2010 HAR REALTOR® Expo- Amy Smythe-Harris

Social MediaTips

What is Social Media??

• A social network service focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Social networking has encouraged new ways to communicate and share information.

-Wikipedia

Social Media Sites

Facebook vs. TwitterAllows you to connect, share photo albums, videos, links with people that you have friended that is all in one place- your profile page

Not limited by text to post

Mutual “friending” must occur

More privacy controls

Not searchable

Allows you to connect, share photo albums, videos, links with people –but it is in a stream

limited to 140 characters to post

Followers can follow you

Less privacy

Searchable

Other Social Media

Review site for all types of business

Check-in site for all businesses allowing you to see where your friends are at

Wordpress.com - Blogging platform

Twitter Statistics

• April 2010-106 million users

• Sending out 55 million tweets a day

• 25% users are age between 35-44

• Trailed by the 45-54 age

• Average age -38

Set up Twitter account

• Go to twitter.com• It’s FREE!!!

Go to HAR.com Member Portal

• Add your Twitter Account• Now your listings can be seen

in the public timeline

Pick Twitter Software

• Hootsuite• Tweetdeck• Twitter.com• Ubertwitter• Echofon

Now Play on Twitter

• Learn RT• Learn searching• Learn shortening URL’s• Learn #- hashtags• Take a class!

More SM ideas

• Start Blogging• Set up Google Alerts• Understand your Brand• Use Socialoomph.com

Content• HAR Agent Newsletter• HAR MLS Video market

report• Your member video• HAR TV –consumer series• Listings from HAR.com

Camera shy?

• Add Photos and Videos

Keep up to date• Join Groups/Follow people• @harmembers & @hartrepac• HAR Fan Page• HAR NextGen Fan Page• Har.com/edu

Websites

*blip.fm*blip.fm

*twitter.com*twitter.com

*ping.fm*ping.fm

*digg.com*digg.com

*realtor.org*realtor.org

*mashable.com*mashable.com

*hgtv.com*hgtv.com

*youtube.com*youtube.com

*eyejot.com*eyejot.com

*jott.com*jott.com

*evite.com*evite.com

*posterous.com*posterous.com

*delicious.com*delicious.com

*issuu.com*issuu.com

*postlets.com*postlets.com

*kirtsy.com*kirtsy.com

*sendible.com*sendible.com

*face.com*face.com

*chorus.com*chorus.com

*twittercounter.com*twittercounter.com

*useqwitter.com*useqwitter.com

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