Rebecca Levinson

Common Sense Marketing Consultant, Blogger, Article Writer, Speaker, Social Media
Evangelist, and Community Builder.
rebecca@bloggingintherain.com

Summary
My #1 Goal is to empower business professionals to meld their offline and online communities into
one powerhouse book of business that they can bank on in the present, future and as a means to an
exit strategy.

Specialties
branding, strategic marketing strategies, integrated marketing plans/campaigns, social media, article
writing, blogging,public speaking,community builder, community manager,email marketing,
copywriting,social networking,special events online marketing campaigns

Experience
Marketing Consultant, Blogger, Socially Networked for 17 years at Rebecca Levinson...d.b.a
Real Skillz
August 2007 - Present (2 years 5 months)
I help real estate agents and brokers see through their blind spots to realize the potential of their
business. Services include identifying and solidifying a brand, marketing strategy, business
consulting, time management consulting.

The bottom line is to improve your bottom line by uncovering and promoting your real skillz.
12 recommendations available upon request

Corporate Blogger/Community Leader at Connect2Agent

2007 - 2008 (1 year)

Account Executive at Most Referred Real Estate Agents

May 2005 - January 2007 (1 year 9 months)
Responsible for sales of internet advertising products to top producing real estate agents and
brokers in North America.
4 recommendations available upon request

Director of Member Services/Business Development at OnLine Relocation Inc.

September 2001 - September 2003 (2 years 1 month)
Participated and contributed to the vendor sales effort by estalbishing licensing/marketing
agreements between OnLine Relocation Inc. and ancillary real estate service providers.
1 recommendation available upon request

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Education
Northern Illinois University
1992 - 1993

Honors and Awards

Certified Citizen Journalist

Interests
playing with my kids, gardening, reading, walking, dancing, swimming, cooking, traveling,

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Rebecca Levinson
Common Sense Marketing Consultant, Blogger, Article Writer, Speaker, Social Media
Evangelist, and Community Builder.
rebecca@bloggingintherain.com

17 people have recommended Rebecca

"Rebecca taught me how to use social media as a marketing tool. She connected the how's & why's
of social networking. I would hire Rebecca again & again. I contribute part of my success to her
teachings. thank you,"
— Mary Petersen, was Rebecca's client

"Rebecca is very knowledgeable with Real Estate technology and social media and understands
how to use both to better position a business. Her content writing skills are top notch. She knows
how to write engaging content that is easy to understand but that also relates to the audience she is
writing for. Rebecca constantly surprises me with her creative writing style and I would highly
recommend her services to anyone who is looking to establish a solid online presence."
— Misty Lackie, was Rebecca's client

"Rebecca provided a very detailed half day Social Networking seminar for Keefe Real Estate. This
was an all company training event and she brought many new concepts to our associates, exposing
them to the fast paced Social Networking environment...ie: blogging, facebook, twitter, and linkedin.
Many of our agents were able to take Rebecca's, easy to understand ideas, and immediately
implement them into their marketing efforts. Several of our agents have chosen to hire Rebecca to
review their websites, blogging efforts and other marketing systems."
— Theresa Larsen, was Rebecca's client

"Rebecca Levinson has incredible "skillz"-I first noticed her online in the activerain.com community
reaching out and sharing without hesitation her 17+ years experience in marketing. Her use of
empathy, humor and real-life scenarios explain even the not-so-easy lessons. I imagine some of
this comes from being a very devoted single mother! After getting to know her in real life, I was
even more impressed with her genuine nature. She is a very dynamic and magnetic speaker-I have
seen her speak to a large roomful of people and watch many of those listening seek her out
afterward. She took time to speak with each person, answer their questions and made sure they
knew they were heard. Rebecca makes all this look easy, offers common sense and valuable
practical marketing information at several points in the social media and is always present and

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here-with a smile. Steven Stearns shsworks@sbcglobal.net 920-691-6030"
— Steven Stearns, Social Network Builder (Self-employed), Anyone.Anywhere.Anything., was with
another company when working with Rebecca at Rebecca Levinson...d.b.a Real Skillz

"We hired Rebecca to do a day long seminar for Agents on how to use Social Media Networking,
Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, ActiverRain, BrokerAgentSocial, and other media's available through
the internet. The seminar was fantastic and the material that Rebecca supplied allowed Agents to
leave the seminar and START RIGHT AWAY developing their new media's for networking. To say it
was a huge success is an understatement but let me put it this way. If we would have taken the
money we spend for this day long seminar and spent it in other places such as advertising, the
effect would have been minimal....we could not have spent the money better and have gotten better
results. By the way, we had 215 agents show up for all day seminar. Kevin M. Breeland General
Manager Residential Mortgage of South Carolina, LLC 427 Johnnie Dodds Mount Pleasant, SC
29464"
— Kevin Breeland, was Rebecca's client

"Rebecca is awesome. She was a presenter at an all day seminar on Social Networking. We had
approx. 200 sales associates--many of whom had done no social networking. Her personality
combined with her extensive knowledge has many of our sales associates now with Active Rain,
Facebook, & Twitter accounts. She is a really great presenter and a great wealth of knowledge. Her
blogs on Active Rain are among my favorites from which to learn about not only social networking,
but real estate. I could go on and on about Rebecca. I think she is just the best. Feel free to call me
for a personal reference on Rebecca. Liz at 843-725-5007."
— Liz Loadholt, was Rebecca's client

"Rebecca is amazingly talented colleague whose knowledge of marketing, social media, branding
and blogging make her the perfect asset to your organization. She has tremendous energy and an
ability to guide her clients and associates in a way that will help them take their business to levels
they only imagined. I've had the pleasure of working with Rebecca directly on several projects and
would highly recommend her and her services to any company, organization and industry. Simply
stated: If you're ready to take your business from invisible to visible you owe it to yourself to call
Rebecca Levinson."
— Anne Marie Malfi, Owner, Malfi Marketing Solutions, was with another company when working
with Rebecca at Rebecca Levinson...d.b.a Real Skillz

"Rebecca is an incredibly well educated individual whose knowledge in marketing is second to

none. We highly recommend using her services if looking for a highly efficient individual who is
quick on her feet and who knows her target market very well. Rebecca is fun, easy to work with and
her experience in social media gives her great insight into current market trends which are vital to

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her having the ability to help her customers get accustomed to ever-changing conditions. If you
were to have any further questions in regards to this recommendation then our door is always open
for you."
— Everard Korthals, Owner, Castellum Realty LLC., was with another company when working
with Rebecca at Active Rain

"When it comes to real estate marketing and the use of technology, Ms. Levison consistently offers
timely advice and guidance. Often, she weaves into her advice stories centered around her family.
There is nothing better to drive home a point than to take an abstract concept and apply it to a "real
life" situation. She definitely takes marketing principles out of the classroom and shows how they
work in the real world. To get a glimpse of the extent of her marketing knowledge and experience,
just read her wonderful blog posts."
— Ryan Shaughnessy, Director of Sales/Managing Broker, Gilded Age Sales, was with another
company when working with Rebecca at Rebecca Levinson...d.b.a Real Skillz

"Rebecca always conducts herself with the utmost professionalism. She was a pleasure to work
with, as well as someone to learn from"
— Carmen Vogel, Membership Consultant, Most Referred Real Estate Agents, worked directly
with Rebecca at Most Referred Real Estate Agents

"Rebecca is an out of the box thinker who I was able to work with when she was at OnLine
Relocation. Her thoughtful approach helped us to create a unique business relationship that had
benefit to both our companies."
— Andrew Couture, VP of Business Development, Location Inc., was with another company when
working with Rebecca at OnLine Relocation Inc.

"Rebecca demonstrated a commitment to her role, customers and the organization. Her integrity,
work ethic and professionalism is impeccable. Rebecca's warm and sincere personality radiates
across the telephone lines. From my experience working with Rebecca she would indeed be one I
would highly recommend. Joan Wild"
— Joan Wild, CHRP, Manager, Human Resources, Most Home, worked with Rebecca at Most
Referred Real Estate Agents

"Rebecca is a very professional dedicated individual with high integrity which was very much
appreciated! Rebecca exemplified excellent people skills and was wonderful team player."
— Janet Maxwell, e-Team Lead Generation Coordinator, Most Referred Real Estate Agents
Inc., managed Rebecca indirectly at Most Referred Real Estate Agents

"Rebecca's enthusiasm, knowledge of the real estate industry, and aptitude for learning new

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 technologies were the deciding factors when she was offered the position of Public Relations and
Marketing Coordinator. She's a terrific relationship builder -- adeptly using various social media to
network with colleagues, clients, and the media."
— Laura Bergells, Owner, Maniactive.com, was a consultant or contractor to Rebecca at
Connect2Agent

"I had the pleasure of inviting Rebecca to come to work with Most Referred and then to work with
her as we developed the sales and marketing efforts for Most Referred. There are two key
attributes about Rebecca that really standout for me. Rebecca is an extremely articulate and
self-starting professional. In every aspect of her responsibilities as a sales, marketing and customer
service representative for Most Referred, Rebecca demonstrated a strong knowledge of our
products, services and industry, as well as a genuine care and support of 'our' customers. She was
loyal, reliable and a great asset to the team. Needless to say, I would recommend Rebecca very
highly to any company seeking a quality person for their company or enterprise."
— Glenn Davies, President, Most Referred Real Estate Agents Inc., managed Rebecca at Most
Referred Real Estate Agents

"Rebecca and I worked together during the first few months of her career as a corporate blogger. I
watched her work diligently to master this new channel of communication on the web and had the
pleasure to see her audience from around the country respond with affirming comments. She's in
the vanguard and first wave of full-time bloggers for small businesses who are trying to leverage the
social media to get their message to their audience. Her persistence and her desire to practice what
she learns in this area has the potential to touch consumers around the country. Her company has
started to see the tip of that iceberg which she has played a major role in uncovering."
— Wes Thorp, Owner, MyCapitalWeb LLC, managed Rebecca at Connect2Agent

"Rebecca has an unquenchable thirst for all things "blog" and a special interest in Real Estate
related issues et al. She is a very thorough and passionate researcher and gains greater insight
into her chosen field day by day."
— Lesly Matter, sales rep, Connect2Agent, worked with Rebecca at Connect2Agent

Expertise
Public Relations

Contact Rebecca on LinkedIn

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