It all boils down to SEO

Today, I participated in my first speaking engagement teaching a group of real estate agents on how they can use social media for their business. My speaking engagement became more of a discussion and I quickly realized I had to start from the beginning. I called my presentation, "The Power of Social Media Networking."

Before I could begin my discussion, a few members started talking about a new movie released today titled, "Precious." One of them had never even heard of the movie. Since my presentation was more of a freestyle, I quickly pulled up YouTube and showed the trailer for the movie. Interestingly, it led right into my presentation. In just a few moments of watching the trailer, the young lady who had never even heard of the movie, was eager to go see it tonight! That's how easily, social media can translate into dollars. It was a great segue into my presentation.

Real estate, like most businesses and industries today, need a new way to market their products and/or services to new consumers or a larger demographic. While I wanted to highlight using popular social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube for marketing, search engine optimization (SEO) easily became the highlight of the discussion. I was able to connect the PC to a larger screen and I showed the audience real-time conversations about home buying on Twitter, quick searches on Google, home tours on YouTube and even found groups and relevant profiles on Facebook.

I am coming to realize that everything boils down to SEO. Whether it is Bing search, Search.Twitter or using a search engine on a blog or website, are you using the proper keywords and phrases to help others find you? Are you using highly searched keywords on your LinkedIn profile or tagging the necessary keywords on your professional or personal blog so your target audience will be able to view your posts?

Of Course iTwitter!

Yes, I am on Twitter. @EllaBeePR

I pride myself on being one of the first people to join Twitter (pre CNN, Ashton and Oprah).

I'm also on Twackle-Twitter Sports Bar. Go Red Sox!

We Follow, a Twitter profile directory. I am listed for PR, New Media and Sports.

Then, when I see a HOT Trending Topic, I participate in the online discussion through TweetChat.

I also tweet for most of my clients. I manage all those profiles through Hoot Suite.

If you haven't signed up for Twitter, you should probably start tweeting. It's a great way to communicate with people in your industry, your interested online communities and reaching out to your target audience.