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Perry & Company – A Denver Tradition, Welcomes Jim Walberg!

 Jon Larrance, one of the partners of Perry & Company  in Denver, Colorado – a top luxury real estate Brokerage, invited Jim Walberg  to stop by for an hour or so today to share with his Realtors some of the winning blogging strategies Jim has been using to expand his real estate companies.   Jim and Jon’s firms are members of Who’s Who In Luxury Real Estate  and will be attending their annual Fall Conference which is being held this year at the Four Seasons Resort in Batechlor Gulch near Vail.  Since Jim was flying into the Denver anyway, Jon snagged him for a couple of hours.  Perry & Company is a learning organization realizing that their Realtors need to be on the cutting edge technology and how technology can be one of the key tools used to serve their clients at the highest levels possible for each transaction.

For over 30 years, clients of Perry & Co. have become friends and family. Over 85% of all of their business comes from former clients, friends and referrals from satisfied clients.  Their mission is to bringing integrity and expertise to the doorsteps of their clients.  They their team of professionals works together each day to make Perry & Co. the premiere real estate company in Denver.  Read more

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2009 Luxury Real Estate Spring Conference – Las Vegas

The Four Seasons  was the venue where Jim Walberg  participated in the 7th Annual Luxury Real Estate Spring Conference  as a panel member of Effective Social Networking & Blogging Tools For Realtors.

Imagine being with some of the brightest and best minds in real estate for three days!  Well, that is what the Luxury Real Estate’s Spring conference was like this past week.  The sharing of best practices with such a high caliber of professionals and business owners is an enviable experience for any Realtor.  I was not only privileged to be a delegate at this conference, I also gathered some incredible business ideas that will continue to improve the customer experience for our clients, and grow our business in this shifting markets.

The featured presentation was the panel on how to use internet tools to dramatically expand your real estate business by increasing your lead generation results – the Strategies & Tactics of Top Real Estate Professionals regarding social networking, blogging, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.  Victor Lund  from the WAV Group was the moderator.  Jon Larrance  from Perry & Company, Bruce Hiatt  from Luxury Realty Group and me from The Bay Area Team, were the panelist.  The interaction with the audience demonstrated that it was THE topic that they wanted to explore most in the 2009 world of social networking. Read more

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Who’s Who In Luxury Real Estate’s 7th Annual Spring Conference – The Power Of Social Networking!

Jim Walberg will be joining Michael Marquette of Marquette Turner in Australia, Jon Larrance, from Denver, Colorado, and Bruce Hiatt from Las Vegas, on a panel moderated by Victor Lund of the WAV Group to discuss “The Power of Social Networking”.

Luxury Real Estate’s 7^th Annual Spring Conference  is in Las Vegas this month.  Every year the Luxury Real Estate group meets to discuss the latest trends in their niche market, and brainstorm cutting-edge marketing techniques. There will be approximately 200 of the top real estate professionals from around the world gathering to learn and share their latest successful tools.  Given that the world of communicating is now at galactic speed with the use of FaceBook, Twitter, Blogging, and LinkedIn, it is critical for professionals to either master these tools are be left in the dust.

Myself, Michael Marquette from Sydney, Australia, Jon Larrance from Denver, and Bruce Hiatt from Las Vegas are panelists for the topic of “The Power Of Social Networking”!  I am honored to be a part of this powerhouse group of professionals who are using the social networking tools in many different ways with similar extraordinary results.

Michael Marquette is recognized the world over due to his firm’s laser focused usage  of social networking platforms.  With its innovative news and information sourcing, the Marquette Turner internet presence has become “The number one visited luxury real estate website in Australia”. 

Jon Larrance’s special interest lies in exploiting the practical business applications inherent in everyday internet functions.  Jon is an active blogger, fan of Web 2.0, and has made it his personal mission to get all Perry & Co. Agents adept in at least one social networking platform.  Although Jon is a licensed Realtor, he often gets more pleasure from teaching than from selling.  Bruce Hiatt is an expert at using all the tools that the internet has to offer a real estate company and agent.  In fact, Bruce directly attributes over 30% of Luxury Realty Group’s total sales to their blogsite alone. 

Victor Lund  from the WAV Group will be the moderator of this featured conference panel.  He is known for his in-depth analyses  of what technology it takes to succeed in luxury real estate.  Victor’s articles on the topic are often featured in the much revered Inman News.  Victor has agreed to the challenge of keeping the discussion with the panelists and audience to within the hour allotted on Tuesday, April 29, 2009, 10:30am, at the Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas.

The panel invites you to follow the discussion through Twitter.
Luxury Real Estate – luxurylounge
Victor Lund – victorlund
Jon Larrance – perryandco
Jim Walberg – jimwalbeg
Bruce Hiatt – luxuryrealtygrp
Michael Marquette – mmarquette

Who’s Who In Luxury Real Estate  seeks out firms and individuals who have a reputation for exceptional knowledge and expertise in the marketing of luxury properties throughout the world. There are currently nearly 1,900 firms worldwide in this exclusive organization with more than 5,000 offices and 120,000 agents.  This assembly of brokerage firms and individuals collectively sells over $100 billion in real estate every year, with an average sale price of $2,200,000. We are very fortunate to have been invited to be a part of this amazing worldwide group of professionals.  Check on Twitter  during The Power Of Social Networking panel discussion to keep updated on the event.  Until next time…