Technology Tuesday

Stik.com is potentially one of the greatest websites that integrates social-networking with finding professional services online. With the amount of traffic that social-media websites are producing at the moment, Stick.com made a wise decision by jumping on the bandwagon. There are a large amount of Real Estate agents out there, but this website allows users to search for a Realtor simply by using Facebook-Connect. By integrating Facebook-Connect into their website, they give users the ability to find Realtors that may be connected with a friend on Facebook. This gives a home buyer a little more reassurance in which Realtor they choose to find the home of their dreams.

With Facebook containing the largest user database in the world, about 40,000+ people are connected to each other’s profiles through friends of friends in their network. Realtors that are looking to expand their client database should make the decision to create a Stik.com profile. By doing so the agent will be able to add thousands of users to their network linked directly to their Realtor profile. This way if an agent has a personal Facebook profile, people searching for a more detailed professional profile will be redirected to Stik.com.

Shoppers of the website are able to choose services from professionals in the Real Estate, Insurance, Mortgage, Finance, and Law occupations. Users will have to grant the application permission to access their Facebook information. By doing so they will be able to visit Stik.com, login to their Facebook account, and search for professionals in their network instantly. Typing in “Mortgage” will bring up anyone that may be connected to your friend that works as a Mortgage Broker. After searching for the needed service users are able to immediately send a message to the professional.

Realtors and other professionals will notice a significant increase of clients by joining Stik.com. In 2011 this may be one of the most integrated Facebook applications for any worker to add to their profile. By agents sending targeted traffic directly to their business profile the benefits are immense. With a large amount of potential clients viewing their pages, agents will no longer have to go through extensive questioning and background checks. This can cut down the time for clients looking to buy a new home or use someone’s services, because they will not have to waste time with paperwork.

Users of the website can give recommendations directly to the agents profile for everyone to see. When searching for a reliable businessman/woman most the time clients will view who has recommended the worker. Profiles with large amounts of recommendations will have an upper hand over Real Estate agents with no online presence at all. With the way that social-media is changing the internet today, Stik.com has a great idea that will help many businesses as well as individual contractors to gain large amounts of employment.

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