SEATTLE – (Aug. 6, 2008) – Jim Walberg, a 35-year REALTOR® who is well-known for his real-estate blogs on the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Caribbean, will reveal how LuxuryRealEstate.com members can generate real estate leads by implementing the rules and strategies of blogging, His presentation will be at the 13th Annual Luxury Real Estate Fall Conference in Philadelphia. The conference is scheduled for October 11-14, 2008 at The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia.
Two years ago, Walberg said he had a vision of a lead-generation Web site that could allow people to buy or sell properties anywhere in the world. He decided to start with the Caribbean, creating www.CaribbeanIslandsRealty.com.
“I have spent over 35 years in the Caribbean as a sailor and as a REALTOR®, so I know this region of the world very well,” said Walberg, the 60-year-old co-owner of The Bay Area Team, and one of the most successful real estate teams at Keller Williams Realty in Danville, Calif. “I never expected there would be any lead-generation results from my experiment. I was just experimenting. And after two years of Blogging, it has been confirmed that my vision of creating an internet real estate site, which allows people from all over the world to participate in real estate sales and purchases, is really possible.”
Walberg’s blogging experiment has produced many positive results for his real estate companies. “One hundred percent of our Caribbean real estate business is currently coming from inquiries from our Caribbean blog site,” he said. “We are receiving inquires each day from a total of 16 countries! Our www.EastBayRealEstate.com site has also added over 10 percent to our revenue of our San Francisco Bay Area real estate practice. Before blogging, all of our Bay Area real estate customers came from referrals, so this has been a significant addition to our Bay Area real estate business revenue.”
Unlike some professionals who guard their “tricks of the trade” to be successful, Walberg says that bloggers are remarkably open about their strategies for success. “Bloggers are the most open and sharing community I have found on the Internet,” he said. “They want every blogger to win!” Walberg plans to share many of the keys to success in blogging with fellow luxury brokers and agents in a group discussion at the Luxury Real Estate Fall Conference.
More than 300 LuxuryRealEstate.com members from around the world are expected to attend the conference. Niurka (www.niurkainc.com), a highly sought-after keynote speaker, consultant and peak-performance coach, will also speak at this event.
For more information on the 13th Annual Luxury Real Estate Fall Conference, visit www.luxuryrealestate.com/conference.
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Hi Bob,
Thanks for the plug about the upcoming Luxury Real Estate conference in Philadelphia. It is one of the best networking opportunities we have with the top Realtors in the country. I was honored to be asked about what we are doing with blogging as a lead generator for our Caribbean real estate business. I continue to appreciate the information you bring to your readers through your blogging. I look forward to our continued dialogue. Thanks for the services you provide our second home buyers. Until next time…fair winds!
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