How Social Media Can Help Sell Your Home
Typically I write all the posts for this blog, but I’ve got an article by Maxime Rieman, that’s perfect for home sellers. Maxime writes for the personal finance website, NerdWallet. whose insights for finding the best products, services and organizations have been featured in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
For those who would like to quickly get the word out far and wide that your home is for sale — this article is for you:
Social media has weaved itself into so many aspects of our daily lives. For many, it is engaging, fun and important, for some it is of no significance — and for others it is simply bothersome. However, social media attracts a captive audience and interestingly, many transitioning homeowners have not posed the question, how can social media help you sell your home?
If done right, the mere attempt at social media will create buzz, let alone bring contacts directly through such platforms as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, G+ and more.
Link It: Just announcing your home is for sale on every social media site is fruitless. You must create a link. The easier it is for a person to access your information and forward it to friends, the better. If you are selling through a good real estate company chances are they have photographed your home and posted it on their listings page, Facebook, and possibly other home selling websites. All your social media should link to this information.
If somehow your home selling information is not on a website, set up your own page using one or more of the social media platforms available, or create a site using one of the many easy to build website creators. And make sure you include pictures and a room by room video tour of your clean house.
Use Twitter and Instagram: These two social media platforms are the best choice for real estate information blasts. Using photos and videos with clever, even humorous comments helps people understand who the seller really is. Many potential buyers are fearful of people hiding behind problem homes, so when a true personality shines through, viewers are more apt to want to do business with that individual. 
Keep your posts short, to the point and minimal. It’s also important not to repetitively post your home. Some friends (i.e. potential buyers or friends of potential buyers) may get annoyed and end up hiding your news feed or unfriend you altogether. Usually once or twice per week will keep the ball rolling by providing updates on possible renovations, price changes, curbside appeal and other facts about your home and area. If you are careful and savvy, buzz can really start to pick up.
Think Outside The Box: Go beyond only posting your home and send out pictures and/or videos of your neighborhood. Mention the school rating, how far public transportation is from your door and other attractive amenities that will make purchasing your home more appealing.
Some home sellers have even gone as far as identifying celebrities that live nearby, or historic landmarks in the area. Others show images of their home during different seasons. All of these are clever additions that real estate agents may not have thought about including.
Appeal to Your Friends: Without sounding desperate, it’s worth a try to post a well-crafted call for help to your social media friends. Describe in as few sentences as possible how you are reaching out to anyone interested or who may know someone interested in your property. You may be surprised at how many people step up with names and ideas that will help you.
Safety: Social media is still the wild west of the Internet, therefore be very careful how much information you hand out. Tell your friends to share your house selling information with only their trusted friends, and never to post comments about when you are out of town or if your home is vacant.
Finally, keep your posts fun and to the point. Make your social media friends feel like they are part of the big picture and you may be able to sell your home faster than you ever expected.
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Nowadays promoting your house online is absolutely crucial. This is where most home buyers looks first unless they see a home in the window of a real estate office or someone is driving by your house — and even then, viewers often go online to find out more. Social media is the next step in home promotion, spreading the word to get more people to the seller’s website information. Many Realtors these days are active Facebook and Pinterest users for this reason.
I do agree with you though that social media really help a lot in selling your home. Today every person must aware about social media and that is the only reason that your home sells quickly after that. There are many types of sites in which you just to upload the picture of your home as well as add description so that you can sell it easily. It is necessary that you have to put all information clearly and right, so that at the time of selling there will be no problem arise. Apart from that home furnishing is also very important. If your home furnished it will easily sell.
There is a lot to be said about furnishing your home beautifully. This does not have to mean expensively, but just in a style that works with your home. You can often get away with simple furniture in fact — the most important thing is keeping it clean and uncluttered so potential buyers can imagine themselves living within your walls.
These tips are absolutely essential in today’s housing market. If my clients expect to sell their home in Raleigh NC within 60 days, I always make sure each of these steps are done. Thanks for sharing!
This is great information you provided for selling homes with the help of social media. Every home seller should be aware of the power of social media.
Thanks for your comments Mahnoor. Every home seller and every Realtor needs to include social media in their home selling marketing plan.
You’re right Joan. I have managed to sell a few things of my house through social media sharing. It reaches out to people easily. But selling a house requires more than that. I’m not comfortable showing all the crooks and corners of my house just on social media sites. I’d rather use a site such as http://www.sellmypropertyquicker.co.uk/ which is very useful in the UK.
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I find a number of home sellers are having luck by posting photos and information on Facebook and Pinterest… some are also using Twitter and Vine videos.
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I agree. I have been selling real estate for about 10 years, and the one thing that I would like to add, is take some great photos. Its amazing how much a difference it makes if we just take a few more minutes setting up a nice photo. For example, clean up clutter, arrange furniture neatly, take the photo with the best lighting in the day. For sure avoid photos taken at night.
I agree with Robert’s comment about taking photos. This is almost essential. The more good photos you have of a home for sale, the more likely potential buyers will want to take the next step and look at it personally. However, night photos can be beautiful if done well with the proper lighting. For example they can be used to reflect off a polished driveway or show the architectural details of a home.
Social Media is immensely helpful when it comes to reaching out to your audience, this is a cost effective tool for the Real Estate Market and can have useful results if done properly.
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This is a really great post and does a fantastic job explaining how social media can be used – and why everybody should be doing it! The internet is where most home buyers looks first and it’s a great way to promote your home using high quality visuals. Of course people should still be using estate agents but social media is the next step in home promotion, and these days many estate agents are active on Facebook and Pinterest themselves.
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I totally agree with you. There are a lot of active users in every social media sites nowadays. If you want to target real people and be your potential clients then social media is the best tool. Aside from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram I also love Pinterest. This is a photo sharing social media sites almost same as Instagram. You can post all your images on that site to be viewed by your followers.
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Social Media is a powerful medium these days to convey any of your thoughts. Even business can be taken to new heights with the help of Social Media. I have personally tested and tried the power of social media for my real estate business and it is really proven to be beneficial. But as every coin has two sides, one should use social media with caution. As people can post anything about you and it should reflect your image, maintaining the online reputation is must.
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Nicely written. With social media and little bit of creativity, alot can be achieved. Twitter for me was most helpful. It definitely is a stress reliever.
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I am glad to know that social media can help you in selling your home. Keeping your posts short and to the point would be smart. I like what was said about repetitively posting your home. Hiring a realtor would also be a great way of getting your home out on the market. These people have connections all over the place and would effectively be able to show others your house.
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Great article. I’ve also noticed it helps to really become familiar with one social network in particular, get to know the methods of advertising and engaging with others providing value to your followers, the leveraging your audience by cross promoting to your other social networks to build a following there also.
We’ve been through the home selling process… you’d have to pay me to do it again! But, after reading this, it’s made me feel like the entire experience would be a whole lot easier the next time round with social media!
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This really hits all the good points! Although it was written some time ago I think it is still very relevant today.
Using social media to sell your house is essential today, particularly in the age of COVID-19. It can get the word out in your area and pique buyers’ interest at really no cost to you as the seller.
I would like to emphasize the use of photos. Be particular about the quality of your photos! Try to make sure all shots are well let and clearly in focus. Use a variety of wider shots that show the exterior of the home from all sides. Use wide shots inside when you can and take some closeups of anything you’d like to accent-like a granite countertop or backsplash.
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