Social media has evolved from being primarily used as an entertainment-based platform to a medium connecting brands to consumers across every vertical. In a social world full of calls to action, mission statements, marketing messages and brand promotion, it’s easy to make it more about the brand and less about the consumer.
Join Ansley Sudderth, Social Media Training and Communications Coordinator with ForRent.com® and Homes.com® for this month’s #RESocialChat focusing on injecting more consumer-centered content into your online initiatives.
Expect to walk away with knowledge on:
-Online tactics to help your target audience recognize your services can fill a void and meet a need.
-Best ways to use apps and social channels to establish yourself or your community as a social helper!
29. Valuable Links
• “Tweet Tour” of The Guilford Community in Baltimore, MD
• http://blog.bozzuto.com/maryland/baltimore/the-halstead-at-
guilford/come-us-tweet-tour-guilford-apartments-baltimore-md
• Lockitron
• https://lockitron.com/
• Range and Twine
• http://www.supermechanical.com/
• Nest
• https://nest.com/
• Become a Better Brand
• http://yoursolutions.forrent.com/property-managers-
owners/go-extra-mile-become-better-business
We’ve talked about using Twitter to promote listings both in the multifamily space and on the real estate side. If you recall, Coldwell Banker agent- David Greenlees hosted his first tweetup at one of his properties instead of a traditional Open House.
By tweeting about the event in advance to his local Twitter community, he got more than double the number of attendees than he usually gets at his Open House events. Greenlees encouraged attendees to upload photos of the home to Twitter; he noticed a dramatic increase in pageviews to his listing of this property as as result.
“Not only did the attendees post photos and info on the event, many of their friends on social networking websites re-tweeted and reposted the photos, giving the event a longer life past the time of the actual event,” said Greenlees.
A tweetup is not much different, nor is it any more difficult to set up than a traditional Open House. Yet the audience that attends a tweetup is probably more likely to talk about the event, and share the details with their online networks than a traditional Open House audience. If this approach worked for David Greenlees, it may work for you too. Reach out to David on Twitter at @Davidwrg.
Bozzuto also left no detail out during a tweet tour of one of their newer properties, The Guilford. This a great approach to work around the prospect who says they don’t have time to check out a property. Now, they can feel as though they’ve walked through every room and seen every aspect all from their smart device.