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Stefan Swanepoel
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Author, Speaker & Trends Guru
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Contact Stefan Swanepoel (Author, Speaker & Trends Guru)
Website
http://www.swanepoel.com
Office Phone
(949) 202-5758
Address
PO Box 7259, Laguna Niguel, CA, 92607
Description
Author, Speaker & Consultant Focus on Business, Strategy, Trends & Technology.

My Bio:

Stefan Swanepoel is widely recognized as the leading visionary on business trends, change and social media, as it relates to the real estate industry.

His academic accomplishments include a bachelor’s in science, a master’s in business economics and diplomas in arbitration, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, computer science and marketing.

He has penned 19 books and reports including:

  • The best-seller Real Estate confronts Reality
  • The highly acclaimed annual Swanepoel TRENDS Report (2006, 07, 08, 09, 10 & 2011)
  • And now the new annual Swanepoel SOCIAL MEDIA Report.

Stefan has received numerous recognitions including:

  • Businessman of the Year (Jaycees)
  • One of the Top 25 Technology Trainers in the US (Real Estate CyberSpace Society)
  • One of the Top 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders in 2008 (Inman News)
  • One of the Top 25 Most Connected Real Estate Professionals in 2009 (Proxio)
  • One of the Top 50 People Who You Should Follow on Twitter in 2009 (Roost)

 

Social Media

New Swanepoel SOCIAL MEDIA Report 2010 covers (http://www.RealEstateBooks.org):

* The Connectivity and Communication Revolution
* Early Social Networks and now Modern Social Media
* Social Networks, Video Sharing and Social Bookmarking
* Micro Blogging Sites
* Real Estate Social Media Networks
* Where to Start?
* Determining the Landscape and Your Motivation
* How to Conduct Yourself in Social Networks?
* Rules of Engagement
* Collaboration and Other Tools
* Managing Your Time
* Measuring Your Success
* Hubs-and-Spokes Framework
* Outposts and Listening Posts
* Using Your Blog Effectively
* Components of Listening Posts
* Manual Queries, RSS Feeds and Monitoring Services
* The Longtail
* Tying it all Together
* ROI
* The Social Media Orchestra
* Finding Social Balance

BONUS: A 10-Day Step-by-Step Implementation Plan Uncover the secrets to creating and strengthening your online persona, building a large following, mastering the most important Social Media and establishing a legitimate online marketing channel. (Free download of this 15-page document at http://www.retrends.com)

 

Testimonials

 "Stefan is one of the most dynamic, insightful and just plain accurate speakers it's been my experience to know."

Dr. John Tuccillo
Former Chief Economist - National Association of Realtors®
Author of New Business Models for the New Economy

 "...one of the most mesmerizing speakers in the US Real Estate Industry today."

Charles M. Dahlheimer
Author: 20/20 Vision
Editor: Real Estate Professional

 "The majority of speakers speak about what they have read - Stefan is where you go to find out what is GOING to happen."

Terry Watson
Speaker and Trainer Extraordinaire

 "Swanepoel is part entertainer, part evangelist and part visionary. While some speakers use a presentation to toss out a few good ideas, Swanepoel shoots them out like a machine gun. Don't bring paper to take notes, bring a tape recorder."

Frank Cook
Editor: Real Estate Intelligence Report

 "Quick, articulate, precise, insightful and to the point."

Ken Jenny
CEO TranCen

"...outstanding speaker ... profound grasp of the Industry... great insight into our business..."

Ron Peltier
CEO, HomeServices of America, a Berkshire Hathaway Affiliate

"Tom Peters provides powerful and insightful presentations on leadership and business. The real estate equivalent is Stefan Swanepoel."

Mike Green
Managing Director, Harcourts Real Estate

 "... one of the industry's prime learning opportunities..."

Tom Dooley
President & CEO, TWD & Associates

 "...engaging and energizing speaker... able to demonstrate to delegates how they can be more successful in the future."

Pam O'Connor
President and CEO, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World

 "...a true real estate visionary able to paint a vivid picture of emerging challenges and opportunities."

Joel Singer
EVP, California Association of Realtors®

 "Your vision, enthusiasm and "straight talk" set the tone for a great conference and you really connect with the audience."

Susie Hale
President, Frogpond

  "His opening keynote at our Annual Convention set the tone for the next two days and was one of the best addresses we have ever had!"

Walter Baczkowski
CEO: MCAR

  "...high impact speaker... always fresh and up to date..."

Janet Branton
Senior Vice President, National Association of Realtors®

 "Stefan presents material critical to brokers, managers and agents in a logical and rationale way."

Toni Sherman
President of the Illinois Association of Realtors