I just got back from a great get together with a bunch of fellow real estate bloggers, a sort of pre-conference meeting for those of us at Inman New York. It was initiated by Joel from Future of RE Marketing with help from the Sellsius guys. By the way, the place they picked was incredible – the Hudson Hotel in NY is fantastic. I have to admit, I was really looking forward to putting a face to some of the names that I’ve come to know throughout the last year.
The real estate blogosphere has exploded in 2006. I remember starting Realty Thoughts back in April and there were only a handful of others doing the same. Now, Matt Heaton tells me there are 13,000 real estate agents blogging on Active Rain. Bloggers are becoming the “thought leaders” for the industry – especially where real esate meets the web. Writers like Pat Kitano, Mary McKnight, Greg Swann, Kevin Boer and many others are talking about high-level issues that are changing and defining the industry.
So, as we see blogs flourishing, I have to ask, why do we not see a Brad Inman-led panel at this conference strictly about blogging? I see him tackling a number of great issues – Brad is incredibly good at making fireworks happen at his conferences. There are a number of bloggers among those I met tonight who would be great to have on the panel.
Regardless of whether or not blogging gets the attention it deserves from any conference (and there are a couple of good smaller sessions on blogging at Inman), 2007 will continue to see a rapid expansion of real estate agents and other real estate professionals embracing this platform.
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Hey — thanks for blogging about the event and for attending. We do have a breakout session on blogging that’s really meant to get down to the nitty gritty of why do it? How do I do it? What do I write about? Inman did tackle blogging as a trend on the main stage last year and we try to bring fresh content to our attendees each year so that’s why we didn’t replicate at this one. Hope you make it to the blogging session though.
Jessica Swesey,
Managing Editor, Inman News
Jessica, I went to that session and had a great time. You picked a great panel for it. What I was getting at was that blogging could/should be it’s own session in front of the “big crowd” led by Brad Inman himself.
Blogging has become incredibly important within the industry, and I find it interesting that Brad hasn’t led the charge on this one. (even though Inman as a company has done a remarkable job on their own website)