Todd Carpenter is the Manager of Social Media for The National Association of REALTORS®. He’s been a real estate and mortgage professional since 1992 and is an industry pioneer in leveraging the social web. Todd is an organizer of several grassroots un-conferences focused on Web2.0 ideas including Real Estate WordCamp, RE BarCamp, and UnAssociated.org.

Paul is Internet marketing director for Bizzuka, a Web design, content management and online marketing company based in Lafayette, LA.

In that role, Paul is charged with incorporating new media marketing strategies and techniques into the marketing mix. Having been involved in online marketing for over a decade, he is well-suited to it. He understands at a granular level how social media tools can be used for marketing purposes.

He is author of The Digital Handshake: Seven Proven Strategies to Grow Your Business Using Social Media, published by Wiley, available at Amazon and wherever books are sold.

Prior to joining Bizzuka Paul was co-founder of Blogging Systems, a blog software company that significantly impacted the real estate industry by encouraging Realtors to adopt blogging as a marketing strategy. He is the co-author of Realty Blogging: Build your Brand and Outsmart Your Competition, which similarly impacted the industry and which was the first blogging book to target a specific industry vertical.

Paul serves as president of the International Blogging and New Media Association (IBNMA), an organization dedicated to advancing the growth of blogging, podcasting and social media as an industry. He sits on the board of advisors for the Women's Wisdom Network, the Social Media Marketing Institute, and SmartBrief on Social Media.

He is a feature writer for Practical Ecommerce magazine on the use of social media for marketing purposes and blogs for MarketingProfs Daily Fix blog. Paul has led numerous blog and social media workshops and seminars, including the first ever such seminar to be held in Asia. He has also blogged professionally with Weblogs, Inc., as well as with Allbusiness.com.

Paul has served as Technical Editor on a number of For Dummies series books related to blogs and Internet marketing, and was contributing writer on Buzz Marketing with Blogs For Dummies, published by Wiley.

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My Agent Genius profile reads as follows:

Ines is all Miami, all the time. A Miami Beach Realtor® with Majestic properties, Ines authors Miamism.com, PrimeMiamiBeach.com, and MiamismPix.com and is always on communication's leading edge. She goes out of her way to engage and be engaged, often using Mojitos to keep the mood light and give everything she does a Miami flavor. You can find her goofing off or instigating trouble at Twitter, Flickr, Facebook or LinkedIn.

or a more serious one that can be shortened:

Ines Hegedus-Garcia is a Miami REaltor with Majestic Properties and authors a few blogs including Miamism.com. Founding Partner of Team Miamism, one of South Florida's first realty teams to capitalize on Internet marketing and dedicated to using media innovations to promote their services. Ines has been identified by NAR as an influencer in progressive ideas about real estate and, as a result, has been invited to serve at a National level on the International Operations Committee. She was selected as one of Inman News' REal Estate's 50 Most Influential Online:2009 and today is called upon for speaking engagements to educate others on the power of new media. Ines is bilingual and credentialed with a Bachelors Degree in architecture from The University of Miami and specializes in Miami Beach Luxury Properties, historic homes and architecturally relevant real estate with a focus on relationship building and exceptional customer service.

Taqi Rizvi, Chief Technology Officer for the Houston Association, is the genius behind the Association’s world famous consumer facing MLS website har.com. Created in 1997 har.com was not only one of the first sites of its kind but impressively enough it has throughout the past 12 years served as both the model for and aspiration for what has now become one of the most powerful forces in the real estate marketplace. The impact of Taqi’s innovation and vision cannot be understated. By way of example the 2009 creation of MLSCloud.com brought together on the national stage MLS public websites representing almost 600,000 REALTORS®. Each of the participating sites can trace its lineage back to har.com.

Har.com is a “work in progress.” Over the past several year’s Taqi and his team have developed and implemented over 80 production tools currently in use by hundreds of thousands of Houston area REALTORS® and consumers. A quick look at har.com’s current statistics demonstrates the impact of Taqi’s vision:

• HAR.com receives over 1 million consumers visit monthly.
• These visits generate over 900,000 annual leads to HAR members and click-through referrals to agent and broker websites with an annual value to members of $11.2 million.
• HAR.com has been recognized several times on NAR’s top 25 websites in the real estate vertical and ranks as the #1 real estate website for the Houston area based on comScore Media Metrix.
• NAR has recognized har.com as “Outstanding Website” in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Taqi and HAR are committed continuing to support HAR members with this level of innovation and performance. Tools that have been deployed in 2009 or are currently on the drawing board include:

• Client Experience Rating systems
• Agent Online - Live chat system
• Blog Platform - To create free blogs for agents
• 713 REALTOR® - Text to speech technology
• LeadConnect - Click to call agent technology
• Social Networking Plugin – syndicating agent listings on Twitter and Facebook
• Agent Finder – Innovative tool that allows consumers to search for an agent that has specific skills based upon their transactions

Taqi is guided by a “big picture” perspective relative to the expanding role of technology in real estate and maintains a focused and exhaustive level of knowledge relative to its day-to-day applications in the real estate industry, market and practice. Taqi drives HAR in the continuous innovation of HAR.com and technology tools offered to members and consumers.

Max Pigman has a wealth of experience in real estate, both as an agent and a Broker/Owner. He has served as a board member of an MLS as well as Chairman of the Technology Task Force for his State Association of REALTORS®. He obtained both GRI and CRS designations and developed and taught some of the very first GRI courses on technology and the Internet.

Max has shared marketing and technology ideas with more than 100,000 Brokers and agents over the past 15 years and has travelled more than 2 million miles to speak to REALTORS® in every state in America. Having been involved with REALTOR.com® since the days of RIN (REALTORS® Information Network), Max is currently Vice President and is responsible for presenting at numerous Marketing & Technology Workshops as well as several national conventions each year.

Websites:
www.realtor.com
www.realestateseries.com
www.facebook.com/maxpigman

Ines is all Miami, all the time. A Miami Beach Realtor® with Majestic properties, Ines authors Miamism.com, PrimeMiamiBeach.com, and MiamismPix.com and is always on communication's leading edge. She goes out of her way to engage and be engaged, often using Mojitos to keep the mood light and give everything she does a Miami flavor.

Founding Partner of Team Miamism, one of South Florida's first realty teams to capitalize on Internet marketing and dedicated to using media innovations to promote their services. Ines has been identified by NAR as an influencer in progressive ideas about real estate and, as a result, has been invited to serve at a National level on the International Operations Committee. She was selected as one of Inman News' Real Estate's 50 Most Influential Online:2009 and today is called upon for speaking engagements to educate others on the power of new media. Ines is bilingual and credentialed with a Bachelors Degree in architecture from The University of Miami and specializes in Miami Beach Luxury Properties, historic homes and architecturally relevant real estate with a focus on relationship building and exceptional customer service. You can also find Ines here: Twitter, Flickr, Facebook or LinkedIn.

Ginger Wilcox, Broker Associate, CSM, GRI

Ginger Wilcox is a Broker Associate at Alain Pinel Realtors in Marin County, California as well as a founding partner and Vice President of Business Development for the Social Media Marketing Institute. She is an accomplished speaker, writer and trainer on the real estate industry, online marketing and social media strategy. Ginger has spoken for organizations and events around the country including the U.S. Department of External of Affairs, National Association of REALTORS® Annual Conference, Inman Real Estate Connect, Women’s Council of REALTORS® Annual Conference, Blogworld and New Media Expo, and ReTech South.

Ginger was recognized by Inman News as one of the Top 50 most influential people in online real estate in 2009. Ginger is the publisher of www.BlogbytheBay.com, a highly regarded Bay Area real estate blog and was recognized as one of the top 10 women bloggers in real estate in 2009.

Jeff is a serial entrepreneur and a seasoned business executive of 20 plus years. Under his leadership, his former company, J.J. Grace, was named to the Inc. Magazine list of 500 fastest growing companies in America.

As senior executive and Group President of Vertis, Inc., Jeff brought the needed vision and leadership to a highly diversified corporate Group and integrated the operations, the focus and the spirit of that Group back into the organizational mainstream.

In addition to his role here at Zeek Interactive, Jeff is the founder and creative force behind Real Estate Shows. He is also widely regarded as one of the foremost experts on how to effectively use social media tools, and a sought after conference speaker on topics related to emerging technologies.

In his experience, Jeff has recognized and applied the science of creative communication to his organizations. It has been instrumental in achieving uncommon successes. His insights and knowledge, both practical and academic are integral to how he helps Zeek Interactive solve problems for its clients.

Jeff earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Grace College (Indiana) and a Master’s degree in School Psychology from Ball State University (Indiana). He is married to Racquel Turner and has six children.

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