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2019
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Social Media Overview
#58670
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Course Title: Social Media and How it Will Benefit Your Real Estate
Business
Juanita McDowell
International Real Estate Technology Instructor
DIGITALLY CONNECTED FOR LIFE
Instagram: JuanitaMcDowell Facebook: JuanitaMcDowellSeminars
Twitter: JuanitaMcDowell YouTube Channel: InMotionREI
FEBRUARY 11, 2019 JUANITA MCDOWELL SEMINARS AND INMOTION CONSULTING, LLC
5020 Highlands Parkway, Smyrna, GA 30082
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Module 1 – Foundation and First Things First
First Things First - Know the REC Rules What is Social Media? MEDIA: Content that is published SOCIAL: Anyone can add to and share Factoids: Facebook - 79% of American Internet Users Content Drives Action 3 Ways I’ll find you online Social Engine Marketing - a form of Internet marketing that involves the promotion of websites by increasing their visibility in search engine results pages (SERPs) primarily through paid advertising. Social Media Optimization – is the process of increasing the awareness of a product, brand or event by using several social media outlets and communities to generate viral publicity. Search Engine Optimization - the process of maximizing the number of visitors to a particular website by ensuring that the site appears high on the list of results returned by a search engine. (Above Definitions from www.webopedia.com/TERMS)
STARTING POINT
Understand Hub and Spoke Marketing
The website and/or the blog are the home base of your business—your online storefront or “hub.”
Twitter, Google+, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc. are your “spokes”. Use these sites to reach out
to your community online to connect to prospects, gain trust, expand your reach, and generate leads.
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Your hub should tell me what you do, your point of differentiation. Are you a first-time homebuyer
specialist, a short sales specialist, an investment expert, a luxury real estate specialist? How do I
contact you?
Quick Website (“Hub”) Check. Every real estate website MUST have the following:
1.Google Analytics
2. Mobile Friendly
3. IDX Feed
4. Contact Information Available
5.HTTPS
Connect to Potential Homebuyers
Where do I start?
Get Social - Where are your fish swimming?
Social Participation on Trulia and Zillow
Real estate advertising and search engines
Fastest-growing U.S. real estate Websites
Offers a rich, intuitive user experience that points consumers directly to listings on agent and
broker Web sites
How to Set Up Trulia Alerts
1. Visit http://www.trulia.com/voices/alerts
2. Select a Category and location
3. Hit Add Alert.
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Module 2 - Millennials
What do we know about Millennials?
80+ Million Strong
Powerful and Influential
Collective Buying Power - $200 Billion
Indirect Spending Power - $500 Billion
Millennials are ____% of all the people moving to metro Atlanta.
The average income of millennials moving into the area is ______and that would qualify a large number of potential buyers for a mortgage.
Reference: Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends Report 2015 by NAR
Instagram and Snapchat are becoming more important. Instagram
Forrester has named Instagram the “king of social engagement,” citing the fact that top brands’ Instagram posts generated a per-follower engagement rate of 4.21 percent. That means Instagram delivered these brands 58 times more engagement per follower than Facebook, and 120 times more engagement per follower than Twitter. Read more here: https://blog.hootsuite.com/how-to-use-instagram-for-business/
To use Instagram for business, follow these critical steps to see the most engagement, a growing following, and ultimately, more customers:
1. Set up your brand's Instagram 2. Post content that attracts followers 3. Grow your Instagram audience 4. Encourage engagement to form relationships 5. Measure your growth.
Take a look at real estate agents that have grown a successful audience on Placester: Instagram for Real Estate: 20 of the Best-Run Agent Accounts
Link: https://placester.com/real-estate-marketing-academy/best-real-estate-social-media-instagram-marketing
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Module 3 - Facebook Communication and Marketing
Advice: Use a secure password Facebook Facts
“Out of the 1 billion Facebook users, 31% of them are on the site multiple times every day.”
(Pew Internet and American Life Project)
“80% of all Americans use social networks and 96% of Americans are on Facebook.”
Raise visibility (>1 Billion users today. Growing 50 million every 2-3 months)
Find real estate connections
Place highly targeted ads
Get rapid search engine placement
Target your niche
Meet and chat with your real estate peers…share ideas (Groups You Should Join)
Facebook Profile Page
“Facebook Friends” Defined:
People you know
People you want to know Rules to Remember
Don’t sell
Don’t advertise
Participate
Get Organized Facebook Organization Trick
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Create a Friend’s List
1. Scroll down to Friends on the left side of your News Feed. Hover over Friends and click More 2. Create a Friend’s List 3. Click Create List 4. Create a Friend’s List 5. Enter a name for your list and the names of friends you’d like to add.
Facebook for Business
How to Create a Facebook Page
1. Go to facebook.com/pages
2. Select Create a Page
3. Select Local Business
4. Enter a Name, Address and Phone
5. Read then agree to the Terms
6. Design Options for Social Media Covers:
Canva.com
Picmonkey.com
Upwork.com ($)
Facebook Ads TO DO: Visit the Blueprint
Module 4 – LinkedIn Communication
Important
Determine the key players in your niche.
Develop a plan to connect with them.
2 Things you (the agent) must do on LinkedIn
Complete Your Professional Profile
Get Recommendations from Past RE Clients Advice: Know Your Objective
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Module 5 - Twitter & Microblogging
What is Twitter? A social network that gives you the ability to post messages of 140 characters or less.
Agents and Twitter Promote your blog on twitter Make special offers for homebuyers Announce your listing Share real estate news Looking for clients
Use Twitter to build your brand
Examples of Social Media Real Estate Rock stars include ______________, _________________, and _________________.
Shorten URLs with bit.ly or Budurl.com
Potential twitter status updates:
Just listed 678 Yellow Street that’s part of the historical society, a rare find Just got a good offer from a client. Looks great!
Giving a chance to win an iPad to visitors who stop by my open house at 5454 Jefferson Road.
Sound good? Come by.
Finally, home after a long day checking out a few listings. Anyone else had a doosy of a day?
Final inspection went great. My first-time homebuyers are so excited about becoming
homeowners.
How do you create your own private “Lists” on Twitter? 1. Click on your account menu 2. Click on Lists 3. In the left navigation, select Create List
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Remember
Post updates that your followers will want to pass along to their audience Reply to other people’s tweets
Mix it up – not all about real estate….also, use Twitter for Market Research
Realtor Groups to follow on Twitter: @NAR_Research, @Inman News
Module 6 - YouTube for Real Estate
A Must Do for 2017 Create a YouTube Channel One Good Reason: Video Attracts First Time Buyers Sell Your Listings: Should you involve the seller? ______ Video Toolbox - Equipment
Audio
Backdrop
Lighting
Tripod
Microphones
Tripod
Visit www.juanitamcdowell.com/resources for video equipment list
What now?
Develop a 15 minute a day schedule (5-Day/Week). Commit to improving your online presence.
References:
Syndication Tools and Desktop Clients: Hootsuite.com, Tweetdeck, One load
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My Action Items for the next 30 days:
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