Is Tech Savvy Agent Dead Without Chris Smith?

May 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

is Tech Savvy Agent dead?Last week the news hit the stands that Chris Smith, Co-Founder, of Tech Savvy Agent was jumping ship and taking on a hot new job with Inman next week.  Since then there has been quite the social buzz about what that means to the raving fans of Tech Savvy Agent that have been following us since we began back in October 2009.

“Will Tech Savvy Agent cease to exist?“

“Who will be the next Tech Savvy Agent?“

“Who the heck is Steve Pacinelli and Suzanne Roy?!“

These and other questions have been answered by Chris Smith himself, along with Max Pigman, National Speaker/Technologist and VP of Move, Inc.,

Watch this short video and then leave your thoughts and comments below.


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How To Customize Your Facebook Business Page Links

February 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

How to Customize your Facebook Business Page Links

As you are all aware by now, earlier this month Facebook put into place their new layout of Facebook Pages (to look a whole lot more like our Facebook Profiles).  With this change came the demise of the Tabs at the top of the page to Links on the left hand column (located underneath our Page’s image).

I think it is really important to utilize these links to the maximum, just as we did with the Tabs – we only have so many spots to fill in the links, so let’s make sure that we have the most important ones front and center (well, side…).

Here’s a quick video on how you can customize your Facebook Business Page links by modifying their order and removing those that are not necessary.


The moral of this story is we need to utilize the tools that Facebook graces us with and make the most of them as best we can. The chances that someone is going to click on the “More..” link to see what else you have to offer is slim to none, so it just makes sense to make sure that the top 6 links are the MOST important ones to show up on your Facebook Page.

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Talk WITH Not AT Your Audience!

February 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment

talk with not at your audienceHere’s a quick tip:

We, at V.A. Work, don’t always talk about real estate and nor should you!   Imagine you are at a party and you walk up to someone and start a conversation by saying…

“21 homes sold in Baltimore last week and the percentage of those that sold under market value was 73%”

Do you think that you would get a warm response or a confused look?  I would say the latter of the two.  Would you start a conversation like this in real life?  Then why would you do it on the Internet?

Instead, I would bet that a more normal way to start a conversation would be…

“Did you hear about the Home and Garden Show they are having in Baltimore next weekend?   Last year’s was great!  Have you ever been?”

Now, the response that you would get to this conversation starter would more likely have a positive response, right?

The same can be said for your online social networking.    Don’t talk AT people, talk WITH people!

Go give it a try and see what kind of responses you get and let me know how it goes!

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Big Sale On A Must Have Facebook Lead Generation Tool

December 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment

A must have Facebook lead generation tool just got a whole lot better!

I’ve been using Jotforms for about 6 months or so now and have received some great results from it. Using it’s lead form generation tool is a snap for any platform, whether its your website, blog site or Facebook business page. It’s a very simple online system where you can design your own lead form – from simple to completely branded – all for the same price. What’s that price? FREE!

jotform example

So here’s where the even better news comes in. Until the end of December (2010), Jotform is offering 50% off their premium plan.

Jotform Sale

Here’s the great thing about this -you get ten times the submissions per month plus a whole lot more space for uploading your files for inclusion in branding your forms to make them look professional. I’m recommending this upgrade because the worst thing you could do is have a lead generation form on your Facebook business page and not have the capacity to have people give you their information!

So you may be thinking, will I ever get more than a hundred people filling out my lead generation form on my Facebook business page? Well, that’s the goal, right?! Just so you can envision the potential of the lead generation forms on Facebook, I had a form set up last month where I was offering something to potential clients and got over 60 people to complete the form in A DAY!

By the way, I am NOT an affiliate of Jotforms, so I am not making anything from this promotion of their lead generation tool, I just find their online service easy to use and one that I would recommend. We’re keeping our eye out for you!

If you use this lead generation tool for your Facebook business page (or blog, etc.,), let us know – add a comment below with a link to your form so we can check it out too!

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