See that look in their eyes, Rock? You gotta get that look back, Rock. Eye of the tiger, man. ~Apollo Creed, Rocky III

Our immensely popular Bloggers Connect workshop is returning this summer for a third spin in the ring.

We're bringing together some of the real estate blogging heavyweights to help train you, motivate you and inspire you to jump in the ring and who, like Apollo, can help you find your own "eye of the tiger." We'll help take your blogs to the next level, so you too can take a shot at the title belt.

Based on all the great feedback we received, we're retooled the program once again to allow more conversation, more interaction and more great strategy and advice.

These are just a few of the topics we're covering:

Round 1 - Creating Content that Hooks Readers
Winning strategies for creating repeat visitors.

Round 2 -Case Study: How Four Bloggers Are Closing Sales
What tactics work to generate business?

Round 3 - Blogging Pitfalls: How NOT to Get Sued
Don't lead with your chin. Dealing with legal issues, copyright issues and RESPA so you don't get knocked out.

Round 4 - Growing Pains: Take Your Blog to the Next Level
Going the distance and maintaining your blog.

Don't Throw in the Towel
If you register for the Bloggers Connect workshop this summer - stick around for main event too. Connect SF2008 is going toe-to-toe tackling some of the big issues facing the real estate industry today.

Register Today

Rocky Balboa: Tomorrow. Let's do it tomorrow.
Apollo Creed: There is no tomorrow! THERE IS NO TOMORROW! THERE IS NO TOMORROW!

Early bird pricing is in effect only until tomorrow (Friday April 11) - so if you register right now, you'll still get in before the bell rings.

Be a Champ
Inman Members get additional discounts off conference registration too, if you upgrade your account immediately you'll save even more.

And with that, I think I'm done with the Rocky metaphors. See you in San Francisco.

Update: Extended for A Week!

First, my apologies to anyone who tried to register for Connect over the weekend. We had some problems with our registration system that may have prevented some of you from getting through.

To make it up however, we've extended the Early Bird price deadline for an additional 2 more days week. Early bird pricing for Connect Registrations will be still be valid until Midnight, April 9th April 11th so you still have time to get in under the wire.

Inman Members, make sure you are logged in to your account when you register! You receive an additional $100 off the full conference package with your membership, but you need to be logged in to claim it.

Don't delay! Today is the last day to get Early Bird pricing for this summer's Real Estate Connect conference in San Francisco.

You'll save over $280 if you get your registration in today... Monday the prices all go up!

We've planned an ambitious schedule for this year's conference, here are just some of the big questions we’ll try and answer this summer:

• When is this market going turn around?
• Where are new buyers coming from?
• How do we sort out the MLS Mess?
• Get Social or Die? Adapting to a new online environment.
• How to get radical with your marketing.

In addition, we've retooled our pre-conference workshops to make them even more relevant to today's business climate. Attending a workshop in addition to Connect extends your experience and gives you the chance to go even deeper into a subject of your choosing. This summer's workshops include:

• Bloggers Connect
• Internet Marketing
• Foreclosures

Inman Members, make sure you are logged in to your account to make sure you take advantage of our exclusive Member pricing. Inman Members get an additional $100 off their registrations.

Photo by Fonzie's cousin

We've had a few inquiries about the recent problems with the full RSS feeds from our blog.

By problems, I mean of course, there are no full feeds.

I just wanted to let all our readers know it's an issue we're aware of and are actively looking to fix. I expect them to be restored sometime in the next couple of days.

This time, hopefully, I won't even have to bust out my sparkly tights.

While the big news at Inman News this week has been the launch of our new Web site, we've also had some other changes, including moving our headquarters to a new office.

As many readers know, pretty much anything that can go wrong during a move usually does go wrong. Today, we learned that we will not have access to our phone system for a few more days.

We wanted to let readers, customers and members know how they can reach us during this time. You can definitely send us e-mail to the appropriate addresses, and we've set up temporary phone numbers for the following departments:

Editorial department: (510) 220-8469
Customer service: (510) 230-8447
Emergency: If you can't get through either of those two lines, please call (510) 910-9345.

It's been a huge and tough week at Inman News and we thank all of our readers and customers for bearing with us as we've dealt with the shakiness of a new Web site. Despite the hiccups, we're very pleased with the outcome so far and hope you are too.

We're still accepting feedback about the new site at beta@inman.com. We appreciate all the feedback that's come in so far.

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Groups tend to gather around common interests. We've always felt at Inman News that we see the best and brightest minds gather with us around a mutual passion for real estate.

It's why in the real world we called our San Francisco and New York events Connect, and it's why with this new site we wanted to encourage even more of those online connections.

Our vision for the new site was to create a virtual "watercooler" where people can still get the daily news, but if they want, they can also comment on and have a conversation around those stories too.

We also wanted to find ways to connect people around common interests (say internet marketing) and encourage a healthy sense of community.

We also realize that there's a serious case of social network fatigue setting into the industry now - so early on we decided against going too far down the social network road. It's also why we tiered many of the features so you can choose to participate only as much as you want.

If you want; to start, create a profile on our new site. Tell people a little about yourself. Show us who you are. Drop a comment or two on a story. Join a group. Share your knowledge in our wiki. Fill out an ad for your services in our marketplace. Have fun dipping your toes in the water.

If you like what you find; then upgrade to become an Inman Member. Become a leader. Start new groups. Have a greater presence on the site. Be recognized for your contributions.

We hope you have fun with the new Community features on the new Inman.com. That's what it's all about. Making productive business connections and having a good time doing it too.

See you there.

OK, so we've taken some shots over the years for our old web site.

And there's no doubt it was time for a makeover.

So, in addition to a new logo and some exciting new benefits for our valued Members, we've gone and given Inman.com a whole new look which we'll be rolling out very soon. (You can can also click on the image for some highlights of the new home page)

But don't worry. We never lost sight of our primary goal in this redesign.

Our hard-hitting, independent real estate news still remains at the heart of our new site.

But along with our must-read daily headlines, we've brought together under one roof some of our popular new media initiatives; InmanTV, the InmanBlog, the InmanWiki as well as a brand new real estate blog network that's going to bring you even more top notch daily business intelligence.

We also realize we're not going to hit a home run coming out of the gates (how's that for a mixed metaphor?). Believe me, this is only version 1.0 and we fully expect to be constantly refining the site based on your feedback. We want to hear what you think. Inman.com is as much yours as it is ours.

Since we started down this path (and it's been nearly a year in the making) we've had an internal mantra that been guiding us. I wanted to share it with you today.

Same great news. Brand new site.

We hope you like it.

OK, so we've taken some shots over the years for our old web site.

And there's no doubt it was time for a makeover.

So, in addition to a new logo and some exciting new benefits for our valued Members, we've gone and given Inman.com a whole new look which we'll be rolling out very soon. (You can can also click on the image for some highlights of the new home page)

But don't worry. We never lost sight of our primary goal in this redesign.

Our hard-hitting, independent real estate news still remains at the heart of our new site.

But along with our must-read daily headlines, we've brought together under one roof some of our popular new media initiatives; InmanTV, the InmanBlog, the InmanWiki as well as a brand new real estate blog network that's going to bring you even more top notch daily business intelligence.

We also realize we're not going to hit a home run coming out of the gates (how's that for a mixed metaphor?). Believe me, this is only version 1.0 and we fully expect to be constantly refining the site based on your feedback. We want to hear what you think. Inman.com is as much yours as it is ours.

Since we started down this path (and it's been nearly a year in the making) we've had an internal mantra that been guiding us. I wanted to share it with you today.

Same great news. Brand new site.

We hope you like it.

Photo by Pipens.

Jessica Swesey, Managing Editor of Inman News, will be participating in “Talk Real Estate” on KFNN 1510 in Phoenix Thursday morning from 12pm to 1pm MST (11am to 12pm PST). You can hear the broadcast stream live on www.kfnn.com.

We're just about ready to pull the covers off a new Inman News Web site and we're anxious to show our loyal readers just what we've been up to. Stay tuned for the reveal coming soon! Meanwhile, here's a taste of our new logo: