Tag Archive for 'Inman Conference'

Reflection and Bike Storage

After an insane week of Inman Connect and never taking a day off of work (New Yorkers at the conference: I’m sure you can commiserate), I’ve finally gotten the chance to take in what everyone was talking about during the past week’s proclivities and festivities. One part I completely missed was REBarCamp, “an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees,” according to the website.

There are great pics from what seemed to be a truly educational event (I have to take the speakers and panels on a case-by-case basis).

A refreshingly brief interview of Deanna Brown of Scripps International was a wonderful break from the less-than-positive MLS talk that preceded her. What a sassy lady! I am so glad that the Inman folks are looking outside of the RE inner circle to hear about the rest of media production/consumption/interaction these days.

And on an unrelated but New York-specific note, the New York Post noted a proposal to the city that would require all new buildings in the NY area to have adequate indoor bike storage. Hallelujah for the #1 Worst City for Bike Theft! What if every city made this a mandate?

Consumers want “Zactimates” over “Zestimates”: Thems Fightin’ Words!

Says Dave Charron on the MLS panel this morning.

MLS versus Zilllow: GO!

Awkward People Using Flash Photography

There is nothing more uncomfortable than trying to use flash photography in a very quiet conference room. Especially when you’re trying to take a picture of the awesome Jeff Turner of Real Estate Shows from the way, way back.

Guess what: I’m Engaged!

Big lesson of Blogger Connect this morning:

Engagement is the key to everything.

Jeff Turner and Ines make a crucial point this morning that a lot of industry people tend to put to the back of their minds. You will have an incredible influence on those people that you follow in multiple arenas, and the people that you follow have an incredible influence on you.

Ines of Miamism particularly is mentioning the actual legwork involved in getting this captive audience.

Get leverage from your friends.

Be genuine.

Nevertheless; documenting a lifestyle takes a lot of work, especially if your lifestyle is as cool and as busy as mine.

Dewald on Conversions at the intersection of Inman & Union Street

Gahlord Dewald of Union Street Media, who we met last night at the Zillow event, talks the long tail value of well-designed landing pages, engagement, and high quality, higher volume conversions. Excellent discussion! Gahlord rocks!