Thanks to all the volunteers, sponsors and participants for making Real Estate Bar Camp Kansas City amazingly successful.

The REMAX Main Room, Give & Take Session

The WordCampKC team revealing wordpress tips

Thanks to your generosity, we will be donating over $500 to Harvesters  Community Food Network for the second year in a row.

More than 250 attendees participated in 30 sessions ranging from Open Technology Forum to specific topics like WordPress SEO and how to build and create a video on the Mac.

I received many compliments after the event, and they are much appreciated.   Hopefully you gained insight, tips or new relationships – If so, we should do it again.

Location: 1111 Main St in the Town Pavilion Building on the 4th Floor

Parking: You can park anywhere close, but the Town Pavilion garage is a good deal

Time: Registration opens at 8am, First session at 9am

Happy Hour: Join us at Johnny’s Power and Light Location

Your 3 Goals Today:

1) Join 4 conversations you want to learn about

2) Join AT LEAST one session far outside your  comfort area and just listen.  Learn a bit of what you don’t know at all.

3) Help educate others. <- MOST IMPORTANT

Extra Credit: Share

Twitter #REBCKC

Real Estate in Kansas City is changing all the time.  New marketing tools, technology and systems can help you grow your business & save time.

The all volunteer REBCKC team is excited to bring you Real Estate BarCamp KC for the Second Year.  We are looking forward to fun networking and educational un-planned sessions  at our un-confrence.  Just remember this event is what you make of it. Get your hands dirty and plan step out of your comfort zone.

Plus, Attend the Give Away Take Away end of day wrap up and you could win a New ipad2 and $1500 in gift cards thanks to our Sponsors!

Until the event, join the conversation on our Facebook page – Cant wait to see you there!

The Big Picture:

The Drum Room, Est 1941

Wednesday Sept 28th

5pm Happy Hour Tweet Up #REBCKC &  “Beer Camp”   The Drum Room 1335 Baltimore

Thursday sept 29th

8 am Registration Opens.  (We will ask for a $5 cash donation to Harvesters at Registration)

-4th Floor of the iconic Town Pavilion Bldg. 1100 Walnut

rebckc cafe room

- Reece & Nichols Sponsored Coffee and Breakfast

9 am REBarCamp Rookie Orientation Begins

9:15 Session 1 REbarCamp Opening Discussion and Panel

10am – 10:45 Session 2

Session at REBCKC

11am -11:45 Session 3

11:45 – 1pm Lunch in Downtown

1pm – 1:45 Session 4

Clareity Afternoon Snack

2pm – 2:45 Session 5

3pm – 3:45 Session 6

3:45 pm - *Take Away & Give Away - Ipad2 and over$1500 in gift card donations.

*MUST be Present to Win. But you already knew that didn’t you.

Post BarCamp Networking PARTY at Johnny’s Tavern (One block South)  The upper area is for our group.

You better Recognize, before you Optimize,  fool.

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) can be bought, manipulated and executed.

“Do you want to be number one in google?” (Wow, that call gets old)  In order to spite the caller, You dig in and learn some tips, change some things and add some awesome sauce.

However, blind shots in the dark, or “a friend told me to do this” will only get you mediocre results.  The worst case scenario is you don’t know what results you have….(gasp) because you don’t track results.

This Thursday, at Real Estate BarCamp Kansas City, We will ask each other what is working, failing and examine just what might work in the future of SEO.

Drill down topics to include:

Analytic Pyrotechnics.

Will Twitter and Yelp Help?

I want My Baby-Back, Baby-Back, Baby-Back -Links.

These are topics, Tips, tools and tricks discussed in a group setting  – what works? what is a waste?  What else?

This is about YOU.  Be a Part of the Event, the discussion and the learning. You can make an SEO discussion topic suggestion below:

Country Gravy, fried eggs, bacon and hashbrowns.   Now I’m starving…. but what does this have to do with and what the heck is a hashtag for? More importantly – does it have anything to do with Real Estate in Kansas City?

Absolutely.  The term and use of the hashtag is imperative for realtors who want to get involved in their local community and  get the most out of twitter.

The term is only a few years old and is associated with Twitter – so don’t feel bad if you don’t fully get it.

When preceding a word, The Pound or Number sign “#” combined with the word is refereed to as a hashtag.  Early adopters of twitter wanted a way to lump together like minded people and conversations and created the easy to use hashtag. For example, The cholesterol packed  plate I mentioned above would be summed up with the hashtag #breakfast….. or perhaps #healthfood.  The twitter language has a hefty dose of sarcasm and irony when hashtags are concerned.  Also – notice there is no space between health & food – #’s only work when combined without a space.

BBQ hashtags & Hashtag Bingo

Hashtags can help you organize and connect with like minded potential buyers or sellers and allow you to interact. If you are a local BBQ fan, perhaps its your niche or identity – then you would want to connect with other locals that crave the Q.  (Why am I so food focused?)

In twitter (or in my case Hoot Suite) I searched for #KCBBQ and got the results to the left.  At any moment there are conversations going on about what you are interested in on twitter.  People are social – and people who post to twitter frequently crave feedback and interaction (& in this case, smokey sauce covered ribs).

There is a WRONG way to use hashtags, and it is lovingly called Hashtag Bingo  or Hashtag overkill.  Today, the best practice and conventional wisdom and says 0-2 max per tweet.  Its #irritating to #read a #hashtag on #every #word of a #sentence.  (note example on left)

How can you use hashtags more effectively today? The # for the Real Estate Barcamp Kansas City is #REBCKC Its nice and short and is easily typed on a mobile device rather than the events whole name.  If you have a question about #REBCKC, just use the hastag and ask the question on twitter – that way anyone following the hashtag can answer the question for you.  The day of our event Sept 29th 2011, people will post photos, comments and feedback to the hashtag.  In hootsuite you can even save them as columns of content for easy reference.

Now that that is straightened out, Please pass the Hashtags.

Hey – you can also opt to follow @REBCKC on Twitter for event info and or Come to Real Estate Bar Camp KC to chat IRL about what works!

The 2011 ReBarCamp Kansas City Team at lunch Wed.

Last years REBarCampKC attendees were treated to a fantastic event in an amazing space in the heart of downtown Kansas City Mo.  The space worked so well and was such a hit, we’re going to do it again!  The Second Real Estate Bar Camp Kansas City will be held at the Town Pavilion Building.  Its a great location in Downtown’s Power and Light District where you can get your inner geek in gear.

This years event is on Thursday September 29th 2011 .

Charge your mobile device batteries for a fun day of technology & marketing, sharing and listening about what works in today’s real estate market.  The event is Free, but you must RSVP! ….You can’t just walk in – In fact we ran out of space weeks prior to the event last year.

RSVP now and mark your calender!

FYI: A Pre event night out (beercamp) and a post event happy hour are in the works. TBD.

Real Estate Bar Camp Kansas City 2011 is coming this summer! Its marketing, technology and real estate tips tools and tricks in a cool one day event.
If you enjoyed #REBCKC last year, or want to participate this year, please help us find a title sponsor!

The REBCKC Registration Team

The Snow is Melting, lakes are thawing AND There will be a Real Estate Bar Camp Kansas City 2.0!

The REBCKC team is looking for Sponsors that want to help make REBCKC 2.0 Rock.

The 2010 REBCKC sold out 3 weeks prior to the event and hundreds of people were overflowing from sponsored session rooms in downtown KC.  2011 will raise the bar.

2011 Sponsorships start at only $500.  (web link/logo and branding at event)

Sponsorship opportunities are limited -  your team / company / bank / vendor can help fund the best Real Estate Technology and Marketing event in our market.

Stay in the loop with our Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/REBCKC

The day is here!

At 8am doors open and Kansas City will host its first Real Estate Bar Camp. 

If you were lucky / fast enough to get on the RSVP list we will see you Downtown.  We sold out of space 3 weeks ago! There is more demand in KC for these type of events than I imagined!

Because we sold out, we are pleased to announce a limited edition DVD featuring some popular sessions today will be avaliable.

Thanks to our Sponsors for making this day possible!  Now its up to everyone in attendance to make it a success.  This event is/was created, staffed and attended by volunteers just like you.