With the right use of hashtags and engaging tweets you can dominate Twitterverse with elegance and ease. When tweeting, keep the following mix of content in mind: share other people's tweets 50% of the time and the other 50% of the time send you own. Your tweets need to educate and entertain – not sell. Out of 10 tweets sent, only one can be promotional - you want your Twitter followers to view you as an industry thought leader and not a pushy self-centered real estate agent. You also want to stay hyper-local to foster a sense of community and trust.

Here are 15 ideas for real estate tweets to get you started:

For any real estate professional who is serious about building their brand and online reputation, social media analytics tools are a need not a want. Still deciding which ones to use? We've got your covered.

Check out these 5 social media analytics tools for real estate pros:

Are you using Facebook to promote your real estate business? If not, you should really consider it. Why you ask? Because it's affordable, effective and provides small businesses a great way to build exposure with highly relevant leads. Not sold? Here are a few more reasons why Facebook is worth your time.

What is SlideShare?

SlideShare is a website that allows you to share presentations in a variety of formats, including PDFs, PowerPoint slides and videos. Once uploaded, presentations can be searched, viewed and shared by anyone. With 60 million monthly visitors and 130 million page views, SlideShare is one of the top 200 most visited websites and has earned the title of the most popular presentation sharing website in the world.

Benefits of using SlideShare for real estate marketing:

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Instagram combines photo sharing and social networking into a simple-to-use app that has quickly become a very popular social tool – and it’s easy to see why. Not only is this unique platform a consumer favorite, it’s also become a winning marketing tool for companies. In fact, the app has built up such a strong following, it’s now more popular than Twitter, with over 300 million monthly users.