Interview: Geordie Romer on Social Media

Geordie Romer is an active Social Media user.  I seem to bump into his tweets, posts and other web interactions on a regular basis.  So as a follow-up to my Social Media post, I decided to ask Geordie a few questions about his experience with Social Media:

Hi Geordie, thanks for taking the time to answer some questions regarding your use of social media. How about a brief introduction on who you are and what you do?

Sure Shon.

I am a real estate agent in the Leavenworth and Lake Wenatchee area. Most of my clients are buying or selling vacation homes in the Leavenworth area and most of those buyers (and many sellers) live in the Seattle or Bellevue area. Real estate has really made a switch in the past few years and the internet is a big source of information for consumers, especially in my case with out of area buyers.

I notice you use Twitter quite often, and I of course know you via LinkedIn.com. What other social media services do you use?

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Should I be using Twitter?

What about Facebook?  MySpace?

Over the last few months there have been a slew of social media seminars, presentations, roundtables and luncheons in just the few blocks walk from my office.  Everyone and their Grandmother has heard about Twitter at this point – and some Grandmothers even have a Facebook account!  The big question every business owner wants to know right now is: “Should I be using social media?”

The first part of the answer is, of course: “Yes!”  But the varying methods and vehicles of Social Media mean that there isn’t a one-size fits all solution.  So the second part of the answer is,

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