Intellectual property attorney, social media strategist consultant, Blue Ocean marketer, writer, talking head and Canasta player.
Welcome to The Sellsius° Real Estate Blog
~Publisher: Joseph G. Ferrara, Esq.
jf.sellsius [at] gmail.com 646-714-2720
Sellsius covers all aspects of real estate, with a focus on marketing tools, new technology, innovation, and social media. The goal is to inform in an entertaining way. There are tips, new website applications, trends, consumer news and a heavy dose of humor. You may see something unusual from time to time because we like to color outside the lines. I hope you enjoy reading and find something to smile about.
Send Your Stuff
Guest writers are welcome. If you have something to say about marketing, social media or real estate, send me your post. We love the unique, funny and odd. A good rant gets special treatment (and makes you feel better).
Send any interesting real estate related story or link to Sellsius@gmail(dot)com. We’ll post it. Sellsius will also post your Press Release (free). Email it to Sellsius@gmail (dot)com.
Need Marketing Help? FREE Consultation
Yes, it’s free. (I guess I should not have read Chris Anderson’s new book, FREE.
“Well Joe, how do you make money?”, you may ask.
The answer is in the execution. I love new technology and startups and giving advice (and constructive criticism). I am more than happy to share what I know. But I’ve learned that applying the advice is the tricky part. That’s where I can get paid.
Rent my brain. 646-714-2720
Need Help Blogging? Personal Blogging Coach
Need help starting a blog or improving the one you already have?
Call me at 646-714-2720 or Contact me here. I’ll show you how to get started for free (there’s that word again. Damn you, Chris Anderson.)
- Technology Columnist, Inman News
- Professor, Baruch College, CUNY
- Instructor, Blogging for Business course for real estate agents (MLSLI- LIBOR).
- Blog Professor for HomeGain’s AgentView Blog School
- Member of HGTV’s Frontdoor Bloggers Council.
- Contributing author, HomeGain Real Estate Blog
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Awards Left on The Doorstep:
- Real Estate’s 50 Most Influential Online: 2009 (Inman News, 2009)
- Top 25 Most Influential Real Estate Bloggers, Industry Commentary (Inman News, 2008)
- Top 25 Most Influential Real Estate Bloggers, Marketing and How-to (Inman News, 2007)
- Top 5 Real Estate Industry Blogs (Swanepoel Trends Report, 2007)
Need a Speaker?
Need someone to speak, blab and pontificate at real estate & social media conferences across the country, mostly about social media, blogging, online marketing, and the law?
Call me at 646-714-2720.
Here are some Conferences and Events where I’ve spoken or moderated panels:
- Social Media: How to Cut Through the Hype, Decide What to Do, And Go About Doing It Right (Broker Summit Workshop). January 13, 2009 Inman Connect NYC (panel)
- Tweet This! The Business Case for Twitter (Technology & Media). January 14, 2009, Inman Connect NYC (panel)
- Blogging 101 January 12, 2010 REBarCampNY, New York City (speaker) Folks learned the top secret CABS BEEP strategy.
- Future Real Estate Brokerage, NY, NY, First Virtual Real Estate BarCamp 2009 (speaker) The virtual brokerage paying agents over 100% commission.
- The Future of Local Journalism, NY, NY, Oct. 27, 2009 (moderator). On my panel were Lockhart Steele (Curbed), Jonathan Butler (Brownstoner), Jake Dopkin (Gothamist) and Mark Josephson (Outside.in)
- Webinar, October 16, 2009 New FTC Social Media Guidelines (speaker)
- LIBOR MLS TechFair, Westbury, NY Oct. 2009, How Not to Get Sued on Social Media (speaker)
- Eastern CT Technology in Real Estate, Norwich, CT Sept. 22, 2009: Ask the Technology Experts (panel)
- Coastal Association of Realtors, Berlin, MD Sept. 2009 Social Media for Business class (teacher)
- HomeGain Nation Forum, San Francisco, CA August 2009 Trends of Real Estate Marketing (panel)
- RETechSouth: Social Media Mano y Mano Debate March 2009 (speaker)
- REBarCamp, Philadelphia, PA 2009 Alternative Real Estate Business Models (speaker)
- Debate: Real Estate Lifestyle Search, January, 2009 (speaker)
- MLSLI TechFair, Long Island, New York, 2008 Blogging: The Value to Your Business (panel)
- RE BarCamp, San Francisco July 2008 Pro Bono Real Estate (speaker)
- Inman News RE Connect San Francisco, July 2008 Blogging Pitfalls: How NOT to Get Sued (moderator)
- How Blogging Can Benefit You, MLSLI Tech Fair, New York, October 2007 (panel)
- Inman News RE Connect, New York, January 2007 Utilizing Personality for Profit (panel)
- Inman News RE Connect San Francisco, August 2007 10 Tips from Top Bloggers (panel)
- National Association of Realtor (NAR) conference Orlando: Meet the Experts for HomeGain.com November 2008 (speaker)
Need a Real Estate Agent? One Size Does Not Fit All
Over the past 3 years, I’ve traveled across the country, and the internet, meeting and talking to real estate agents I would feel comfortable recommending to my family and friends. I’ve found a bunch of them.
Because I value choice and options, I have found agents who use different business models– flat fee, rebate, reduced rate, hourly by task — even those who help “For Sale By Owner” get listed in the MLS– and more. Did you know you could hire an exclusive buyer’s agent? (many buyer agents actually work for the seller!)
If you’re not sure if you can find a good agent, or are looking for choices, contact me and I’ll refer you to someone. You are, of course, free to use that person or not.
Call me at 646-714-2720 or Contact me here.
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