Attention REBloggers: CREST Survey #2

The Center for Real Estate and Social Technologies (CREST) released the results of their first survey at REBarcamp recently and they revealed some interesting information about blogging within the real estate vertical (view the results here). The second survey delves a little deeper to find out which social media tools are being used to enhance blogging efforts. I think if CREST can get a good cross section of participation in these surveys it could go a long way toward helping the industry craft some meaningful educational and reference materials for beginning bloggers. Participants in the survey will be able to receive the executive summary when it is released. Deadline for this survey is on Aug 21st.


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Podcast Interview - CREST - Center For Real Estate and Social Technology

Ben Martin, the communications and new media director for the Virginia Association of Realtors recently contacted me regarding a new initiative being backed by VAR. It's called CREST, The Center for Real Estate and Social Technology. The center is being billed as a research effort designed to help real estate professionals enter into or improve upon their efforts in blogging and social media. (CREST's efforts are not limited to the Virginia area.)

The first effort is a 14 question survey on blogging. The results will be announced at REBarcamp on 7/22. I had the opportunity to do a podcast call with Ben and Danilo Bogdanovic, a blogger in Virginia that is helping with the launch of the Center.

I think the idea behind CREST could go a long way toward helping real estate professionals create the best mix of social media and blogging tools and look forward to the results of their data mining efforts. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey and help CREST meet their goal of 100+ responses to their first effort.

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