Am I Relevant : 21 Ways of Using Google+ Hangout for Real Estate Clients

      Some might not be familiar with Google+ Hangout but it is the latest updated tool in Google+ that gives you the easy way to connect with people inside and outside of your company without spending time and money on travel. Meet face-to-face with up to 15 colleagues or clients from anywhere on your laptop, mobile phone or tablet. 

      And, you can share your screen or collaborate a file in Google Drive. Whether you’re talking to a new customer, working with a partner, interviewing a  candidate, or just hanging out  online, Google Hangouts are the next best thing to sitting in the same room.

      So what exactly can you do with Hangouts? 

      Here are 21 suggestions!!!

      1. Team Meetings/ Press     Conference

         With so many teams having members spread out in different locations or working from home, just scheduling an in-person team meeting can be a challenge. Traveling to attend meetings can be costly and more importantly, time consuming. Right?

     I can relate to this because as busy as I am, I’m meeting a lot people everyday and Google Hang Outs allow me to connect effectively without meeting others personally.

      Conference calls are the typical way of handling meetings when everyone cannot be present.  But phone communication leaves a lot to be desired. When you can’t see facial expressions, miscommunication can arise. In today’s world, We all multitask, so often telephonic conference calls allow team members on the call to succumb to distraction and start focusing on other activities instead of the team participants. When you can see one another, those issues are minimized. People tend to stay alert and engaged.

2. Share Your Screen 

Need to share a Web URL to the team, or share your screen to illustrate a spreadsheet, a picture or a document? With Hangouts you just push a button and you can do that.  

With Hangouts, the person who happens to “hold the floor” and is speaking at the moment, has his or her    video screen showing in the large view. Other participants’ screens are minimized until they speak.

While sharing your screen with a group of others, you will be able to collaborate on a file in Google Drive and have open discussions with other members.

3. While on the Hangout, you may all at the same time watch YouTube Video clip together.

     How amazing is that right?

4. You can restrict Hangouts to make them private.

5. You can mute yourself and so can others mute themselves

6. As a real estate professional, you can reach out to your network or Sphere  of Influence and share some expertise and make it available online.

7. You can establish yourself as an expert in your local market through Google Hangouts.

8. You could  hold a webinar series as part of your real estate marketing strategy?.

9. You could hold other webinars on subjects that your clients may want to discuss such as Interest rates, The Escrow Process,  Foreclsoure steps, Buyer Costs, Seller costs, Costs...

10 You could provide a question and answer session for customers or prospects, about the specific listings or properties.

11. You can use Google  Hangout in your farming areas to discuss issues.

12. Using Hang outs to go through disclosures and contracts  with your Clients

13. You can involve your clients in Crowd sourcing and finding out what their views are and have discussing and invite them as a meeting or social hang out.

14. You may want to have an Initial Buyer Consultation on a Hang Out

15. Your Seller may be living in another state and you could do a listing presentation on Hang Out.

16. You could introduce Your Escrow Officer to your clients on the HangOut.

17. You could introduce a Lender to your client

18. You could handle a difficult situation or issue with another broker over a Hang Out.

19. You could call in experts such as Inspectors with your clients while all being in different parts of the city

20.  You can meet a new client from out of town and see how they look before they arrive

21.    You can have Google Hangout On Air where you can record the entire discussion and Hangout and publicly broadcast it on YouTube so that others may re-visit your Hangout. You can edit that recording, Tag it, Use annotations and use that for others in future.

How amazing is Google+ Hangout right?