Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

If you missed the live broadcast, watch on-demand for some really cool social networking tips and tricks from Matthew Ferrara. Matthew shares his social networking secrets for sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn! Not a member? Join now for 100′s of video lessons as well as member only broadcasts!

If you missed our broadcast, “Recruiting the Next Generation,” here’s the free on-demand video from the Matthew Ferrara Learning Network launch this week. There’s still time to Sign Up and join tomorrow’s free broadcast, “Social Networking Tips.” Become a member today and enjoy hundreds of other on-demand video lessons in our extensive training library as well as upcoming Member Only broadcasts!

Enjoy the on-demand video from today’s free Matt[Live!] session as part of the Matthew Ferrara Learning Network launch this week. Close the generation gap with insights on Gen X consumers, then become a member and enjoy hundreds of other video lessons online in our extensive training library! If you missed today’s live broadcast, check out the on-demand video here. Then SIGN UP to attend the rest of the week’s live events or become a full Member to access more than 200 more videos, ideas and training sessions in the library.

If you missed today’s MattLive! Broadcast, watch the training session on-demand – then join the Matthew Ferrara Learning Network to access hundreds more training sessions.

Announcing the launch of the Matthew Ferrara Learning Network with a whole week of FREE Matt[Live] WebTV!

Methuen, MA – May 4, 2010 – Matthew Ferrara & Co. today announced the release of their new “Secrets of Social Networking” Training Program designed to offer real estate companies a compelling and long-term social networking training solution. The new package delivers a live, WebTV broadcast with Matthew Ferrara featuring his flagship presentation, “Secrets of Social Networking.” This popular program, often seen at major international real estate conferences, offers compelling strategies for driving business through Social Networking practices. The 90-minute program is complemented by a full video recording of the workshop, managers-only consultation and a series of nearly 30 training videos for continued “hands-on” training with the primary social networking channel, Facebook. “As web-based and on-demand training becomes more attractive to organizations, we built the Secrets of Social Networking Training Program to deliver a 1-2 punch for educational events,” said Matthew Ferrara, President and CEO. “This workshop offers companies the opportunity to host a live, interactive event, but more importantly, provide a wealth of training videos to help agents and managers apply what they have learned – on demand – long after the event is over.”

High definition television style broadcast learning from Matthew Ferrara & Company’s new WebTV service.

Here’s a case study on everything NOT to do when dealing with GEN X consumers in the modern era. Sorry, Lenovo: You’re fired.

Matthew Ferrara announces new managers workshop on social networking and a lead conversion session for agents optimizing their leads management results.

Real estate market got you down? REALTORS can learn the correct spells and incantations to keep the bad housing spirits away.

During the holidays, most of us are taking some time to slow down, enjoy the season, and recharge the batteries. It’s been a tough year – and next year will likely prove just as tough. But while it’s important to enjoy the festivities and good cheer, don’t forget that January 2 will likely be the most important day of the next twelve months. For REALTORS especially.

Where do most people enjoy the holidays? At home, in their back yards, around their fireplaces. All of which real estate professionals play a part in making special for millions of people. Whether the sun is shining or the snow is falling, REALTORS help make the holidays a little better for families around the world.

November 12 – San Diego, CA – As the National Association of REALTORS Annual Convention opens this week in San Diego, Matthew Ferrara & Company announced the launch of its latest learning service, real estate brainchain (http://www.rebrainchain.com). The new online video learning community features high-quality training lessons for real estate professionals on a broad variety of topics like sales, marketing, technology and management. As easy to use as YouTube, but with real estate specific content, brainchain launches with almost 100 ready-to-learn lessons featuring some of the industry’s top trainers. “Brainchain changes the paradigm in online learning for REALTORS,” says Matthew Ferrara, CEO of Matthew Ferrara & Company, the parent of brainchain. “In the last two decades, we have repeatedly delivered innovations in real estate training, first by incorporating technology into the classroom, then by creating the industry’s largest delivery system of webinars. We’ll deliver more than 3500 webinars this year alone, but we still don’t think that’s enough availability and affordability for the industry. That’s why we’re introducing real estate brainchain.” The new platform uses the latest video innovations to change how real estate professionals use the internet to grow their business. While many real estate agents have been using [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Listen to this radio interview by clicking the play button above. You can also click the podcast icon to listen in your default mp3 player. Matthew Ferrara spent the morning with Michael Saunders and Company recently, helping this market-leading firm leverage the latest sales, marketing and technology tools to reach for the future. A prominent member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and a four-decade market leader in Florida luxury real estate, Michael Saunders brought more than 400 agents, managers and staff together for a “Re-Invent Yourself” event that featured a special version of our Secrets of Social Networking to launch the day.

April 2 – Camp Verde, AZ April 15 – Wichita, KS April 16 – Overland Park, KS Our workshop will teach you how to maximize the potential of social networks, including: Identifying the “business case” for social networking as a primary prospecting tool Examining the research of how modern consumers are using social networking every day Creating a plan to use the most important social networks as prospecting platforms like Facebook. LinkedIn, MySpace and other key sites Leverage Hispanic social networking sites – like MySpace en Espanol and MiGente to tap into the growing Hispanic marketplace in real estate Creating an online presence using key features of social networking – status updates, sharing links, video, testimonials and more Develop a Daily Action Plan to update and influence your sphere of influence Managing your social networking presence using mobile wireless tools Master the the “do’s and don’t’s” of social networking Expanding your Sphere of Influence with recommendations and connections Replacing traditional “database, mass emailing, postcard mailings and classified ads” with social networking tools Developing a short- and long-term sales pipeline with these modern Customer for Life systems