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Inman’s Connect conference is coming to NYC from Jan 7-9. Probably the equivalent of ‘internet world’ with a focus on the property space, a great way to network and learn about how the web is changing the global property business.

Also, another item for the calendar, is the upcoming Agent Expo in Islington, Oct 14 & 15. A more local event but not as fun as a trip to NYC.

The UK property market is probably 2-3 years behind the US market when it comes to using the internet as a vehicle for marketing. Our partners at Nestoria have just gotten back from the Connect conference in San Francisco.

There’s a great recap of UK to US differences from Nestoria founder Ed Freyfogle here on Renthusiast.

You betcha it is! The last couple of gems to come from Real Estate Connect relate to some of the key problems that any real estate superhero has to face…

• Your inbox has a zillion emails and keeps getting more, how the heck do you stay on top of it?
• You’ve signed up to twitter and your dog is sick, should you tweet about it?
• You want to manage projects with clients and colleagues, can it be done easily without losing your sanity?

Connect helped property professionals to answer these questions and luckily for us folk who weren’t there, there have been some nice blog posts detailing what was said.

So, if your inbox is making you want to run for the hills then check out Jay Thompson’s post on AgentGenius - ‘Approaching Inbox Zero’. There you can learn how to delete, delegate, respond, defer and do, which should help your inbox shed all that unsightly excess weight it’s been carrying.

If you’ve been listening to all the hullabaloo about Twitter and want to start pimping your property company online, you may be wondering what the best way to go about it is. Well, as Todd Carpenter points out in his post ‘People Really Do Want You To Tweet About Your Cat’ over at RealEstateTomato, the agent who just tweets links to listings and data reports is unlikely to gain any new best friends any time soon. So does that mean it’s cool to tweet about things that aren’t property related, to be (dare I say it) unprofessional? Absolutely! Social networking for business is not about being the formal square in the corner.

And then lastly, if you’re looking for an easy project management tool, Dustin Luther suggests taking a look at BaseCamp. We use BaseCamp here at Zoomf Towers so we concur that it’s a great product (and with it’s 30 day free trial you can decide that for yourself before parting with any cash).

I can’t finish this post without mentioning one of the other highlights of Connect, the Inman Innovator Awards. Major kudos to all the winners, which include the super cool Lani & Benn from AgentGenius and Derek & Co from Roost.

I guess that’s it from Connect, until next time!

You may remember a while back I posted about my crazy night out with the folks from Zappos.com, well that all came off the back of blogging and twittering. Today I just had my latest blogging perk, the gorgeous duo Gia and Grant Freer from Realseekr.com sent over a super duper care package of American groceries from sunny Florida.

Now believe it or not, Zoomf is pretty much run on American candy. Wherever Mike Carter is, a pack of yankee sweets are never far away. And this weekend, I’ll be getting my fix of all things yankee-doodle.

Want to know what I got sent? Check out the video!