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• 5/17/2008 1:32 PM Rich Jacobson wrote:
  Only 3 on your list that I wasn't already following. Excellent idea. I will put a link up on AR to this post. Thanks, Pat!
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• 5/17/2008 1:34 PM Rich Jacobson wrote:
  Pat - you might also want to mention Alert Thingy and GoogleTalk as ways of adding value to the service...
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• 5/17/2008 2:23 PM Linda Davis wrote:
  Hey, there's me!!
  
  People keep telling me they don't get Twitter. I'm going to send them to your two posts. Good stuff!
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• 5/18/2008 6:30 PM Daltonsbriefs wrote:
  Thanks for the inclusion, and the amazing list
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• 5/18/2008 6:42 PM Chris Shouse wrote:
  Thanks Pat for the inclusion, this is truly an amazing list wow
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  1. 5/19/2008 7:43 PM Pat Kitano wrote:
     @ChrisShouse @daltonsbriefs... thanks for the surprisingly similar comments!
     
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• 5/18/2008 7:05 PM Indy Agent wrote:
  I didn't make the list, but I am following a lot of people. I'm off to read your posts to see if I can make more sense of Twittering.
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  1. 5/19/2008 7:36 PM Pat Kitano wrote:
     I'll put you on the list in the next round Thursday, just follow me on Twitter so I can find you!
     
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• 5/18/2008 7:23 PM Irina Netchaev wrote:
  Great list. I think I'm following most of these folks, but it'll be fun to go through and ensure.
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• 5/18/2008 7:32 PM Karen Rice wrote:
  I am already following a great number of these folks - and many of them are following me as well. I do not get to tweet all that much, comes in spurts. Twitter has definitely affected the way I blog - I try to be as concise as possible anymore! LOL
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• 5/19/2008 11:52 AM Charles Woodall wrote:
  Thanks for the list Pat. I have been on twitter for a couple of weeks now, and I have to say I have picked up a lot of good tips and tools and had some interesting twittalks (not sure that is the proper term
  
  It has been well worth the effort!
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  1. 5/19/2008 7:30 PM Pat Kitano wrote:
     That's what I like to hear about Twitter... you use Twitter to understand it and then you benefit from it. You're not short-sighted and complain about not getting consumer leads from it. Your understanding of the technology today will bring value to you as Twitter (or other related technologies like Friendfeed) evolves to include consumers. I really believe the Twitter paradigm as broadcast media will eventually translate into a powerful local real estate marketing tool.
     
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• 5/19/2008 3:02 PM Scott Roemermann wrote:
  Great couple of posts about Twitter. I still don't know how you find the time for all these extras that keep getting loaded on as new technologies come along though.
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  1. 5/19/2008 7:15 PM Pat Kitano wrote:
     A lot of social media doesn't require time, it just requires explanation. Twitter is a good example of a simple to use technology that really doesn't require participation, it's interesting to watch the real estate blogosphere conversation in real time. If you "get it", you may want to participate.
     
     Thanks Scott for the kind words... onto another sideline...
     
     The real estate community still can't "get" that these new technologies are harbingers of how real estate marketing and lead generation will be done. Of course, they want tangible evidence that deals are being done on the internet, but what lead generation methods are they using now? Buying leads, going to tour meetings, open houses? Do they believe their clients aren't online? Twitter, blogs, and Web 2.0 are just logical steps to developing an online presence that will eventually
     attract the online client. It takes intellectual curiousity... or just smarts... to understand this.
     
     
     
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• 5/20/2008 2:27 PM GundyGroup wrote:
  I see me!!!
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• 7/14/2008 6:39 AM Cheryl Allin wrote:
  Terrific list! I'm following nearly all of those (including you) but I don't think you follow me @virtuallin.
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  1. 7/14/2008 12:09 PM Pat Kitano wrote:
     I've been following you for a while Cheryl, you are such a conversationalist out there!
     
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• 7/14/2008 8:01 PM Tim O'Keefe wrote:
  I have run several polls on Twitter/microblogging. Who has made any money from twitter or microblogging? I have never been able to get a positive answer.
  Does everyone simply not get it? That sounds very cultic. You just simply don't know the Lord enough so you must fast harder, study more.
  Have you made money from Twitter?
  There are only so many hours in a day and a million 2.0 distractions to spend them on. Which do I do? Or do they do me?
  
  I do think there is a possibility to make money on a Twitter in fact I do. But I also think there is a better possibility to make money by building fifteen new websites.
  At the end of the day which project makes the agent the most dough?
  
  What is the best leveraged use of time?
  I do not think that this is discussed enough. Because, one thing is for sure loyalty is fleeting on any of these commodity laden sites. As an example, why not Pownce? Why not Plurk and the many others that I cannot recall? Do we track them too? Oh I know use ping.fm. that will cure this neurosis.... Or will it add to the already fractured focus?
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• 7/15/2008 6:26 AM Rich Jacobson wrote:
  In some respects, many of these Web 2.0 apps are like print advertising in that you can't always specifically gauge their ROI. I don't use Twitter or Plurk to make connections with potential clients (although that may very well happen at some point), but I use more effectively to help spread information, i.e. blog posts, WOM, faster, almost virally. In that sense, it's extremely effective.
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• 12/8/2008 3:33 AM Ann Cummings wrote:
  I think of Twitter as a virtual cocktail party, or recess when I need a mental break.
  
  Having said that though, I've gotten some great tips from others, I've connected with local people that may or may lead to business down the road, and I've gotten help from Comcast almost immediately instead of having to wait on hold and then suffer through that before getting (maybe) any help. And I second Rich's comment above me - the viral part of Twitter and other apps is very hard to measure, but well worth taking part in it for me.
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• 1/20/2009 9:09 PM RealEstateCafe wrote:
  Pat, Thanks for inclusion on this list of early adopters. Change comes in waves, so if you've missed the first wave of micro-blogging just get your surf board in the water -- the pace is relentless, balance and focus are essential.
  
  So is conviction and commitment about core issues. Beyond mere social networking and social babble, there is PURPOSE and PASSION; and as the election of Barack Obama has demonstrated, people are hungry for substance.
  
  So, what's on your wish list for changes for his new administration? Can we create hash tags to track different proposals so "change agents" can so who else is passionate about the same issues?
  
  Everyone interested, new to Twitter or otherwise, is welcome to participate in this virtual round table at the Berkman Center of Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, 1/22/09, 7:00-8:30pm:
  
  http://tinyurl.com/8clp6w
  
  If we can figure out the best virtual solution, maybe we can have a Twitter stream beside a live image of the discussion in the room -- like CNN Live's partnership with Facebook today! Amazing wasn't it?
  
  Thinking about using Mogulus.com. If you have recommendations on which web conferencing or streaming video solution would best facilitate virtual participation in the upcoming round table, please DM me at http://Twitter.com/RealEstateCafe
  
  Thanks!
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