For some, communicating via e-mail and the status updates and social chatter online aren't great ways to improve their business. You may be a great face-to-face communicator and feel like all the digital stuff just sort of gets in the way.If you are one of these people and you want to increase the amount of time you spend face-to-face with people in your area, there are, of course, some social tools to help.

One of these is Eventbrite. Eventbrite is a tool that helps you schedule events in the real world and use digital tools to promote the events. You can also use it to find events in your area based on a variety of criteria.All rights reserved. This article may not be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, in part or in whole, without written permission of Inman News. Use of this article without permission is a violation of federalcopyright law. [Read the full article]

Homebuilders broke ground on more new homes in September for the third straight month, according to a report by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).Private housing starts hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 610,000 last month -- the highest level in five months and a 28 percent gain from the lowest level ever recorded by the Census Bureau: a rate of 477,000 in April 2009.All rights reserved. This content may not be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, in part or in whole, without written permission of Inman News.Use of this content without permission is a violation of federal copyright law.Homebuilders broke ground on more new homes in September for the third straight month, according to a report by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). [Read the full article]

In August and September, burglars snuck into 18 homes in towns near Concord, N.H., and ripped out their copper pipes. Three of the thefts occurred on the same block of one street, racking up damage that police estimated at $5,000 to $10,000.The common element to these thefts was that the homes had no one living in them -- they were in foreclosure or apparently abandoned or for sale -- in all cases unoccupied. Their owners might discover, to their regret, that it could be hard to make a claim for the damage if their insurance policies exclude losses when a home is vacant.Five things to consider in insuring -- or rather, failing to insure -- a vacant or unoccupied home:1. Plenty of people need to consider this. The number of vacant homes in the U.S. [Read the full article]

Analyzing your website traffic is crucial. It can help optimize your marketing efforts, improve usability, and most importantly, convert visitors to leads. There are many analytics applications available.I utilize Google Analytics, which is free and easy to use. It is also integrated into many other Google products including its AdWords advertising platform.This post at the Google Analytics blog, "Back-to Basics: Non-Brand Keywords," offers a brief and easy tutorial on how to view your non-brand keyword traffic -- this is traffic that comes to your site after entering search terms that do not incorporate your company name or brand name.All rights reserved. This article may not be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, in part or in whole, without written permission of Inman News. Use of this article without permission is a violation of federalcopyright law.Analyzing your website traffic is crucial. [Read the full article]