At Matthew Ferrara and Company, We Make Companies Better.

Over twenty years, across America, Canada, Europe, and the South Pacific, we’ve been helping companies become their best. We love helping people do things better. Whether that’s adapting to changing customer demographics or adopting innovative tools, our focus remains growing companies by pursuing opportunities in sales, marketing, technology and management.

Two Decades Making Companies Better.

Every day, Matthew cross-pollenates best practices across industries around the world. Matthew is actually a trained philosopher who puts his mind to work helping organizations think – and act – better. He’s helped real estate agents sell to the modern consumer. He’s helped business owners master their marketing and leads management systems. He’s worked with international organizations to implement best practices in business. Matthew helps companies create the future they wish to see.

A Focus on Opportunities, Not Just Challenges.

Matthew is a big believer in ideas. They drive our success more than hard work. Great ideas are what make competitive. Smart companies have a plan. He thinks the ideas of customers can best be known by asking them with social media. He has accepted the idea that nobody waits two weeks for delivery any more. He knows most companies waste their efforts on solving problems, rather than simply pursuing opportunities.

Even the Pope Has Six Twitter Accounts.

Matthew loves technology. He grew up analog, but lives digital. He understands the transition many people still have to make, from Ernestine to Twitter. He has a special knack for making that journey easier. Matthew’s company has delivered more than 2000 seminars, five thousand webinars and operates a 24/7 internet video and liveTV service that helps clients boldly go into the future.

Style

You say tomato, we say sauce. You say “but”, and we’ll kick it. Yes, we’re a bit snarky. We put sarcasm in our coffee, and a smirk in our tweets. Overturning the apple cart is just part of the game. If you want nice, we got that, too. But most of our clients want better, which is the part of nice that comes from smart. That’s why we’ve been honored to work with some of the world’s leading companies. But the best metric of our style? Clients keep coming back.

What Makes Matthew Ferrara & Company Different?

We quote Peter Drucker, for fun.

How Old is Matthew?

Young enough to know that Lady Gaga has 16 million Twitter followers. Old enough to tell clients her song “Telephone” isn’t a sales strategy.

Why does Matthew make a lot of references to Captain Kirk?

He doesn’t like to lose.

A few of our accomplishments:

• Keynote Speaker and Workshop leader, more than 2000 times since 1991
• Keynote, Sotheby’s International Realty, 2011, 2010
• Keynote, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, 2010
• Speaker, Christie’s International Real Estate, 2011
• Main Stage and workshops, Coldwell Banker GenBlue Conferences since 2001
• Dean of Innovation, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World
• Technology Chair, Treasurer, Real Estate Educators Association
• 1997 Educator of the Year (RI)
• 1999 Award, Best Training Company, by AgentNews.com
• Integrity Selling Certified Instructor
• Integrity Coaching Certified Instructor

Notable Clients:

• Gibson Sotheby’s International Real Estate
• Harcourts Real Estate, Australia
• Harcourts Real Estate, New Zealand
• Harcourts Real Estate, United States
• EWM Realtors
• Willis Allen Real Estate
• Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage (Most Metros)
• Atlas Van Lines, Canada and U.S.
• Virginia Cook Realtors
• Realty Alliance
• Waterstone Mortgage (WI/National)
• ERA Real Estate (Corporate and Brokerages)
• Gibson Sotheby’s Real Estate
• Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Real Estate
• William Pitt Sotheby’s International Real Estate

What Kinds of Things Do We Do?

• Strategic planning
• Leadership consulting
• Keynotes for conferences and retreats
• Management training and coaching
• Franchise sales and relationship manager training
• Sales and marketing training
• Technology workshops (e-commerce, mobile, social, video)
• Consumer research and trends

Where Have We Been??

Are We Any Good?

We’ll leave that up to you; but for your consideration, we offer a few kind words from some of our current clients. You might also like to see what they’re saying about us online.

Pam Johnson O’Connor
Leading Real Estate Companies of the World

“Matthew has impressed me from Day One, which is why we keep asking back. He has a rare grasp of the basics of the traditional brokerage business AND the potential for enhancement brought by interactive marketing and social media. He understands that it’s about people. Matthew not only has this expertise but he’s a great teacher and presenter, mixing effective delivery of concepts with humor and examples. He’s one of the best consultants/teachers in the business today….a really special talent!”

Anthony Dolceamore
Sotheyby’s International Realty

“Matthew is simply the best speaker when it comes to the topics of technology and real estate, period! I have been in organizations where hired Matthew and I’ve also worked with him in a variety of projects over the years and he always brings new and fresh ideas to the table. I would highly recommend Matthew and his team of professionals for speaking engagements, training, or coaching your team of professionals.”

David Carner
Coldwell Banker Business Consultant

“Matthew is an exceptional trainer, speaker and visionary in the area of real estate technology. He was dynamic, engaging, well informed, and entertaining. Afterwards, I had the opportunity to speak with Matthew on the current state of our real estate industry as a whole, and found that he also has a firm grasp of today’s most vexing problems, and some very original and inspired ideas on what to do about them. He is truly a renaissance man well versed in virtually all aspects of the real estate business. I am also grateful that my company has chosen to follow Matthew’s advice on a variety of real estate questions, and hope that he continues to play a decisive role in the direction of the company.”

Jeanne Fischer
VP Inter@ctive Marketing, Century 21 Real Estate LLC

“Matthew Ferrara is an extremely talented professional and leader with an extraordinary level of integrity & class. His ability to please clients consistently is unparalleled. Matt’s entire team is formed from the same mold with remarkable skills in consulting, training and technology. Matt and team revolutionize the real estate industry with their talent and consummate support and advice.

Rick Calanni
Coldwell Banker Affiliate Services

“There are simply not enough words to describe the force that Matthew Ferrara exemplifies in business. He is by any means, a prodigy, who can consult at the highest level across all aspects of real estate business. Not only does Matthew become the voice of innovation and technology for realtors, but the advocate for deploying the fundamental skills and practices needed to be successful in real estate and how technology “supports” these commandments. Quick on his feet, creatively outstanding and fiercely loyal, Matthew is both visionary and role model within the real estate industry.”

Terri Fredrich
First Weber Group

“The information he shared shook many out of their comfort zones and at the same time created excitement and energy about our changing industry. Matthew challenged people to think differently, inviting them to embrace the changes in our industry. To be able to accomplish this with a group of people, many older, traditional real estate agents, speaks to the talent, style and skill of Matthew Ferrara!”