Call it a shameless product showcase, but we’ve invented something pretty cool and we wanted to share it with you – Social Spaces.
Social Spaces are like a Social Media aggregation site. A place where you can bring together your Twitter, Facebook, Blog, LinkedIn Profile, YouTube videos, Flickr... you name it. Social Spaces are a simple way to bring together your disconnected social media presence and make it easy for people to see what you've been Tweeting, posting and talking about. You can also curate together other content to make a social space that follows other companies or people online.
But telling you about them is one thing – we want you to try and make one for yourself – all together, it’ll take you less than 10 minutes and you’ll have an awesome new tool for social media, and a neat thing to show off!
Thus we present: 10 minutes and 10 steps to social media mastery!
1. To set up a social space, the first thing you have to do is sign up for a free 1to1Real trial account here.I set up an account for a lady named Elanor who REALLY likes the CBC, and gave her the custom 1to1Real address of http://elanor.1to1real.com (if your name is Elanor and you want this space, let me know and I’ll be glad to surrender it!)2. Once you’re set up, you’ll be prompted to follow the setup wizard to set up your project spaces and business flows. You can work through the setup wizard, or dismiss the wizard if you want to jump directly to your social space setup.
3. Click on the Marketing button in 1to1Real, then on the Social Spaces button, then select your social Space Type from the dropdown menu – you’ll have one option, 1to1REALMe.
4. Click on your default Social Space and choose toActivate it. Then click it again and choose Edit Space.
5. Now you can start personalizing and adding your content. The social space defaults with our company’s information in all the different social space gadgets but you can change it by clicking the grey dot on the upper right side of the gadget boxes. (If you don’t want to use a particular gadget, you can choose Shade Gadget to make it invisible.)
6. Add your Facebook page, an RSS feed, your twiter username, Flickr Account, etc, etc.
7. Write a custom about message in the About box telling people who you are and click save.
8. Upload a custom icon picture that’s no more than 80 by 80 pixels in the icon box.
9. If you want to create a custom background, select the Edit Settingsbutton and upload a picture for your background, or change the colour of your background.
10. Now click the Close Space button. You’re done! Go to your 1to1Real Address and check out your own Customized Social Space.
As you can see from the Social Space I set up, it only takes a few minutes to set up an awesome and professional looking space that you can use to promote yourself, or follow other people and companies online.
Of course, if you want to see another excellent example of a Space, you can check out our corporate Social Space at cmaeon.1to1real.com! What would you create for your Real Estate listings?
