Here is the Power Point for Re/Max Kick Start on January 18th, 2010 at the Convention Centre. Thanks for attending!!

1. A Social Media Primer Richard Silver

2. Who am I and Where am I? Richard Silver is a top-ranked Salesperson, an early adopter of Technology, Web 2.0 and presently sits as a Director-at-Large with the Toronto Real Estate Board. He is a member of the MLS and Technology Council at the Canadian Real Estate Association. A 30 year veteran, he feels “you are never too old to re-invent yourself”. Website: www.RichardSilver.com, Blog: www.Torontoism.com, Follow on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

3. Where are you now? MySpace Facebook LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Blogging

4. A 10,000 Foot View

5. Facebook Stories

6. Who is Gary Vaynerchuk (AKA Gary Vee) and why is he important to our discussion? “Gary has leveraged his family wine business through Social Media and now his online Brand (WineLibrary.tv) is more valuable than the business (wine distribution and sales) that he started the online program to promote.” “Get off the “Bus Benches” and establish your Internet Brand.”

7. Gary Vaynerchuk Strikes Again! http://torontoism.com/2009/09/04/social-media-gary-vaynerchuk-strikes-again/

8. A Great Read The Digital Handshake By Paul Chaney Lays out the Social Media Landscape for Marketing!

9. What’s new about Social Media? What is Social Media and Web 2.0? What is the Demographic using Social Media? Will I be Successful?

10. What is Your BRAND? What differentiates you from the crowd? Location, Demographic, Personality, Buyer Agent, Seller Agent, PTA, Baseball Coach Is your offline Persona related to your online Persona? If you “suck” at networking offline, can you be successful online?? What is the strongest BRAND for a REALTOR®?

11. Who is your Consumer? Age Demographic Location Language Work related Other

12. What is the ROI? Return on Investment?

13. Google Analytics for www.Torontoism.com

14. Google Analytics for www.RichardSilver.com

15. Why should you commit to Social Media and Blogging? Is there a ROI (Return on Investment)? Can you Monetize it? How can I judge it? Google Analytics... Visits vs. Bounce Rate The concept of the long tail…The tail becomes bigger and longer in new markets (depicted in red). In other words, whereas traditional retailers have focused on the area to the left of the chart, online bookstores derive more sales from the area to the right. (Courtesy of Wikipedia) Traditional Advertising Non Traditional

16. How do you contact your clients? Have you asked them how they connect or want to be connected with? Do you provide options? Your email signatures and your Business Cards... Upload your Database to Facebook and LinkedIn and see who is already on. Xobni.com

17. What is the Consumer Saying.... about You? Have you GOOGLED yourself? Step Reps, Google Alerts and Yelp.ca Houston Area Realtors and their ratings program...www.HAR.com Are you ready to be rated?

18. Today’s Options

19. Your Avatar...not the movie!

20. www.Xobni.com

21. Are you ready to reinvent yourself using Social Media? Committing to the time? Being Transparent: What do you share? What are the restrictions? Do Not Call/Contact, Privacy, Competition, RECO Advertising Guidelines Plagiarism... The right media 4 U: Writing? Audio? Video? Be Ubiquitous!

22. What are the Tools? LinkedIn: Business to Business Facebook: Facebook/Marketplace, Fan Pages Twitter: www.Tweetdeck.com, The Little Birdie YouTube: Video and Video Channels Flickr: Photos: The Community Photographer Xobni: Add on to Microsoft Outlook Ping.fm: Syndication SlideShare: Share pdfs and Presentations

23. Your Web Site: First and Foremost

24. Answering the Questions: What is available for Sale? What is your home worth? What is the Real Estate Market doing? What is happening in your community?

25. What is Search Engine Optimization?

26. www.LinkedIn.com

27. LinkedIn Groups: Join the Discussion!

28. www.Facebook.com

29. www.Facebook.com/marketplace

30. Facebook Fan Pages

31. Facebook Fan Pages

32. Facebook Community Groups

33. www.Twitter.com

34. www.Twitterpinch.com

35. www.Tweetdeck.com

36. What’s a Blog? When do you have time? Do you write it yourself? How long should a Blog be? How do I get started? What do I write about? How often do you post a Blog? Photos? Video? Audio?

37. The Real Estate Tomato

38. Karen Meshwork’s Blog

39. www.Youtube.com/channels

40. www.SlideShare.net

41. Adding Content: Content is King!

42. Adding Video

43. Video Cameras Kodak Zi8 Flip Mino HD Creative Labs VadoHD

44. Real Estate Shows http://www.realestateshows.com/441245 http://www.realestateshows.com/flyer.php?id=441245 RSS Feeds (Really Simple Syndication) Does your web site and Blog encourage RSS Feeds? (www.Feedburner.com)

45. My Social Media World

46. Next Steps: Read lots of Blogs Join Active Rain and start Blogging Spend ½ hour a day on one Tool, then next month add a second tool... Wordpress.com, The Real Estate Tomato, Blogger, Follow Seth Godin, Gary Vaynerchuk, Stefan Swanepoel and others....

47. Learn and Share Inman News and Inman Real Estate Connect NAR National Association of REALTORS® REBarCamp.com Meetups and Tweetups!

48. Stefan Swanepoel’s Rules of Engagement in Social Media 1. Give More Than You Take 2. Respect Your Online Friends3. Listen to What They Say4. Respond Frequently and where Appropriate5. Build Relationships 6. Be Authentic and Transparent7. Do Not Become a Nuisance8. Collaborate with Your Online Friends9. Add Value as Frequently as you Can10. Consider Opportunities in the Long Tail www.RealEstateBooks.org

49. NAR Social Media Guidelines Available at REALTOR.org

50. QUESTIONS? For a copy of today’s presentation visit http://www.linkedin.com/in/risilver http://www.slideshare.net/richardsilver Richard Silver is a top-ranked Salesperson, an early adopter of Technology, Web 2.0 and presently sits as a Director-at-Large with the Toronto Real Estate Board. He is a member of the MLS and Technology Council at the Canadian Real Estate Association. A 30 year veteran, he feels “you are never too old to re-invent yourself”. His website is www.RichardSilver.com, Blog is www.Torontoism.com, and you can follow him on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.