Posts Tagged ‘Generation Y’
Responding to a Negative Facebook Post
Facebook can be the ultimate marketing paradox. While it affords apartment communities the opportunity to engage and connect with both prospective renters and residents, it can also become a forum for people to post negative comments about the property or staff. So what is the best way to handle a negative comment on Facebook? The…
Read More3 Ways to Use Vine and Instagram at Your Property
As Social Media progressively asserts itself into the everyday lives of our prospects and residents, apartment marketers are always looking for a new way to leverage a property’s Twitter, Facebook or Google + page into a viable marketing and retention tool. With the recent launch of Twitter’s new Vine App and Instagram’s new video format,…
Read MoreWhen It Comes To Apartments And Millennials, Know These Key Points: By Justin Coleman
It’s no secret that the Millennial Generation is single handedly controlling the booming pace of the apartment market, as well as the wavering housing market. At more than 82 million strong, the Millennials are a unique generation in the way they live, work and spend their down time. Since this particular generation is a…
Read MoreTHINK BEYOND THE WALLS OF AN APARTMENT BY MICHAEL COAKLEY
CLASS is very honored to have guest blogger and Student Housing Consultant Michael Coakley join us to weigh in on the amenity arms race that we are experiencing in Student Housing. We would like to thank Michael for his great insight into the features and amenities that truly ad value for Student Housing developers. THINK BEYOND THE…
Read MoreNot seeing results from marketing? You may be doing it wrong. By Kristi McMillin
Marketing drives sales; it’s as simple as that. And as a company that specializes in apartment lease-ups, we know that when marketing is done consistently and correctly it will increase traffic and therefore increase leases. But that shouldn’t be news to you. What should be news to you is that you’re probably doing…
Read MoreCan Cause Marketing Work In Multifamily?
For today’s consumer, there is purpose behind a purchase. If you watched The Masters last month, you may have noticed ExxonMobil’s campaign for their National Math and Science Initiative. Rather than promoting their product, ExxonMobil utilized a marketing technique known as Cause Marketing. Coke also just released a very cool video campaign based on cause…
Read MoreCLASS Reports From the Frontlines. 2013 By-the-Bed Student Property Leasing Trends by Kristi McMillin
CLASS has spent the past month leasing a by-the-bed student property at Texas A&M University. In a saturated market it is extremely important to quickly identify emerging trends in order to capitalize on market share. By gauging these trends and tweaking our sales process, the property is almost ten percent ahead of last year’s pre-leasing…
Read MoreDon’t forget the parents!
With all the talk about marketing and leasing to college students, we often find that a critical decision maker is left out of the sales process. I’m talking about the parents. You know, the folks who are actually writing the rent check. While the property must first appeal to the student in order to have…
Read MoreAre you ready for the Facebook Graph Search? by James King
“Below guest blogger and CLASS Leasing Specialists James King weighs in on the new changes to Facebook: The team at Facebook has finally thrown down the gauntlet and is poised to show the world that it can hold its own against search engine giant, Google. Early in January, Facebook announced its new social search engine, called…
Read MoreHiring Generation Y: IQ vs EQ
Generation Y can be smart and educated. Generation Y can also be emotional and flaky. As hundreds of thousands of Generation Y’ers graduate from college and move into the workforce it is important to identify the traits that can make or break a hire. So here is the big secret… when hiring a Generation Y graduate,…
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