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Social Media For Real Estate, A Perfect Combo!

Ty — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:25:38 +0000

Last week our team comprised of me, Tim Moore and Lori Lorusso, had the privilege of teaching nearly 20 real estate agents from Coldwell Banker, Sea Coast Realty here in Wilmington, NC, the basics of social media. We had a blast with them, and we equally learned a lot from them. Social media is really an incredible useful tool for real estate agents, and as you’ll see from the testimonials, they agree. One of the agents, Ken Keegan, actually received 2 leads after the first day of our training using LinkedIn…no joke, watch his video too. The average home purchase price in his community of St. James Plantation, is about $500,000 so you do the math regarding how much he could possibly make off commission…! Drinks on Ken!! Again, these potential sales were a direct result of social media…

Enjoy the testimonials.

Renee’ Follow her on Twitter

Tricia Urban & Brenda Bokano Tricia on Twitter – Brenda on Twitter

Sherri Pridgen Sherri on Twitter

Ken Keegan Ken’s LinkedIn Profile

Chloe’s First Tweet! Chloe on Twitter

Peggy Stone Peggy on Facebook

Tricia Urban Gets an “A” for optimizing her social profiles!

Has Social Media Changed The Way Businesses Communicate? Find Out In Raleigh.

Ty — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:32:49 +0000

This has been one of the busiest summers for sure on the social media circuit, and it has no sign of slowing. A colleague of mine and a notable in the social sphere, Wayne Sutton (@waynesutton) has put together an incredible social media conference to be held October 23rd 2009 in Raleigh, North Carolina next month called “Social Media Business Forum.” Of course with a program like this, he has had help putting this together with the help of his partners Kipp Bodner (@kbodnar32), Jeffrey L. Cohen (@dgtlpapercuts), and Ryan Boyles (@therab)

Well, what is this even all about, and why should you attend? Here are some things you can expect:

The Social Media Business Forum will feature the following:

Speakers from marketing companies.
Speakers from technology companies.
Speakers from social networks.

They will be discussing ways in which business communications have changed due to social media. Sessions will include discussions and panels on internal and external communications methods for both B2B and B2C companies. I have had a chance to go over the schedule (Take a look) and there are going to be some incredible, practical topics such as how to monitor social media, introduction to FaceBook, linkedIn, Twitter, building your online community and much more…

The video below sums it up, in fact one of the features of this event is that finally…finally…finally you can attend a conference with no high level fluff. This event is on a Friday, and the organizers promise you will be able to go to work the following Monday, actually use, and implement the things you learned…now that’s bang for your buck! Wayne graciously asked if I would be a speaker on one of the panels, so I will be making sure to prepare information that a business can immediately use…oh the pressure! Hope to see you in Raleigh!

Be sure to get updates on Social Media Business Forum on Twitter @SMBusinessForum & FaceBook.com/SMBF

Social Media Business Forum info from Wayne Sutton on Vimeo.

Take A Look At Our New Corporate Video :)

Ty — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:30:09 +0000

Had to share, this is exciting stuff I tell you!

SayItSocial – Social Media, Engagement Consultants from Ty Downing on Vimeo.

I’m Such A Corker!

Ty — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:26:38 +0000

Actually I am not. Corker is defined as “one that is excellent or remarkable” so doesn’t really fit me, however it does fit Jenni Simcoe and her business, Corkologie.com. Jenni was nice enough to send us a couple samples of her eco-friendly cork mouse pads, and they are not only cool, but easy on the environment. You can get custom eco-friendly names put on your own pads too. For a live view of the mouse pad I got, take a look below at my TwitVid, I chose the “Home Sweet Earth” pad. Which one would you choose? Let me know in a comment below. Be sure to follow Jenni on Twitter here.

Jenni, thanks again for promoting a “Green” environment, got to keep mother Earth clean…