NewsGeni.us Columns

Matt Jones

Matt Jones is the founder and CEO of FavoriteAgent.com and nationally syndicated author of LCM: The Secret to Success in the New Age of Real Estate, The Ultimate Listing Presentation, Traffic: How to Sell Fast and Net More, Becoming a Mega-Producer, and 20 Questions: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Real Estate but Were Afraid to Ask. Jones' North Carolina-based company has been profiled by major media outlets as an innovator and a pioneer in the industry, and CNN's Pulse on America claimed FavoriteAgent.com is "changing the way real estate is being done in America." This content is cross-posted in the following locations: BlogMattBlog.com, RealBlogging.com, NewsGeni.us, and now Amazon Kindle.

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Michael Krisa

Also known as "That Interview Guy", Michael Krisa rubs shoulders with the biggest names in real estate. In his unforgettable one-on-one interviews, Krisa goes "behind the scenes" with the greatest minds in the business to get their candid take on the industy's most pressing issues. Contact the author at michael@thatinterviewguy.com

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Gregory P. Schenk, SIOR

Greg Schenk is the founder and President of The Schenk Company, Inc., Central Ohio's exclusive tenant/buyer representative brokerage and consultation firm. Greg is on the advisory council for the Center for Real Estate at The Ohio State University, the past Co-Chairman of the SIOR tenant advisory services group, and attends the SIOR and other tenant representation conferences worldwide. He is also a featured speaker for the 2010 NAR Realtor Commercial Alliance Signature Series that teaches and trains agents nationally. Visit www.schenkseminars.com or www.irepthetenant.com to learn more about Greg and to contact him directly.

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Greg Martin

Greg Martin is a Partner/Owner of ERA Sunrise Realty in Atlanta, GA, one of the largest ERA affiliates in the nation with 8 offices in north central Georgia and 160 sales associates. You can contact him by email at gregory.martin@era.com

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Ian Grace

Known internationally as "Mr Real Estate Advertising", Australian born Ian Grace is acknowledged as one of the world's leading authorities on real estate advertising. For 16 years Ian worked in and researched Advertising and Customer Service in England, South Africa and the USA. Since 1994, he has delivered his programs throughout Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and the UK. In the USA, he has been invited to speak 6 times, since 1999, at NAR (National Association of Realtors Convention) -- the only person outside North America ever, to be invited more than four times. Plus, various US state Conferences. In the UK, in 2006 he was the keynote speaker, on both Advertising and Customer Service, at the National Association of Estate Agents National Congress in London, then in 2007, again keynote speaker at Europe's largest real estate conference. His articles on real estate advertising have been published around the world, since 1998 — and a Google search for "real estate customer service ideas books", shows Ian's book as No.1 worldwide. For further details, or to contact Ian, go to his website-- www.iangrace.com

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Ron & Alexandra Seigel

Language of Luxury (LOL) is the only luxury real estate professional networking community that unites members across multiple social networking platforms through a Professional Development Resource & Media Center (LanguageOfLuxury.com), and is also OPEN TO ALL luxury real estate marketing professionals, worldwide. The purpose of LOL is to help you attract and better serve more high net worth clients. LOL was founded in 2008 by Ron & Alexandra Seigel, managing partners of Napa Consultants, International. To learn more, visit www.NapaConsultants.com

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BethAnn Long

BethAnn Long lives in Spokane Wa. Where she enjoys her family and real estate career. BethAnn has been recognized many times by Coldwell Banker Tomlinson for her outstanding and distinguished sales accomplishments. She is also a professional musician, speaker and volunteers in her church and community. As the mother of five children, and cancer survivor- BethAnn gleans from her many life experiences and shares candidly from the heart. My website is www.BethAnnHomes.com Blog: www.SpokaneRealEstateVoice.com

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Barrett Powell

Barrett Powell began his career in the early 1980s where he founded various technology and software companies and was key in taking a number of them public and selling them to larger companies. He was responsible for technology and consulting with Hewlett-Packard Manufacturing facilities. He acted as a senior consultant to IBM's National e-Business Practice and oversaw their internet marketing strategy internationally. Barrett holds numerous internet patents, including being the co-owner of the Interactice TV patent, which allows cable, satellite and broadcast companies to leverage web technology to provide interactive programming and commerce capabilities. He now owns a real estate and development business and can be found online at http://barrettpowell.com/.

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Rob Minton

Rob Minton quit his job as a C.P.A. with one of the largest international accounting firms to become a Real Estate Agent and later Broker. He converted his traditional real estate firm into a unique organization working only with individual investors. Today his firm helps over 400 northern Ohio investors. Rob also coaches over 65 Real Estate Professionals with their Income for Life Clubs in cities all over North America. Rob's unique approach to business strategies has made him an in demand entrepreneur, author, speaker, and real estate consultant. Rob is a member of the American Institute of CPA's, The National Association of Realtors and The Ohio Association of Realtors.

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Jennifer Allan

Jennifer Allan is a real estate broker, published author, trainer and speaker. Jennifer enjoyed a successful real estate business in Denver, Colorado without relying on cheesy sales-pitches, aggressive closing techniques or making a nuisance out of herself among her social network. She assures like-minded real estate agents that they can succeed without changing who they are or becoming someone they don't recognize. You can learn more about Jennifer's books and philosophies at www.SellwithSoul.com.

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Stefan Swanepoel

A leading visionary on business trends and change in the real estate industry, Stefan Swanepoel has penned fifteen books, whitepapers, and reports, including the Amazon Bestseller Real Estate Confronts Reality (1997), the widely acclaimed annual Swanepoel TRENDS Report (2006-2009), and the new Swanepoel SOCIAL MEDIA Report (2010). To contact the author or learn more about any of his books visit www.RETrends.com.

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Markelle Harden

Markelle Harden is the owner of A Virtual Genie, a Real Estate Virtual Assistant Company. A Virtual Genie helps Realtors implement non-hype strategies that yield referrals and cash-flow. Just say NO to dumb dumb marketing that wastes money! For more information visit www.AVirtualGenie.com. Our blogs can be found at Tech Tools and Team Building and Active Rain. Have a specific question for us? Contact us via our web site Quote for Service form, and ask your question! Get a Quote, Ask a Question

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