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5 Facebook “Posts” You Are Sorry You Missed

by Inman Next

April 23, 2012  |  2 Comments

Timeline continues its march across Facebook and we’ve been covering its advances every step of the way. Have you been keeping up? Today, we invite you to reflect on your own progress. How’s that cover photo treating you? Are you rising above the noise and having the social experience YOU want to have? If your [...]

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[WEBINAR RECORDING] Twitter 101

by Inman Next

April 14, 2012  |  1 Comment

Little things make a huge difference in how you can successfully use Twitter in your business. In this webinar recording, Katie Lance, social media director for Inman News, will walk you through the crucial first 30 days on Twitter: How to set up your account properly, what should be in your bio, how to get relevant followers quickly, [...]

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What’s the Buzz All About?

by Inman Next

March 21, 2012  |  0 Comments

Tune in this Thursday night, March 22, at 6 p.m. PDT (9 p.m. EDT), to hear Katie Lance, social media director for Inman News and contributing editor for InmanNext, being interviewed by Kelly Mitchell on her new Blog Talk Radio Show, Agent Caffeine. A Hawaii resident since the ’70s, Kelly Mitchell is the producer and [...]

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[VIDEO] Stop Freaking Out. Sharing is Good.

by Inman Next

March 15, 2012  |  0 Comments

In a time when so many of us are in tizzy over Google’s shifting privacy policy and ownership of data, Jeff Jarvis has a unique perspective: stop freaking out. Jarvis, a professor and author and keynote speaker at Real Estate Connect, talked with Inman News Chief Marketing Officer Tracy Weir about the value of sharing [...]

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[VIDEO] Share helpful, fun, localized information. Innovator Spotlight: Matthew Shadbolt

by Inman Next

March 12, 2012  |  2 Comments

The final innovator spotlight keynote for Real Estate Connect New York this year came from The Corcoran Group’s Matthew Shadbolt, winner of the highly competitive Inman News “2011 Most Innovative Real Estate Social Site, Social Service or Blog” award for his work leveraging the Foursquare platform to connect on an unprecedented level with New Yorkers. [...]

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[INTERVIEW] The New York Times knows why we share. Do you?

by Inman Next

February 29, 2012  |  1 Comment

We all want our content shared. Sharing expands our reach, it validates our efforts, and it improves our online credibility. But what makes people share? The New York Times did extensive research on the psychology of sharing. Brian Brett, managing director of customer research, talked with Chris Smith at Real Estate Connect about the findings [...]

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Jason Baptiste of OnSwipe weighs in on the future of tablets

by Inman Next

February 21, 2012  |  1 Comment

Jason Baptiste, Co-Founder and CEO of OnSwipe, sees a bright future in touch-screen computing. At Real Estate Connect NYC ’12 he talked to Tracy Weir , Inman News chief marketing officer, about the future of personal computing and the shortcomings of apps. For Baptiste, consumption happens on the Web, not in apps. On the future [...]

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The 411 on Why People Share Online [VIDEO]

by Inman Next

January 25, 2012  |  4 Comments

There has been an abundance of research on social media, but to date, no one has asked in a comprehensive way of, why do people share? Sharing content online these days is as second nature as sending an email or a text. Obviously you know precisely what you want to share online, but have you [...]

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Fireside Chat with Legendary New York City Restaurateur Danny Meyer

by Inman Next

January 24, 2012  |  3 Comments

New York is known for its world-class restaurants and we’re thrilled to have had one of the city’s most visionary restaurateurs at Real Estate Connect for a fireside chat about entrepreneurialism and hospitality. Danny Meyer is a best-selling author, the CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group and the creator of New York hot spots like the [...]

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The Past, Present and Future of Augmented Reality [VIDEO]

by Inman Next

January 23, 2012  |  3 Comments

Based in The Netherlands, Layar is the world’s largest mobile augmented reality (AR) platform with over 10 million installs. Founded in June 2009, the global startup also boasts a 10,000-person strong developer community that is working to make AR experiences a reality in people’s everyday lives. Layar co-founder Claire Boonstra showed us how this emerging [...]

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