I'm just settling back into my home and surroundings in Atlanta from my trip to Cary North Carolina where I attended my first Rebar camp (Real Estate BarCamp) REBCRDU at the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill NC Raleigh Regional Association of Realtors. It was a 9-4 event, and the socializing started weeks ahead of time online and on Twitter and FaceBook. From Atlanta it was about a 5 hour drive, the weather was great, and my wife Ellen accompanied me. It was a great trip. Once e arrived and checked in we attended the Pre Event - Beer with Bloggers where we had a chance to have some finger foods, and mingle a little with the crowd. I met a lot of old friends and made some new ones. We even got a chance to see a new form of Karaoke called "PowerPoint Karaoke!" It was very novel exercise in thinking on your feet, and speaking impromptu as the slide show progressed. Our own Thom Abbot from Atlanta held his own. He was a braver man than I was. Also in attendance from Atlanta was Lane Bailey, Kathy Drewan, and Patty Keller. They were smart, they car pooled up to Cary. At the Beer with Bloggers event I also had a chance to see Debe Maxwell, Susan Blackmon, and Connie Harvey from Nashville. There were too many people and simply not enough time to mention all. It was a great event.
I participated in Fridays session as a Thought Leader did a session entitled "Strategizing Internet Profit with Website & Real Estate Blogging" It went well, and I revamped the presentation to allow for 25 minutes presentation and 20 minutes of exchange. It was a basics session that shared my fundamentals of running a successful real estate web business. I thought it went well.
I got a chance to meet a lot of other Active Rainer's and had a few moments to talk and meet some new friends. I met Eleanor Thorne the events organizer, and her husband of 30 years. Eleanor was the person that invited me to do a session. I greatly appreciate that opportunity. On Friday, I also had a chance to meet Penny Hull, she is a dynamo for Internet marketing for Stanton Homes in the Triangle NC area. I'm very impressed with the quality of her posts. Just before the session began, I was fortunate enough to get a few moments to meet Brad and Bobby Carroll of Danko Marketing, who is one of the most talented of web designers I know. They do an incredible job designing custom websites, blogs, and offer substance instead of fluff! I had a chance to talk to Jeremy Blanton... a very, very busy man! I can't wait until my next event. I am really looking forward to it. Going to REBAR Camp was a fun thing!
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