ICNY Wrap

Another Connect down. Brad and the Inman team keep executing, and expanding, the conference into a must-attend event in residential real estate. By all accounts, Hacker Connect — the technologist-focused event, which debuted on Monday — was a success, but left many exhausted who faced a week straight of the endless connecting that Connect stimulates.

Machine learning + the great CRM integration

Customer relationship management platforms are amazingly powerful and increasingly central to everything real estate agents do. That’s why there’s a glut of them in the market — Contactually, Follow Up Boss, Top Producer, Chime, Firepoint, Wise Agent, BoomTown, Commissions Inc. (CINC), Kunversion.

How to be digital mayor of your town, 7 insights

Four years ago, the small business client engagement software maker Groove was languishing. That’s when it turned to content marketing, and saw website traffic, and revenue, grow. Groove chief marketing officer Len Markidan broke his firm’s content marketing strategy down at Curaytor Excellence, the annual conference for real estate tech and marketing firm, Curaytor, a great HageyMedia client.

Hoodline, local journalism + real estate content marketing

It’s been well-chronicled. The long death-rattle of local journalism has opened an immense opportunity for real estate brokerages and agents, to, as media luminary Gary Vaynerchuck implored the crowd at Inman Connect in August, become the digital mayors of their towns.

Nest Realty + content = trust

Jonathan Kauffmann, broker-owner of Charlottesville, Virginia-based Nest Realty, found an answer to a big question. Zillow and realtor.com offer consumers world-class real estate search platforms and massive brokerages and franchisors cultivate recognizable brands with national marketing campaigns. What’s a small, regional brokerage to do?

Colin Kaepernick, protest & content marketing

San Francisco 49er backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick is spearheading a national conversation with his bold, some would say foolish, decision to not stand for the national anthem before his team’s NFL games.

Content marketing + ROI

Arrow Electronics raked in over $23 billion in 2015. It distributes the components of our futures — the stuff that goes inside Google servers, General Electric engines and smart-home products and SpaceX rockets.