This presentation was designed to give Real Estate professionals a general overview of social media, key strategies for approaching social media, examples of real estate professionals successfully using social media and a glimpse at a few new technologies that will effect how real estate is marketed in the future.

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Social Networking Sites used by US Social Network Users
May 2009
Facebook MySpace Twitter LinkedIn
Generation Z 61% 65% 9% 0%
Generation Y 65% 75% 14% 9%
Generation X 76% 57% 18% 13%
Baby Boomers 73% 40% 13% 13%
WWII Generation 90% 23% 17% 4%
Source: eMarketer July 13, 2009

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Social Networking Sites used by US Social Network Users
May 2009
Facebook MySpace Twitter LinkedIn
Generation Z 61% 65% 9% 0%
Generation Y 65% 75% 14% 9%
Generation X 76% 57% 18% 13%
Baby Boomers 73% 40% 13% 13%
WWII Generation 90% 23% 17% 4%
Source: eMarketer July 13, 2009

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Reasons that US Social Network Users Joined a Social Network
May 2009
Gen Z Gen Y Gen X Boomers WWII Total
Keeping in touch w/friends 93% 82% 71% 62% 57% 75%
For fun 91% 61% 51% 38% 30% 55%
Keeping in touch w/family 27% 40% 40% 47% 51% 41%
Was invited by someone
22% 22% 30% 46% 60% 30%
I know to use site
Keeping in touch w/classmates 39% 40% 27% 12% 10% 30%
Keeping n touch w/biz network - 3% 6% 12% 2% 5%
Job searching - 3% 4% 10% 1% 4%
Biz Dev/Sales - 1% 6% 4% 4% 3%
Recruiting/search for new hires - 1% 1% 0% 0% 1%
Other 6% 3% 5% 3% 5% 4%
Source: eMarketer July 13, 2009

8. Groundswell Rising
Reasons that US Social Network Users Joined a Social Network
May 2009
Gen Z Gen Y Gen X Boomers WWII Total
Keeping in touch w/friends 93% 82% 71% 62% 57% 75%
For fun 91% 61% 51% 38% 30% 55%
Keeping in touch w/family 27% 40% 40% 47% 51% 41%
Was invited by someone
22% 22% 30% 46% 60% 30%
I know to use site
Keeping in touch w/classmates 39% 40% 27% 12% 10% 30%
Keeping n touch w/biz network - 3% 6% 12% 2% 5%
Job searching - 3% 4% 10% 1% 4%
Biz Dev/Sales - 1% 6% 4% 4% 3%
Recruiting/search for new hires - 1% 1% 0% 0% 1%
Other 6% 3% 5% 3% 5% 4%
Source: eMarketer July 13, 2009

9. Reasons that US Executives Use SocMe
July 2009

12. Everyone’s all a Twitter

13. Everyone’s all a Twitter

14. LinkedIn Reaches 38 Million Users
March, 2009
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21. It’s like a whole other country...

22. If you turn them off...

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