Real Estate Tomato

Jim Cronin

Owner and Author
Since 2000, Jim Cronin has helped thousands of Realtors develop a superior internet presence through blogs, improved websites and other online initiatives. His passion to educate, dedication to excellence and vision to embrace new medias are the foundations upon which his company, Real Estate Tomato, have been built.

Speaking engagements, online-training courses, blogging and one-on-one consulting have been Jim’s platforms of choice when it comes to educating his audience on leveraging the technologies that will make today’s real estate professional successful.

Jason Benesch

Director Of Technology
Thousands of real estate professionals have benefited from Jason’s expertise, service, consulting and innovation. Helping agents better understand how to leverage the internet tools they have in their arsenal is not only an understatement, but completely overlooks his technical savvy. Jason’s knowledge of web design, coding, website architecture, SEO, WordPress, and server management are the backbone of the Real Estate Tomato products.

Jason and Jim make the perfect partnership because of their opposing skill-set. Together their vision for providing the real estate professional with the most advanced tools, and the savvy to utilize them effectively, has been the formula of the rapid success of the Real Estate Tomato.

Dedication, hard work, consistency, knowledge, participation, and community are the core to the philosophy of their company. The result has been the inspiration to thousands of dedicated blogging clients and fans.

Chris Hotz

Project Manager and Director of Customer Experience
Having spent the last few years consulting real estate agents throughout the nation on understanding the management of their internet presence, Chris has prepared himself to grab the reigns of our clients’ experience with our company.

Hotz’s roll is paramount for each client’s experience in that he oversees every project, personally trains all our our clients to manage their blogsites, and heads our Customer Service staff. It is his job to ensure your experience is not only enjoyable and successful but perfectly executed, phase by phase.

Justin Smith

Director Of Social Media Coaching
In addition to being our Head Media Coach, Justin is the President of the Christian Real Estate Network, and co-author ofSearchingSolutions, a search engine marketing powerhouse. His passion for internet marketing, blogging, SEO, and for helping people become more successful with their business have made him a perfect fit for our team.

Justin’s mastery of our intense, webinar training courses have made our clients’ experience second to none when it comes to learning how to be found online, generate leads and grab the blog by the horns.

Chris Daley

Social Media Consultant and Project Management
Since 2001, Chris Daley has dedicated his career to helping small businesses, with a focus on real estate, embrace the web and bridge the technical divide. Having worked with over 1000 agents in 74 regional MLS’s, Daley has an unparalleled knowledge of the market on a national and local level. We are thrilled to have him on the team, not only because of his consulting strength, but because of his vision and clarity of direction.

Prior to joining the Tomato, Daley has held several positions in the area of business development and sales training with Interactive firms in Southern California and North Carolina. Not only does this knowledge bring a different perspective to our clients development but it also contributes to the organic growth of the Real Estate Tomato.

Rob Saxe

Social Media Consultant and Project Management
Rob’s experience as a Realtor for 7 years in the greater Sacramento area gives him, and us, a great understanding of an agent’s needs, concerns and challenges when it comes to embracing the technology and training that we deliver.

He is a natural fit with the Real Estate Tomato as one of our consultants and speakers.

Rob also authors a very resourceful blog about real estate in greater Sacramento: SacramentoRealEstateViews.com.   Make sure to check out his video blogging, it’s his secret sauce to success.

Monte Cronin

Director Of Finances
7 years in the television industry, directing commercials and selling air time have prepared Monte to not only provide outstanding service, but her organization skills and multi-tasking abilities are geared to ensure every client is properly accounted for and serviced.

Be sure to ask for Monte, if you have any billing, accounting or financing needs.

Molly Tomato

Watch Cat and Director of Service
Our resident genius. Molly has the skills of all of us combined, and then some.

If you have a question, concern, challenge, or concept that needs attention, Molly guarantees a 24 (business) hour response time. She’s quick like a cat.

Meow.

Daniel Bates

Service Rep and Media Consultant
As a Tomato client since early 2007, Daniel honed his blogging skills while bringing his McClellanville, South Carolina real estate blog: MyMcClellanville.net to the top of the search engines. 

Now a successful real estate blogger, Daniel offers a client perspective to the Tomato while offering blog training and technical support for new agents.

Ricardo Bueno

Social Media Consultant
On Ricardo’s personal website, Ribeezie.com, he carries the title of Social Media Strategy Consultant.  We lean on him for client acquisition, personal coaching, speaking engagements and research & development.

With a background in the mortgage industry, and the author and owner of a successful marketing blog and social profile, Ricardo is a natural fit for our team. 

Why Ribezzie?  Well… that’s his nickname.

The Design Staff

Expertise in Web 2.0 Design, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, CSS and XHTML.
Our Motto: Everyone deserves a great looking online presence. Don’t settle for templates.

Sarah Fulka

Designer
Sarah has a BFA in Graphic Design, and a rocking portfolio (as seen on her personal site: Sw33t.com), but what has really made her such a valuable part of the team is her professionalism, attention to detail, and commitment to our clients’ satisfaction. 

Among Sarah’s numerous hobbies are extreme jeeping, camping, cooking, any sport that requires gear and Apple computers. She is also not good at making her own bio sound like she is a fun person.