Southern California Chapter of CRS members have an outstanding opportunity coming their way for a 1-year on-line training program with numerous tutorials on social media sites.

This program features:

• weekly webinars (up to 3 per week if you choose & you can attend whenever you wish as they will be recorded)
• PLUS multiple tutorials on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Posterous adn more.

The cost will be $119 if you sign up by November 6 and only $149 therafter.

Members will be receiving an email at the beginning of the week of October 26th  - don't miss this terrific opportunity, whether you are totally in the dark about social media OR already play in that space but want a more systematic step-by-step way to use social media to grow your business.

Here's the link to the website so you can read more and register.

This will be another terrific (and FREE) learning experience on technology and social media, and who knows what else. At it's at the beach, at the Blule Beet Bar Cafe in Newport Beach on June 25.

While this is not a SoCal CRS event, you can bet some of us will be there. Will you?!

REGISTER for REBarCampOC

Here is another opporunity for you to learn more about technology adn social media iin a fun, lively atmosphere with some of the best folks in the business.

RE Bar Camp OC,a FREE 1-day event open to all, will be held on June 25 at the Blue Beet Cafe in Newport beach (on the beach).

Read more about this event and how to register here.

Did you know that your CRS profile on-line in the National Database will now include your profile links to several social media sites?

Those of you "in the know" about the advantages of participating in social media networking are probably members of one or more of the most popular sites (I personally recommend the first 4)

• ActiveRain - blogging site
  
• LinkedIn
  
• Facebook
  
• Twitter - microblogging site
  
• Hi5
  
• Orkut
  
• MySpace.

Now you can include profile links to those sites in your on-line profile. Plus you can add two additional ones (I included my Plaxo Profile)

Simply log in to My Advantage on the CRS site and click on the link to Update Your Member Profile. Add the correct links from the individual site then save.

REMEMBER: You can follow the SoCal CRS Chapter on Twitter - @SoCalCRS

The Southern California Chapter of CRS® &

DOMUS Consulting Group 

Present

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING WEBINAR SERIES

Social Media 101 – Regular Pace (if new to social media):

Dates: Mondays, February 16 thru May 16, 10:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m. ON-LINE

Cost $49 per month for this SoCal CRS® Sponsored Webinar (normally $99/month)

·        Learn about the value of blogging for your business and how to set one up

·        Understand what social media marketing is and how it will help you build your business in today’s economy

·        Learn effective ways to build massive social networks and create effective referral systems

·        Learn how to use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media tools to expand your on-line network

·        Learn how to be a “hub” for breaking real estate news in your community and enhance your on-line real estate presence

Social Media 101 – Firehose Pace (for those with Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn experience already):

Dates: Tuesdays, beginning February 17 thru May 17, 9a.m.- 10 a.m. ON-LINE

Cost $49 per month for this SoCal CRS® Sponsored Webinar (normally $99/month)

NOTE: You can attend both classes, or any combination you wish, during the month for the same fee for additional learning or to accommodate your schedule

WHERE:           FREE Access ON-LINE from home or office using GoToMeeting.com. Specific logon details will be sent to you each week. Classes are recorded for later review.

ADVANCE ON-LINE REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Register at http://DomusConsultingGroup.com/crs

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Twitter is becoming very much a part of mainstream social media networking. You surely have heard of it, or perhaps are even tweeting on Twitter now. Many folks use it for its social aspects, and there is certainly a great deal of value in expanding your on-line social network and letting folks know who you are and what areas you service.

But Twitter can also help you in your business if you choose to make the effort to use it..

I wrote a recent article on ActieRain that you may find useful if you are using Twitter now. And it might give you an incentive to get involved with Twitter - after all, it's free.

READ MORE about How You can use Hashtags on Twitter to Your Advantage.

Here's something else you may be interested in if you want to know MORE about social media networking (Twitter, Facebook, LInkedIn, and other tools and websites) and how it will help you grow your business.

Southern California Chapter of CRS is sponsoring a webinar series (12 weeks) beginning in February. STAY TUNED FOR MY NEXT POST so you can register. SoCal members will be receiving an email about this terrific series today (I have taken it myself and I can tell you it is WELL WORTH the low cost).

And you can follow ME on Twitter if you wish at Twitter.com/jdowler

The Southern California Chapter of CRS is now on Linked In.

You can visit the group and join here