We are proud to announce that Derek Overbey, Senior Director of Marketing & Social Media at Roost, will be speaking at REBlogWorld next week on a panel titled “Social Media in Real Estate. He will be sharing the stage with such notable social media veterans as Jeff Turner, Jay Thompson and Rhonda Porter with moderation from Matt Fagioli, newly appointed VP of Business Development at Inman.

Derek is a 14 year veteran of the real estate and technology  industries with stints at several large global companies including Gateway, Toshiba and Hitachi and real estate startups including eHome, SoMA|Living and Intero Real Estate Services. It was during his five years at Intero as Vice President of Marketing that he started blending his passion for technology with the company’s online marketing programs.

He launched one of the nation’s first multi-channel brokerage blogs and was an active content contributor till his departure in 2008. For the last year and a half he has held his current post at Roost where he oversees all marketing and social media activities for the company. He is extremely active on a multitude of social sites but claims that Twitter and Facebook are his favorite. He is also the editor of the Roost Blog “A Bird’s Eye View” and a contributing writer along with a network of more than 25 contributing bloggers.

So if you’re in Las Vegas next week attending REBlogWorld or BlogWorld and New Media Expo, drop on in on the Social Media in Real Estate panel to hear some great minds talk about some great information. Also say hi if you see Derek, I know he’s love to meet you. See below for more specific information on this exciting panel.

TRACK 1
Thursday, October 15, 2009
10:00 – 11:15
Using Social Media for Real Estate
Las Vegas Convention Center

Panel Discussion

Matt Fagioli (Moderator)
Rhonda Porter
Jay Thompson
Derek Overbey
Jeff Turner

Want to know how some of the top practitioners of social media in real estate are using the various tools to improve their businesses? Panelists represent the full spectrum of the real estate industry: the independent broker, the mortgage professional, the vertical search engine, and the large brokerage. Learn how each of these individuals and companies is applying social media in their businesses, and how they think social media can be used to best effect in real estate.