Conference Schedule
Real Estate Connect NYC 2009, Jan 7, 2009 – Jan 9, 2009 • New York Marriott Marquis Times Square, New York
TUESDAY, JANUARY 6 | |
| Time | Session Title |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Bloggers Connect Welcome Reception |
| "Beer with Bloggers" | |
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7 | |
| Time | Session Title |
| 9:00 am – 2:00 pm | BLOGGERS CONNECT |
| 9:00 am – 9:25 am | Go Beyond Blogging - Integrate All of Your Web 2.0 Tactics |
| 9:30 am – 9:55 am | Don't Forget About the Real World -- Using Offline to Support Online |
| 10:00 am – 10:25 am | Q&A on Sessions #1 & #2 |
| 10:25 am – 10:35 am | BREAK |
| 10:35 am – 11:00 am | Getting it! Understand your Readers |
| 11:05 am – 11:30 pm | 10 Steps You Must Take Now, to Justify your Blogging Efforts |
| 11:35 am – 12:00 pm | Q&A on Sessions #3 & #4 |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Blog Makeover and Brainstorming |
| 9:00 am – 12:00 pm | INTERNET MARKETING WORKSHOP |
| 9:00 am – 9:45 am | Going Guerilla with Your Online Marketing |
| 9:45 am – 10:30 am | Turning Visitors into Customers |
| 10:30 am – 11:15 am | Using Data to Help Sell in a Down Economy |
| 11:15 am – 12:00 pm | Build a Drip Marketing Campaign that Keeps Customers Coming Back |
| 9:00 am – 12:00 pm | DIGITAL VIDEO SUMMIT |
| 8:30 am – 9:15 am | Can Video Really Sell Houses? |
| 9:15 am – 10:15 am | 5 Killer Uses for Real Estate Video |
| 10:15 am – 11:00 am | How to Get Video Cheap. From DIY to Consumer-Pro to Low-end Production |
| 11:00 am – 11:45 am | Share Your Video With the World |
| 11:45 am – 12:15 pm | Go Beyond the Virtual Tour -- Where Can Online Video Take Us? |
| 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Meet the Leaders |
| 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm | MAIN CONFERENCE |
| 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm | Real Estate 2009: What's Next for Real Estate? |
| 2:45 pm – 3:15 pm | How the Internet Culture is Changing the U.S. |
| 3:15 pm – 3:45 pm | Finding A Fix For the Housing Market. |
| 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm | Bulls vs. Bears: The Great Housing Market Collapse |
| 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | What to Expect from the Financial Markets in 2009 |
| 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Cocktails@Connect Reception |
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8 | |
| Time | Session Title |
| 8:30 am – 12:00 pm | MAIN CONFERENCE |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | A New Look MLS - What's the MLS of the Future Going to Look Like? |
| 9:00 am – 9:20 am | The Evolution of Media: A New World Beckons |
| 9:20 am – 10:00 am | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. What Does the Future Hold for the Brokerage, Title and Lending industries. |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | Building Your Personal Brand Online |
| 10:30 am – 11:15 am | New Kids (and Ideas) on the Block: Innovators from Around the World |
| 11:15 am – 11:25 am | 25 Web Sites To Help You Find Customers and Save Money in Downturn |
| 11:25 am – 12:00 pm | The Hottest Real Estate Companies in the World: Tomorrow's Real Estate Brokerage, Today. |
| 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Meet the Leaders |
| 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm | Innovation Tracks |
| 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm | Savvy Agent/Broker Track: New Tactics for a New World |
| 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm | New Ways to Market Homes On the Web |
| 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm | Building a World Class Web Site |
| 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm | Surviving Your First Down Market |
| 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm | Breakout Discussion |
| 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm | New Business Track: Capitalizing on New Opportunities |
| 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm | Clearing the Decks: Dealing With Foreclosures in your Market |
| 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm | The Hottest Opportunities in International Real Estate |
| 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm | Forming Global Partnerships and Earn Referral Business |
| 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm | Breakout Discussion |
| 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm | Broker/Owner Breakout: Building the Lean, Mean and Profitable Real Estate Brokerage of the Future |
| 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm | Nail Your Brokerage Web Site -- Getting It Right on the Internet |
| 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm | Scrub Your P&L |
| 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm | Seize New Markets |
| 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm | Breakout Discussion |
| 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm | MLS Track: Revitalizing Your MLS |
| 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm | Should Your MLS Be in Front of Consumers? |
| 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm | MLS Change: Collaboration or Consolidation? |
| 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm | MLS 2014: 5 things To Do Right Now To Get Ready |
| 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm | Breakout Discussion |
| 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm | Technology Breakout: Building a Web Site or Service that Could Change the World |
| 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm | Wake Up. Go Mobile. |
| 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm | Down and Dirty Analytics |
| 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm | What's Next for Real Estate Search? |
| 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm | Breakout Discussion |
FRIDAY, JANUARY 9 | |
| Time | Session Title |
| 8:30 am – 12:00 am | MAIN CONFERENCE |
| 9:00 am – 9:45 am | Global Real Estate Update -- What's Happening Around the World? |
| 9:45 am – 10:30 am | Steering Your Business through the Downturn |
| 10:30 am – 10:45 am | 25 Real Estate Web Sites to Keep Your Eyes On |
| 10:45 am – 11:15 am | New Ways to Go Global |
| 11:15 am – 11:45 am | Crunching the Numbers To Find the Turnaround |
| 11:45 pm – 12:00 pm | What Have We Learned? |
| 12:00 pm | Program Ends |