2026 AEA Annual Education Conference: Session 9

June 13th 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM

Presentation

Session Highlights

Building Better Experiences One Closing At A Time

In a competitive market, the closing experience is your greatest differentiator. This session explores how to delight your customers by turning standard transactions into seamless, stress-free milestones. We will look beyond the title & escrow industry to draw inspiration from world-class service brands, showing how their “outside-the-box” strategies can be applied to your workflow. Join us to discover how leveraging modern communication and transparency can build lasting loyalty and turn every closing into a long-term referral engine.

Bill Svoboda

Co-Founder & Brand Evangelist, closesimple

CloseSimple is a technology platform used by hundreds of Title & Escrow companies to simplify and secure the real estate closing process through branded communication, secure portals, and fraud prevention tools. With a background in both entrepreneurship and customer experience, Bill brings over 20 years of innovation and thought leadership to the real estate and title industry.

A passionate advocate for empowering Title professionals, Bill has been at the forefront of customer experience, practical AI integration, and secure communication tools into title operations. He frequently speaks at industry conferences and webinars, sharing forward-thinking strategies that help Title companies grow. Outside of his work with CloseSimple, Bill is also a published author and TEDx speaker known for making complex ideas simple, and for helping companies better connect with their customers through clarity, creativity, and care.