Another day, another great conference. The sessions themselves were very similar to REBarCampCLT but the session topics were organized and set up in advance.

There were 4 sessions in all but there were many choices for each session. I was disappointed that I did not get to attend Lexie Longstreet’s Social Networking 101 but I heard that it was a great session. I got the pleasure of teaching Full Motion Video Tours for Real Estate in the first session and I had a blast. I hope my attendees were able to walk away with some good information.

I spent Session 2 in a great Intro Facebook class taught by John Paul Soto. John taught the FB newbie’s how to sign up, what to do once you signed up, and some basic permission controls.

Once again, for me, it was the Twitter class where I learned the most. Lori Bee had me listening to every word as she walked us through the basics of Twitter.

For the last session, I chose Debe Maxwell’s Blogging class. No matter how much you might know about a topic, you can always learn something new, and I did from the Charlotte Blogging Master. (i need cool clip art like you, Debe

As with other conferences of this nature, you have to choose a topic to attend during each of the sessions, and you will always miss a few. There were so many other great topics that I cant wait for the CRRA to hold the next conference so I can attend some new classes. Here are a few on the agenda that I did not get to see this time:

Palm Treo, Social Networking 101, Syndication of Listings, Outlook for Realtors, CSS, LinkedIn, RealFast2Go, GIS/Polaris, Real Estate Photography, Blackberry’s, CMLS Tips & Tricks, Syndication of Listings, Branding with LinkedIn and Facebook.

If you are a Charlotte Realtor and you missed it, you owe it to yourself and your business to not miss future events. The technology ball is moving so fast that if you don’t keep up, you will get left out.

Thanks to Karyn Lindsey and everyone over at CRRA who put on a great conference.

AmazingVideoTours.com and www.dickensmitchener.com are proud to bring you this Video Virtual Tour of a Gorgeous Low Country Charlotte Home for Sale.

This gorgeous Low Country home boasts 6 bedrooms, 5 full bathrooms, 3 half bathrooms, And garage space for up to 5 cars. The home features over 8350 square feet on three levels. Including a Basement Apartment with it’s own kitchen and separate two car garage It also features expansive front and rear terraces, and ten foot ceilings throughout. Please contact Vicky Mitchener at 704-620-4221 for more information.

Sabine Storsberg (Click for website) and Charlotte’s Premier Real Estate Videographer are proud to bring you this Video Virtual Tour of a Wonderful Tega Cay Home For Sale.

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Versatile plan with guest suite on main. Many features to appreciate: upgraded SS appl.,granite counters, glazed maple cabs, tile and HW floors,Hunter fans, irrigation, 2″ blinds, back steel fence w.inside mesh to keep ‘little ones’safe! Gorgeous library has lots of built ins and electric fireplace. A huge upstairs rec room and large bedrooms, 2 with their own baths! Master with huge closet, custom tiled shower and tub!

Side load garage is finished. Rock between property lines controls drainage. Great closet space. Laundry room on main floor. Warranty! **Agents, pls. check on school assignments! Gold Hill Elementary has enrollment freeze,students go to Riverview.

Call Sabine Storsberg at 803-984-4063 to schedule a personal showing of this wonderful Tega Cay home for sale!

http://www.lakewyliewaterfront.com/ and http://www.amazingvideotours.com/ are proud to bring you this amazing video tour of a fabulous waterfront home for sale on
Lake Wylie in Charlotte

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Quaint, charming, warm all describe this one of a kind waterfront home. Stone fireplace, wood floors make this the quintessential lake Wylie Home. Main Channel. Separate living area if desired or large media /rec room. Completely redone
in 2007.

Please contact Don Stephens at 803-831-2241 to schedule a personal showing of this waterfront home on the shores of beautiful Lake Wylie.

Hey Charlotte Realtors. You know that you’ve been saying that you have to get on board with the whole Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn thing.  Well, good news. The CRRA/CMLS is hosting a Technology Open House on June 19^th from 9A to 3P. The open house will feature technology sessions with subject matter experts on topics such as: 

•  Tools and tips to maximize your use of TEMPO^TM

• Wireless technology – Palm Treos, BlackBerrys
• Blogging
• Social Networking – including Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
• Maximizing Use of Paperless Transactions (Realfast)
• Getting the Most Out of CSS
• Video and Photography for Real Estate
• CMLS Tricks of Trade (Lockboxes)
• GIS (Polaris)
• Syndication of Listings (ListHub, IDX and VOWs)
• Contact Management (Outlook for Realtors^®)
• Other sessions TBA

I am very excited to have been asked to conduct the session on Full Motion Video for Real Estate. I am looking forward to attending some of the other sessions and learning more myself.

The event is free for members and $25 for non members. For questions, or more info, please visit www.CarolinaRealtors.com or contact Karyn Lindsey at 704-940-3116

I finally did it. I made it to page 1 on Google

If you have ANY doubt about the power of Videos and SEO, I’m here to tell you that it works. Along with social media and a dedicated blogging campaign, video has helped me to achieve the holy grail of SEO …. Page 1 on Google for my keywords.

So what does all this mean? Well, I checked my website statistics since getting to page 1 and they are up. Way up! More people are finding my site. It has not translated into real dollars yet, (it’s only been a week) but my phone and email activity has picked up and I know it’s just a matter of time. I know Google reshuffles the deck every now and then so it might be short lived. But for now, I think I will enjoy it.

So – if I can do it, so can you. Keep blogging, keep writing good quality original content for your website, and do videos of your listings and upload them to video hosting websites with keyword rich content as icing on the cake to a good SEO program.