Videos of the general sessions from Inman Connect NYC 2009 are now available.  The videos are available to Premium Members as a member benefit.  If you’re not yet a Premium Member, now would be the perfect time to upgrade your membership. 

If your experience at Connect NYC 2009 was anything like mine, you probably attended a whole lot of sessions, but couldn’t make it to all of them.  These videos will help you fill those gaps.  The vidoes are also great even if you did attend the sessions, because you can visit them as many times as you want to reinforce your knowledge and beef up your notes.  

The videos include the keynote addresses by Robert Shiller and Gary Vaynerchuk, the very popular and informative "Bulls vs. Bears" panel, "25 Websites to help you find customers and save money in the downturn," and so much more!  If you weren’t able to attend Connect NYC 2009, these videos are a great way to catch up on much of what you missed.

Another option for those who want to be able to revist the entire Connect NYC 2009 conference is to purchase a USB key loaded with the audio and video from ALL of Connect NYC 2009.  That’s right, on one USB key, you’ll get all of the videos, PLUS all of the audio from the breakouts, workshops, and sponsored intensives.  The entire conference, complete and portable!  Check out the details and place your order today!

 And if attending Connect NYC 2009 has you excited for San Francisco, I’ve got good news–  early-bird registration for Connect SF 2009 is NOW OPEN!

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Phoenix real estate broker Jay Thompson tweets that he’s getting a lot out of a podcast interview with WineLibrary.com’s Gary Vaynerchuk that Michael Price has posted to his MLPodcast.com blog. Vaynerchuk takes 30 minutes to expound on his Inman Connect NYC keynote speech.

"Don’t think he applies to real estate? Listen!" says Thompson, who’s PhxREguy on Twitter.

Connect NYC 2009 sessions are now available as MP3s, and videos of general sessions are being added to the site. Check out other Inman News podcasts here.

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Wonder what all the fuss about Twitter is about, but clueless about how to get started Tweeting? G. Dewald, director of web strategy at Union Street Media, has opened up two avenues for exploring the social networking tool.

For those who can never be bothered to read the user’s manual, first go get yourself a Twitter account and then check out Dewald’s list of real estate professionals who are using Twitter. The list has grown to several dozen names and is over in the Real Estate Marketing 2.0 group in the Inman.com Community section. Dewald’s made it simple for you to click on a link and start following any of these folks Tweets to learn how it’s done.

If you’d rather get a handle on what Twitter’s all about before diving in, Dewald’s rounded up a comprehensive set of posts on his company blog that explore using Twitter for lead generation, customer service, trend spotting and reputation management. There’s even a list of other Twitter user lists.

So it’s up to you — get schooled or learn on the fly. Oh you can pick up those Twitter icons (above) for your Web site or blog over here, at AODdesign.

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