Well, we sure do now! The MyTechOpinion team made their way across the bay to take part in the Inman Bloggers Connect festivities and conference. The usual suspects were present (Reggie, Chad, & myself). But in hopes of turning my business partner (and virgin blogger) onto blogging, I brought along my collaborator in crime, Sarah.
We arrived at the Beers & Bloggers party at the Thirsty Bear in San Francisco to find the shindig in full swing. There wasn’t much room to really work the crowd, so we corralled ourselves into a little corner up front and considered ourselves greeters. At any rate, it turned out to be a great spot, as Louis Cammarosano from HomeGain was the first to connect with us. As we suspected, Joe and Rudy from Sellsius, were a kick in the pants…literally!!! We enjoyed a few “small world” realizations as Trulia’s Jamie Glenn and I appreciated our hometown charm gone wild, and Pat Kitano and Sarah initiated a high school reunion for 2!
Joe and Rudy offered us a ride on the BlogTour bus to the Trulia party at John Colins …but we passed after they said Sarah could drive. After arriving safely (via Bill the taxi man), things turned dangerously hot upstairs with condo kings Tony from CondoDomain and Adam from Condo.com. Canada was well represented with pro bloggers Stephen and Mike of Ubertor, and Sara and Sheldon of The Edmonton Real Estate Blog. A special thanks to Stephen, as his out of town insistence on after party hot spot, The Clift, proved to be one memorable evening.
As for the conference the following day, we found Mary McKnight’s advice and tips to be on point. So I’m sure you’ll be seeing a lot more questions for post titles here in the future. Overall, it was great experience for enthusiastic real estate bloggers of any level. Sarah (our virgin blogger) came away with enough helpful information and inspiration to want to jump into the blogosphere with both feet! I’m sure she’ll have a few friends along the way to support her.
See more photos here.
Looks like you had a blast! I have read a ton about Real Estate Connect, wish I could have been there. By the way, "NikNik", you are gorgeous!
Hi Guys,Had a great time the other night. Was awesome to meet you all in person finally. Looking forward to seeing you up in Vancouver. Talk to you soonSteve
I am so bummed i couldn't make itmaybe NYC in Jan
I can see Knick Knick in one of my pics, but I was actually able to chat with Chad and Sarah. The number of bloggers who crammed into John Collins was insane. It reminded me more of a High School kegger. Anyway, lots of fun.
Reggie, it was great meeting you guys at the Zillow party on Tuesday night!
Reggie & Nik rock! Can't wait till the next conference. Jagger, we need to hang in Van ASAP!
Looks like a lot of fun. Wish I wasn't in San Francisco just weeks earlier for vacation or else I would have gone to RE Connect. I did have a chance to meet Joe and Rudy on the BlogTourUSA though.
Nic,So much fun hanging out with you in San Fran. I have been out of the office since Inman but I'm getting ready to post a bunch of blogs about the san fran craziness. watch http://www.condo.com/adamkujacznski for some great blog action coming soon.plenty of links back to mytechopinion of course.Cheers,Adam
I like this blog a lot, so I have added it to my blogroll at MassHomeBuyerGuide.com. You have some great information on real estate technology. Keep up the good work.