Social Media Contests & Programs

Send out your monthly newsletter advertise the BINGO game on your facebook, twitter, etc. Have them come to the office to pick up their unique BINGO card. As they follow you and/or log in daily to these sites you post the numbers drawn daily if they have it on their card they mark it off once they have a BINGO they call or come by the office to pick up their winnings. This does several things gets them active in the community, creates participitation and gets them on your social networks to read whats happening at your community.

We like to have "Cedar Pointe's Most Wanted Apartment" contest on Facebook every year or so. We ask that residents who think they've got the best looking home take photos of their apartment and post on our facebook. The resident with the most "likes" wins! Benefits of Most Wanted Apartment Contest: *Keeps users engaged on your facebook page *Gives contestants and voters a deeper sense of community *Gives other residents and prospects decorating and furniture placement ideas *Provides the property with several different photos to be used in marketing *Increases the number of "likes" on the property's facebook page ***The photos below are actual photos submitted by our residents.

A great idea to engage residents on your property's Facebook page is to have a monthly "Pet of the Month" contest where residents post pictures of their pet w/ name, age, breed. All submissions in by the 15th of every month and the drawing held no later than the 20th of the month. The winner then receives a pet gift bag filled with dog (or cat) treats, toys, a gift certificate for one grooming of the pet at a local pet shop (not a chain store! keep it local! business owner could probably donate this) and 1 waived pet fee (if applicable) If by chance you don't have a Facebook page, this can also work to just have residents email pictures or bring them into the office.

There are lots of Social Media games out there so I thought, why not have your residents compete with each other online? I think this would be really easy to get going...but you may need someone familiar with both computers and smart phones to help teach your residents how to take and send screen shots. So, invite everyone who plays something like "Words with Friends" to send you their user names if they would like to participate in a tournament... they don't have to share the rest of their identity with the community if they don't want to but you will need to know if you are to distribute any prizes. Put all the usernames into brackets and post it somewhere. Make it clear who is to start the game so that they're not both inviting each other at the same time. Something like "cutiejill...

Knock Knock. Who's there? NATIONAL TELL A JOKE DAY THAT'S WHO! Hope you're doing your research to find the perfect joke to share on National Tell a Joke Day! Turn this wonderful holiday into a contest for your residents. You have several options for how to share jokes but my favorite would be a Facebook Joke Contest! On National Tell a Joke Day, have your residents post and vote (with the "like" button) on their favorite joke. This is a great way to drive some traffic to your fan page and have a good laugh while you're at it. Set up some rules (only appropriate jokes, no naughty ones...etc...) and spread the word to pump up excitement. Offer some sort of prize, maybe a giftcard, free dinner, jester's hat...something for the best joke of the day! You can enjoy this event in other...