Let's think about your first cell phone and how it has changed throughout the years in it's appearance and its capabilities. Think about television and music and how far technology has changed allowing us to download it and play. I watch the latest movies on the computer....and I do it for FREE!
Go back in time on the web where yahoo was the coolest thing ever invented...before blogs...before social networks....yes there were chat rooms and forums and interactions.
Voyeristic By Nature- Facebook Edgerank Will Matter!
When it came to marketing on the web so many naysayers, nope its too impersonal or I don't want to put my info out there, my I bet the same people are eating their words and it wasn't too long ago! Now people really are starting to recognize that the web is much bigger than their local area, the web is huge and bigger than our individual sites and blogs..its a whole globe....and sometimes we need a little help from our friends to spread our messages...via our blogs...re blogs..feeds..likes...and bookmarks and social media sites we participate in.
And some say it was a fad, Hahahahahha!
I am one of those people who believe that websites will become obsolete in time and that social media and platforms such as facebook will offer just about everything needed to start and maintain online interactions. Yeah we might not like it its just how I see things. Good MLS applications and feeds will be very marketable and will be the wave of the future for real estate. I mean think about touchscreens and no longer needing a mouse or doing everything in your cell phone and without your pc...regardless of whether I am right or wrong...I know one thing...there will be change and I think more and more social media sites will continue to interconnect and conversations will continue to matter.
We all know the way we practice real estate will not remain the same. Think about how it has changed in 5 years or 10 years. I really believe nothing ever remains the same. I count on it and live accordingly and the web is no different.
Think about this
Our voyeuristic ways will determine really what the trends will be. It's clear we are all voyeuristic in some way with Facebook, twitter and Google, with dailybooth and chacha and we rely on word of mouth to consider eating at a restaurant or the reputation a person has we are considering to do business with because the information is at our fingertips. And you want to downplay the importance Facebook. I think you are nuts!
I AM Looking for Simpler Always - Facebook Offers That!
Do you realize just how many people use Facebook, its a one stop shop..lets face it customized business pages, personal pages sharing our business and personal lives and a wide variety of web applications at your fingertips. Groups, news feeds and interactions, interconnecting all of our social media if we want.
Wider Reach - Target Your Audience - Conversations Matter
Facebook Passes the 400 Million User Mark
You can spend a huge portion of your time on Facebook and probably reach a targeted audience better than your own website if you connect..no not as a friend but in conversation. You can strike up conversations that could lead into the next big idea or your next customer. It happened to me and I just referred a 6.5 million dollar commercial real estate deal to an agent in Orlando.
And you really believe that Edgerank doesn't matter? Facebook Edgerank is another level of SEO and SMO and vice versa! :)
Let's think in terms of getting found on the web:
- Search Engine Optimization
- Social Media Optimization
- Facebook's Edge-rank
Can You SEE The Trend?
Its no longer just about link building or the proper keywords...search engines count...number of search results count...your written word counts..your social media matters..conversations matter..people are voyeuristic by nature so our daily activities...thoughts and words are important...and interconnecting various social media sites and the top dawgs...facebook and google..LOOK at the number of users...and in the next phase of SEO by applying seo and smo and Facebook Edgerank will matter..its being smart and using the above methods combines to create your own piece of the web! Welcome to the revolution or should I say evolution...of real estate and Internet marketing...seo...smo and now edgerank!
I agree with you Midori and I think it's all about keeping an open mind. The other day I read a comment right here on AR that said FB was a passing fad! I wanted to say "Are you kidding me?" Even if it is, the opportunity for business from this passing fad is extraordinary!
Edgerank will become important but I do not see SEO for websites dying out that quickly.
Facebook is a force to be used as it is growing. What will Facebook look like in a year or two? I am not sure but the thing that I am sure of...stay connected!
Barb- We've heard it all...but I am a huge facebook fan and I think these fellas are really underestimated.
Bill-I think SEO is here to stay I just think that it will change as it always does and I also think its a combo of the three..that is true SEO!
Gary-I can only imagine what facebook will be like in a year or two...BIGGER! :)
Sooo your crystal ball says that bits and blogs replace sites...interesting...more tiny bites makes more sense with less time and more places to put it.
Just the beginning indeed Midori ! Featured on "Build a Better Blog" on AR !
Nah. The internet is overrated. It will never catch on! :-)
Excellent post. I'm a newbie to AR. Your post has inspired a lot of ideas running around in my head.