Good grief, you need a full time assistant to add yourself to all these websites, forums and networking sites.

Who has time to keep up?  You sign up on one and 5 more websites to join are created....LOL

I signed up a while back but never did anything to it.  I'll add it to my already mile long list of things to do.....

Thanks for giving me more work Jeff!!     ;)~

Is this like My Space?

It's the "new" MySpace, Sharron.  Just ask any teenager.....or adult.

If we can get on this bandwagon early, it's an incredible opportunity.

Thanks, Jeff!  (like Bat Girl says....for adding into my list of things to do!)

You "guys" at P2 still rock.

Jeff, thanks, I think it's great for p2 to be getting into new concepts like facebook. As Becky says, I'll be getting over there as soon as time permits.

Hi Jeff!  Thank you, as I am not a youngster I have pretty much stayed away for sites like this... but if P2 says we should get on board that is good enough for me!

Hey, Jeff!  Don't speak to loudly about the privacy, managing content, etc.  My teens may hear and go back to MySpace!  And here I thought I had this big secret over my kids.  Thanks a lot!

Hi Jeff, I took a look and facebook will not let us register with both our names (team here) would you suggest we both register with separate accounts?

Jana

Jeff, I've added the Neighborhoods application, but I get an error when I go to access the application. "Error while loading page from application."

P2 Rocks, Again !

Thanks for the thought p2, Seems like just another site for children to play..

thanks Jeff.  I'll dive in tomorrow duting floor duty.  And thanks for all the help from the team with the presentation today.  I just sent invitations out to about 20 co-workers, more probably tomorrow.  they can't wait to become P2 agents!!

shelly

I just entered this site and the first picture I saw was a girl kissing some guys foot - and it was dirty.

You got to be kidding me!

I had trouble loading the application.  I got in and have added the application to my facebook, but when I click on the application, i am getting an error message. I will try again tomorrow and see if I can navigate around.

Oooooo.  Just completed the signup.  Ran a search for real estate in "my neighborhood" .... Pretty cool.  I can see that this might have a future.  

Facebook is FAR superior to MySpace. I've been on it for a couple of weeks.

"Neighborhoods" is a brilliant application for a social network.

And if you think social networks are a fad and are going away, think again. The kid that created Facebook was offered $1 billion dollars for it. That's Billion with a B.  And he turned the offer down.

A few years ago, people sad blogging was a fad that would go away. Before that, some thought the internet was a fad...

Back in my corporate days, I joined LinkedIn (another social network). I got two HR consulting gigs from it.

Social networks are here to stay.

Befriend me on Facebook! And join the Real Estate Bloggers group I started: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2429982544

Hey Jeff - my neighborhood is spelled wrong. It should be Holliday Farms, not Holiday Farms...

Jay, you're my first friend and I've joined your blog. What an interesting site... I've got to get used to the facebook interface.

Jeff, the neighborhoods application appears to be working for me without error now.

Hi All...

New to P2 and New to Facebook...yet a borderline "geek" that loves to sell real estate...we'll be talking!

Clyde, welcome! We love geeks here because they are the only ones that can give us dummies answers. You will find this a good place for information and sometimes hot discussions. But by the next day we all calm down and life is back to normal. Point2 is by far the best. Not perfect but still the best. We move them closer to perfection every day and they tend to listen to our comments, most of the time.

Again welcome to your new home!

Just sign up !!!

thanks Jeff :)

Yes Jeff, I'm serious. If you like, I'll send you the picture.

I think all I did was bring up my neighborhood - Northern NJ. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I saw what I saw...and I don't want my prospect seeing this.

Jeff -

I signed up too and ran several searches for cities in my area.  Nothing.  Than searched for Michigan real estate and came up with several sites all under the category  Business - Real Estate that I prefer my profile not be by.  One contained the F-word and the slang N-word in the same line.

I'm with Emil - thanks, but no thanks.

Jeff,

I set up a facebook page several weeks ago but haven't done anything with it.  Do I need to do anything to connect it to whatever it is the P2 has set up?  Or... am I just confused???  LOL

Tim

I have been a member of facebook for a few months mostly for family but I have already had 4 past clients contact me through face book. I agree with Jeff...Most facebook users log on daily...

Thanks Point 2 ...Yet another service thats way ahead of it's time.

Hi Jeff,

You don't mention the name of the Facebook application. I'm a member there and can't find it. What's it called, please?

Thanks,

Mary Pope-Handy

Los Gatos, CA

When you find material that is objectionable, you report it as I just did for the one that Gail found.  It was inappropriate and not real estate related.

We'll see if it is resolved.

Another bad thing is seeing pictures of small children. The last thing I want someone to say is that they saw the kid on my website/blog or anything else with my id on it and...to this kid.

Check Brendan King's Friends. Don't mean to pick on Brendan, I just saw him and went into it.

Jeff & Jay - ""Neighborhoods" is a brilliant application for a social network". You probably are correct. Like you said "won't be for everyone".

Thanks Jeff and P2  we are soooo far ahead of the curve.  I just got my hood up and runnin...this is powerful stuff

www.calgriffin.com

Edisto Beach-Now That's Heaven!

Jeff: nothing is "private" on the internet.

Jeff & Jay - Yep, "It won't be for everyone." I'll have to investigate it further but my first impression was not a good one for my business purposes.

Kinda reminds me of  cross between classmates.com and myspace.

Facebook is huge, and the applications and usage for it are as various as the 30,000,000 people using it. Yes, there are kids and fools there, but there are kids and fools everywhere. The way Facebook is structured, you can easily ignore them.

I admit I don't fully "get" social networking. But it isn't going away. The agent that can begin to understand and utilize the power of social networking is going to be way ahead of the learning curve. In just a couple of weeks, I've "met" a couple of new agents to add to my ever growing and developing referral network. I've got one buyer prospect who I can reach on Facebook faster than I can through email or telephone.

I have an honest question for those who say inappropriate content on Facebook makes it unacceptable for their business.... do you post listings on CraigsList? If so, how do you reconcile the fact that CraigsList is stuffed full of completely inappropriate material? Run ads in a print newspaper? How far is your ad physically located from the newspaper's personals section?

Dan wrote: "nothing is "private" on the internet." Technically that's true, but Facebook has some of the best security and privacy features out there. Sure some super-hacker could probably get through if they were so inclined. But let's face it, the same can be said for a conversation on a telephone and even one in your bedroom.... in this day and age, *nothing* is 100% foolproof private any more.

I agree nothing is truly private anymore.  I can buy a little device to listen in on my neighbors in their own homes if I wanted to or to hear what is going on at the real estate office just three doors down from me if I wanted.  I really don't care but if I wanted to do it, it is easy to find the technology.  As for inappropriate language and pics, that disturbs me too but it isn't anything like myspace where I also have an account.  I get spammed all the time on myspace too....really irritating. Report it if it is inappropriate or categorized in the wrong place.  Use facebook to find people and network, not discuss their most intimate financial data.  Obviously those images and language fails to bother them or they wouldn't be there in the first place.  

They way I look at it is, if I get clients / prospects / leads on facebook, they are already there.. as the only way you can communicate on Facebook is to have an account.  If you have an account, you already know what it is about.  So, why would I worry that someone would be discouraged that I am a member?  just trying to understand ... not trying to stir the pot.

I agree Shelly. As I played around with my facebook page today, it occured to me the facebook "portal" and social networking sites in general are only a natural part of my online business, ie; blog site, website, etc...

This may sound so cliche', but in order for a process to mature one must use it.

Facebook is very beneficial. It is very popular in Europe.  Is starting to really catch on here in America.  We have been following it and members for some time.

Yup nothing on the internet is private.  

Jay likes to have sheep thrown at him!  Betcha didn't know that!

I was playing on the new facebook neighborhood thing trying to figure out how to get my listings to show up. Another V-8 moment! When i went to the neighborhood that the listings are in, guess what i found? My P2 listings are already there and looking good! VERY GOOD! Hey are they smart or what?

Here i was trying to figure out how to remember to do yet another listing thingy and it was there all the time. Jeff, you ROCK!

Ok folks, now that some of us have been on it for a while... What's the most useful way (so far) to utilize this application?  And I know this will change as it evolves.