InmanNext™ is the new channel from Inman News™, the nation’s leading source of independent real estate news, information, advice, and research. Tailored to the needs of agents, InmanNext™ is the first of its kind for real estate agents: a smart, opinionated, useful and actionable source of information that you can use to improve your business.
Every aspect of the business of real estate has been transformed by technology, from the way you market your listings to the way you communicate with your clients. InmanNext™ can help you navigate the new world of technology, from mobile to social to video to gadgets. We’ll provide provocative insights and opinion, helpful reviews, and well-informed commentary on the tools, technologies, and trends that will affect and influence the real estate industry.
The community of InmanNext™ is thoroughly social, mobile and inclusive. Whether you’re an agent with 30 years of experience who is a technophobe, or a gadgeteer with just a few months in the business, you’ll find useful news you can use. The channel will be filled with proven tips, techniques, how-to articles and profiles of successful agents you can use to improve your own business.
Each month, top-producing agents and real estate insiders read InmanNext™ to keep current on the state of the industry – and to get a glimpse into the future. They’ll learn how to leverage the latest technological developments to expand and improve their businesses, get guidance on which gadgets to adopt – or ignore – and discover how to separate the truly hot tech trends from the hype.
Chris Smith and Katie Lance
InmanNext™ is helmed by two of the top communicators in real estate: influential blogger and thinker Chris Smith, the founder of TheTechSavvyAgent.com, and Katie Lance, the editorial director of The Future of Real Estate Marketing (FOREM.com).
A strong pool of expert guest contributors will round out the content and offer opinions that may be controversial. The point is not to agree. We want to create an open, vibrant forum where agents can express themselves, learn, grow and find value in the relationships they create with other agents who are in the Next community.
In short, InmanNext™ is the smartest place on the Internet for real estate technology, news and techniques specifically for real estate agents.
Chris Smith
Chief Evangelist, Inman News
Twitter: @chris_smth OR @InmanNext
There is one word that often comes to mind when you meet Chris Smith: Passion. He is passionate about helping agents succeed in social media by engaging today’s tech savvy consumers. That’s why he co-founded the wildly popular TechSavvyAgent.com blog while with Move.com, and served as the company’s technology ambassador. He is known to practice what he preaches: in less than two years, he built a commanding presence in social media with thousands of followers on both Facebook and Twitter. He is a sought-after speaker and coach, and has addressed thousands of agents at industry conferences all over North America and Canada.
Katie Lance
Contributing Editor, Inman Next
Social Media Director, Inman News
Twitter: @katielance OR @InmanNext
Katie brings her experience as the managing editor of FOREM, the hugely popular and top-rated Future of Real Estate Marketing blog, to her role as contributing editor of InmanNext™. You can read Katie’s posts from FOREM on InmanNext™, as FOREM is now integrated with InmanNext™. Katie also serves as Inman News’ social media director, where she oversees the social media strategy and implementation for Inman events, including Real Estate Connect® and Agent Reboot™.
With more than 15 years experience in marketing, sales and training, Katie is an expert in creating strategic, creative and practical marketing programs for real estate agents, having previously served as marketing manager for a San Francisco Bay Area real estate brokerage. She is a recognized expert in content creation, blogging and social media, real estate technology, Web 2.0, mobile technology and search.
