10 Fave Twitter Tools for Realtors

By on August 16, 2009

Although Twitter.com is great for some things, (searches, etc.) Twitter beceomes a MUCH more powerful tool when used with a host of 3rd party tools.  There are 100s, if not 1000s of such tools.  Here is a list of some of my faves.  Please do not feel you need to use any or all of these… Read the descriptions and see which ones might work for you and then learn to use ONE at a time…  As you become more and more experienced with Twitter, you will figure out JUST which of these tools fit into your twitter style and schedule…

This is step two on your journey…  Have Fun!!

1. TweetDeck is a desktop Twitter and Facebook application. Like other Twitter applications it interfaces with the Twitter API to allow users to send and receive tweets, view profiles, and organize your Twitter friends into groups.

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2.HootSuite is the professional Twitter client. With HootSuite, you can manage multiple Twitter profiles, pre-schedule tweets, and measure your success.

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3. Twellow‘s web site has huge database of Twitter users sorted nicely into categories! Very good way to follow and get some related followers. There’s many categories 3, Tellow is the Twitter Yellow Pages. If you haven’t registered your Real Estate Twitter account on Twellow, it is time to do so.

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4. Nearby Tweets monitors the buzz on your business and local markets.

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5. Twitter.com Search Yes, Twitter search.  Learn all the ways to search for prospects.  For example, if you enter in the twitter search box…  near: 92660 house, you will get everyone who lives in that zip that has used the word house in their tweet.  A valuable tool for agents.

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6. TweetLater is really great tool where you can automatically follow people that follow you and you can submit tweets to be published at specific times. Very good and very effective tool for all Twitter freaks for sure.

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7. Demand Spot is a Twitter mining tool that allows you to search (by keyword) and tweet people who are looking for homes to buy or rent in your local area.

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8. Bit.ly allows you to shorten share and track your links.

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9. Twext.Me is a cool service by Jeff Turner that sends your Twitter mentions to you via SMS text message. Go about your day and never miss another conversation!

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10. BubbleTweet adds a personalized video to your twitter account.

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9 Comments on “10 Fave Twitter Tools for Realtors”

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  • charlotte Lloyd August 16th, 2009 10:01 pm

    should I add all of these??? Just trying to figure this out.
    Thanks.

  • Jim Marks August 17th, 2009 12:26 am

    Charlotte,

    No. Some of them overlap. Choose one a week, read about it, if you like it install it… and see how much you use it… It is just a good thing to know about these tools…

  • Richard Silver | Torontoism August 18th, 2009 12:09 pm

    Great Tips!!! Thanks for the leadership! Much appreciated. One note…with Tweetdeck…I was using it for a while before I realized it expanded sideways. We are always used to programs dropping down rather than moving laterally…I actually found Jimmy Hoffa there! LOL

  • Blair August 18th, 2009 5:27 pm

    Great article! Twitter is a great tool for realtors. I wanted to let you know about TweetLister.com, a fast-growing tool for posting, managing, scheduling and searching real estate listings on Twitter. We just announced our Version 2 release, featuring enhancements that add tremendous value and marketing power for all its users. The service remains a free, fast, simple, user-friendly way to place your real estate listings on Twitter, and enhancements transform the service into a versatile, full-featured, must-have tool for marketing any property.

    The website is located at http://www.tweetlister.com.

    Version 2 features are: Enhanced Listing Details, including more photos, more property features, personalized links to your website, and more; Broker/Owner Profile Information and Dedicated Listings Pages, including a page with your bio and all your listings; Associate Multiple Twitter Accounts with one TweetLister Account, so you can post properties for different regions, or different types of properties, or individual brokers to their own Twitter accounts; New Search Features, so you can now search by City or Neighborhood, State, Country, Keyword and Minimum and Maximum Price; and the ability to Add Listings in Bulk, a custom service.

    I hope you will take a look at the site and consider mentioning it on your blog!

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  • SusieBlackmon September 4th, 2009 3:29 am

    Didn't know about Demand Spot. Your site/blog, etc. is the 'Sweet Spot.'

  • Skip September 27th, 2009 8:49 pm

    Hmm

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