Socialebb Strategies and Solutions

Twitter is described as a microblogging platform.Twitterers use the tool to push product, build brand awareness, instant message their friends, acknowledge and share links about trends and events and their most personal moments.

Twitter is a mashup of brilliance, idiocy, art, confusion, hyperbole, and prayer in 140-character-or-less sound bytes.

I think Twitter is even more ... Twitter is a reflection of the human soul. I've been Twittering since Sept. 8, 2007. Everything you need to know about me is contained in a bank of content there within a growing stream of some 1,749 140-character-or-less posts. My Twitter address is http://twitter.com/FrancesFlynnTho.

Welcome to my soul.


Self Discovery and Inspiration

Sometimes I read quotes that sound like they were written just for me and I share them ... they fit my self image ...














It all started many years ago ... we never know what the Universe has in store for us.

Transparency Gets to My Core

I aspire to be the most transparent person in the Twitterverse.

Life's journey sees me coming to new conclusions about the way I embrace the notion of "reasonableness."





Cyber Alerts, Calls to Action, and Consciousness Raising

Recent changes in Facebook Terms of Service ignited a firestorm and new conversation about intellectual property. A simple "Retweet" (RT) shared a nugget proffered by a respected member of the television press.




Shameless Promotion

Twitter is an abbreviated press release.

Shared Passion and Advocacy

Twitter is a place where you can make a difference. You never know how many eyes will scan your text in the moments following a post, and those words are part of a massive data bank that others will visit and revisit over time.

Foreclosure and distressed homeowners.

While many real estate agents are chasing short sales and trying to carve their own slice of the loan modification pie, giants like Ralph Roberts are actually helping people who want to remain in their homes because it is the right thing to do. It gives me joy and satisfaction to be able to share some viralocity with Ralph.

I had a chance to share my two cents at a real estate confab at Harvard recently (from my warm desert digs in Tucson).

Child slavery and poverty ... advocates find their voice in blogs and Twitter. One day a volunteer Twitter Corps Retweeted messages on this theme, initiated by Jeff Turner of Real Estate Shows.

Poetry and Song

Twitter acknowledges the song in Tucson early morning light.






... and joyful innocence

I Am a Writer and a Journalist

... who used to use a manual typewriter ... these days I cover meetings and conferences in bursts of Twitterese.

I am looking forward to a release that lets me spell check!

#icny is a hashtag for the Inman Real Estate Connect Conference in New York. The conversation continues even though the live event closed in mid January.

Political Action

... and celebration

Social Media Evangelism


I can track my Trulia Evangelism on Twitter to December 17, 2007.

... my evangelism is more ecumenical these days. I think there is great value in working across multiple platforms to leverage online voice.

Twitter Showdowns and Boot Hill

Troubled souls gather at Boot Hill in Tombstone and remember Wyatt Earp and the Clantons. Today we have showdowns on Twitter, not at lonely corrals.

... and then I engaged in a showdown with Zillow. I can chew gum and Twitter at the same time ... and I can debate at the same time, too!

Prickly Pear Evangelism

I yearn to be the High Priestess of Prickly Pear. That is my true calling!








Web 2.0 and prickly pear are the ingredients for a joyful, transparent life and success!

Social media is fun ... it is also time consuming if you are playing or woking there without a plan. A dear friend who is new to Facebook sent me an e-mail this morning :

Help! I need your help in sorting through all these friend requests on Facebook. I've said, "Yes" to everyone I know who is in real estate. I find it's chewing into my writing time and clogging my e-mail. Do you have any thoughts on how to manage this?

Trulia's new Surviving the Housing Crisis page is designed to offer Trulia Voices and Trulia Blogs enhanced exposure in a special content niche!  Take advantage of a chance to reach growing numbers of visitors with shared concerns about a troubled and difficult market.

This is a new page that aggregates internal Trulia content with selected external links to provide consumers and realty pros with a forum about financial concerns from Wall Street to Main Street.

Here are some tips to help you address the concerns in a changing financial landscape:

1. Blog about real life stories. Do you know someone who is facing foreclosure? Someone who has been dealt that awful blow? Someone who has managed to escape foreclosure? Do you fit into one of these categories? Real life stories are compelling. Share them with your readers.
2. Blog about properties.Have you seen an interesting bank property or HUD home? Do you take photos or videos? Share your experiences on the blog ... or ask a question at Trulia Voices.
3. Financing Tips and Questions. What's happening in the real world of mortgage financing? What are loan officers asking for today that they were not interested in a year ago? What's working and what is not working on a personal level?
4. Investor Opportunities. Are bank properties priced low enough to entice investors? Realty pros: What percentage of an agent's buyer clients are investors? How has this number changed in the last year?
5. Short Sales. How do you separate the short sale specialist from the short sale shark? Drill down to a single story ... the tale of a short sale ... How long did it take to process the short sale? What are the emotions connected with a short sale?  ... frustration? ...anger? ...relief?  ...confusion? 

Select Foreclosure or Market Conditions category for posts slated for Surviving the Housing Crisis consideration. Feel free to send links to other stories at other sites. Today's "On The Web" section includes links from CNBC, The Washington Post, Business Week, Huffington Post and CNET.

Happy Bloggging!