, agents, and brokers. This is a network for sharing information about deals.
• Realseeker is for buyers. They can search here for properties nationwide and then discuss them with others, using built-in communication tools like Skype and Twitter.
• Trulia is a real estate search site that uses advanced search features, like heat mapping, as well as input from agents to offer more accurate—and therefore, more useful—information.
• Zillow is not a social networking site in its own right, but allows users to integrate Zillow information into their own sites.
• Zipvo Real EstateMedia Network is YouTube for real estate videos. Agents and others—like production companies—share information about making videos. Buyers can use Zipvo to search for videos in their locations of interest. Agents can integrate their videos into other sites.