August 2011

Finding the Needle In Facebook

by Bryan Bowles on August 30, 2011

So, as big as Facebook is, with all it’s user’s, users’ conversations, pictures, content, and posts, surely looking for information is like searching for a needle in a haystack. Well, here’s how you find that needle, and the type of needles you should be looking for. Fortunately, Facebook makes it easy to find phrases and [...]

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Organize the Twitter Clutter

by Bryan Bowles on August 29, 2011

Using Twitter for the first time can be very, very confusing.  At first, it seems like there are a million conversations going on at once… well, there are.  The trick to organizing and getting the most out of Twitter is using Lists. Here are a few things you can use Twitter Lists for, and how [...]

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What Can you Do with RealtyPlug Facebook App?

by Bryan Bowles on August 26, 2011

So, I’m sure you’re on Facebook, and hopefully you have a Page (not just a personal profile).  Well, what are you doing to engage with your network and market on Facebook? Here’s an easy way to engage, and keep people coming back to you page… Add a Search App to your Facebook page.  This allows [...]

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Must Use Features of LinkedIn

by Bryan Bowles on August 25, 2011

If you’re like most real estate professionals, you’re probably focusing most of your social media marketing efforts in Facbook and Twitter… but, don’t forget about LinkedIn. Too often it’s left on the backburner. There are a lot of really cool tools within LinkedIn you can use to grow your real estate business. Here are just [...]

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Does Google+ Matter?

by Bryan Bowles on August 24, 2011

Probably not… yet.  I’ve heard from some people (even some agents) that Google+ is so cool because Uncle Joe and Aunt Edna aren’t there posting vacation pics and silly quizzes.  As an agent, I’m willing to bet that 75% of your contacts are the Uncle Joe’s and Aunt Ednas of our world… why wouldn’t you [...]

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LinkedIn for Real Estate – An Intro

by Bryan Bowles on August 19, 2011

Is LinkedIn Really Useful As a Real Estate Marketing Tool? Although most Realtors are aware of LinkedIn, many don’t consider it a viable resource when it comes to marketing and creating new leads and referrals. Don’t discard it so quickly. There are tremendous ways to boost your visibility on LinkedIn, and earn new business through [...]

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Twitter for Real Estate – An Intro

by Bryan Bowles on August 19, 2011

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As our first blog post covering Twitter, we’ll keep it basic. We’ll add more advanced Twitter tips, tricks, and real estate marketing ideas in the coming weeks. But, for now, let’s start at the beginning. By now, I’m sure you’ve heard of Twitter, and might have even signed up for an account that you rarely [...]

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Facebook Pages – An Introduction

by Bryan Bowles on August 17, 2011

As one of the first blog posts for RealtyPlug we’ll start with the basics of setting up a Facebook Page. Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past 5+ years, I’m going to assume you’ve at least logged in and used Facebook personally to some limited degree. If you haven’t, it’s not too late… [...]

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Hello World!

by Bryan Bowles on August 16, 2011

So, this is our proverbial hello word post… finally! We’ve been building RealtyPlug for the past year, and after much testing, and testing… and testing, we finally have it. My name is Bryan Bowles. I’m a licensed real estate broker, located in St. Louis MO, and I started this venture really out of necessity. I [...]

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