Congrats to Zoritha Thompson who won the iPad drawing!
| After my smash hit appearance at the Sacramento Association of Realtors for AREAA, the self proclaimed "real estate diva deal-maker" Dao Tran & I dish about real estate. (We met one year ago! Dao, where's my anniversary ring??) During my presentation, I searched on twitter for SF Realtor, and amazingly, I found a tweet from a guy who needed help relocating to SF. I live tweeted him on stage, and by end of my chat, he tweeted me back to contact him. Awesome new lead! |
Add Comment  This is a real ad of me, Mr. Hand Model! Asian Real Estate Association of America has invited me to speak about social networking and how I use my iPad for business. After my chat, you'll wonder how you ever closed a deal without one! Please come for a chance to win an Apple iPad & tickets to Sacramento Kings!
Above is a video of my hands swishing over an iPad! I couldn't have said this better myself! Grahma Hill's talk for Ted.com really sums up the way I'm trying to lead my life. Pare everything down. There was a time when I bought recklessly and for the wrong reasons...but really, all that did was increase my bills and make me unhappy. How many $150 T-shirts does a guy really need?! After all, a cotton T is a cotton T! As long as I look like a million bucks in it, who cares if it's H&M or GUCCI. So, I do my best to live sparsely, be efficient and nimble. Not to sound like some Pinko, but the way we are living our lives for the last few decades is going to be the end of us. More debt & more stress. What is the point of endless accumulation of useless stuff & the constant commericial consumption. Even in real estate, the idea you have to keep trading up to bigger and better house every few years is just not sustainable. I'm not saying you all can live in the 420 sq ft pad featured in the video (although I would love to! so cool) but let's edit down our lives, our space or consumption. You'll be so much at peace...Trust me, I've been there!   I had a fantastic time at last year's NAR Conference in New Orleans! I'll be back this weekend for the 2011 Conference in Anaheim to speak for KODAK. If you're at the convention, please catch me at 11am Saturday Nov 12, "How to Snag Clients with Videoblogging!" I'm also attending RISMedia's Power Broker Dinner Friday Nov 11. Stop by to say hi if you see me!  Thanks for everyone who came to see me speak at the National Convention for Asian Real Estate Association of America! I've been getting emails and tweets from some of you who got inspired by my talk about videoblogging. Hooray! Here I am at the Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate After-Party with my friends: BHG CEO Sherry Chris, powerhouse broker Christophe Choo of Beverly Hills. Below is the re-cap video. I'm interviewed at 4:29, if you are curious to see. See you at the AREAA 2012 Convention in Vegas! AREAA 2011 Convention - Recap from ANN on Vimeo.  Click above to watch my video for SOLD MAGAZINE EXPO! To accompany my cover article, Sold Magazine asked me to do a special videoblog post for Sold Expo. I gladly obliged! Watch my clip for top tips for Real Estate Video Blogging. I did my best-est to condense one of my public speaking topics: SOCIAL MEDIA: I ♥ VideoBlogging & So Should You!" If you've never seen that presentation live, you'll see this is the Cliff Notes version! Happy Vlogging! Share your videos with me, I'd love to see!   Here is a celebratory pic of me after my hit presentation for the Asian Real Estate Association of America National Conference at the historic San Francisco Palace Hotel. I'm flanked by my fellow speakers Ryan Asao (VP of AREAA), John Reyes (Dir of Open Houses Inc), Craig Stammler (Wells Fargo) & Christophe Choo (Beverly Hills Coldwell Banker) who posted on my facebook, "Enjoyed your talk at the AREAA session, you are very entertaining and a hoot" Thank you all for coming to see me speak! 再见! さようなら! 작별! (like I have any idea what that means. But hey, it's Asian UPDATE: My fellow panelist Katerina Gasset gave a shout out to me on her ActiveRain Blog: "Herman Chan is SO funny! He really had the crowd laughing. Herman is a video blogger (vblogger) and shared his top tips to doing video blogging. He has been on HGTV and many other TV shows. He is a San Francisco celebrity realtor®." I call Katerina the Google Gal because she knows exactly how to work that SEO! Check her out here.  I've spoken several times before for the Asian Real Estate Association of America in Las Vegas, Sacramento and even hosted their annual golf tournament. They are a fun group of dedicated real estate professionals! I'll be on stage Friday September 30, 2011 at the AREAA National Convention to discuss "Boosting Your Business through Online Communities: Most practitioners are using Facebook and Twitter to connect with potential clients, but how can you set yourself apart from the thousands who use social media? Hear about new ways to leverage online communities to promote your brand, increase sales and build referrals." Register here. Tickets range from $299 - $399 See you there!  "Habitat for Hermanity's Herman Chan, a real estate celebrity and expert, did a dynamite session at Real Estate Connect San Francisco on how and why Realtors should be using video as an integral part of their business..." Read the rest of the article by Bernice Ross here. If you missed me at Real Estate Connect, don't fret. Tune into my free 1 hour webinar August 30th "SOCIAL MEDIA: I ♥ VideoBlogging & So Should You! It's hosted by YPN & California Association of Realtors. By the way, do my eyes deceive me?! "Real Estate Celebrity"? I'm flattered by such a glowing label by the venerable Inman News, but honestly, I'm just a country bumpkin trying to find my way in the big city. (wink) |
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