First, and probably most importantly, you don’t HAVE to “do social media.” Short of prospecting for clients and closing real estate transactions, there really isn’t anything that has to be done to be successful in real estate sales. Of course those two things are huge, and how you go about doing them can vary wildly, but you don’t have to make social media a part of your effort any more than you have to do things like door knock, geo-farm a neighborhood, work expired listings and FSBOs, blog, tweet, comment on Facebook or pin away on Pinterest, etc.
Now, should you chose to implement all or parts of the vast social media toolbox into your prospecting repertoire, you would be well-served to take a look at some of the larger social sites out there.
And be prepared to do nothing with many of them.
What? Do nothing? How is that possible? How is that anywhere close to being sage advice? “But, Jay…” you may be thinking, “All the social media gurus and thought leaders tell us to jump on every site, create a profile, and ‘just engage’ and we’ll see wild success and untold riches from using social media.”
Poppycock. Balderdash. Nonsense.
Here’s the deal folks – no one has the bandwidth to properly handle being involved in every social media network. There are just too many of them out there. Rather than spread yourself so far and wide as to be ineffective, you would be far better served by really digging into one or two, MAYBE three social networks. Really understand what makes those communities tick. Learn the language and the culture of a few chosen sites. Master a few rather than try to have a presence on all.