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Brad Inman lets the cat out of the bag

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 our members should also feel proud of what they are doing.

Thanks again Brad...

Posted by Matt Heaton on 01/09/2007 12:56 AM

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56 Comments on Brad Inman lets the cat out of the bag

JAN

2007

Matt, I for one am very glad I found ActiveRain. Kudos to you and your team. Well deserved!

Matt - How awesome is that? There's few things better than getting free press, especially coming from someone as respected as Brad. No doubt it was a very affirming moment for you. We're especially proud of you and all your efforts. (Does this make begin to make up for all the late nights? It's a nice start!)

Well as long as YOU didn't mind the cat out of the bag! lol. Anxiously anticipating 2007 with you guys; oh, and if you get a chance to scoop someone else feel free to do it :-)

Blogging is making the world my neighorhood....Localism will take my neighborhood to the world!

Thanks to us all at Active Rain!

Matt that is terrific! You guys deserve it. All of your hard work is getting noticed!

I think you should steal Deborah Burns comment as a tag line, her comment says it all.

I'm pretty new to all of this, but it sounds better than good. I'm so glad to have found ActiveRain. As a fairly new agent (less than a year) I have to ask (and please forgive my ignorance) who is Brad Inman? any relation to Inman News? I get their newsfeed on my site and love reading when I can find the time.

Can you sleep any less? They masses will come and you will have NO peace!

Free press is the best press. Lets see if we can get more when the official launch of localism is here.

I'm glad that I found Active Rain. Thanks to you guys for allowing us to be a part of it!!

Congratulations Matt and all the Active Rain Members....

Localism looks like it's going to be FABULOUS! I'm so greatful to be a part of this !

I only recently discovered Active Rain. This network has opened new contact doors for me, both professionally and with the consumer. Thank you so very much!

Congratulations, Matt! That's superb.

Deborah's words are great - use them well.

Hard to imagine where we all will be a year from now!

Maggie, I had the same question. I googled the name and would bet he is the Brad Inman who wasCEO at HomeGain and not the sheriff's deputy in Rhode Island, but then that is why we were asking!

That other tools are recognizing the value of working with Active Rain confirms the validity of the network. Localism can only continue to be a joy of communication between the business people wishing to serve buyers and sellers and share information that markets property.

If you cannot be my huckleberry, will you be my gooseberry?

JudyAnn Lorenz, Bar JD Communications

Congratulation Matt and team; that was excellent press given you by Brad. I can see where Localism is going to be a big hit with the consumer.

Matt,

Very happy to wake up to this news! Congratulations on getting the recognition that you so deserve.

I am proud to be a part of this community. Thank you.

Hi Matt - Congrats on your success at Inman. How is NYC??? I hope you are taking some time to see the sights. Remember the old saying all play...

Maggie/JudyAnn: Brad Inman is the founder of Inman News, and also has been behind several very successful real estate companies over the years. He's typically considered to be one of the main thought leaders on the real estate industry.

Matt - Great news about the attention Localism and Active Rain is getting. It will be interesting to see the impact on traffic to both sites following the focus generated by Brad.

That's really great news Matt. You must have been grinning from ear to ear.

Awesome!!! It's going to be one heck of a site and I'm very excited!

This is big news... I can use this info to build me credibility with the golf shop managers to write my reviews. Thanks Inman... but more thanks to Matt, Caleb, and the rest of the AR Team.

Thank you Matt, for the information. And to second Jason's comment. Thank you Mr. Inman for recognizing Active Rain. We KNOW, but when busy, influential people also KNOW, we can be sure we are in the Good Stuff column.

"If you build it, they will come"...

This is awesome!

Matt...

I got GOOSE BUMPS when I read this. GOOSE BUMPS as I write this.

Dude this is gonna be HUGE. HUGE. HUGE.

I am thrilled to have started when I did and see you grow. I watch and learn.

The only question I now have is... How can I invest?

Matt -- congratulations! What a wonderful boost! Thank you so much for such a great platform!

Great job and thanks for always sharing good news with us Matt.

Alright Matt! I can't wait until localism and ActiveRain are as big as we all know they will be. I can't wait for us to be able to say we watched and helped it grow into what it is going to become.

Thank you for creating this site. You guys are great!

Thanks to "YOU" and all of the Active Rain support team as well as the many contributing members. You're Awesome!

Lisa

i have already gotten people to call me saying: 'i found your blog, and you sound like someone who really wants to help people"

now, THAT is powerful!!!!

Congratulations, Matt, on all your hard work and its payoff. Localism is great and wll get even better. Brad's specific mention of AR is no small thing. Keep us posted - it's helpful to hear about the impact AR is having.

Congratulations!

You should already feel great about ActiveRain and Localism - this can only help in a BIG way.

2007 is going to be a fantastic year for all of us!

Matt,

Thanks for the update. Thumbs up to you and your crew. Your all doing an awesome job.

Very cool. I'm glad I found out about you just in time.

Good job Matt! This will help with the PR around the industry :)

I'm looking forward to seeing the results of Localism when all is said and done..

Scott

Hi Matt,

It was a pleasure meeting you last night at TAO. Best wishes and continued success.

condoDomain.com Team

Congratulations, AR!

Lucky you didn't use my similar phrase of 'letting the rat out of the sac...' LOL.

Excellent job with the creation and maitenance of ActiveRain.

Congratulations and Thank you.

Inman does a very good job of supporting new ideas and new technologies. The walk a fine line well.

Great news to hear we're on the industry radar. This should encourage everyone to step it up a notch to make Localism the consumer destination for real estate.

Nice...TLW...ROAR!

Free advertising is the very best kind of advertising that money can not buy. Way to go and keep it up!

Great news Matt!!! Thanks so much for everything you do for all of us.

2007 is going to be a great year with AR and Localism!!

Along with user-generated content, it's also creating transparency in the market. Though some may object to this lack of secrecy, I believe that it will be crucial to continued success as a real estate professional.

Thanks for the news Matt and thanks to Brad for the PR!

I'm proud of Active Rain's validating moment....... and pleased to be an itsty bitsy teenie weenie part of it all!

I too agree with Deborah Burns' slogan for Active Rain - it fits!

"Blogging is making the world my neighorhood....Localism will take my neighborhood to the world!"

I bet your amped up even more now! (is that possible?) Congrats on being a few steps of the game.
Now you will have two 'children' to watch grow.. :)

Congratulations Matt!

You'll never get any sleep now :-) I hear media moguls average about 4 hours sleep a night.

Congratulations....I love this site and can't wait til localism is up and ready.

Matt- Thank you for the update !! I am hooked on Active Rain !! This is an awesome website !! I've actually sent some business to a couple of the members.

JAN

2007

Awesome job Matt!!! Take us there!!!

Matt Bill French mentioned this too at our meeting Monday catching an Innman is a huge cudo congrats!

JAN

2007

Congradulations Matt, Caleb, AR! I believe in you.

Hahaha.

Matt, congratulations on what must have been a great, successful trip to the Inman News Conference. It was great to have a chance to meet you guys, in person.

A quick note, you definitely show your age by this post, when you say the following:

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.

I think you meant "segued".

"Segued" means making your way from one topic of conversation to another.

"Segwayed" on the other hand, means something like, "standing on a two-wheeled, GPS machine, driving around the Google campus, all day".

How every web 2.0 of you!

JAN

2007

Matt, Inman is always full of surprises and a few juicy pieces of info to take back home. I'm looking forward to supporting ActiveRain and Localism as much as possible. Good luck and it was nice meeting you.

Damon Pace - Incredible Agent

matt -

great meeting you and jonathan. we had a good time didn't we?

hey, i've some great video of your panel discussion that we're getting ready to put up next week. i'll send you the embed code when it's ready.

best,

rudy.sellsius°

JAN

2007

I have just created a new "group" on ActiveRain for anyone who is interested in Localism. I have called the group Localism Beta for lack of a better term.

I have seen a number of different blog posts on the topic recently, including yours and yet there is no central place to locate articles that are written on such an important topic.

I would like to invite you to join the group and the edit your post and include the group as part of the distribution for others to easily find. I would then encourage you to look and see what others have posted on the topic and share your thoughts and insights. I am sure most of what we will see is support for the site as well as a tip or technique to best leverage it's potential to our benefit.

I am also certain that there will be some lively debate over the direction that Localism should go. Now, I do not know what the ultimate business plan is and how much tweaking management will do on behalf of the users who have their own ideas on the site and how much is already set in stone - but certainly a debate is good for all.

So please, post your article and join us.

Now Have a Blessed Day,

John Occhi. Hemet CA REALTOR®
www.JohnOcchi.Com

PS - All who read this post are more than welcome to join as well. Please get involved and learn how to make this your most valuable internet resource

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