Google Plus Twitter Equals Big Real Estate Profits!

Unless you’ve been in a cave, you know the power of Twitter when it comes to marketing. You may have also heard about a little search engine called Google, yes?

You may already be posting your real estate listings, REOs, rehabs or rentals on your blog or website. You might also be using a service like TweetLister to generate tweet friendly property listings. Well, hold on to your hat, because Google has announced that they’ll be indexing Tweets. Not only is that HUGE news for search results, it means that you can start a virtual flood of traffic to your site to create massive real estate profits!

With some big news from Google, you’ll need to check out two great Twitter tools: SocialOomph and Hummingbird.

On the Google Blog, Marissa Mayer, the VP of Search Products posted:

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Given this new type of information and its value to search, we are very excited to announce that we have reached an agreement with Twitter to include their updates in our search results. We believe that our search results and user experience will greatly benefit from the inclusion of this up-to-the-minute data, and we look forward to having a product that showcases how tweets can make search better in the coming months. That way, the next time you search for something that can be aided by a real-time observation, say, snow conditions at your favorite ski resort, you’ll find tweets from other users who are there and sharing the latest and greatest information.

Basically, your tweets will now start showing up in Google.!

Consider this – there were 45,500,000 searches for the keyword “foreclosure” on Google for September. The keyword “real estate” was searched 101 million times. If you’re tweeting real estate listings, this is great news. A person searching for a foreclosure in your city – say, Dallas, Texas – will have a better chance of finding your listing if you’ve “tweeted” the listing.

The trick will be in maximizing your exposure on Twitter. There are two ways to get this done: Build your list of followers and post your tweets often. Luckily, there are a couple good tools for doing this.

The first tool is one of the standards in Twitter marketing – SocialOomph. Formerly, TweetLater.com, SocialOomph is a full service Twitter management application. Users can

• schedule multiple tweets
• track keywords
• send direct messages to your new followers
• run unlimited accounts (brokers get accounts for all your agents!)
• run automated accounts
• auto follow based on keywords

and that’s just a short list. SocialOomph offers a massive array of features for ensureing you get the most bang for the buck with your Twitter marketing. At about $29/month, that’s powerful mojo at your fingertips. Check out SocialOomph for more info.

Hummingbird

Hummingbird is a desktop client to Twitter. The goal of Hummingbird is to build your twitter following in record time, and it exceeds that goal easily. As an example, we were able to amass a following of over 17,000 twitter users in about 45 days!

Like SocialOomph, Hummingbird allows you to manage multiple accounts, view reports, and send tweets. Where Hummingbird really shines is the follow engine. You can find and follow massive numbers of twitter users while staying inside Twitters limits. The result is that you’ll get most of those users following you in return, and they’ll see your deals as you tweet them.

The Hummingbird site has more info.

The Long and the Short of it
As always, Google continues to keep internet marketing the technological “wild west”. for Realtors, investors, and real estate professionals that are ready for the new features, you can expect a gold rush in your real estate profits.

Here’s to your success!