By Jessica Hickok, 2009 NAR Conference Blogger They say that birds of a feather flock together. That is so true, especially here at the NAR Annual Conference and Expo currently taking place here in beautiful San Diego, California. If you want to find out where the hot sessions are, where the go-getters, YPNers, and motivated agents are while at the …
RE BarCamp Has Overwhelming Turn-out
By Brian Copeland, 2009 NAR Conference Blogger Zero money was spent on ads. Zero information went out through overly official channels. Social media and organic communication lead more than 500 registrants to NAR’s first RE BarCamp held at Stingaree (a venue bar in the Gaslight District). The day kicked off with a whole lot of amazing networking. I always worry …
RE BarCamp Starts Off With High Energy!
By Drew Burks. 2009 NAR Conference Blogger Downtown San Diego had a special electricity in the air this morning. As I was pulling up to the Stingaree, location where RE BarCamp is being held, I immediately noticed small groups of people buzzing around. The energy was similar to small children waiting to open gifts on Christmas morning, anticipation and enthusiasm …
Conference Book vs. iPhone App Smackdown
By Brian Copeland, 2009 NAR Conference Blogger I have officially picked up my conference book, expo guide, all the additions to the program and spamilicious bag of goodies. Perhaps it’s an eco-friendly thing, but I’m loving the idea of the iPhone app. Everything seems to be there in real time. I’ll be updating you throughout the week on how the …
Social Media Does Not Guarantee Success
By Dan Iampieri Generation Y REALTORS® have written the obituary on colleagues who fail to utilize social media – I respectfully disagree. I know too many top producers who are doing just fine without spending every waking minute checking their status update on Facebook or tweeting their every move to the world. Don’t get me wrong, I use social media …
Google-tastic Goodness
By Stefanie Hahn When you work with new agents (or any agents for that matter) one of the constants seems to be that they are looking for ways to get the best of everything, and are trying to get it for free. If I shared with you some of the MacGyver strategies I have seen over the years you would …
The Facebook Identity Crisis
By Stefanie Hahn Do you live your life as two people – one person at work and another person at home? Probably not… So why are you trying to be two people online??? I am seeing many of you with multiple identities on Facebook – the one you created for “work stuff” and the one that you created to share …
Looking For Love… From REALTORS®
ABC is now casting for the upcoming season of “The Bachelorette,” and they are looking for a REALTOR®, in particular, to be on the show. “From past experience I know that REALTORS® are well rounded, smart, and successful,” says the casting director. Who knows? It could be you! Here is the info: The search is on for the 25 suitors …
‘Help! I Don’t Know What to Blog About.’
By Jeremy Williams Writing a successful blog does not just happen. Just like anything that is successful, planning is required. Winston Churchill said, “Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.” Instead of worrying what to write, just focus on thinking and planning, then the subject matter will reveal itself. I see many people start a blog, but over …
A Tool to Help Keep Social Media Updates Simple
By Jessica Hickok It’s been said over and over that social media can be a huge benefit to your real estate business. I have found this to be true on so many levels, as my company has received countless referrals off of Twitter and Facebook by talking about what I love to do. And yes, like you, what I love …