{"id":2488,"date":"2017-09-21T02:09:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T02:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getstencil.com\/blog\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2017-11-29T15:30:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T15:30:48","slug":"social-media-marketing-for-real-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getstencil.com\/blog\/social-media-marketing-for-real-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Marketing Tips for Real Estate Pros"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just like successful local and online businesses<\/a>, successful realtors understand the importance of social media marketing. We live in a research-driven buying culture, so before homebuyers start seriously looking for housing options or before a seller looks for a realtor, they’re doing their research online. Real estate has a long sales cycle, and prospective clients have to be nurtured. By providing potential clients information and engaging content throughout their research process, you become an invaluable resource, and you stay top of mind when they’re ready to buy or hire.<\/p>\n

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The 80\/20 Rule<\/span><\/h1>\n

Whether you’re on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest, the 80\/20 rule should be top of mind when deciding what kind of content to post. It\u2019s simple: 80% of your content should be entertaining, engaging and educational, and only 20% should be promotional. People are on social media to catch up with friends, check out\u00a0entertaining content and to find useful information, they\u2019ll simply ignore your brand\u2019s social media posts if they\u2019re only full of listings.<\/p>\n

\"stencil.blog-post-image\"<\/center>Stencil<\/a> user Josh deLacy from Real Estate Gals<\/a> put its perfectly:<\/p>\n

\u201cOur success on social media has come from providing helpful content. It\u2019s not about self-promotion–it\u2019s about being a useful resource for our clients online as well as in-person. On social media, we provide articles and information that benefits our audience: answers to commonly asked real estate questions, tips about home ownership, and relevant information about our local Seattle community. Like everything we do, we use social media to build a community, one client at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Visual Social Media Marketing for Real Estate<\/h2>\n

Real estate is a highly visual market and that’s great news for your social media marketing efforts. Tools like Stencil<\/a> make it super simple and fun to create images to complement your content on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and more! We’ve put together\u00a0a list of the types of posts you can add to your social media calendar to increase engagement.<\/p>\n

12 Types of Posts to Successfully Engage Your Audience<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Tips for first time homebuyers
\n<\/strong>Buying a home for the first time is a daunting task. By providing helpful tips and information to first time homebuyers, you become a go-to resource for potential buyers.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/center>2. Answers to commonly asked real estate questions
\n<\/strong>By offering answers to commonly asked real estate questions you can demonstrate your extensive real estate knowledge.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/center>Stencil Tip: You can use Stencil to create your own graphic for weekly real estate tips!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/center>3. Articles related to the housing market
\n<\/strong>Potential buyers and sellers\u00a0will be interested in the real estate market. By providing constant updates, you show you’re up-to-date with\u00a0industry trends.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/center>4. Photos and information\u00a0on the neighborhoods you have listings in
\n<\/strong>This lets you highlight the best features of the neighborhoods you have listings in and puts your knowledge about them on display.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/center>Stencil Tip: You can create images like this on Stencil for your own Facebook\u00a0posts too!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/center>5. Home Staging\u00a0Tips
\n<\/strong>By providing home staging tips to potential sellers you show your audience that you’re involved in and on top of all the stages of the selling process.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/center>6. Home Decor\u00a0Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/center>7. Information on local events and businesses.<\/strong>
\nThis is another great way to showcase the neighborhoods you have listings in.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/center>8. Inspirational quotes about homes, family, life and real estate
\n<\/strong>Inspirational quote posts generate high engagement because people can easily relate to them and they’re easily shared.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/center>Stencil Tip: You can create beautiful quote images on Stencil. You can even search our 100,000+ quote library by topic!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/center>9. Information on your upcoming open houses
\n<\/strong>Information on open houses falls under the 20% promotional content category, but that doesn’t mean you can’t create beautiful images that pique interest.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/center>Stencil Tip: You can upload photos of your listings and create an open house graphic of your own!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/center>10. Humorous posts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Humor goes a long way on social media! One Stencil user, Ray Ciampaglia<\/a> has definitely got the right idea: “Before coming into Real Estate I was\u00a0a Managing Partner of an online advertising and marketing agency so I know of the importance of online advertising and how imperative social media is to the creation of any brand on any level. Locally or nationally. In real estate, the agent is the brand. Chances are the general public knows of, or has heard of, the agency I work for, so in order for customers to find me as an agent I must do something to stand out<\/strong>. I use social media for just that.<\/p>\n

Stencil has allowed me to become much more creative with my posts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sometimes I inject humor or some interesting information about the real estate market and sometimes I create motivational quotes. Whatever the type of posting I am creating the goal is always the same. To get my name out there in the public eye and become synonymous with real estate sales.”<\/p>\n

Ray\u00a0created this hilariously engaging post on Stencil:<\/p>\n

\"sell-my-home\"\u00a0<\/center>11. Photos and information on your current listings
\n<\/strong>Another example of a 20% promotional category post, beautiful photos of your listings with information, geotagging and industry hashtags will definitely garner likes and interest.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/center>12. Photos and stories of successful closings and testimonials from happy clients.
\n<\/strong>Testimonials show potential clients what they can expect from you as a realtor. By showcasing successful closings and happy faces, you’re building trust in your brand.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/center>Now that you’ve seen how visuals can enhance your content, head over to Stencil <\/a>and create some of your own! Not a designer? No problem! Here are some simple graphic design tips for the non-designer.<\/a><\/p>\n
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