Before I started playing with Twitter I had my doubts. I have had access to the twitter account that I used to encourage the RedX Real Estate Sales Lead generation system. However until recently I hadn’t invested any time in using it. Because of this, I am just learning to implement the technology. In spite of this fact, I now understand the technology and can appreciate how Brokers online should be utilizing this tool to attract leads.

So how do you use Twitter in a promotion campaign? Before we begin you need to understand that Twitter is only a single point of contact for your prospects and that numerous touches are usually desired to draw a client. Also, understand that Twitter protocol indicates that when you follow somebody’s tweets, they may in turn follow you.

With that background, what are the steps? The principal step is to connect your twitter account to any web site where you have an online presence. If you have a site, blog or web presence, add a “Follow me” or Twitter logo with a hyperlink to your twitter site.

To begin utilizing Twitter as a promotion resource, create an auto-responder on your twitter account so that when anybody chooses to monitor you, they will automatically receive a thank you with a call to action. I use TweetLater.Com for my auto responder and it works quite well. The message ought to thank the user for following, and incorporate a call to action. Your may choose to make your call to action an offer for a complimentary report, data, or some other offer that allows you to capture more information about your target lead. For example, my call to action is “Thanks for the Follow! Want a discount on listing leads from RedX? Visit me here for more info.”

The next step is to begin tweeting. You should routinely tweet, but additionally be aware that there is a shortcut that you may utilize when you cannot post directly. If you control a blog that you bring up to date often, you may post the feed directly to your twitter account using TwitterFeed.

The subsequent step in your twitter promotion should be to attract local followers. You can find followers who reside in your area simply by doing a keyword search on the twitter user directory Twellow. Just search the twellow list for active tweeters that live in your area and follow those that fit the bill.

There are a number of other ways that you can incorporate twitter as part of your promotion, together with mobile messaging and even film. We won’t get into those details here, but may address them later.

Originally, the lockbox came in many different forms, whether it was a fake, or a keysafe that fastened to a door handle or utility meter, these boxes made it possible to enjoy a level of security while still proving access to the listing agent to show the real estate.

Early Versions of Lockboxes

Original lockbox systems required a small master key, the lockbox key, to open them. Although the lockbox key is still utilized.

In the 1990’s, the primary lockboxes on home listings were of an electronic variety. The updated lockbox systems were far ahead in the available technology as these new safes would record the access code of showing agents and provide the real estate agent that owned the listing with visibility on the level of interest in the property.

GE Supra Ekey

From this leap toward electronic access, GE Supra Ekey has come forward as the leading lockbox technology in the United States. The new lockboxekey operates using an infra red beam to unlock the unit and record the access. The state of the art systems now allow the real estate agent to open the lockbox simply by syncing up their mobile phone to the ekey device. The Supra Ekey lockbox system then records the access, as well as the details of the agent.

GE Supra Lockbox Ekey System

Early in the nineties, GE Supra with another leading lockbox firm a few years ago to essentially take over the market. The new GE supraekey lockbox and intelligent keysafe system completely integrates with your brokers office to provide complete control and access to all properties listed with that broker.