Stop trying to be Steve Jobs. Focus on these 12 principles instead

These 12 principles can act as guideposts and mile markers to measure your forward progress, writes mega-team leader Carl Medford. Do not take shortcuts.

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5 effective prospecting strategies to take you beyond cold calling

Although cold calling has traditionally been used as the leading sales prospecting approach, alternative strategies often yield better outcomes in today’s business landscape. Marketing expert Diana Zaya shares lead gen ideas to take you beyond the phone call.

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DOJ: NAR commission and pocket listing investigation should resume

The U.S. Department of Justice wants "to resume its consequential investigation of conduct that affects over $100 billion in broker fees paid by Americans annually," according to an appeal.

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MLS photo compliance drives latest Restb.ai partnership

Restb.ai, a software company that has pioneered use of computer vision, a form of artificial intelligence, in the residential real estate space, has cemented its latest multiple listing service relationship.

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Thad Wong and Chris Lim pop the hood on Christie’s proprietary tech

During the 18 months that have taken place since the acquisition, the firm has gradually rolled out its proprietary technology, pl@tform, to Christie's affiliates and early adopters are now seeing "great impacts," said Thad Wong.

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3 Instagram alternatives so you never have to cold call again

Whether you've always hated cold calling or never started in the first place, these ideas from social media strategist Michelle Berman-Mickel, will help you lead gen on Instagram instead.

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The uphill battle to cash in on tech: ‘Agents don’t know what they want’

As the market for proptech nears $100 billion, executives at companies like Contactually and Trackxi are grappling with a paradox: As supply grows, demand from brokerages and agents is narrowing.

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Zillow, Anywhere and Compass vanish from annual Fortune 500 list

The real estate giants' omission from Fortune's annual list of the biggest companies illustrates just how far industry players have fallen as a result of a housing contraction that began in 2022.

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Hotelier gives up on 2 hotels in San Francisco, citing ‘major challenges’

Park Hotels & Resorts CEO Thomas Baltimore says city's "major challenges" include weak conference outlook, high office vacancy rate and "street conditions" when announcing the move.

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ChatGPT plugin to boost TopHap’s market data visualizations

TopHap, a geospatial data visualization company that supports the real estate industry in relocation, development and marketing decisions, is now in beta testing with OpenAI’s ChatGPT plugin, the artificial intelligence tool that is rapidly expanding its presence in the industry, the company told Inman.

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Credit-building app for renters, Boom, reports $4.5M seed round

"We invested heavily into building our end-to-end software solution for rent reporting and consumer app layer and now we’re focused on revolutionizing the entire renter experience," said Boom CEO and co-founder Rob Whiting.

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Oxygen loss may have led to crash that killed Keller Williams agent

Adina Azarian died Sunday when the small plane she was on crashed in Virginia. Investigators are now exploring the possibility that hypoxia impacted people on the Cessna 560 Citation V.

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EXp Realty rolls out new ‘My Link My Lead’ referral tool for agents

My Link My Lead will enable eXp agents to share links to eXp's national search portal and automatically refer the leads generated outside of the agent's service area, the company said.

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Regulators are tracking complaints about ‘deficient’ financial chatbots

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warns of reputational and legal risks of relying on "deficient chatbots" as the primary mode of interacting with customers.

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The Texas plan that could win even more new homeowners

High property taxes in Texas have in the past canceled out some of the state's affordability advantages. But political leaders are looking for ways to reduce homeowners' tax burden.

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Simple, beautiful, and easy marketing tools for broker-owners — that agents love

In a busy landscape of tech tools and platforms, we wanted to understand what makes Breakthrough Broker custom marketing centers stand out to industry leaders who use it every day.

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Swag it out: Using on-demand printing to create your own merch

Merch isn’t just for rock bands and YouTubers. DOORA Properties Creative Director Janet Pozos shares strategies for creating an on-demand product line to promote your real estate business.

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LISTEN: In today’s market, can doing good help agents do well?

Atlanta broker-owner Amy McCoy joins Dr. Lee Davenport for a discussion of community advocacy and housing equity.

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Your future starts here: Invest in yourself at Inman Connect

The most valuable asset you have is you, and the smartest investment you can make is to nurture and develop that asset at Inman Connect.

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Lesson Learned: Give, give, take

Find out how Palm Beach agent Daniel Ekerold learned to focus more on the service provided so that the ROI could take care of itself.

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