Diverse Solutions for Social Media

Social media is all the rage and has been for quite some time – it is almost old news.

But what is the real estate industry actually doing about it?

It seems they’re getting serious about social media.

US based Internet marketing and IDX company Diverse Solutions (DS) has announced the appointment of a new Social Media Manager.

Mike Price has joined the DS team with over 12 years of experience serving the industry. In his most recent role as the president of MLBroadcast Mike has established a a firm foothold as a well respected member of the re.net and social media space.

His blog, Mike’s Corner has become a “go-to” guide for real estate marketing advice and opinion. Price is a frequent speaker and of the organizers of the REBarcamp concept, an industry event platform that has spread to cities across the country.

Diverse Solutions write on their blog:

“Diverse Solutions provides a wide range of Real Estate development services to produced inspired, attention-grabbing, easy to use products. Our decision to create Mike’s role was to extend our customer service experience while engaging clients and prospects of DS within the social media channels, extend the Diverse Solutions brand and offer general assistance with development and IDX questions.”

Appropriately, you can follow Diverse Solutions and Mike on Twitter, Facebook, and Active Rain.

Diverse Solutions are certainly not the first or only real estate related company to hire a social media expert. It is, however, an interesting way to start the new year, and it remains to be seen what 2009 holds for the industry and portals in the realm of social media.

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