Author Archives: Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES
About Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES
Aaron Traffas, CAI, AMM, CES, is an auctioneer from Sharon, Kansas. For the last 22 years he's worked for Purple Wave. Aaron served as president of the Kansas Auctioneers Association in 2017 and on the National Auctioneers Association Education Institute Board of Trustees from 2009 through 2013. He is a past instructor at CAI and co-wrote the original ATS and AMM designation courses from NAA. An active contract bid caller, he has advanced to the finals in multiple state auctioneer contests. During the summer, Aaron operates a farm in south central Kansas. Aaron is an active singer and songwriter and the Aaron Traffas Band's latest music can be found at aarontraffasband.com as well as Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon.NAA ‘Keys to Success’ survey
Image via Wikipedia The National Auctioneers Association is working with Michigan State University‘s Broad College of Business and Entrepreneurship Institute to present auctioneers with a survey to get a better understanding of the auction industry. Unlike most surveys, the answers … Continue reading
NAA announces winners of Rose, Massart awards
Two of the most prestigious honors given during the annual CAI designation classes are the Rose Award and Pat Massart Award. The NAA presented the awards to Auctioneers Buddy Lee and Ruthie Taylor, respectively, during the opening session of CAI … Continue reading
Digital payments and the payment revolution
Digital transactions are coming and they will make credit cards – and the auctioneers who only accept credit cards – obsolete. Continue reading
Auction Video Podcast Episode 6 – Wrapping cables with the over-under method
Episode 6 of the Auction Video Podcast features Aaron Traffas showing how to properly wrap and store cables. Continue reading
Batchgeo maps your data
Geocoding is the process of turning a physical address into a location on a map. Using data sets to build customized maps is a powerful way to visualize addresses. Google Maps has long offered an API that allows developers to … Continue reading