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C21 COMMUNITIES - TALKS A Social Media Platform for Agents & Brokers

C21 COMMUNITIES - TALKS A Social Media Platform for Agents & Brokers

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C21 COMMUNITIES - TALKS

A Social Media Platform for Agents & Brokers

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Copyright © 2008 Century 21 Real Estate LLC. All rights reserved.

Our Goal

“We developed C21 Communities with the goal of opening up an online conversation with the consumer.”

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“Just as CENTURY 21 was the first national real estate franchise to advertise on television, we will continue to take

a leadership position as we expand our capabilities in the social media space.”

Bev Thorne

SVP Marketing

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Objectives

• C21 Communities (consumer’s view).

• How Agents & Brokers access C21 Communities - Talks.

• Talks website overview.

• Agent & Broker “How to” guide to answer question.

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C21 Communities (consumer’s view)

Any consumer who visits www.century21.comwill be able to interactwith a Century 21 Professional Agent & Broker by accessingCommunities tab located at the top (center) of the century21.com home page.

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C21 Communities - Talks (consumer’s view)

Within Communities aconsumer will have accessto several applications such as C21 Talk Radio, Talks, and other Social Networks(twitter, youtube, facebook, and flickr)

A consumer can enter a question by typing within the Talks text box field and submitting the questionby clicking on the GO button.

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How Agents & Brokers access Talks?

• From the home page of 21online.com locate Popular Tools

• Within Popular Tools scroll down,find and click on “C21Talks” link

After a question has being submitted by a consumer through Century21.comany Agent & Broker will have the ability to answer that question via 21Online.com

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21Online.com will direct the Agent(s) & Broker(s) to Talks main page, in which they will be able to answer or post questions.For a better understanding, Talks can be broken down into the following 5 sections:

2- Search Previous Question

3- Ask a Question

4- My Century 21Talks

1- Welcome to Talks 5- Recent & Highest Rated Question.

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Welcome to Talks – Agent Focus

Welcome to Talks (figure A.) will show basic navigational functions with definitions as well as the link to “Goto My Homepage” (figure B.)

which is a more detail Welcome to Talks page.

Agents & Brokers have the option not to show Welcome to Talks section again (figure A.)

by placing a check mark on: “Don’t show this welcome screen again”. The next time the user accesses the site , they will see the detail page as displayed when clicking on “Goto My Homepage” (figure B.)

Note: selecting “Don’t show this welcome screen again” can not be undone if performed, make sure this is what you wantbefore to doing this.

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Search Previous Questions

In this section the Agent & Broker will be able to search for questions already posted on the site. Enter search terms: This allows you to find

questions base on keyword search.

e.g: If you type the word: “just looking” your search results will find questions that includes either part or all of the word “just looking”

“Looking for a nice home to rent that will let you have a dog?”

Search Within: This will refine your search by a specific geographic location.

Note: You can search for questions using a combination of Search Termwith City, State for a more specific search result. Use City, Stateto get all questions on that particular geographic location, or simply just use Search Term alone to get all questions nation wide related to your keyword search.

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Once u found a question of your choice is found

Using Keyword search “Just looking” ,Talks found 22 questions that includes the word “looking”(below in red). At this point any Agent and Broker will have the chance to answer the question(s) of their choice.

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To answer simply click on the question

- After clicking on the question you will see more details such as the date question was posted, Rate This! (if applicable), Watch this question check box, RSS, PERMALINK, and REPORT THIS.

- Next step click on the button.

a)

b)

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Type your answer in the text field as shown below (image A.) . Once you have completed answering the question you can verify spelling by selecting the button. A small window will show the misspelling and a suggestion (image B.). If no correction is needed then click on

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Any question answered by an Agent or Broker will appear below the question in the order it was posted. Also provided to the consumer is the Agent’s contact card(shown below). The contact card will show the agent’s detail information such asFirst Name, Last Name, contact number, company name, and the agent’s photo.

All the information found on the Agent Card comes from the Data system Crest EDG.

Note: To make changes on the card please do so by updating the information through Crest EDG.

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Ask a Question

In this section an Agent & Broker will have the

opportunity to upload their own question into Talks.

After you have typed the entire question in the

“enter text “ field, click on the button, and the

window will expand to enter additional (optional)

information pertaining to your question. City, State &

Topic.

Topics: are labels users create to describe questions they ask. You can add topics whenever you upload a question. Popular topics will display in the Topic Cloud on the homepage of Talks. These results are in alphabetical order. More popular topics look bigger in the Topic Cloud. Clicking on a topic will display a list of questions associated with it.

After all information has being entered you can now

upload the question by clicking on

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My Century 21 Talks

My Questions: allows you to go back to a question(s) you have posted on the site.

(0) equal to the number of question(s) you have posted on the site so far.

My Answers: will show you answers you have posted, so that you can see who has followed up with further responses.

(+) will expand a more detail view of that particular category.

(?) will show you Talks Help with the definition of the selected category.

Watch List: allows you to follow discussions that have been started by other users. This action is performed while viewing a particular question and selecting “watch this question”check box.

My Areas: allows you to monitor particular geographic areas you are following.

To add an area, expand “My Areas“ sectionand click on “Add an Area” enter the area name in the text box.

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Recent / Highest Rated Questions

Recent: will show you the latest questions posted on Talks.

By default Talks only displays the latest 3 questions, based on how long it was posted on the site.You can view the rest by clicking on the “View More>” link

Highest Rated: Are questionsthat were rated based on a specific amount of stars given to a question using Rate This!

1 Star been the lowest. (*)5 Stars been the highest. (*****)

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FAQs• What is C21 Communities?

C21 Communities is our new social media platform that creates a place of meaningful interaction and valued connections. It gives consumers, Brokers, and Agents the ability to collectively communicate and the opportunity to create micro-social networks uniquely in step with their individual communities.

• What is Talks?Talks is a social media application where homebuyers can ask questions about a specific area or topic, and real estate professionals who specialize in that location or have expertise in that subject can respond.

• How do I access Talks?

Agents and Brokers access Talks via the home page of 21Online.com. The Popular Tools module has a C21 Talks link. Clicking on the C21 Talks link will bring you to the Talks - Agent Focus.

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FAQs

• What is My CENTURY 21 Talks?  My CENTURY 21 Talks is a dashboard that allows users to keep track of My

Questions, My Answers , Watch List (to follow discussions that have been started by other users by viewing a particular question and selecting “watch this question”, and My Areas (to monitor particular geographic areas you wish to follow by clicking on “Add an Area” and entering the area name in the text box.

• Why is my recently posted question or answer not showing on the site?Some posts may have been removed due to a violation of our Terms and Conditions or have been reported to contain questionable content.

• Is there a limit in the amount of questions or answers I can post on the site per day?No, there is no preset limit.

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FAQs

• Why isn’t my contact card showing when I answer or post a question?If you do not access Talks via 21Online your posts will not be associated with your Century 21 account.

• How do I change the information showing in my contact card?The information that populates your contact card comes directly from Crest; any changes will appear within 24hrs on the site.

• What happens when a consumer completes a contact form?All leads are routed to the Office/Agent via the same method they are today from Century21.com

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FAQs

• What is RSS and what does it do?RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication”. It’s a way to easily distribute content (news, stories, podcasts, and forums) to a large number of people. Software programs, called RSS readers, take that content and present it in an easy to view format.

• What is permalink?Permalink is short for "permanent link". It's a type of URL designed to refer to a specific post or article.

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FAQs

• How can I maximize my results using Talks?– Access Talks Agent Focus daily

– Read conversations that are taking place

– Join in the conversations when you have value/expertise to add

– Answer the questions as thoroughly as possible (Don’t just say “Call me”)

– Sign-up to watch the areas you serve

– “Watch” pertinent questions or topics

– Ask questions to stimulate conversations with consumers

– Make sure your CREST information is correct including a photo

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Have a Question or Feedback about Talks?

You can reach us by email at:

[email protected]