Social Media and What I've learned so far!

We are now almost 3 months into our Vacation Home journey! It's been a fun journey so far, I've learned a lot about an industry I knew nothing about before. Hopefully at the end we'll be rewarded with a beautiful home. I just want to get down to Kissimmee and get the house ready and have some fun!

So far I've learned a lot,  but I think the thing I've learned the most about is social media. Most of us have been exposed to facebook or twitter. I was surprised though by how far reaching it all is.  One of the first thing I did when we started this journey was this blog!  It has been a great place to tell our story and share some information that I've learned over the years.

During my research before we put the offer on the house,  I came across some other rental properties on facebook. I loved the thought of utilising social media to find people to rent our home to and have a place to post pictures and keep people up to date. I made the page about the same time as I started the blog but I held of publishing it. In the end I decided to do it and get the word out, it's been great and I enjoy keeping everyone who follows our page up to date on some of the goings on in the orlando/kissimmee area!

Twitter came next (@mickeygrdnvilla), we now have an amazing 79 followers now.  It is an amazing way to connect with people and keep up to date with news. I've also connected with some other vacation home owners. I enjoy re-tweeting their specials or information. It is great to build a network of other people in the area who have homes. I've learned a lot by watching what they tweet about and how they reach out to people in the twitterverse (hysterical I know, the words amaze me). 

Next I found Pinterest.  To me it's like having access to everyone's bulletin boards! And they post anything from how they want to decorate their houses, to places they want to visit or food/recipes they find!  This is the one I don't think I've mastered yet. So come by and visit us! It is a lot of fun and I'm working on making it even better.

I think the most fun I had was getting our own web address and website! mickeysgardenvilla.com I'm still working on the website but it's coming along and I think it's looking good.  I think I changed what it looked like about 10 times before I settled on a look for the site.  I finally know what html is and how to use it (well sort of, I can add it to a page but that's about it). It's been a learning experience.

Overall I've enjoyed the experience of learning how to use social media! There are many other places I have yet to venture (or like google +, just trying to figure out).  I've seen or heard of tumblr, 4 square and I have instagram on my phone but haven't used it.  It's been a wild ride and I've loved exploring all these different types of media but most of all, I've loved connecting with all of you in these different areas.  So thanks again for reading and visiting, and I hope to connect with you all at some point!