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Jan Sohlman, RE/MAX Integrity (RE/MAX Integrity)

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Rainmaker
2,781,173
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

To know and be known requires a personal appearance

Jan 23, 2017 02:32 PM
Rainmaker
5,104,931
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Backatyoumedia... does my business page. So I do use some of their material, but I "handle" the scheduling. The rest are my own posts that I can manually upload to backatyoumedia and then they send it on over to twitter, linked in.

Jan 24, 2017 03:47 AM
Rainmaker
1,052,211
Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

I don't trust schedulers to post what I want when I want it . . . so put me in the 'manually post' column.

Jan 23, 2017 03:04 PM
Rainmaker
5,868,554
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Have not posted on Hootsuite or Backatyou media.

Jan 25, 2017 02:03 PM
Rainmaker
1,725,996
Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Make our own posts for original content

Jan 25, 2017 01:37 PM
Ambassador
3,345,091
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

I have a WordPress plugin that auto posts to FF, LinkedIn and Twitter.  

Jan 25, 2017 10:00 AM
Rainmaker
2,224,473
Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

I don't use a company to help with my social media. 

Jan 24, 2017 07:29 PM
Rainmaker
138,826
Kelly Turbeville
Keller Williams - Lake Forest, CA
Turning Real Estate Dreams into Reality

The whole idea of socialmedia is it is suppose to be social so if you hire a company to do it, I believe you loose interaction.

Jan 24, 2017 05:10 PM
Rainmaker
2,462,840
Anita Clark
Coldwell Banker Access Realty ~ 478.960.8055 - Warner Robins, GA
Realtor - Homes for Sale in Warner Robins GA

I do all of it myself with the exception of Twitter. About 90% of what I post there I pre-load in Hootsuite. 

Jan 24, 2017 02:44 PM
Rainmaker
1,502,998
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

I love hootsuite.  I use them more to get my Instagram posts sent using files from my computer.  I also use buffer for posting to G+.  When I was doing scheduled posts, I used hootsuite.  I'd setup 4 windows for postings and have a queue of articles automatically populated.

Jan 24, 2017 01:00 PM
Rainmaker
4,936,705
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

I do my own.

Jan 24, 2017 09:50 AM
Rainmaker
989,652
Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

I use an automated poster

Jan 24, 2017 06:34 AM
Rainmaker
851,242
Brenda Mayette
Miranda Real Estate Group, Inc. - Glenville, NY
Getting results w/ knowledge & know-how!

No one else can quite capture me...  I do it myself.

Jan 24, 2017 05:52 AM
Rainmaker
4,800,082
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

I've been manually posting.

Jan 24, 2017 05:29 AM
Rainmaker
3,071,489
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

Neither

Jan 24, 2017 05:08 AM
Rainmaker
7,836,164
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I prefer to post myself.

Jan 24, 2017 04:36 AM
Rainmaker
911,338
Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

No. Hootsuite is a good company, but currently i don't use them. Buffer is pretty good as well.

Jan 24, 2017 04:29 AM
Rainer
150,416
Michael Thacker - Re/Max Real Estate Center - Louisville
Re/Max Real Estate Center - The Thacker Group - Louisville, KY
Your best friend who just happens to be a Realtor

You can't be very effective in marketing if you don't use the tools that are available to you. 

Jan 24, 2017 03:39 AM
Rainmaker
864,658
Les & Sarah Oswald
Realty One Group - Eastvale, CA
Broker, Realtor and Investor

I am a one person act who wears multiple hats.

Jan 24, 2017 02:07 AM
Rainmaker
1,622,432
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

I do not do auto posts at all, all manual. But I think, it is a good idea. 

Jan 23, 2017 11:58 PM
Rainmaker
4,319,419
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Jan Sohlman - I do it all by myself!

Jan 23, 2017 11:47 PM
Ambassador
5,230,113
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

I used to use HootSuite but, now, the different SM sites allow you to schedule them right there.  So, that's how I've been doing the posts for the past year or two.

Jan 23, 2017 09:17 PM
Rainmaker
1,157,785
FN LN
Toronto, ON

Hootsuite is a popular option.  I am not familiar with the other company.

Jan 23, 2017 08:49 PM
Rainer
321,564
Melissa Jackson REALTOR
Trinity Premier Properties - Azle, TX
Helping You Make The Right Move

I have in the past. Now I only post manual posting. Face Book does have the schedule button & I use it often.

Jan 23, 2017 08:12 PM
Rainmaker
599,274
Nathan Gesner
American West Realty and Management - Cody, WY
Broker / Property Manager

I always published them manually. Jerry Lucas just shared a great way to do it from my Wordpress site, so I am going to follow his advice! 

Jan 23, 2017 08:09 PM
Ambassador
6,393,609
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

I just use the "add this" button on AR or post them directly to the status on other social media.

Jan 23, 2017 07:31 PM
Rainmaker
5,005,659
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

I post my own and do not use Hootsuite but many do..I'd research it and make your own decision.

Jan 23, 2017 07:01 PM
Rainmaker
151,633
Julie Larson Realtor® Sarasota FL 941-284-9826
White Sands Realty Group FL | 941-284-9826 | Serving Sarasota, Manatee & Charlotte Counties - Sarasota, FL
When you're thinking of moving...ThinkSuncoast.com

I prefer to do my own posts. If you don't want to do too many at a time, you can always schedule them. 

The automated posts just seem so impersonal to me.  :(

Jan 23, 2017 06:39 PM
Rainmaker
3,986,258
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

I do not use any kind of off shoot sites that the public barely knows of

Jan 23, 2017 06:30 PM
Rainmaker
3,988,007
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

I like to post my own and not use my Hootsuite. I feel I have more control.

Jan 23, 2017 06:16 PM
Rainmaker
1,543,823
Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

I use Mail-Right ( Jonathan Denwood  ) and I post my own inbetween.

Jan 23, 2017 05:29 PM
Rainmaker
1,617,916
Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

I make my own posts

Jan 23, 2017 04:43 PM
Ambassador
2,436,099
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

Every one of my posts is in my own words.

Jan 23, 2017 04:41 PM
Rainmaker
3,416,038
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Hoot who and Back what? No, but perhaps i should learn what they are. I post my own.

Jan 23, 2017 04:34 PM
Rainmaker
2,390,620
Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

With the exception of about 6 rebloggs I've written every post on AR for 8 years now Jan Sohlman .

Jan 23, 2017 04:34 PM
Rainer
352,976
Teri Pacitto
Compass - Westlake Village, CA
Real Estate, Your Style...Your Home...My Specialty

There are many platforms to use and Hoot-suite is probably the best for my business.  I am not a fan of anything automated as I think it looses the message and it doesn't appear genuine or personal about you which is what social media should be about. 

I see a lot of agents using auto posting companies and it looks just like a canned message.  I think it's a good way to loose followers and not accomplish anything at all.  

Create your own voice and message. 

Jan 23, 2017 03:44 PM
Rainmaker
4,434,127
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

No.

Jan 23, 2017 03:36 PM
Rainer
417,221
Caroline Gerardo
Licensed in 20 states - Newport Beach, CA
C. G. Barbeau the Loan Lady nmls 324982

I use Hootsuite with Blogger and set the time to share at peak hours, then reshare in a mix. In general I post my information 10% of the time and share information that I find is quality 75%  and 10% share partners and 5 is random Hootsuite and Backatyou are not much good- they fail to post images or gifs or short video which is want drives traffic today Title of my post plus shortenedURLxy doesn't get much interest

Jan 23, 2017 03:30 PM
Rainmaker
577,750
Gloria Valvasori, Accredited Senior Agent
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS REAL ESTATE SIGNATURE SERVICE - Mississauga, ON
REAL Experience | REAL Commitment | REAL Results!

You can schedule your own posts on your FB Business page.  You can schedule the date and time you want them to post.

Jan 23, 2017 03:27 PM
Rainmaker
539,468
Jerry Lucas
ABC Legal Docs LLC - Colorado Springs, CO
Notary Training, Consulting. Colorado Springs, CO

My main blog is on WordPress. The free Jetpack plugin includes a module named Publicize. Publicize can announce new blog posts on social media including Facebook, Twitter, G+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr.

I use Hootsuite to check my incoming social media channels from a central dashboard. It also shows that my outgoing blog post announcements are working on all channels.

Jan 23, 2017 03:14 PM
Rainmaker
711,852
Lynnea Miller
Bend Premier Real Estate - Bend, OR
Premier Real Estate Service in Central Oregon

Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and Google Plus. There are not enough hours in a day to do more.

Jan 23, 2017 03:12 PM
Rainmaker
1,844,301
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

Not sure what you mean by 'make your own' other than say I share other posts I think are good or useful. 

I use Hootsuite & Friends+Me which is the only site that works with G profile pages.

So back in Sept 2016, someone asked this same question about Back at you Media. G picked it up & when I went to look at Back at You's site, there was the AR question. Everything we type is getting picked up .....

Jan 23, 2017 02:37 PM
Rainmaker
5,216,409
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Have not used these. Have some research to do!

Jan 24, 2017 04:31 AM
Rainmaker
2,817,671
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

I think you may have things a bit confused.

Hootsuite is a scheduling platform (which I use).  You still need to create your own updates.  It saves you a lot of time.

You may find this article I wrote on hootsuite helpful.

Jan 23, 2017 03:14 PM
Rainmaker
5,772,575
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Jan,

I use myself to post on different sites.  A

Jan 23, 2017 02:46 PM