3. Social Media For CRE:
ULI Fall Meeting 2010
Social Media and
Engagement: Strategies
and Case Studies
Wednesday,
October 13
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
4. Co-Founder of Maven, a full service, strategic
communications agency located in Philadelphia
Big Agency Experience, Entrepreneurial attitude
B-to-B, B-to-C and nonprofit clients
Specialized expertise in legal, commercial and
residential real estate communications
– @rebeccadevine
– LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/rebeccadevine
– Website: www.mavenagency.com
Rebecca Devine, Principal
Maven Communications
6. What are the benefits of Social Media for CRE?
Grow brand awareness
Recruitment
Thought Leadership
Increase web traffic
Conversions and sales
Promote properties or services
Business development
Industry Research
Customer loyalty
People prefer doing business with those they know!
7. How can CRE use Social Media?
Executive Positioning: Demonstrate thought leadership and become an expert.
Network and build your list of prospects and contacts.
Sales and Marketing: Promote specific properties via social media promotions and
announcements. Post links to press releases, company news, relevant community
news, speaking events, and sales.
Human Resources: Prescreen candidates on LinkedIn;
foster better internal communications through internal communities
Market Research: "Listen" and gain insight into trends or opportunities
Community Relations: Raise awareness for community relations projects and
corporate giving initiatives
8. CRE Social Media Tools
Network and recruit with company profiles, groups, answers
Create communities with company fan pages, groups,
widgets
Micro blogging with 140 characters or less. In CRE, twitter is
most useful as a research tool
Video marketing, event marketing, fundraising opportunities,
product demonstrations
Thought Leadership and expert positioning, connect with
customers, generate media interest
Internal social network to identify employee issues,
communicate news, build relationships
9. Set clear, measurable objectives. Is your objective to:
Increase awareness? Drive traffic to the website?
Promote a specific service, property or event?
Target your audience: who, what, where?
Listen to the conversation
Follow on Twitter
Socialmention.com
Google Alerts
Blogs
Set Guidelines
Developing your strategy
Phase I:
10. Choose your tools – LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter?
Allocate appropriate resources - Networks need
regular maintenance to keep them valuable
Create content worth talking about
Link blogs and other social media accounts to your
website to ensure seamless integration
Measure results, adjust
Phase II
Developing your strategy
11. Measuring Success
# of Followers/Fans
Web traffic
Sales
Engagement and
participation
Track with Tools
Google Analytics
TweetDeck
Facebook Insights
12. Transparency & authenticity
Develop relationships & encourage the conversations
Try to add value to your industry and community
Connect with the influencers / help them find you
For maximum ROI: “Build communities” instead of
“doing communications”
Tips for Social Media Success
13. – @RetailTraffic
– @CREOPoint
– @ProLogis
– @rsajja
– @urbanophile
Sample Real Estate Social Media Resources
Jones Lang La Salle
Sperry Van Ness
Urban Land Institute
Legacy Place
NAIOP
ICSC
14. Social Media and
Engagement: Strategies
and Case Studies
Wednesday,
October 13
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Rajeev Sajja
Prudential Fox & Roach
Twitter: rsajja
15. Customer Case Study
Rajeev Sajja
Director, e-Business
Social Web: www.card.ly/rsajja
4000 Sales Associates
65+ Regional Offices
5th largest Home Services
Company
Getting Your Company Ready
16. Companies Jump Into Social
Image by Roo Reynolds used with Attribution as directed by Creative Commons http://www.flickr.com/photos/zerega/1366292835
17. Yet Most Companies
Fail to Plan Properly
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19. Objectives
• What is your one
thing?
• Passion
People
• Customer Profile
• What is your Social
capability?
POST: Forrester’s Approach to Social Strategy
20. Technology
• Inventory of Tools
• Decide on which
Technologies to use
Strategy
• Where do you want to
be?
• Begin with the end in
mind
POST: Forrester’s Approach to Social Strategy