Every once in a while, you get involved in something that is bigger than any one person, or even any one team of people, and just being a part of it, being able to say, “I was there when …”, is worth 100x the cost of admission. For example, I was at Game 7 of the world series when the Diamondbacks defeated the New York Yankees in 2001. It’s still cool to think about it.
I have a feeling, that this is what RE BarCamp Phoenix 2009 is going to be like. Ok, perhaps not quite as cool as the 2001 World Series, but pretty cool. If you aren’t there, and are remotely interested in social media as it relates to real estate, I think you’ll wish you were. Already, in just the first 24 hours, with only a few notices on Twitter and Facebook, we have over 50 confirmed attendees, with another 35+ that are on the fence. We know the venue (Scottsdale Stadium) can easily accommodate 250 attendees. We may be able to handle 400 people. We aren’t sure about more. Will you be in attendance? Will you be able to say, “I was there when…”
What is Real Estate BarCamp Phoenix?
Wait, you don’t know what Real Estate BarCamp Phoenix is? It’s a conference, except that it’s not a conference. Attendance will be free. The agenda will be fluid. Most of the presentations will be scheduled that morning (we will invite speakers to create a blog post describing their proposed topic, prior to the event). The information sharing will be phenomenal. The topics will primarily center around the use of social media as it relates to the real estate industry, but social media junkies will find plenty of value as they relate it to their industry.
This past year, Virginia, Seattle and New York have had BarCamps. They were each very successful. Like Phoenix, Portland and Los Angeles have BarCamps scheduled in April. Word is spreading that these un-conferences are cool, and packed with more information than your typical real estate conference, but with a side benefit that it’s free to attend. Let me repeat that last part in case you missed it the last 2 times: It’s free to attend.
What types of topics might you hear talked about at this conference? Things like:
- Using Twitter as a vehicle to promote your business successfully
- Using Facebook to do the same
- Using Linked In
- Advertising on Facebook
- Effective advertising via Google Adwords
- Blogging 101: Introduction to blogging
- Blogging 201: You have a blog, what are tips and tricks to successful blogging?
- Blogging 401: SEO concepts & link building?
- Podcasting and video blogging
- Social media etiquette: Business versus personal voice
- How-To: Integrating plug-ins & IDX feeds into your blog
- Marketing with Statistics
- Is print media dead?
If you think you might attend, please visit the Facebook event page and RSVP as a maybe. If you will definitely attend, please say YES on Facebook (which lets everyone know you are attending), and also RSVP at the RE BarCamp web site. RSVP at the web site will reserve a shirt for you, and it will be the official count. If we have to close registration, due to capacity, we’ll use the RE BarCamp web site to determine who is in or out.
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Steve,
This is an *excellent* post on why people will want to attend BarCamp. Thanks for all of your hard work in helping make this a reality for all of us in Arizona!
btw, I was at game 7 as well, it was “kind” of cool, in a non-geek sorta way!
It was your blog that encouraged me to start blogging and yours is still one that I return again and again. Thank you!
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