Facebook, Facebook, Facebook….who saw that coming?  Facebook seems like it’s taken over the social media world!

In February, Facebook clocked over 400,000,000 users up from 350 million users just 2 months earlier.

There is no question that Facebook is the single best tool you have in your social marketing and social networking arsenal.

At REBarcampBootcamp we will talk about several ways to use Facebook for your Real Estate business and how it fits into your social networking and social marketing strategy.

Topics we will cover are:

• Facebook as a social networking strategy
• Facebook as a social marketing strategy
• How to set up a personal profile
• How to set up a business page
• Killer network engagement strategies

Search engine optimization is where most start to feel like “I just don’t have time to learn all this stuff!”.

At REBarcamp you will hear a lot about search engine optimization and SEO.  It’s not really as complicated as it may initially sound.

We will demystify SEO and put your mind at ease in regards to being found on the search engines.  This 101 workshop could save you thousands of dollars that are being charged to get you “Ranked number 1 in google” by so called SEO ranking companies.

Topics we will cover are:

• An introduction and simple explanation of SEO
• What is Long Tail SEO
• How social networking boosts SEO
• How to dominate your local market with Long Tail SEO
• How to avoid SEO guru scams (save thousands!)

YouTube has emerged as not only the second largest search engine on the internet, but as one of the most important marketing tools you can use as a Real Estate professional.

YouTube is very easy to use and very easy to implement into your social marketing strategy.

Is it important to use video as part of your social media strategy?  You bet!  Take a look at these statistics.

2009 Video Statistics (credit: pingdom.com)

• 1 billion – The total number of videos YouTube serves in one day.
• 12.2 billion – Videos viewed per month on YouTube in the US (November 2009).
• 182 – The number of online videos the average Internet user watches in a month (USA).
• 82% – Percentage of Internet users that view videos online (USA).
• 39.4% – YouTube online video market share (USA).
• 81.9% – Percentage of embedded videos on blogs that are YouTube videos.

At REBarcampBootcamp we will introduce you to YouTube and all of the incredible opportunities available for you to use it in your Real Estate business.

Topics we will cover are:

• Setting up a YouTube account
• Recording a YouTube video
• Uploading a YouTube video
• Super simple YouTube video bells and whistles
• Ideas for how to use YouTube videos in your business

Everyone has heard of Twitter, it needs no introduction.

What Twitter does need is an explanation!  What the heck is tweeting? who are tweeples? why would I re-tweet?  who do I follow?  why would someone follow me?

At REBarcampBootcamp we will answer all of these questions so that you can determine whether its worth your time to tweet the night away.

Topics we will cover are:

• Why would I use Twitter?
• How do I set up a Twitter account?
• What do I Tweet?
• Who do I follow?
• How do I get people to Follow me?
• Best practices

After this simple explanation and discussion of Twitter you will have a good idea if this is something you need to know and how to get started if you do.

Learning about Twitter will keep you from feeling like a Twit!

Ok, so you’ve decided that you want to know more about this crazy sounding “blogging” thing, right?

I mean, everybody’s doing it….at least everybody is talking about it.

So, what is a “Blog” exactly?  A blog is basically a way for you to create a website that is simple to start, easy to build and manage, doesn’t require much “technical” expertise and is LOVED by search engines like Google, Yahoo & Bing.

Although there are many blog services out there, WordPress has emerged as the easiest to use, fastest growing blog platform with almost unlimited resources for learning.

At REBarcampBootcamp we will show you how to start using WordPress, how to make it pretty, how to add a blog and what more you can do with it if all that is too easy for you!

Topics we will cover are:

• The difference between WordPress.com & WordPress.org
• Setting up an account
• Logging in to your account
• Understanding and choosing a “Theme”
• Essential “Plug-ins” that make your Blog better
• Understanding Posts, Pages, Categories & Tags
• Adding pictures and videos
• Writing and publishing your first blog in less than 10 minutes

Yes, this is all WordPress 101 – Trust me, it’s easy!