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This particular post is directed toward guests that attended the Friendswood Development Company Social Media Event today.

We intend for this to be a more detailed outline of instructions for a few of the social networks and tools we mentioned in our keynote. Let's get started:

Facebook

1. Create an account at Facebook.com. If you don’t know how, your child or young friend does.
2. Fill up your profile with specific information about yourself. DO NOT only fill out work material – this is YOUR profile, not your company’s. It is important not to create a profile filled with fluff about your business, as visitors may be wary and see your intentions. Facebook can be fun on your own time too!
3. Look for and befriend your friends. Try to find people you’ve lost touch with. Find colleagues. Have fun!
4. Create a Page for your company/product. Fill in all of your company’s information. Remember to make the Page live when you’re done (look for a red link).
5. Upload pictures pertaining to your company/product – staff, events, etc. Add upcoming events if you have any.
6. If your company has a blog or news section on its website, feed posts from the website through the “Notes” section on the Page via RSS. Again, ask a friend or give us a call for help with this if you’re lost.
7. Become a fan of your Page and encourage your close friends to (if they don’t on their own). Keep your Page up-to-date with events and info about your company/product.

Twitterfeed

1. Sign up for an account TwitterFeed.com/users/new. You can either make a brand new account or sign in with OpenID by using one of your current accounts at Google, Flickr, Yahoo, Blogger, and so on (if you have one).
2. Add your Twitter account/s and the RSS address to your blog post. Often, simply the url of the page your blog is on will work. The process is very straightforward and takes you step-by-step through the process.
3. Track your progress! TwitterFeed allows you to see how many people are clicking on your link to your blog - the perfect way to measure its effectiveness.

Gravatar

1. Sign up for an account at en.Gravatar.com. (Super simple - just a few fields to fill out).
2. Add all of your email addresses.
3. Add pictures or one picture to each of your email addresses.
4.  Now when you comment on someone's blog that supports Gravatar, your picture will show up.

Resources/Further Reading

• Presentation Slides
• Social Media Basics by Daphne Hager
• Social Media for Real Estate 101

Tomorrow, Poetic Systems is taking a trip to the Lodge at the Heritage at Towne Lake for Friendswood Development Company's Social Media Event. There, Matt and I will talk about how Social Media, New Media... whatever you want to call it, will benefit those in the Real Estate industry if used effectively.

With over 500 Real Estate professionals planning to attend, we hope to spread the "good news" to a good chunk of the Houston Realtor community. We plan to discuss the concept of community on the Web and how being an active community member can only benefit your business. We will highlight the impressive growth in social networks and their usage and how it is arguably vital to Realtors' businesses to jump on the bandwagon. From Twitter to ActiveRain to their personal Websites (our specialty), we intend to provide substantial food for thought. Afterwards, some of our staff will be on hand to answer questions and guide guests online through the Social Media madness.

The event will also have some other great perks like food, a martini bar, a candy bar, a band & dancing, a showcase by Stubbs Cycles and Northside Lexus, and a giveaway of 20 flipcams.

View the event on Facebook.