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The New Rules of EngagementHow to Communicate on the Web
What Can We Accomplish Today› Shift our focus from push to pull marketing› Go from web pages to Communities› Reduce our cost and extend our reach› Go to where the people are› Learn to have fun› Build an online personality that is real› Brand Ourselves as experts on the market
not marketing experts
“If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don’t
bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new
ways of thinking”
Buckminster Fuller
Where America Shops The Library Google.com Travel Agent Orbitz.com Book Store Amazon.com Music Store iTunes Attorney Pre-Paid Legal Technology
pricegrabber.com Movie rentals Netflix.com Contract labor elance.com Real Estate ?
According to Ranking.comSite Rankings
No. 1 Google.com No. 2 Facebook.com No. 3 Yahoo.com No. 4 Youtube.com No. 7 Wikipedia.com No. 10 Twitter.com No. 12 Bing.com No. 15 Craig’s List No. 20 Linkedin.com No. 26 Flickr.com No. 74 Yelp.com No. 223 REALTOR®.com No. 280 Zillow.com No. 306 Trulia.com
What is Web 2.0 and why do we need it?
The use of technologies to interact with end users
The ability to have a voice to reach your audience
The use of tools that are free or low cost
It is where our buyers and sellers come to buy and sell real estate and find us.
Communication in Real Time Gets you out of the factory system
6 Key Aspects of Web 2.01. Its not about the technology its
about the change it enables2. The shift of control from institutions
to communities3. It’s about being yourself4. It’s to influence people to act on our
behalf5. It expands our scope of operations6. It will change again and fast
Web 1.0 Highlights Web 2.0 Highlights Web Browser Search Engines Dial Up Connection Internet Empowered
consumer Passive permission
based marketing Push Marketing Microsoft Yahoo Amazon showed the
way
Broad Band Connection
Everything is Wiki Pull Marketing Blogs Social networks Google Video Google Facebook is
showing the way
Top Google Tools 1. Search-Represents 67% of all searches 2. Instant-Changes SEO Guidelines 3. Alerts-Monitor your Online Rep and topics 4. Voice-Never Miss a phone call 5. Calendar-Create a team interaction or online guide to events 6. Keywords-Find what people are searching for 7. Analytics-Evaluate online traffic 8. Maps/earth-Tag your listings or location 9. Sponsored Links-Pay per click 10. Youtube.com-No. 4 site and growing 11. Gmail-email anywhere 12. Reader-Blogs and articles in one place 13. Chrome-Super fast browser 14. Apps-Free version of Office like tools 15. Picasa-Online photo editing
The Small Bang Theory What would you rather have, 100,000
people playing or 4,000 people using you?
What did the $8000 tax credit buyers Google to find information?
Why are realtor.com, Trulia.com, Zillow.com, and homegain.com spending money to get ranked on Edmond Real Estate?
Elements of branding 1. Who are You 2. What are your Specialties 3. What’s in a name? 4. What is a Slogan and a UPS 5. Who is the audience 6. Logos and Colors 7. Where is it used
Website Signs Business Cards Email Flyers Video Stationary
The Business Plan Questions Who is your audience? How do they find you? What content do you bring? What will it cost? Where do you want them to go? Follow up? How do leads become clients? If everyone is there, is it too late? How am I different? How does it all fit together?
Branding in a 1.0 Site
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Your Brand can start here
DONE BY JACK PRATT SIGNS OKC Your Real Estate Sign
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W.VFLYER.COM
Your Multimedia Flyer
2.0 Website can include: Site and Blog Aids Amenity Links Blog or blog link Linked Landing
Pages IDX Feeds Calculators Market Reports Listing Multimedia Calls to Action a. Lead Capture b. RSS Feed
Media www.commons.wikipedi
a.org
www.shrinkpictures.com www.apture.com www.photobucket.com www.123rf.com www.istockphoto.com www.fotolia.com www.flickr.com
Using Zeemaps to Create Community
Why Blog? Free SEO Gain your voice Fresh Content Google will love you Sell listings Be the Expert Be Topical
Blog locally and think globally
Everyone is not doing it
It’s the new referral network
You can become famous
Blog Statistics Reduces lead cost
by 60% Increases indexed
pages by 434% Increases website
visitors 55% 97% more inbound
links Biggest % of
business getting a client
More Frequency equals more business
Why used more is the economy and past success
Blogs & Inbound advertising is now 39% of small business budgets and rising
2nd to Social media in lowest cost
Blogging-How to get started 1. Go to Wordpress.com or Wordpress.org
2. Template sites with blogs built in at www.alamode.com or www.dakno.com
3. Get a domain name at www.godaddy.com
4. Get some training at organizations like www.domusconsulting.com , www.dakno.com, www.realestatetomato.com, www.activerain.com
5. Read about blogs at www.activerain.com, www.agentgenius.com, www.inmannews.com, or www.realtown.com
6. Go to www.freerealtyblog.com and sign up
7. Read the great blogs like www.thephoenixrealestateguy.com, www.sandiagohomes.com, www.ianwatt.ca, www.stpaulrealestateblog.com
All the good names are taken?
www.hotedmondhomes.com www.hotdeercreekhomes.com www.edmondhomesforsaleblog.com www.investinedmondhomes.com www.edmondokrealestateblog www.besthomebuyinedmond.com www.okcrealestatebreakingnews.com www.edmondrealestatenews.com
A Blog a Day Listing Community Green Real Estate Market Data Specialty Event Personal Story National Events Real Estate Education Video Guest Blog
Active Rain Over 200,000 Real Estate Professionals Blog will reach other Realtors and RE
Professionals Points System-Be Careful Can add outside blog Great place to learn for free The new referral network Google Juice Deluxe www.localism.com Warning! Don’t be seduced that comments
make you important
The Importance of an IDX Solution Why use it
› It’s what people want
› Lead generation› Passive email
contact› Community details› Custom Search
pages› It keeps them
coming › Accuracy of data› Auto Notification
IDX Companies› Alamode› IDX Broker› Ihomefinder› Market Leader› Wolfnet› Spatial Match› Diverse Solutions› “Smart Frames
from your MLS Provider”
Youtube.com Essentials #4 Visited Website 79% of all videos It’s free! Can be Google
Indexed Can be Branded Easy to Embed on
web sites Promotes You Also
Steps for Use› Sign Up› Sign In› Select Account
and My Videos› Select New› Type in fields like
title, description, Tags
› Save
Youtube.com Branded Video
Landing Pages Set to a specific area, neighborhood, or
type of real estate Has a unique URL that can break the
rules of a home page address Can have a specific IDX custom
solution Should have maps Should have links to community,
schools, and more Should be set up for keywords and
metadescriptions
Email Marketing Don’t make it spam Target your market Use stationary or template Look at a program like Constant
Contact or onmarketing.com Some programs have analytics Don’t send me your listings unless I ask
for it Use Mail Merge or BCC please
“The Quality of your life is the quality of your communications”
Anthony Robbins
“Be an opener of doors”Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Learning is an active process. We learn by doing. Only knowledge that
is used sticks in your mind”Dale Carnegie
What is Facebook A community of over 500 million At war with Google for the dominate platform Currently, the ultimate social community Friends whether you know them or not A Place for business page development A Place to Development Real Estate Clients Can be another blog or micro-blog like Twitter A Place to get information about peopleWarning! Can be addictive and distracting
How it can help you Business Be findable Online Micro-Advertising Research others Business Pages Interest groups Event Planning It’s a Database
Data Categories› Family› Close friends› Colleagues› Groups Interest› Clients› When Added› Location
How to Build Relationships Get Permission First
› Happy Birthday!› Fun Video› Causes Support› Commenting› Important Articles› Be Funny or Silly› Reviews› Some Real Estate
Then What?› Business Pages› Forward Blogs› Couponing› Things to Do› Cause Pages› Report the news› Stay Human› Keep Swimming
Finding Friends
Look up who you know Facebook Suggestion Friends of Friends Find Local groups Find REALTORS® They will find you
Building a Facebook Business Page Select Applications Select Ads and Pages Select Create Page Go to Drop Down Box Select Category Type in the Name of the Page Select ? And Enter Image Select settings, wall settings, set up mobile
settings Add Realbird.com for your listings You can also have www.webstarget.com set it up Do it yourself with www.roost.com
Possible Facebook Strategy Be provocative on your personal
stream, the more comments you get the more it will extend to your friends friend’s feed.
Keyword phrase your business page stream updates for Google SEO
Link articles of interest to your personal page and real estate related articles to your business page
On a regular but limited basis tie the two together
FACEBOOK PAGES Knowing the difference is controlling the conversation
What in the World is Twitter?
1. It is a Micro Blog. 2. It is a Hyper Local Advertising
Vehicle 3. A Connector if the right people by
accident rather than design 4. A Local or National Breaking news
network 5. A Spam Lite Communicator
Twitter World’s biggest cocktail party The ultimate Real Time experience Explosive Growth Tweet from Iran “140 characters are a novel
when you have been shot at” Sometimes inane or profound Thing a bit also as a micro-blog Direct it somewhere and be local Don’t get crazy about the number of
followers Google is a slow climb to relevance, Twitter is
a rocket ship Does Not Have a Business Plan
Types of Twitter Messages
1. General messages like I am having a wonderful day.
2. @ To a person or about a person like @joepryor
3. Direct Like d_joepryor to go only to me
4. Retweet Like RT@joepryor or just click on the Retweet Option
5. Hash tag #Group like #REbarcamp
Commonly Used Twitter Apps 1. Klout.com Find Your ranking & Reach 2. Seesmic Desktop or TweetDeck
Control incoming and outgoing Tweets 3. Socialoomph.com Schedule your
Tweets and Facebook Status updates 4. Bit.ly URL shortener 5. Twellow Twitter Yellow Pages 6. Twitpic & twitvid become visual 7. LocalTweeps Find who is around you
Types of Strategies 1. Create a neighborhood or group 2. Create a Buying group 3. Use it as a blog amplification device 4. Become a news Reporter or
Aggregator-Breaking News 5. Become a personality 6. Create Content that makes for
followers Amplify your blog to drive traffic Send to Facebook
Other Social Networks www.Linkedin.com & www.plaxoplus.com www.myspace.com www.Yelp.com, www.Foursquare.com ,
www.Gowalla.com Specialty specific sites and groups www.Realtown.com , www.Agentgenius.com
, www. a. Free real estate educationWarning! Don’t dilute your marketing efforts
trying to do everything
Old & New Media Together? Geographic Farm added Create a localized blog Direct Mail Video events especially birthdays Put it on Youtube.com Twitter & Text it Map it with Zeemaps or Muellermaps Advertise it on paper Push the area Be a personal presence with video
Smart Phone Essentials Google Mobile with Voice Real Estate calculators Photo Imaging and Panorama Stitch Social Networking Sites Twitter Apps Ustream Broadcaster Newspapers Posterous QR code reader RSS reader Document Storage and editing
“Nothing in the world can takeThe place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common
Than unsuccessful men with talent.Genius will not; unrewardedGenius in almost a proverb.Education will not; the worldIs full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination are omnipotent.
The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will Solve
The problems of the human race”.
Calvin Coolidge
Do you want to experiment? Create a hyper local blog Create events Create maps of amenities Create a Facebook page Send directed mail Do reviews of local food, dry cleaners, etc Offer a camera or camcorder for events Put an IDX or lifestyle search on it Links to a couponing system Link it to your website
Getting Started on Free Join Active Rain and start reading in
groups Google for online webinars Start making videos Start playing with Google Keyword Tool Get a free Blog on site with a blog Get 25 followers for your Facebook
business page Get on Twitter and Linkedin
Get Started on Not Free Get an IDX Solution $150 to $1000 Add Vflyer or Postlets $35 a month Add Realbird for $99 a year Add Roost for $24.95 a month or $200
a year Add Spatialmatch.com for $149 set up
fee and $24.95 a month Get Branding for $200 and up
Winston Churchill Quotes “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every
opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty”
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference”
“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at results”
“Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge”
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template with live links Vlyer.com or postelets.com
Multimedia flyers with distribution Primeopdf.com Create PFDs without
Adobe for free Issuu.com site to create, author, store,
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phone integration Transferbigfiles.com Send 1 Gig files
by email Geochirp.com Hyper-local Tweeter
locator Mozy.com & carbonite.com Cloud
computing storage backup Floorplanner.com create floor plans
for your listings Drivebytech.com multimedia text
message on yard signs to smart phones
Wordpress.org &.com Create your own blog for free or low cost
Yugma.com free video conferencing for up to 20 people
Freeconferencecall.com free networking over the phone
Roost.com Picnic.com Google owned imaging
software site Flickr.com photo and multimedia
sharing site Avg.com free anti-virus software Twittertools.com lots of tools Yelp.com rate services and add friends Surverymonkey.com create and send
surveys Posterous.com free blog transfer Snagit.com website capture tool Skype.com free video conferencing
and phone Logmein.com free computer to
computer access and pro pay file transfer
Elance.com Competitive task bidding site for all your projects
Shrinkpictures.com Quick editing software for free
Reading List Blue Ocean Strategy Kim &
Mauborgne Tribes Seth Godin Linchpin Seth Godin The Little Big Things: 163 Ways
to Pursue Excellence Tom Peters Thoughts Without a Thinker
Mark Epstein Predictably Irrational Dan
Ariely The World Is Flat Thomas
Friedman The Seven Spiritual Laws of
Success Deepak Chopra The Long Tail Chris Anderson Switch: How to Change Things
When Change is Hard Chip & Dan Heath
Funny Money Mark Singer Sermon on the Mount Emmet
Fox
Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman
Swanepoel Trends Report Stefan Swanepoel
The Energy Bus Joe Gordon The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni The Botany of Desire Michael
Pollan The Tipping Point Malcolm
Gladwell The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
People Stephen R. Covey The Millionaire Next Door
Stanley & Danko Mastering The Rockefeller Habits
Verne Harnish Influence, The Psychology of
Persuasion Robert B. Cialdini Total Money Makeover Dave
Ramsey Crisis Economics Nouriel Roubini
& Stephen Mihm