Online real estate marketing has come a very long way since the early days of “text-based” websites that offered drab information similar to traditional MLS listings. As web technology improved, agents began to feature pictures, panoramic virtual tours, and videos of their listings and syndicated them across the web on blog posts and a host of real estate websites. In keeping with the social networking boom, agents and property owners can now leverage TweetLister to deliver their property listings on Twitter without worrying about the 140 character limit.
No, Real Estate agents and property owners haven’t been given any special dispensation regarding Twitter’s character limits. Rather, TweetLister provides a free tool that automates the brain bending task of fitting property listing details in 140 characters and then throws in a slew of other handy features to provide you with a well-conceived property marketing tool!
Naturally, to use this tool you will first need a Twitter Account. Once you log into TweetLister you will be presented with your very own TweetLister Control Panel, where you can start posting and managing your listings right away. Here’s a peek at your listing detail options:
As you complete the form your twitter-friendly tweet is automatically composed. TweetLister provides a handsome set of features including:
- Options for a tweet posting schedule (daily, weekly or monthly with time of day control)
- Control the time period that your tweet schedule runs
- The ability Track Clicks on your listings
- Collect Leads – invaluable!
- Update the status of your listing (active, sold, etc.)
- Backlinks to your own or other website listing this property
Each listing created get its own detail page. Here’s what TweetLister says:
TweetLister offers two levels of detail pages, which are both available free to all users. The basic detail page is created automatically when you enter a listing using our listings form. The basic details page features all the listing information you entered on the form spelled out in plain English, a photo that you can upload using the listings form, two available links to your website or your own listing detail page, as well as to a Virtual Tour or other web location, and a contact form that sends you information by email. For those interested in SEO, please note that the link to your website provides a valuable “backlink” – a factor in search engine rankings for your website! The NEW Enhanced Listing Detail page allows you to include more information about the property and even Profile information about yourself!
For now the enhanced listing is free – so we suggest you test those out to see if they generate leads.
TweetLister can be used by Realtors and property owners alike, and in a down economy you should probably be leveraging every marketing tool available. You can post, manage and schedule vacation rentals, residential, and commercial real estate listings for sale, rent or for lease on Twitter. It is free and testing the service seems like a no brainer to us. Why not give it a shot. Of course, you can follow @tweetlister to stay up-to-date on new listings and features.
Until next time be well, sell or rent your properties on TweetLister, and happy tweeting! Of course, you should let us know what you think by commenting below.
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I can not get my lease listing to load on tweeterlister — can you help?
Anne, we are sorry to hear you are having some frustration with TweetLister. We are not affiliated with the service so we are unable to resolve this issue for you. However, here are some ways you can contact the folks at TweetLister who are in a position to help you out. You can send an email to info@tweetlister.com or complete the contact form on their site here: http://www.tweetlister.com/contact.aspx. You could also follow @tweetlister and reach them on twitter. Let us know how it goes. Customer service is important and we'd like to know if you are helped in a timely manner or not.
Anne, sorry that you are experiencing some frustration with TweetLister. Twitterfools.com is not associated with TweetLister, but here are a few ways you can contact them for help with your situation. Follow @tweetlister and send them dm. You may also send an email to info@tweetlister.com or complete the contact form on their website here. They will be your best bet to resolve this situation. Please return and let us know how it goes.
I wanted to point out a new service from TweetLister. It's called Propertybot, and it allows you to: Get Targeted Real Estate Listings Sent to You on Twitter – Just by Sending a Direct Message. You can find it at http://www.twitter.com/propertybot.
The help page with all the commands is at http://tweetlister.com/propertybot.aspx.
Hope you find this useful!