Speakers

Speakers

Jeff Turner

Real Estate Shows Founder
Advisor, Social Media Marketing Institute

Jeff has over twenty years experience as both a successful entrepreneur and a senior executive in a large corporation.

As company founder and CEO, he led J.J. Grace, Inc. (dba: AdOut, TheSpecDept.com, TSA Design Group) to the Inc. Magazine list of the 500 fastest growing companies in America. The following year, J.J. Grace, Inc. won Cisco’s Growing With Technology Award, recognizing innovative companies networked for growth.

As a senior executive and Group President of Vertis, Mr. Turner brought the needed vision and leadership to a highly diversified corporate Group and integrated the operations, the focus and the spirit of that Group back into the organizational mainstream.

Throughout his career, Jeff has excelled at bringing extraordinary vision, creativity and innovative solutions to challenging situations.

In his experience, he has recognized and applied the science and creativity of communication to his organization. It has been instrumental in achieving uncommon successes. His insights and knowledge, both practical and academic, are integral to how Real Estate Shows designs and delivers breakthrough sales communication.

Blog: http://res.realestateshows.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/respres

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Bobby Carroll

Vice President Dakno Marketing
Real Estate Web Coach

If you’re thinking I’m defined totally by my occupation as a real estate web coach, a real estate marketing blogger, as a participant and observer of social media, you’re wrong. All of that has a big impact on my life but my work doesn’t define me as a person. What defines Bobby Carroll? In case you did not know, I’m a husband, a father, a grandfather, a son, a brother, an uncle and a friend. Below are many of the strands that make up my DNA:

My faith.
My values.
My beliefs.
My love for my wife and her love and devotion.
My love for my family and their love, grace and acceptance.
My love for my country and my gratefulness to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms I enjoy.
My thirst for knowledge so I can grow as a person.
My love and appreciation for life itself.

These core components of my life pretty much define me as a person. On the lighter side, you can usually find me enjoying photography (which means taking photos of my grandchildren), travel (especially down to the Crystal Coast of North Carolina and to Texas to visit family), snorkeling with my wife (and best friend), and observing many types of sports (mostly following the Carolina Hurricanes, NCSU Wolfpack, Carolina Mudcats AA Baseball).

Blog: http://bobbycarroll.net
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Rewebcoach

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Cathy Mayo Kahn

Real Estate Agent, Keller Williams
Business Development / Event Coordinator

Local Virginia Beach Native, Wife, Mother, Blogger and a Keller Williams Real Estate Agent.  Cathy graduated from Old Dominion University with a Business Marketing degree. Cathy was also a successful Event Coordinator at a local Social Media event for REBarcamp Virginia Beach 2009. She is creative, determined, a problem solver and lover of life. Cathy also has a passion for music. She has learned to play the piano, flute, oboe, baritone horn, and now the cello.

Blog: http://www.agent757.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/catgirlva

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Damien Steiner Smith

Chief Executive Officer Guerrilla Social Media

Damien Steiner Smith founded Guerrilla Social Media with one thing in mind: bringing the power of social media to all businesses in a simple, efficient, and affordable way. After his career in the U.S. Navy as a Tomahawk Weapons System Technician, he began selling legal plans in Virginia and found cold-calling a difficult and inefficient method of generating business. After networking with other business professionals who were having success with social media, Damien began blogging actively. To his surprise, he began generating about 1,000 hits per month on his non-SEO-friendly, company-generated website. After helping many professionals generate similar and even greater results, he began building a team of social media managers, who helped to develop the simplified social media marketing strategy now known as Guerrilla Social Media.

See more information about Damien at http://card.ly/DamienSS
Blog:  http://www.guerrillasocialmedia.com/

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Fred West

Regional Web Specialist
Business Coach & CEO for EnterpriseESI

Fred is a loving Husband and Father to 7 children.  In the past 15 years, he has provided various roles in several industries including retail, real estate, financial services, marketing, sales management, project management, government contracting, consulting, and event planning. Formerly a Regional Web Specialist for Bradshaw-Kimbrel Technology Group, Fred is now CEO of Enterprise Solutions International (ESI) A Business Solutions & Coaching company in Hampton Roads.

Blog: http://coachwestofesi.wordpress.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/coachwestofesi

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Jaylyn Bergner

Chief Executive Officer Begin Communications
Writer / Blogger / Public Relations

Forever pinned as overly loquacious and outgoing, authoritative figures have always disliked her talking and drawing attention. It's always been a double-edge sword for Jaylyn. She founded her PR and marketing company Begin Communications at the age of 25, becoming one of the first companies actively marrying traditional communication techniques with neuro-linguistic programming. Currently, she handles the social media PR strategy for the Green Train Project, a 10-week, 28-state concert, including acts like Dave Matthews, that promotes the conservation of natural resources. In addition to her own company, Jaylyn serves as the president of WOW (World of Women), an organization that fosters growth and networking for women. In her free moments, the few that she has, Jaylyn spends her time writing, traveling, wakeboarding, and chasing around her gigantic monster of a puppy, Bodhi.

Blog: http://www.begincommunications.blogspot.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/BeginComm

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Justin Williams

Chief Operating Officer Guerrilla Social Media
Social Media Blogger / Marketing & Advertising / Finance Consultant

Justin Williams, the cofounder and chief operating officer for Guerrilla Social Media, has blogged and used social media channels effectively to grow his financial business since 2006. Owner of Social Media Vision, Justin is a powerful influencer and event speaker for various social media events in the Hampton Roads area, ranging from small training seminars to REBarcamp 2009. Justin is known to a be an avid tech, marketing, and social media enthusiast with a bit of geek in his heart.

Blog:   http://www.justifiedlions.com/
Twitter:   http://twitter.com/JustinSMV

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Leslie Woodruff

Specialist, BLACK DOG Social Media
Photographer, Woodruff Photography

Leslie Woodruff is a social media manager and owner of Woodruff Photography. Her understanding of how social media fits into the future of corporate marketing is rooted in a strong background in marketing with Wendy’s International. While at Wendy’s, she mastered the art of guerrilla marketing in the competitive and fluid atmosphere of fast food advertising. After leaving corporate America, Leslie took on the challenge of traveling the world, and her passion for social media was born. She and her husband Earl documented their trek across Asia and Central America by blogging. Her gripping images and vibrant words drew an amazing painting of their travels

Blog: http://www.lesliesview.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/FieryRedd

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Lori Aitkenhead

V.P., Social Media Club Virginia Beach
Social Media Specialist, BLACK DOG Social Media
Marketing Specialist, HDR Engineering, Inc.

Lori Aitkenhead serves as the Vice President of Social Media Club Virginia Beach. She is also a Social Media Specialist for BLACK DOG Social Media, a local social media marketing firm. Her experience includes traditional and new media marketing in ad agency and corporate environments. Lori is a certified Inbound Marketing Professional, and earned her Master’s Degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from Eastern Michigan University.

Website: http://www.socialcentricmarketing.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Social_Centric

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Nicole Newsome

Director of Public Relations, Customer Magnetism

Nicole Newsome is a proud Hampton Road’s native and experienced sales and marketing professional.  As the Director of Public Relations for Customer Magnetism, a top search engine positioning firm, Nicole recognizes the importance of web presence.  Known for her enthusiastic networking, Nicole enjoys helping others connect off and online.

Website: http://www.customermagnetism.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/nicnews

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Rachell Lauren Brazie

Mobile Phone Blogger
Public Relations Intern, Begin Communications

Rachel Lauren is an aspiring public relations professional learning to use social media marketing in her business plan. Originally a sports management major from SUNY Cortland in upstate New York, she recently switched her major to Public Relations study at Tidewater Community College. Rachel believes that information is best remembered with laughter, so she tries to incorporate a little dose of humor in all that she does. Currently, she interns at local PR firm, Begin Communications.

Blog: http://rachelphones.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/raylaur

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Tina Merritt

Chief Executive Officer Wolkia, LLC
Director, Realtor, Long & Foster Real Estate

Tina is the director of training and development for Long and Foster and the founder of Wolkia, LLC, a company that helps real estate agents embrace social media. She has dedicated countless hours to educating and training real estate professionals at every level of understanding and writes for Trump University. Recently, she organized Real Estate Bar Camp Virginia Beach, a nationally known training camp dedicated to educating realtors on social media use. The local event was a standing-room-only success. Tina Merritt is a long-standing pillar in training national realtors on the effective implementation of new media marketing strategies. She is an invaluable asset to the advancement of social media in both her profession and the social media community, as a whole.

Blog: http://www.wolkia.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/tinainvirginia