SEATTLE, HERE WE COME!
Just had lunch in Seattle with Sara and Steve, boy was that a treat. This husband and wife team. Loved Loved Loved meeting them for the first time. Now I have friends in San Antonio! Sara and Steve, I hope you have a fabulous time here in Seattle!
Tomorrow, my husband, Steve Golson, and I will be flying from San Antonio, Texas to the first RainCamp, a one-day event at the Bell Harbor Conference Center It's quite a distance to travel, but we just couldn't wait to get started on some more cyber marketing and hearing the news is never quite like being there! I have taken a look at the attendance roster and noted that there are Realtors/agents, loan officers, and others, (O my!), attending and I'm excited that there is such a great cross-section of industry professionals coming together to network, exchange ideas about technology and learn more about the tools and advantages that blogging on Active Rain brings to diverse audiences.
I'm thinking of it all in 2 parts:
Networking: Real Estate has such a strong sense of community. Truly, we are all in this together. I am looking forward to meeting new people and putting some faces to the blogs and comments that I read. I want to hear about what other Realtors are doing to promote their listings and turn "Just considering" into "Making an offer". Are you a lender and doing promotions with Realtors? I'd like to know what's working there. I will be polling attendees, especially Realtors, on what they are using: BlackBerry (we are using them now and can't survive the day without them), or iPhone (having ruled out Palm as so few agents that I know are using them), to communicate with clients and prospects.
Technology: Our clients are almost all on the Internet. Which widgets would we want? Are Buyers and Sellers really reacting to Twitter? (I've been resisting it). Everyone is looking for an effective avenue to more exposure. SEO is a big project. Steve and I may be checking into some outside assistance for this. Localism, integration, and conversion are core objectives that we want to expand upon. We want to concentrate those efforts and we're painfully aware of how little time there is for promotion when Buyers and Sellers are needing extra attention to absorb this atypical market.
Although this is my first blog, I have been meaning to get to it for some time. I know how many of you out there have busy lives and real estate businesses, but manage to spend the time to help others get going. Special thanks to Brad Andersohn for his post Active Rain New Members - Getting Started! Unfortunately, I'm still just getting started. Don't worry, I'll do more.
This is just all that my schedule allows for today!
Sara Woolford & Steve Golson iTexasRealty.com
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