Short 10 min presentation by Charlie Gunningham to REIWA's Annual Conference, 30 Oct 2009 - on possibilities of using social media in real estate marketing
3. Ad Spend in Australia - 09/10*1. Takeaway Food …..….$3343m 2. Real Estate Agents ……...$1563m3. Auto Industry ……….$997m4. Banks ……….$966m5. Supermarkets ……….$774mSource: IBIS World Research, July 2009
5. SOCIAL MEDIA in Aus (Jun09)_Facebook: 6mn visitors (+95% p.a.)_ MySpace: 3.5mn (only +5%)_ Twitter: 800,000 (up from 13,000)_ 70%+ net users visited social netwks(+29%)_ Twitter the fastest growing
6. SOCIAL MEDIA = YOUR MEDIA_ You connect_ Your brand / differentiation_ Your message_ You’re tech savvy_ You save money_ Your broadcast
7. 1 (a)Do your own FACEBOOK Profile Page free ‘n’ easy to set up people find you you’re in control 540,000 in Perth more > 40 than < 20
8. 1 (b) Set up a FACEBOOK Business Page Invite ‘fans’ publish events, goings on interactive shop window Walls, Photos, discussions Import blog feed, apps
15. 2. TWITTER_ world’s best search engine?_ find out what ppl are saying about anything, including you! respond_ pass on interesting tweets (RT)_ join in the conversation_ make connections
16. TWITPIC.com App that synchs with twitter Take photo, upload + then it becomes a tweet with a link to the photo Can be done from mobile http://twitpic.com/photos/chazgunningham
17. 3. Blogs_ interactive 2-way web pages_ you “post” an opinion/story/view + allow public to comment_ you have a lot to say!_ and if you listen, you can learn too
18. BLOGGING SOFTWARE1. Blogger.com (Google)2. Wordpress.org (popular, purists) 3. DotNetBlogEngine(Microsoft)latter can fit right inside your site
19. Why? Better Traffic & SEO to your site Fun, empowering for you/staff Listen + Learn from your public Gather interesting content What goes around comes around “Markets are conversations”
22. SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY- our clients & prospects are here- we are going to be here- we’re not going to be distracted- we are going to engage, contribute- we will listen, and learn- we will not talk real estate (much)
23. THANK YOU! For more…Attend a REIWA Learning course!Internet Marketing – 9th Nov or 16th DecFacebook/Twitter – 9th DecFor these slides: charlie@aussiehome.com