Social media risk management strategies are you rolling the dice

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Brokers & Managers:Are You Rolling the Dice?

Social Media Risk Strategies

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Management ConferenceDecember 11, 2008

Social Media Defined

“An umbrella term that defines the various activities that integrate technology, social interaction, and the construction of words, pictures, videos and audio.”

Source: Wikipedia

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Social Media Defined

Social media includes full suite of Web 2.0 tools – tools that enable interaction and engage the user:• Blogs• Video logs (Vlogs)• Micro-blogs• Social networking, bookmarking, tagging• Wikis

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Why Risk Management?

• Use of social media by REALTORS® is minimal

NOW– 15-20% use some form currently– Expected to explode in 2009– Many using now are new and inexperienced

• It’s your company’s reputation• It’s your license• It’s your business (and assets)

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What Are the Odds?

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Avoiding a Social Media Crisis

Steps to Avoiding a Social Media Crisis:1. Develop awareness2. Implement policies & procedures3. Educate yourself, staff and associates4. Communicate the expectations5. Engage your associates6. Monitor what is said7. Manage the process8. Prepare for mishaps

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Avoiding a Social Media Crisis

• Step #1: Develop awareness– Become familiar with tools and sites– Ask your associates which sites and tools they use– Check out competitors

• Step #2: Implement policies & procedures– Current P & P might be inadequate– Check E & O, liability policies– Seek legal counsel

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Avoiding a Social Media Crisis

• Step #3: Educate– Yourself, staff, associates– Don’t leave it to learning through casual use

• Step #4: Communicate– Make it a topic of sales meetings– Write about it– Distribute it

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Avoiding a Social Media Crisis

• Step #5: Engage– Connect with associates and staff on social

networking sites– Subscribe to your associates’ blogs

• Step #6: Monitor– Set up Google Alerts, Technorati blogs– Pay attention to status alerts, profile changes

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Avoiding a Social Media Crisis

• Step #7: Manage– Designate time per week– Delegate to management, staff or outsource

• Step #8: Prepare– Even the best laid out and managed plan can go

wrong– What do you do if problems arise?

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Mitigating a Social Media Crisis

• Time is your enemy– Act fast!– Twitter can spread bad news faster than TV, and

YouTube is more viral• Don’t take a knife to a gun fight– Don’t use traditional media (solely) to counter

social media gaffes– Respond in kind

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Mitigating a Social Media Crisis

• Brandjacking– Is your brand being used properly?– Is it being used by those authorized to use it?

• Reputation management– Are you researching your new hires?

• The Malicious Web– What happens when consumers become so

dissatisfied that they take extreme measures?...

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Open Discussion / Questions

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Resources

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)www.eff.org

Blog for Profitwww.blogforprofit.com

Bizomi Consultingwww.bizomiconsulting.com

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Thank you for Attending!

For more information, visit www.BradHanksSeminars.com or email Brad@BradHanksSeminars.com.

Brad Hanks trains, speaks and consults on social media, sales productivity and management in the real estate industry.

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