inman: Seeing ActiveRain members in a whole new light - 07/27/08 04:21 PM
Now that people are "recovering" from the Inman Connect/Bloggers Connect conference this last week in San Francisco, all the pictures are making it up onto Flickr and other photo sharing sites. Literally everyone there had a camera or other photo capture device. So, here's your chance to see many ActiveRain members in a whole new light :)
San Francisco Connectism 2008 Photo Pool
Believe it or not these events are actually highly educational, just the after conference socializing makes for much better pictures. Yes, we tend to have a lot of fun at these things. I already can't wait for the … (15 comments)
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inman: Hope to see you at bloggers connect - 12/29/07 05:37 PM
The first bloggers connect run by Inman (and co-sponsored by us) back in August turned out to be a surprising hit. For being the first year of the event the turnout was surprising. I'm surprised out how fast the next one is coming up on us, prior to this years Inman Real Estate Connect conference in New York. Can't wait to see who shows up this year...
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inman: More real estate user generated content - Inman News Wiki - 02/02/07 11:47 AM
User generated content is continuing to be a big topic in the on-line real estate world. The most recent example, Inman News launched their Real Estate Wiki, which Brad says is "The World's Largest Real Estate Encyclopedia" They have seeded this wiki with over 5k past articles and pieces of content from the Inman News archives, but plan on real estate professionals as being the main contributors to the site.
Zillow already has their own real estate wiki and I'm sure there are several others out there, but I get the feeling that the one on Inman News will probably get the most … (19 comments)
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inman: Brad Inman lets the cat out of the bag - 01/09/07 12:56 AM
Today at the Inman Connect conference, ActiveRain and in particular our upcoming real estate portal Localism got a huge boost, thanks to Brad Inman. During his opening speech Brad segwayed into how online, user generated content, particularly at the local level is beginning to fill major gaps in the home buying process. He specifically mentioned how this community being built at ActiveRain is addressing this issue, and also introduced the world to Localism. While we are still be a few months away from an "official" launch of the site, but we're not definitely not going to complain about the extra attention :)
It was a very gratifying and validating moment for us and we feel … (56 comments)
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inman: Live from New York City - Inman Connect - 01/07/07 11:10 PM
About 6 hours ago I arrived in NYC for the Inman Connect conference. So if I don't respond to emails or if I don't show my face around AR for the next few days, that is why. Just got back from a little get together of real estate bloggers setup by the guys over at the Sellsius real estate blog. About a dozen people were there include Joel Burlsem of real estate blogging, Paul Chaney of Blogging Systems, Mary and John McKnight of RSS Pieces, Pete Flint of Trulia, Brendan King of Point2, Jeff Corbett (the XBroker) and several others. It was nice … (8 comments)
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inman: Speaking at Real Estate Connect NYC - 11/24/06 01:19 PM
It looks like Inman News recently updated their information on the Inman Real Estate Connect NYC conference. I feel lucky to have been invited to speak on the subject "How Can Social Networking Lift Real Estate?" Also on the social networking panel will be Craig Newmark (founder of CraigsList), Niki Scevak (CEO of HomeThinking) and Elizabeth Spiers (Founder of Dead Horse Media). The panel also happens to follow the key note speech by Seth Godin who's books such as the Purple Cow had a major impact on developing the ideas behind ActiveRain. Another ActiveRain contributor Joel Burslem (Future of Real Estate Marketing) will also be on … (33 comments)
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inman: Inman: Real estate technology takes off - 08/08/06 01:58 PM
Inman news just put out their first article of a three part series on "what industry insiders and participants expect will drive change and technology development in the next few years". The first article titled "Carpe diem: Real estate tech takes off", seemed to narrow the focus onto how these insiders see technology innovation being driven by consumers wanting and expecting access to greater amounts of information online. Where they find this information will affect who they work with when buying or selling a house.
A couple of quotes I found particularly interesting, and my comments:
Marty Frame, CIO Fidelity National Title: "There will be an evolution … (9 comments)
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inman: Real estate looks more transparent in crystal ball - 07/31/06 04:40 PM
I was going to write up a good summary of what was being said at Inman Real Estate Connect about how consumers will find listing data in the future. But Inman News put up a good summary today titled "Real estate looks more transparent in crystal ball"
I tend to agree with the speakers that for good or bad, listing data will become much more open in the future. I just disagree with them on the timing, there is still a hard battle to be fought and we are several years from a resolution. Some brokers seem to realize the writting … (1 comments)
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inman: Lunch with RainCityGuide and Caleb gets called out - 07/31/06 12:31 PM
Still trying to recap some of my experiences from the Inman Real Estate Connect conference last week. So much to talk about in so little time...
On Thursday Caleb and me had lunch with two of the guys (Dustin Luther and Robbie Paplin) behind the Rain City Guide one of the premier real estate blogsites out on the web. They were both extremely fascinating to talk to had some very interesting opinions of the real estate industry.
I found Dustin recent metamorphasis very interesting. He is relatively new to the real estate industry, as he says he has officially been involved with it … (2 comments)
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inman: Lead conversion and changing lead definitions - 07/30/06 02:09 PM
One of the ongoing themes at the Inman Real Estate Connect conference was how to turn and Internet generated lead into closed deals. While in the past there had been a huge emphasis on simply generating more leads, it is now on how to turn a lead into a closed deal. I heard several people say, "My company is generating hundreds of leads per week, but we don't know what to do with them." There are two approaches you can take to this problem.
Improved lead generation:
There has been way too much emphasis on the quantity of leads generated as opposed to quality. This was … (22 comments)
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inman: Back from Inman Real Estate Connect - 07/29/06 07:09 PM
I just returned from the Inman Real Estate Connect conference in San Francisco. I had been planning to blog about the conference while it was still ongoing, but due to uh, business obligations I found I wasn't making it back to my hotel room until two or three in the morning and in no condition to blog :)
I first want to thank Brad Inman (pictured left) for putting on a great and informative event. It was my first Inman Connect and it certainly won't be my last. There were many very good speakers and panels representing a variety of view points both … (8 comments)
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inman: Road trip to Inman and empowering the real estate professional - 07/26/06 10:13 AM
On Monday, Caleb and me set out on a roadtrip to the Inman Real Estate Connect in San Francisco. Why did we not fly? Basically the concept was that we had been talking about a roadtrip for a while (outside of work), it never happened, so we'd instead take one to the conference. While I feel I have lots of great ideas, we decided about halfway into the 12 hour drive from Seattle to San Francisco, that driving probably wasn't one of them.
Being on the road for that amount of time did give us a lot of opportunity to brainstorm ideas for the ActiveRain Real Estate Network. … (3 comments)
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inman: Off to San Francisco - Inman Conference - 07/24/06 04:09 PM
Caleb and me are off to the Inman Real Estate Conference in San Francisco. We will be online, off and on throughout the week and will try to keep members up to date on the interesting news from down there. In the meantime Ben (lead developer) will be holding down the fort as far as the ActiveRain Real Estate Network goes.
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inman: Inman Real Estate Connect - San Francisco - 07/13/06 01:10 PM
A little later this month we (Caleb and myself) will be attending the Inman Real Estate Connect conference in San Francisco. Unlike the big NAR get togethers, which mainly target realtors, the Inman Real Estate Connect conferences tend to be about the movers and shakers in the real estate industry. It "will draw upwards of 2000 executives, decision makers, opinion leaders, top brokers, mega-agents, trendsetters, press, analysts and investors".
I was curious if any members of the ActiveRain Real Estate Network are planning on attending? Let us know if you are, because it would be great to be able to get together while we're down there and … (5 comments)
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