Socialebb Strategies and Solutions

June 2009 Classes

I will be teaching the following classes in Tucson this month.

Monday, JUNE 15 (9 – 12 and 1 – 4pm)- HUD Homes for Sale (TWO CE classes, 3 hours contract law, 3 hours fair housing.)  HUD Homes are government owned properties available to consumers with a special set of rules and tools. There are two classes – one covers the contract and transaction management, the other explores consumer outreach and marketing. Upon registration, students will receive copies of two e-books: HUD Homes for Sale – Sales and Marketing Guide for Real Estate Agents ($39.95 value) and  HUD Homes for Sale – Complete Buyer’s Guide ($19.95 value) Advantage Group Solutions LLC Real Estate School.  $25 for one class/$40 for two classes. Register:  520-616-2896 or http://HUD Homes.eventbrite.com  
Location: TSA, 6390 E Tanque Verde Rd, Tucson, AZ 85715

Wednesday, JUNE 17 (9 – 12) and Monday, JUNE 22 (9 – 12) - Social Media Mastery 101: Facebook, LinkedIn and Trulia. There are THREE social media sites most important in a Real Estate Social Media Business Plan. We will spend time learning how to leverage these sites and establish a social media cornerstone as part of a carefully designed strategy for social media success. $25 for one class/$40 for two classes
Register: http://SocialMediaMastery.eventbrite.com or 520-616-2896
Location June 17: TSA, 6875 N. Oracle Rd, Tucson, AZ 85714

Location June 22: TSA, 6390 E Tanque Verde Rd, Tucson, AZ 85715

Monday, JUNE 22 (1 – 4 pm) - Social Media: Tips to Avoid A Risk Management Nightmare. Social media offers diligent agents opportunity to establish dollar productive relationships with consumers. Less diligent agents find themselves and their brokerages at risk for faux pas in Fair Housing, contract law, and other areas. CE Class with 4 hour legal issues. Advantage Group Solutions LLC Real Estate School.  Cost: $25
Register:  520-0616-2896 or http://SocialMediaClass.eventbrite.com     
Location: TSA, 6390 E Tanque Verde Rd, Tucson, AZ 85715

Wednesday, June 24 (1 – 4 pm) - Facebook Strategy and a Plan for Real Estate Success. There is a social media phenomenon brewing at Facebook as more than 200 million users ENGAGE, EDUCATE, and EMPOWER each other in a passionate online community. Join a nationally known social media diva and put Facebook to work according to PLAN! You are welcome to tote your laptop and air card and participate in a social media lab. Pen and paper are OK, too! Come, let’s ENGAGE, EDUCATE, and EMPOWER! $25 for one class/$40 for two classes
Register: http://FacebookMaster.eventbrite.com or 520-616-2896  
 Location: TSA, 6875 N. Oracle Rd, Tucson, AZ 85714

There is still room in two classes tomorrow:

Real Estate Social Media Mastery 101:
Facebook, LinkedIn, and Trulia
(9 am - 12 noon)

There are THREE social media sites most important in a Real Estate Social Media Business Plan. We will spend time learning how to leverage these sites and establish a social media cornerstone as part of a carefully designed strategy for social media success.

1.  Trulia

Learn 5 Tips for Social Media Success on the fast growing real estate web site … learn the secrets of designing a powerful profile page, create a free blog, and learn the best ways to engage buyers and sellers looking for your help in Trulia Voices.

2.  Facebook

Facebook has 200 million users … more than some countries! Learn how to harness the viral power of the Facebook community in your market area … it’s FREE and it’s easy (when you know how!).

3.  LinkedIn

LinkedIn is fertile ground for building an online reputation, scouting business opportunities, vetting business partners and new hires, and creating new alliances with group creation tools and numerous other cyber gadgets.
 

Why should you attend:

Brokers and agents are using social media – you need to understand the culture to achieve success.

SPECIAL PRICING

Our special relationship with Title Security Agency lets us offer you this class for $25.
You can attend TWO of our social media classes for payment of $40.
Location: Title Security Agency, 6390 E Tanque Verde Rd.,Tucson, AZ 85715
 

REGISTER BELOW FOR ONE OR BOTH CLASSES

http://facebookmaster.eventbrite.com

http://socialmediamastery.eventbrite.com

Real Estate Social Media Mastery 102:
Facebook Strategy and a Plan for Success
(1 - 4 pm)

There  is a social media phenomenon brewing at Facebook as more than 200 million users ENGAGE, EDUCATE, and EMPOWER each other in a passionate online community. Join a nationally known social media diva and put Facebook to work according to PLAN! You are welcome to tote your laptop and air card and participate in a social media lab. Pen and paper are OK, too! Come, let’s ENGAGE, EDUCATE, and EMPOWER!

• Understand the culture of Facebook, where there are 200 million members.
• Who are your friends? REALTORS? Family? Friends? Clients?
• Create a Facebook Business Plan.
• Learn about Profile Pages, Fan Pages, Business Pages, and Events Pages.
• Develop a Facebook strategy for your niche.
• Should you mix personal and business "friends"?
• Create groups for your niche, your church, and your civic organizations. 
• Learn the art of photos: tagging, creating albums, and sharing.
• Have a blog already? Learn how to feed your blog content to Facebook automatically?
• Learn how to use Facebook video to engage your market! It’s easy and fun!

BONUS: Twitter for Fun AND Profit.

Why should you attend:

Brokers and agents are using social media – you need to understand the culture to achieve success.

SPECIAL PRICING

Our special relationship with Title Security Agency lets us offer you this class for $25.
You can attend TWO of our social media classes for payment of $40 at ticket above.
Location: Title Security Agency, 6390 E Tanque Verde Rd.,Tucson, AZ 85715

REGISTER BELOW FOR ONE OR BOTH CLASSES

http://facebookmaster.eventbrite.com

http://socialmediamastery.eventbrite.com

Instructor: 

Frances Flynn Thorsen

… … got her real estate license and became a REALTOR® in 1985. She was an early adopter of real estate technology on the Internet .Frances was one of the first real estate bloggers to receive national attention early in 2005, with interviews in Investors’ Business Daily, BusinessWeek Online, Inman News, REALTOR® Magazine, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She was founding editor of RealTown.com and worked as Community Manager of Trulia.com. She is CEO of Socialebb Strategies and Solutions and offers an ecumenical approach to blog and social media coaching and consulting services. She appeared on the 2008 list of 50 Most Influential Women in Real Estate in the U.S.

Do you look at social media and wonder if the train has left you at the station?

Take heart! Join us in historic Williams, Arizona for a social media retreat with a leading blogger, writer, and social media advocate Frances Flynn Thorsen. Bring your laptop (we have wireless) and spend two full days creating a social media business plan, and put the plan into effect! By the time you leave Williams, you will have a strategy and plan for the most important social media sites on the Internet.

There are FOUR social media sites most important in a Real Estate Social Media Business Plan. We will spend time learning how to leverage these sites and establish a social media cornerstone as part of a carefully designed strategy for social media success. Facebook, LinkedIn, Trulia, and Zillow.

• Evening clinics - video and Twitter.
• Law of Attraction Blogging
• Understand the culture of Facebook, where there are 200 million members.
• Who are your friends? REALTORS? Family? Friends? Clients?
• Create a Facebook Business Plan.
• Learn about Profile Pages, Fan Pages, Business Pages, and Events Pages.
• Develop a Facebook strategy for your niche.
• Should you mix personal and business "friends"?
• Create groups for your niche, your church, and your civic organizations.
• Learn the art of photos: tagging, creating albums, and sharing.
• Have a blog already? Learn how to feed your blog content to Facebook automatically?
• Learn how to use Facebook video to engage your market! It’s easy and fun!
• SPECIAL CE CLASS - Social Media: Tips to Avoid A Risk Management Nightmare (4 hours real estate legal issues, Arizona real estate licensees.)

SPECIAL EARLY BIRD PRICING: $250   (price changes to $325 June 1)

Two Breakfasts *  Two Lunches  *  Downloadable Handout  *  Admission to All Sessions  *  Pre-Event Planning Webinar  *  6 Post-Event Mastermind Webinars 

Accommodations:

Sheridan House Inn

Retreat location and additional hotel information will be posted later this week.

Photo Credit: Grand Canyon Railway

Frances Flynn Thorsen obtained her real estate license and became a REALTOR® in 1985. She was an early adopter of real estate technology on the Internet .Frances was one of the first real estate bloggers to receive national attention early in 2005, with interviews in Investors’ Business Daily, BusinessWeek Online, Inman News, REALTOR® Magazine, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She was founding editor of RealTown.com and worked as Community Manager of Trulia.com. She is CEO of Socialebb Strategies and Solutions and offers an ecumenical approach to blog and social media coaching and consulting services. She is listed on Stefan Swanepoel's 2008 list of 50 Most Influential Women in Real Estate.

There are THREE social media sites most important in a Real Estate Social Media Business Plan. We will spend time learning how to leverage these sites and establish a social media cornerstone as part of a carefully designed strategy for social media success. Join us on May 12 1 - 4 pm for a FREE class with nationall recognized real estate social media maven, Frances Flynn Thorsen.

1. Trulia
   
   Learn 5 Tips for Social Media Success on the fast growing real estate web site … learn the secrets of designing a powerful profile page, create a free blog, and learn the best ways to engage buyers and sellers looking for your help in Trulia Voices.
   
   
   
2. Facebook
   
   Facebook has 200 million users … more than some countries! Learn how to harness the viral power of the Facebook community in your market area … it’s FREE and it’s easy (when you know how!).
   
   
   
3. LinkedIn
   
   LinkedIn is fertile ground for building an online reputation, scouting business opportunities, vetting business partners and new hires, and creating new alliances with group creation tools and numerous other cyber gadgets.
 
Santa Cruz County Board of REALTORS, 1103 Circulo Mercado, Rio Rico, AZ 85648-6248
Phone: (520)377-9613 | Fax: (520)377-9614

Social Media: Tips to Avoid a Risk Management Nightmare

Social media offers diligent agents opportunity to establish dollar productive relationships with consumers. Less diligent agents find themselves and their brokerages at risk for faux pas in Fair Housing, contract law, and other areas.4-hour CE Class April 30, 2009.

• Social Media:  What is it?
• The Social Media Sandbox – Where consumers meet licensees
• Benefits of successful Social Media planning
• Fertile Ground – Is that real estate agent planting daisies or poison ivy?
• Property Listings – How do you deliver your listing data?
• Do you know where your agents are placing their listings and what other listings they are claiming?
• Blogs and copyright law
• Logos and company names – who has the authority to start an online group using a registered trade name?
• Is there a pot of gold at the other side of the discussion thread or is that real estate licensee at risk?

Why should you attend:

Brokers and agents are using social media – you need to manage the risks involved.

CE 4 Hours Real Estate Legal Issues

Instructor: 

Frances Flynn Thorsen, e-PRO, SRS

… got her real estate license and became a REALTOR® in 1985. She was an early adopter of real estate technology on the Internet .Frances was one of the first real estate bloggers to receive national attention early in 2005, with interviews in Investors’ Business Daily, BusinessWeek Online, Inman News, REALTOR® Magazine, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She was founding editor of RealTown.com and worked as Community Manager of Trulia.com. She is CEO of Socialebb Strategies and Solutions and offers an ecumenical approach to blog and social media coaching and consulting services.

School: Advantage Solutions Group, Tucson, AZ. 520-744-8731

This class will also be offered

April 27, 2009 - Broker University, Arizona Assn. of REALTORS, Phoenix.