Just about everywhere you look over the course of the past year, it's hard to look around the national real estate scene and not run into Chris Speicher of The Speicher Group. The Speicher Group is ranked in the Top 100 RE/MAX teams in the United States, #4 in Maryland and #1 in Montgomery County (out of nearly 93,000 agents). Chris serves on the Agent Advisory Board of Zillow, is the Internet Marketing Advisor to Tom Ferry - Your Coach, named #1 Educator In Real Estate by Swanepoel Power 200, and Ambassador for RISMedia’s Top 5 in Real Estate Network®. Chris has been featured in RISMedia’s Real Estate Magazine, Prospect Mortgage’s Real Estate Pro, RISMedia.com and Zillow.com, amongst other media sites. He has also been a frequent speaker before numerous professional organizations, including Agent Caffeine, BoomTown, Mobile Agent TV, Prospect Mortgage, RE/MAX, Social Media Marketing Camp (SMM), Tom Ferry, Water Cooler and Zillow, on Internet lead generation & conversion, social media, technology and team building in real estate. He'll be joining us on Friday, December 19 at 2:00 pm Eastern to share his fascinating rise to prominence and to give T3 Experts listeners a sneak peak into his "Building a Team: From Blueprint to Breakthrough" presentation, which will be featured at the R4 RE/MAX in March 2015. Don't miss this! We've interviewed Chris before, and he's one of the smartest people in the industry
Online reviews are impacting almost every business you can think of, from dry cleaners to doggie day care center to dentists - people are even being reviewed on how well they perform as Uber cab passengers! Real estate is certainly no exception that, and Agent Reviews are becoming more integral and more important every day. Many agents are even using online Agent Reviews to generate business. Tune in to listen as we interview three real estate professionals whose businesses have been affected by Agent Reviews: Leslie Ebersole of Baird & Warner in suburban Chicago and Matt Delhougne of RE/MAX in St. Louis.
Julie Garton-Good has been writing about "fee-for-service" (FFS) real estate for more than a decade. And yet this very-logical-for-the-real-estate-industry concept has still not gained the level of traction many (including us) thought it was achieve. Join us as we discuss FFS and the consultative business model with Julie and Mark Hawkins, founder of Genire Business Services.
Via VerifiedAgent.com - Jack Miller, the CTO of GoodLife Team, joins us for a conversation about "going paperless." GoodLife Team and their training company, Coffee with Krisstina, have been featured in Apple ads and in the Money Section of USA Today, they were named the Most Innovative Brokerage in America by Inman News and they are widely viewed as the de facto experts on the topic of "going paperless" in the real estate industry. Join us for a wide-ranging conversation about their Paperless Agent brand, their iPad® for Real Estate™ online training prodcut and their Square One training for real estate associations.
Via VerifiedAgent.com - When it comes to real estate, few people have been involved in more large things online and in Social Media than Chris Smith. Join us as we talk with Chris and learn about what he's been doing since his last visit with us, which takes us all the way back to his TechSavvyAgent days! Chris is always engaging and smart, and he has a real knack for seeing what's next. Join us as we catch up with one of the most dynamic and high energy people in the space!
Via VerifiedAgent.com - The GoodLife Team is one of the most talked about and decorated real estate companies in America. Their goal? To REiNVENT the real estate industry. We've visited with Krisstina Wise and her crew down in Austin on several occasions, and we've come away impressed. And one of the biggest reasons we're impressed is the complexity and sophistication of their operations. And the person in charge of those operations is Kelly White, GoodLife Chief of Operations. Join us as we talk with Kelly about their vision for the industry, what they are doing to help 'raise the bar' in real estate.
Via VerifiedAgent.com - Real estate's most prolific author and speaker, who also happens to be a New York Times bestselling author, Stefan Swanepoel, just keeps expanding his body of work and his arsenal of awesomeness. Listen in to learn about the latest trends impacting real estate, Stefan's new Swanepoel Technology Report and his latest venture, the T3 Summit. Stefan has his sights set on an entirely new concept for the real estate conference, and he's hand-picked one of the most amazing venues in America - the Ravela Resort, located on Lake Las Vegas - for the inaugural event. Learn more at T3Summit.com. You do NOT want to miss this! Stefan is ALWAYS extraordinary!
Via VerifiedAgent.com - Join us as we talk with Eric Bryn, Vice President of Digital Innovation of Chicago's Baird & Warner. Eric is one of Inman News' 100 Most Influnetial in the real estate industry, and he's also one of its most engaging and intelligent personalities. Join us!
Via VerifiedAgent.com - Join us as we connect with Sean Carpenter, one of the most prolific content creators in RE.Net, who also happens to be the architect of one of the strongest cultures we've encountered in all of real estate. Sean is sharp, smart and engaging - you'd do not want to miss this!
Via VerifiedAgent.com - Benn Rosales, founder of AgentGenius.com, stops by to tell us the Agent Genius story. We'll also be covering his views on the RTB movement, along with his thoughts on the biggest challenges facing our industry and what he thinks we should do about them! Tune in and learn!
Via VerifiedAgent.com - Steve Pacinelli of TechSavvyAgent.com joins us to talk about what is, without question, one of the most important issues facing real estate professionals today: online reputation. Steve is a national trainer and speaker for Move, and one of the most knowledgable people on this topic that we know. Join us to learn how to optimize your online reputation!
Via VerifiedAgent.com - Marc Davison, co-founder of 1000Watt Consulting, one of real estate's leading think tank's and brand consultants, returns for his fourth visit on RTB Radio. In this episode, we'll be talking about his latest thougthts on Raising the Bar in real estate, what's new at 1000Watt, the updating of the 1000Watt index, his "Turn On" Facebook group, Nudge and a variety of other things. Marc is truly one of the industry's thought leaders and visionaries; you do not want to miss this one!
Via VerifiedAgent.com - Please join us for this unique special episode of RTB Radio in which we'll hear first-hand details from someone in real estate directly affected by superstorm Sandy, including the role of Social Media in the process and also what we can do to help the victims of this unfortunate event.
Via VerifiedAgent.com - Join us as Krisstina Wise - CEO of GoodLife Team based in Austin, TX - comes back for her second sitdown with us. This time, we'll be discussing The Paperless Agent, REiNVENTION and more! Also, please check out our new "Twitter for Real Estate" video course. TODAY ONLY the course is discounted nearly 50%. Use coupon code "RTBNov7." The course has a 30 day money back guarantee. Give it a look!
Via VerifiedAgent.com - Join us as we catch up and get tricky with @Nik_Nik Nicole Nicolay of AgentEvolution.com! What RTB means to Nicole Why working without passion is pointless What Nicole is passionate about these days (personally & professionally) How Nicole's recent auto accident has changed my view on mobile business (texting, balancing tech & life) Greatest challenge Nicole is facing right now (Ironman/Fundraising for Cancer) Why taking on a challenge like this is good for business What's new w/ Nicole's company, with WP for RE Nicole is ALWAYS a delight - you don't want to miss this show!
Via VerifiedAgent.com - Ken Granger, CEO of BrandCo.com, joins us to talk about branding in real estate - the good, the bad and the OMG ugly. Ken recently expanded his original business - the wildly successful website design company Arranging Pixels - into the broader realm of branding. Join us to hear what he has to say. Ken will be sure to provide valuable tips and information that you can incorporate into your real estate business immediately!
LAUNCH OF VERIFIEDAGENT.COM We travel to Los Angeles to announce the launch of VerifiedAgent.com, a new website featuring Real Estate's first objective Agent "Verification." Guests include noted national speaker, blogger and co-founder of TechSavvyAgent.com Steve Pacinelli, Ken Granger of ArrangingPixels.com, the firm that designed the state-of-the-art website for VerifiedAgent.com, and several other special industry personalities.
One of real estate's true visionaries and thought leaders, Marc Davison (@1000WattMarc) of 1000Watt Consulting, returns for a follow up visit more than a year after his first appearance on #RTB Radio. We'll be discussing branding, production values, video, the future of real estate and more. This is one you do not want to miss! Marc is a truly impressive individual...
Joins us for "part THREE" of our "Success in the City" conversation with Matthew Shadbolt of The Corcoran Group, Manhattan's largest residential real estate brokerage. In this next installment, we'll be continuing our prior conversations, including the following: Mobile apps (FourSqure, Gowalla), the importance of quality content, Client Service, Social Media and branding in real estate.
Joins us for "part two" of our "Success in the City" conversation with Matthew Shadbolt of The Corcoran Group, Manhattan's largest residential real estate brokerage. In this next installment, we'll be covering the following: Mobile apps & Foursquare, the importance of quality content, CS & SM and what Corcoran is working on now.