Building trust with today's consumer is much different than in generations in the past. Developing trust and curating great content is key. This slide deck shows how and why.
2. Social Media Revolution
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1. 90% of all buyers trust these recommendations
2. By 2018 will account for over 2/3’s of mobile usage
3. The percent of the world’s population that is under
30 yrs old
4. The largest population in the world
Across
5. The fastest growing group on
Twitter
6. More people own a mobile
device than this item
7. Have a longer attention span
than the average person
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1. 90% of all buyers trust these recommendations
2. By 2018 will account for over 2/3’s of mobile usage
3. The percent of the world’s population that is under
30 yrs old
4. The largest population in the world
Across
5. The fastest growing group on
Twitter
6. More people own a mobile
device than this item
7. Have a longer attention span
than the average person
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PROSPECTING FOR THE NEW CONSUMER
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We don’t own the information anymore
What consumers demand
Marketing in a new millennium
The power is in the wheel
AGENDA
7. We don’t own the information
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8. We don’t own the information
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Company Websites 3
Listing Aggregators 5
Agent Websites 0
We don’t own the information
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10. 2005 2010 2011 2014 2015
Multiple Listing Service 50% 59% 56% 50% 50%
Realtor.com 54% 45% 45% 42% 41%
Real Estate Company Website 38% 43% 40% 40% 37%
Real Estate Agent Website 31% 42% 46% 48% 46%
Listing Aggregators Trulia, Zillow, etc.11% 41% 38% 51% 58%
Newspaper Websites 15% 8% 6% 4% 3%
Social Networking Sites * 2% 1% 1% 1%
Websites used in home search
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11. How buyers locate homes
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What Sources Do Buyers in Texas Used in Home Search
Internet: 80%
Real estate agent: 75%
Yard Sign: 40%
Open house: 30%
Mobile Tablet or App: 32%
Home book or magazine: 15%
Online video site: 30%
Source: 2015 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers
Higher 85%
Higher 84%
Higher 56%
Higher 44%
Higher 55%
Lower 11%
Lower 27%
12. How buyers locate homes
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What Source Do Buyers in Texas Use First:
Looked online for properties: 42%
Contacted a real estate agent: 19%
Researched the home buying process: 6%
Talked to a friend or relative: 6%
Drove by homes: 6%
Researched financing: 2%
Source: 2015 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers
13. How buyers locate homes
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Where Buyers in Texas Found the Home They Purchased:
Builder
Talked to a friend or relative
Internet
Print newspaper advertisement
Yard Sign or Open House
Sellers
Real Estate Agent
Source: 2015 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers
16. How buyers locate homes
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Where Buyers in Texas Found the Home They Purchased:
Internet: 37%
Real Estate Agent: 32%
Yard Sign or Open House: 12%
Builder: 10%
Talked to a friend or relative: 6%
Print newspaper advertisement: 1%
Sellers: 1%
Source: 2015 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers
17. Who can you trust?
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How buyers found their real estate agent:
Referral 40%
Previously used agent 14%
Online contact 11%
Sign Call 5%
Open Houses 4%
19. Who can you trust?
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Using internet sites to create first contact with a
prospect in order to develop relationships
with people.
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20. Who can you trust?
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Using internet sites to create first contact with a
prospect in order to develop relationships
with people.
21. Who can you trust?
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Using internet sites to create first contact with a
prospect in order to develop relationships
with people.
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22. Who can you trust?
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Using internet sites to create first contact with a
prospect in order to develop relationships
with people.
23. What do buyers want?
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Top 5 Characteristics of the real estate agent:
24. What do buyers want?
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Top 5 Characteristics of the real estate agent:
Honesty and Integrity
Good Communicator
Good Negotiator
Knowledge of Real Estate Market
Good Interpersonal Skills
25. Prospecting
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Effectively market myself and my business
through various media avenues that have a
substantial return on investment without
breaking the bank or taking all my time.
What are agents doing successfully now?
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What are agents doing successfully now?
• Monthly Newsletters posted or emailed
• Direct mail for activity or seasonal
• Phone call campaigns
• Billboards and other ad campaigns
• Newspaper and magazines
• Community events
• Referrals
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Creating – writing pertinent content to share with
others.
Curating - discovering, gathering, and
presenting digital content that surrounds specific
subject matter.
Connecting - posting content through media
channels including social, blogs, and websites
Culture – this is THE BRAND
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Creating
- Content is the most important and powerful
thing an agent can offer.
- Content allows connection and development of
culture.
- Content showcases who an agent is and
what that agent represents.
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Curating
- Which pieces of content are appropriate for
which channels
- When to publish
- How to best engage the target audience
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Providing valued information
Brainstorm a list of content your target group of
followers are looking for
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Providing valued information
Neighborhood real estate activity
My real estate activity
Market Trends
Community events
Current events
Personal interests
Legislation
Human interest stories
Lists of “How to”
Funny
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Providing needed information
Local Real
Estate
National and
State Real Estate
Community News
and Events
My Interests
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Providing needed information
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Providing valued information
Local Real
Estate
National and
State Real Estate
Community News
and Events
My Interests
New Listing Housing News School Events
Favorite Sport
Teams
Just Sold
Mortgage and
Finance News School Calendar
Volunteer
Opportunities
Neighborhood
Trends Economic Data
Parks and Recreation
Information Hobbies
Client
Testimonials Current Events
Favorite and New
Restaurants Travel News
Home
Improvements
Road Improvement
Construction
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Connecting
- Strive to engage consumers when and where
they actually want to receive content
36. The Power is in the Wheel
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HOME BASE
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HOME BASE
OUTPOSTOUTPOST
OUTPOST OUTPOST
OUTPOST
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Email
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The Power is in the Wheel
Record a short video about preparing your home to sell
-use your computer camera, phone, or video camera
Upload it to YouTube on your own Channel
Embed the video in a blog post about preparing your
home to sell
Share a link to the article on Facebook, Twitter, and by
your email newsletter.
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Have a seller or buyer record a video recommendation
instead of writing a letter.
Upload it to YouTube on your own Channel
Embed the video on your blog on a page called
Testimonials
Share a link on Facebook, Twitter, or on an email to a
seller confirming an upcoming listing appointment.
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Culture
- Followers follow for a reason
- They like the content
- They prefer the channel used
- They enjoy the ingenuity of the brand
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We don’t own the information anymore
What consumers demand
Marketing in a new millennium
The power is in the wheel
Thank You
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Prospecting with Facebook
Business Pages
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Branding You
Connecting with People
Targeting your Market with Lists
Building Trust
Taking Control with Content
AGENDA
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Facebook has over ONE BILLION monthly users
Largest US website
The average visit is 20 minutes
130 friends and 80 pages
1 out of every 7 online minutes is on Facebook
40% of all users are between 35 and 54 years old
3 out of every 4 social media minutes
A Few Facebook Statistics
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Strength in Numbers
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47. Goals
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Top of mind presence with my friends and past clients so
they refer me to their friends
Find new customers to serve by:
-providing real estate information online to create new
relationships
-creating positive feedback from clients for consumers to
read
-participating in online conversations
48. Strategy
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Know your goals
What kind relationship do you want to have with the
people who connect with your page?
How much time are you willing to spend updating your
page?
Defining and prioritizing your goals will help you create
your page posting strategy.
50. Branding You
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Creating a Business Page www.facebook.com/ByronU
51. Branding You
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Facebook Business Page photos can be up to 540 X 180
pixels. The top portion will be your thumbnail.
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www.facebook.com/username
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Facebook Business Page cover photos can be up to 851
X 315 pixels.
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Facebook Business Page cover photos can be up to 851
X 315 pixels.
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Facebook Business Page cover photos can be up to 851
X 315 pixels.
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Cover photos can’t have contact information
57. Connecting with People
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Actions
Connect – With friends past clients and influential people
List – Put people into lists to be able to post appropriate
information
Filter – Watch people through lists so you don’t miss
anything
Post – Ask questions and engage
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Surprising Facts:
Most fans never return to a page after they like it.
Most posts by pages are seen by less than 10 percent of
their fans.
Many fans will never see your welcome tab.
When fans create new posts on your Facebook page,
other fans don’t see them.
59. Connecting with People
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Click Like If…
Post a photo or video related to the dream or benefits
you’re selling, and make it something like
“Click like if you’d love (to have this benefit)”
“Click like if you’d love to see yourself (living such and
such dream).”
“Click like if you love…” (whatever applies to your niche).
“Click like if you think….”
“Click like if you’d love to have….”
60. Connecting with People
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Questions and Prompts
Ask open-ended questions
Ask fill-in-the-blank questions
The more you listen, the more likely you are to get what
you want.
The more you talk, the more the other person turns off
and you don’t get what you want.
62. Connecting with People
Good Posts
Have a Call to Action:
• 3X higher engagement when asked to Like
• 3.3X higher engagement when asked to Comment
• 7X higher engagement when asked to Share
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Questions and Prompts
“What one word describes who you feel about…?”
“My ideal work day includes______________. Fill in the
blank and tell us!”
“What happens when you…?”
“What are your goals related to…?”
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Engagement Milestones
Getting one percent feedback regularly
People posting spontaneously on your page
Fans seeing and posting on fan page posts
Fans having a discussion on your page
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Engagement Versus Sales Posts
Engagement Sales
Click like if… When are you going to…?
Ask a question Are you ready to…?
Share this Check out our…
Photo post Discount
Guess what/where this is Contest
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Use Insights to Learn from Your Previous Posts
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Use Insights to Learn from Your Previous Posts
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Use Insights to Learn from Your Previous Posts
70. Organize your friends into lists
Facebook generated lists
Personally generated lists
Targeting Your Market With Lists
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71. Organize you friends into lists
Facebook generated lists
Personally generated lists
Targeting Your Market With Lists
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72. Organize you friends into lists
Facebook generated lists
Personally generated lists
Targeting Your Market With Lists
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73. Organize you friends into lists
Facebook generated lists
Personally generated lists
Targeting Your Market With Lists
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74. How could you use the list option in posting
information?
Hint: Think about targeting
your market.
Targeting Your Market With Lists
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75. Filter your wall posts with your list option.
Targeting Your Market With Lists
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Focuses your attention on
each of your sphere group
separately
Keeps the flow of
conversation organized
76. Taking Control with Content
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How do you create 30 days worth of content?
Let’s discuss: What do you love most about real estate?
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Brainstorm a list of what kind of content you
want to post by thinking about who you wish to
reach.
Ask yourself:
What do I love most about real estate?
Why do I love this community?
How can I share my personality?
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Agent Videos
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Why create 30 days worth of content?
1. It makes your posting strategic
2. It saves time
3. It will give you a starting point on have the first
30 – 60 days worth of content
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Local Real
Estate
National and State
Real Estate
Community News and
Events
My Interests
New Listing Housing News School Events
Favorite Sport
Teams
Just Sold
Mortgage and Finance
News School Calendar
Volunteer
Opportunities
Neighborhood
Trends Economic Data
Parks and Recreation
Information Hobbies
Client
Testimonials Current Events
Favorite and New
Restaurants Travel News
Home
Improvements
Road
Improvement/Construction
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Sources for engaging Facebook page content
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Social Caffiene TM
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Taking Control with Content
88. Thank you
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