Chicago Hosts Conference on Social Media in Real Estate

CHICAGO – Registration and sponsorships are now open for Social Real Estate Chicago, a one-day conference for builders, developers, marketers and job seekers in the real-estate industry. Presented by mRELEVANCE [1] and New Home Notebook [2], this event is for those who want to learn more about social media and how to apply the new technology. 

The conference offers six one-hour long sessions presented by local and national social media experts. Speakers include Mitch Levinson, MIRM and Carol Flammer, MIRM, managing partners of award-winning Internet marketing, public relations and social media firm mRELEVANCE, LLC; Rudy Bachraty with Trulia [3]; Sara Bonert with Zillow [4]; Kelly O'Brien with Chicago Tribune/CareerBuilder.com [5]; Julie Wernau, job seeker, publisher of ChicagoNow.com [6]; and Nita Tuskan with New Home Notebook.

The morning sessions will focus on utilizing social media for brand building and will include topics such as the “Dos and Don'ts” of social media for business, best practices and reputation management. The afternoon sessions will focus on social media for job seekers and provide the perspective of both the job applicant and employer. The afternoon sessions will conclude the workshop with a wrap-up presentation on tracking and measuring one's efforts and a how-to list for getting started in social media.

Conference attendees will learn how social media can be used to build their company, product, brand or service or for job seekers, their own professional appeal and growth. Sessions will include case studies and provide an in-depth review of social media tools. The conference will allow attendees to meet and learn from a group of real-world social media experts and to network with others in the Chicago area interested in using social media as a marketing tool.

Organized by mRELEVANCE and NewHomeNotebook.com, Social Real Estate Chicago will be held at the Abbington at 3 IL Route 53 in Glen Ellyn, Ill., at the corner of Route 53 and Butterfield Road. Registration is $25 for half-day attendees and $50 for full-day attendees, with lunch included for full-day registrants. Visit socialrealestatechicago.com [7] to register or to get more information. Follow Social Real Estate Chicago on Twitter at twitter.com/SocialREChicago [8].

About New Home Notebook: New Home Notebook is a social media marketing site that allows developers and the home-buying public to interact on all facets of the home-buying process. New Home Notebook is a complete social networking site that makes finding a new home easy, with information on all new construction from large developments to small rehabs. The site allows developers to put their project information online and add new information, updates, events and news as it occurs, and automatically update the home buyers that have indicated interest in the community. New-home buyers can create their own presence on New Home Notebook and document their home search through blogs, comments and uploaded video and photos that are shared with the community. They also receive online and/or e-mail updates from developments and builder communities that interest them. New Home Notebook is the best place for home buyers to spend their precious search time and for new-home marketers to spend their online marketing dollars. For more information, visit NewHomeNotebook.com [2].

About mRELEVANCE: mRELEVANCE, LLC, is an Internet marketing, social media and public relations firm designed to meet client needs in a changing marketplace by building online and offline relationships that are relevant to client success. Combining the talents and resources of public relations and social media firm Flammer Relations with the power of Internet marketing services at MLC New Home Marketing, mRELEVANCE implements a combination of traditional PR services and up-to-date Web 2.0 tools (e-mail marketing, search engine optimization, social media and others) to create relevant results for clients. The company has offices in Atlanta and Chicago. For more information, visit www.mRELEVANCE.com [1], Fan us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/mRELEVANCE [9], Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/mRELEVANCE [10].