CVMM 3/18/09
The March 18th Central Valley Marketing Meeting had over 75 agents and affiliates in attendance for the annual Affiliate Appreciation Breakfast. Thank you to all who attended and to the outstanding affiliates!
Speaker, Sarah Fields, gave a tour of the CV Marketing Meeting website and has requested support in completing the meeting history and the Christmas CanTree fundraiser sections of the site. Sarah also gave an overview of RSS feeds and how to put them to work to get blog updates delivered right to you. Have you set up your RSS feed for the CVMM Blog? For more information about RSS, check out the following super simple video from Lee Lefever (@leelefever in Twitter-Speak) of The Common Craft Show:
Sarah also gave an introduction to Web 2.0 for the Real Estate arena and covered how online social networks like Twitter and Facebook can serve as a highly effective business tool. With more than 175 million users on Facebook and well over 108,000 users identified in the Modesto Network, proper understanding and implementation of social networking efforts are sure to result in a hefty ROI. Sarah Fields is offering a 2-hour training session on Thursday, March 26th on Twitter & Facebook. Register online for this Boot Camp and for information on the upcoming MeetUps at http://realestateagent.meetup.com/250/.
Marya Pimentel of Century 21 M&M and Associates presented the 2008 Affiliate Appreciation Awards:
2008 Affiliate Company Appreciation Award - Residential Pacific Mortgage
2008 Individual Affiliate Appreciation Award - Linda Carol, All American Mortgage
2008 Appreciation Award - Charlie Garner, Masonic Lodge Event Custodian
2008 Appreciation Award - Lydia Linares, Marketing Chair
2008 Appreciation Realtor® Award - Jeannie MacDonald