Classified Ventures Announces Homescape(R) and HomeGain(R) to Exhibit at 2008 National Association of REALTORS(R) Conference and
October 30 2008 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
CHICAGO, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago-based Classified Ventures,
LLC, a strategic joint venture owned by five major media companies,
is pleased to announce that Homescape (http://www.homescape.com/)
and HomeGain (http://www.homegain.com/) will be exhibiting at the
2008 National Association of REALTORS(R) (NAR) Conference and Expo
November 7-10 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando,
FL. This marks Homescape's third time exhibiting, and HomeGain's
fifth successive return to the show. "In today's challenging
market, Homescape and HomeGain are more committed than ever to
providing our customers and consumers with a comprehensive set of
online marketing tools that effectively drive traffic and leads
back to the real estate professional and the listings," said Tim
Fagan, President of Classified Ventures Real Estate. "We are
excited to showcase our trusted array of online marketing solutions
and new products for real estate agents and brokers this year at
the NAR Conference and Expo. Both Homescape and HomeGain will
showcase the new features and capabilities of their Web sites at
the show. Homescape http://www.homescape.com/), the leading online
provider of local, comprehensive real estate property listings and
rich content, will debut its newly launched Green Initiative that
identifies and marks listings with green features, our Green Buying
Guide for consumers, the Foreclosure Guide for consumers, and
mobile text lead service for agents and brokers. Since the last
time Homescape exhibited, they have added a consumer-focused blog,
Opening Doors, redesigned their national home page and added
enhanced mapping capabilities with Google Street View. HomeGain
(http://www.homegain.com/), a leading provider of online marketing
solutions that connect real estate agents and brokers with home
buyers and sellers, will feature their recently launched AgentView
product. AgentView is an exclusive marketing system for real estate
agents to showcase their business assets to consumers, giving
agents online exposure of their photo, contact information,
professional bio, website, home listings, and agent blog.
HomeGain's orange gorilla, Max, will make his second annual
appearance at the booth. Visitors will also have a chance to meet
one-on-one with special guests, Mitch Ribak, Broker/Owner of
Tropical Realty, and Joseph Ferrara, Real Estate Broker and
Publisher of Sellsius Real Estate Blog, during its "Meet the
Experts" sessions on Saturday and Sunday. Homescape, booth #3331,
and HomeGain, booth #3231, will each offer giveaways and prizes,
including cash prizes and stuffed animals, at the Expo. The 2008
NAR Conference and Expo will feature thousands of product and
service innovations, expose show attendees to new ideas and
productivity tools designed to save time and teach REALTORs(R) more
efficient ways to work and make more money in today's challenging
market by more than 500 exhibitors. About HomeGain HomeGain(R) is a
leading provider of online marketing solutions that connect real
estate agents and brokers with home buyers and sellers. HomeGain
offers free services to find and compare real estate agents,
research home values, and view homes for sale. Realtors use
HomeGain's real estate marketing programs to connect to consumers,
promote their services and grow their business. A subsidiary of
Classified Ventures, HomeGain receives an average of over five
million website visits per month. HomeGain is your real estate
connection. For more information, visit http://www.homegain.com/.
About Homescape Homescape provides local, comprehensive property
listings and rich content to consumers nationwide, while delivering
a suite of advertising solutions that offer choice and results to
meet the individual needs of real estate agents, brokers, builders
and private party advertisers. Homescape also serves a network of
140 local online newspaper Web sites nationwide. Our network
includes The Arizona Republic (http://www.azcentral.com/), Chicago
Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/), The Dallas Morning News
(http://www.dallasnews.com/), The Miami Herald
(http://www.miamiherald.com/) and The Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/). For more information, visit
http://www.homescape.com/. About Classified Ventures, LLC
Classified Ventures is a strategic joint venture among five media
companies, including Belo Corp. (NYSE:BLC), Gannett Co. Inc.
(NYSE:GCI), The McClatchy Co. (NYSE:MNI), Tribune Co. (NYSE:TRB)
and The Washington Post Co. (NYSE:WPO), whose objectives are to
collectively capitalize on the revenue growth in the online
advertising categories of automotive, real estate and rentals. To
execute on its objectives, Classified Ventures has four leading
businesses -- Apartments.com, Cars.com, HomeGain and Homescape.
Visit http://www.classifiedventures.com/. DATASOURCE: Classified
Ventures, LLC CONTACT: Shannon Swierczek of Homescape,
+1-312-601-5720, Web site: http://www.classifiedventures.com/
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