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It’s a beautiful day in your (online) neighborhoodCommunity building gets sweeter with the power of online networking
Katie Laird | Schipul - The Web Marketing Company | www.schipul.com
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Some things we will look into today...
• Your hand Web tools
• The art of listening
• Ideas for your Community
Tying Community building and Web tools together
Find this presentation: www.slideshare.net/happykatie
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Doing what you do best
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Who and Where is your audience?
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Take care of your people.
Marketing success
Community love
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Let’s talk tools
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All about...Blogs
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An apartment complex that connects with residentswww.urbaneapts.com
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Connect apartment dwellers with great info!www.apartmenttherapy.com
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300 million Facebook-ers
307 million AmericansWednesday, October 28, 2009
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It IS personal (but you keep control)
Avoiding someone? BLOCK THEM!
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How can you engage your Community?www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6182058020
Event planning
Fan photos
Strong fan following
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Facilitate offline networking
53 ‘yes’194 ‘maybe’
888 members
521 photos
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The Facebook Marketing Bible: www.insidefacebook.com
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All about...Twitter
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Twitter keeps everyone in the know
www.twitter.com/aboutapartments
Twitter keeps everyone in the know
www.twitter.com/UrbaneLife
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www.crowdeye.com
http://search.twitter.com www.tweetbeep.com
Use free tools to track the Twitter buzz...
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Musicians and artists promote on MySpace
Michigan Apartment Complex: http://www.myspace.com/urbaneapartments
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LinkedIn connects professionals
Main: www.linkedin.com
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Networking + development opportunities on LinkedIn
Talk to the HAA network!
Ask and answer questions
Create a poll
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LinkedIn vs. Facebook vs. MySpace
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Playing with Rich Media
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Chronicle it all with videoApartment Home Living:
www.youtube.com/user/ApartmentHomeLiving5
How about a ‘how-to’ series?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Si9qPlpObQ
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Buy a Flip camera (seriously)
http://www.theflip.com/
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Share your culture, celebrate your tenantswww.flickr.com/photos/settlerscreek
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Tap into your Creative Community
Apartment (via Twitter and FB) offered 3 months of reduced rent for pro photo shoot
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/10639367@N00/1945366222/
Tracking the Buzz
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Blogpulse: www.blogpulse.com/conversation + Social Mention: www.socialmention.com
IceRocket: www.icerocket.com
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www.google.com/alerts Email updates for your company
name and keywords
www,technorati.com/watchlist Powerful Social Media search engine
watches for your terms and updates you
http://alerts.yahoo.com Yahoo! alerts you of any
occurrences of defined terms and names
Due diligence on your StoryListening and Engaging: Tracking Tools
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Addictive and essential Google Reader: www.google.com/reader Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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Some networks to know
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10ants apartment connectionswww.10ants.com
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Apartment-specific social networkswww.lifeat.com
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Build your own, but be aware of the commitment involvedwww.ning.com
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3 ways Social Media can help
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1. Turn your residents into heroes + advocates
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2. Make it even easier to talk to you
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3. Make people WANT to live + do business with you
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Let’s digest ALLL this brain candy!
• Find the tools that work for you
• Master the art of listening
• Build that Community offline AND online!
Tying Community building and Web tools together
Find this presentation: www.slideshare.net/happykatie
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Thanks for participating today!
Katie LairdSchipul - The Web Marketing Companywww.schipul.com(281) 497.6567, ext 519
Personal brand: www.schipul.com/happykatie Blog: www.happykatie.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/happykatieFlickr: www.flickr.com/happykatie
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