Ben Kinney
| Ben Kinney | |
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Entrepreneur Professional speaker Author Executive Real estate agent |
Ben Kinney is an entrepreneur, professional speaker, author and real estate agent with Keller Williams in Bellingham, Washington.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] He is listed in The Wall Street Journal and REAL Trends' top 1,000 agents for 2011-2014.[9][10][11][12] He was the top ranked agent in Washington state in transactional volume for the years 2012 and 2013.[10][11]
Kinney is the founder of NVNTD, Home4Investment and a co-founder of Brivity.[5][6][13][14] In 2013, NVNTD purchased Big Fresh Media and Tech Help.[5]
Early life
Kinney grew up in a cabin between Bellingham, Washington and Seattle, Washington with his father, who was a fly fishing guide.[3] He worked as a cable television installer while attending college.[3] He later became a cable salesman.[3]
Career
Kinney became a full-time real estate agent in 2005.[3] Kinney developed the curriculum for an online real estate course.[15] He sold the curriculum to a company acquired by Trulia, but continued to teach classes. Kinney created two real estate websites, Brivity and Blossor.[15][16] He was named the 2014 Innovator of the Year by Inman News.[17]
On June 19,2015 Zillow Group Announced the Sale of ActiveRain to the Ben Kinney Companies [18]
Publications
Kinney co-authored Soci@l, an ebook published by Rellek Publishing Partners, with Jay Papasan.[2][19] Soci@l won a bronze award at the 2011 National Association of Real Estate Editors competition.[19]
References
- ↑ Lawrence Cole (October 28, 2013). "Award-winning Realtor uses social media and technology to drive sales". Washington Times Communities. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- 1 2 Lauren Beale (Jun 16, 2011). "More real estate agents turning to social media". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "30 Under 30". Realtor Magazine. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
- ↑ Melinda Fulmer. "4 smarter ways to sell your home online". MSN Real Estate. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
- 1 2 3 Evan Marczynski (Dec 17, 2012). "With new parent firm, Big Fresh Media expands into digital realm". Bellingham Business Journal. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
- 1 2 "Business Pulse Magazine". Fall 2012. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Building for the Future". RISMedia. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
- ↑ Chris Smith (Dec 9, 2011). "Ben Kinney Shares His Secret Sauce: The Business Model Of The Future Is Already Here". inman News. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
- ↑ "REAL Trends 2011 Top Sales Professionals". REAL Trends The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
- 1 2 "REAL Trends 2012 Top Sales Professionals". REAL Trends The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
- 1 2 "REAL Trends 2013 Top Sales Professionals" (PDF). REAL Trends The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
- ↑ "REAL Trends 2013 Top Sales Professionals". REAL Trends. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
- ↑ "100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders: 2011" (PDF). inman News. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
- ↑ Teke Wiggin (2014-06-19). "Brivity helps agents show clients what they've done to earn their commission". inMan News. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
- 1 2 "In Blossor & Brivity, Ben Kinney Reinvents Home Selling in the Social Media Era". Seattle 24x7. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
- ↑ Wiggin, Teke (2014-06-30). "'Zillow-killer' Blossor out to conquer natural language search". Inman News. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
- ↑ "Announcing: 2014 Innovator Awards winners". Inman News. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ↑ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zillow-group-announces-sale-of-activerain-to-the-ben-kinney-companies-300102115.html
- 1 2 "Inman News writers win 5 awards". inman News. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.