Hi! We’ve had some requests from people who have watched our slideshow on sharing neighborhood information on Twitter to post the step-by-step instructions. If you missed the slideshow, check it out here:

Here are the steps to share eNeighborhoods Neighborhood information Twitter. Be sure to leave a question or comment if you would like more information. Here we go!

1. First, log into your eNeighborhoods NEXT account. Be sure you’re using NEXT, which is the Web-based version of eNeighborhoods. You can log in at NEXT.eneighborhoods.com with your current userID.

Note: Be sure you have completed your agent profile so your name, photo and contact information appears on the information you’re sharing.

If you need to update your profile, click this icon on the upper right.

2.  Click Neighborhood Envoy. You can share other eNeighborhoods reports like Flyers, CMAs and BuyerTours, but in this example we’ll use a Neighborhood Envoy Report.

3. Click Reports. You can also share eNeighborhoods neighborhood information via mobile and through map-based widgets, but that’s another slideshow.

4. Complete your neighborhood Envoy Report as usual, then click Publish.

5. Click the down arrow and choose Post Report to Web

6. Click the blue button to run your report.

7. Now, type an introduction to your post in Twitter. It’s a good idea to mention the neighborhood and city names, and you may also want to note that it’s a free report.

8.  Right click to copy the link. It’s not shown in this example, but you can also use a URL shortener like bitly, or tinyURL.

9.  Choose Copy Link Location

10.  On a windows PC, Right click and choose Paste to add the link to your Twitter post.

11. Click the Tweet button.

The link to your Neighborhood Report is available for 90 days, but you might want to post a monthly update for your neighborhood. That’s it!

And Twitter isn’t the only way to build your online visibility. You can use this same trick to post links to eNeighborhoods CMAs, BuyerTours, Flyers, brochures and more on

- Facebook
- Your LinkedIn profile
- Your emails
- your Website

Thanks for tweeting with us! Stay tuned for more tips on how to build your online profile and connect with buyers and sellers with eNeighborhoods and social media networks.

Many real estate pros use Twitter to deliver their messages – they tweet, retweet, @message and direct message. But using Twitter and other social media platforms as listening tools may be just as valuable to your business.

Listen on Twitter

Twitter and other social platforms are great tools that real estate pros can use for real-time information gathering. There are many social media “listening tools” available and most are free, but it will take some research to select one that’s best for your needs. It’s quick and easy to use social media to learn more about:

- Your target audience’s needs and interests
- Important people and events in local real estate
- Housing market news
- What’s people say about you and your services

A great way to get started it to create a simple Twitter search to keep you in the loop:

1. Create a keyword list. For example, suppose you are an agent in Virginia Beach. To keep up with important local people and events, your searches might include:

- Virginia Beach
- Virginia Beach real estate
- Virginia Beach housing
- Virginia beach homes for sale
- Virginia beach open house
- Virginia beach government
- Virginia beach events
- Virginia beach lifestyle
- Virginia beach parks
- Virginia beach schools
- Virginia beach recreation
- Virginia beach Neighborhoods
- Chesapeake beach
- Virginia Beach Bayside

2. Go to search.twitter.com and enter keywords similar to these that are relevant to your location. Learn what’s going on.

3. You might also improve your search results using Twitter tags. Try a search using the hashtag — that little # sign used to identify popular Twitter topics. The search term #VirginiaBeach may work better for you than Virginia Beach

4. If you’re searching Twitter for news about a person, you can search by name to learn their Twitter “Handle.” For example, if I were a competing agent in your town, you might use the search term @CharlesWarnock to see what I’m up to.

Join the conversation, and use your information advantage to position yourself as the neighborhood expert.