Bloggers Connect
Real Estate Connect NYC 2009, Jan 7, 2009 – Jan 9, 2009 • New York Marriott Marquis Times Square, New York
Sponsored by
All New. Fresh Ideas. Great Minty Taste.
Bloggers Connect returns for its fourth Connect -- this time with a brand new reworked formula. We took a long hard look at the last three events to decide what worked and more importantly, what didn't work. We wiped the whiteboard clean, threw a bunch of ideas on the table, worked them through with members of the Inman Community and this is what we came up with.
More content. More takeaways. More hard hitting presentations. And most importantly, more discussion.
If you have a real estate blog, are thinking about starting a new blog or are even considering abandoning your existing blog, make plans to be in New York this January for the ultimate head-to-head discussion of the biggest issues facing this new marketing medium.
Don't miss it. And don't forget to pack your toothbrush.
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Beer for Bloggers
Tuesday, January 6, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Bloggers Connect Welcome Reception
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Workshop Program
Moderated by Daniel Rothamel, Realtor & Community Manager, Inman News
Wednesday, January 7, 9:00 am – 9:25 am
Go Beyond Blogging - Integrate All of Your Web 2.0 Tactics
Blogs help you get your thoughts online in a simple and quick fashion. But it can and should be platform that pulls together ALL of your social media efforts. You'll learn how to make the most of these wide variety of online tools that exist and how to integrate them into your blog.
- Jeff Turner, President, Real Estate Shows
Wednesday, January 7, 9:30 am – 9:55 am
Don't Forget About the Real World -- Using Your Offline Efforts to Support Your Online Endeavors
Step away from that computer... Sometimes the best marketing you can do for your blog is out in the real world. This session will teach you how to make sure that all of your blogging/new media efforts are supplemented by and in sync with your offline marketing.
- Benn Rosales, Founder, AgentGenius
Wednesday, January 7, 10:00 am – 10:25 am
Q&A
Questions will be taken from the audience, or may be submitted via Twitter, SMS, etc.
Wednesday, January 7, 10:25 am – 10:35 am
BREAK
Wednesday, January 7, 10:35 am – 11:00 am
Getting it! Understand your Readers
Know who comes to your site, and why they come back. Use that intimate knowledge to build real business with your readers.
- Gahlord Dewald, Director of Web Strategy, Union Street Media
Wednesday, January 7, 11:05 am – 11:30 pm
10 Steps You Must Take Now to Justify Your Blogging Efforts
Building on the previous three presentations, this session will give you a 10-step strategy that will pump up your new media efforts, and a real world plan for executing it.
- Jay Thompson, Designated Broker, Thompson's Realty
- Dustin Luther, Strategist, 4Realz Social Media Strategy
Wednesday, January 7, 11:35 am – 12:00 am
Q&A
Questions will be taken from the audience, or may be submitted via Twitter, SMS, etc.
Wednesday, January 7, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
LUNCH
Wednesday, January 7, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Blog Makeover and Brainstorming
In this highly interactive session, a previously selected blog will get a live, on the spot, makeover. Using the collective knowledge of the presenters and the attendees, we will transform the blog of one lucky blogger. Using the suggestions of the group, Jim Cronin of the Real Estate Tomato will then reconstruct the blog. We'll check back in with the blogger in a few weeks to track their success.
- Jim Cronin, Owner/Author, Real Estate Tomato