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Random Notes from Day 1 of INMAN Connect NYC

January 10, 2008 By George O'Neill Leave a Comment

 INMAN Connect NYC '08

Today was Day 1 of the excellent INMAN Connect conference.  The meetings started with Bloggers Connect – a gathering of pro and business bloggers for sharing best practices.  Clearly blogging in maturing as a medium and tool in the Real Estate industry.  Today, blogs are a tool we have that can help us, if used properly, to become more intimate with our clients, and to demonstrate some of our value to potential clients.

But, this conference is about more than just blogging, and there are additional tools and widgets that will help us get closer to our clients in this on-line medium.  Things like Meebo, Plugoo, Trulia, Zillow and many others are available.  I will cover off some of these in a later post.

Overall however there is a cloud over this conference due to the slowing U.S. economy and the problems real estate is having in many parts of this country, initiated by the sub-prime loans issues.  Some predicted at the conference today that the U.S. is already in a recession, and will not come out until mid to late 2009 at the earliest.  Indeed this should give us pause.

From a Canadian perspective, we need to keep abreast of what happens here in the U.S. since this great country is still our largest trading partner. 

Let’s see what unfolds tomorrow.

George

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About George O'Neill
George O'Neill is CEO and Broker of Record at O'Neill Real Estate Limited. Prior to founding this business, George worked for over twenty years as a management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Consulting and for leading Canadian and U.S. companies including Hydro One, Spar Aerospace, McDonnell Douglas (Boeing) and the Manufacturing Technology Centre in business development, marketing, sales and technology roles.George holds Master and Bachelor Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick (UNB) as well as an MBA Degree from Queen's University. Active in the local community, George supports various charities and organizations and sits on various Boards including two private corporations and three not-for-profit organizations. George was an adjunct professor in Economics at Humber College for years and is founder of Real Estate Technology Toronto (RETechTO), Ontario's largest digital marketing discussion group for real estate professionals, and is founder of the annual Social Media Marketing Summit for Real Estate.George is an author, video blogger, sought after speaker and recognized as a thought leader in the real estate industry. He is pleased the majority of his business is based on repeat clients and referrals, and loves to spend time with his growing family.

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