REALTOR Convention 2008 a big hit...

On Tuesday, we returned home from the REALTOR convention in Orlando Florida and it was hard to leave the sun and warm weather behind but work and reality called us back.

The convention was jam packed

One thing it did was re-enforce to us that all our efforts in virtual marketing and building a strong web presence was the way to go. The National Association of REALTORS spent considerable time presenting web 2.0 technology related seminars and just plain driving home the fact that blogging and social networking the "new marketing edge for REALTORS" and a must do for agents and brokers. What took them so long? Jay and I took in as many classes as we could, all geared to marketing and the neat thing was that many of the presenters are people we know- people who live in our computers- that we've met through various social networking sites. All those people from all over the country sharing new edge marketing ideas and techniques was truly fantastic. We spent the first two and half days attending the Cyber Professionals meeting and all I can say about that group was WOW! I took so many notes that I got a blister on my thumb.

Trade Show full of everything a connected REALTOR could want

We walked the trade show floor and saw a lot of neat stuff. Video cameras were all the rage and virtual tour companies all pitching their products. I looked at few of them but we so love Realestateshows.com that nothing compares in value... we just get a whole lot of bang for our buck with Real Estate Shows .com... Thank you Jeff Turner! This years convention was great and as most that know us know we go to just about all the conventions. I think we've missed two since 1990. Next years convention will be in San Diego... I can hardly wait. I took a few pictures for you .... enjoy.