I am too much chagrined. In building BloodhoundBlog.TV, I know what I want, but I keep running into technical glitches that leave me short of where I want to be. We are that close to getting a launch-quality product, but I’m not there yet.
But: The video linked below is a big step in the right direction. Daniel Rothamel of The Real Estate Zebra joined us to talk about his experiences so far at the NAR Convention, notably Seth Godin’s presentation and yesterday’s news from Zillow.com’s Rich Barton.
Jeff Turner is running a NAR Updates site that gives a peripatetic commentary on events at the show.
We will try to take another stab at BHB.TV content from the Convention before the Conventioneers are ground to a pulp by the irrepressible machine that is Las Vegas.
Technorati Tags: blogging, nar2007, real estate, real estate marketing, technology, Zillow.com
Andy Kaufman says:
Nice work guys.
Hey Greg, Having engaged in some late night, high stakes Connect 4 while on Phish tour in the summer of 2000, I especially respect the scrabble hustling thing.
–Andy (ENTJ)
http://twitter.com/andykaufman
November 15, 2007 — 12:52 pm
Todd Carpenter says:
Hey Greg, If I could make a suggestion, the doorway behind you is sort of distracting to me. I don’t know how hard it would be to make the background more neutral, but I think it would help.
A few other points. I’ve called on more RE agents than you can shake a stick at. It seems like they’re all old. No surprise to me that the convention would be any different.
As far as walking cities go, Downtown Denver is every bit as walkable as the strip. Google the 16th street mall and LoDo to get an idea.
My first experience in Vegas last week couldn’t be any different from how your’s sound. The first night, I went to bed at 9:30! I didn’t gamble even one dime, and the seminar I went to was full of useful training classes instead of sales pitches. Weird huh?
November 15, 2007 — 1:26 pm
Greg Swann says:
> As far as walking cities go, Downtown Denver is every bit as walkable as the strip.
I would expect it to be more walkable, yes? Like a real city. Major metros that developed before the “free roads” movement are very walkable. The Strip is (relatively) walkable now because the vast spaces between the original resorts have been filled in.
November 15, 2007 — 1:35 pm
Daniel Rothamel says:
Greg,
Pretty cool. It will only get better from here. Next time, I will try to get myself in the middle of the iSight screen. . .
@Andy– Yet another ENTJ– I knew there was a reason I liked you.
November 15, 2007 — 2:32 pm
Brian Brady says:
Greg:
Daniel’s a natural field correspondent. Your hosting is good, too. It’s a Wolf Blizter in Iraq circa 1991.
The technology is mediocre but the content is great. The possibilities are astounding. Kudos for following this idea through.
November 15, 2007 — 2:48 pm
John Kalinowski says:
Greg,
I love the concept, and am excited about the future of this new feature! One suggestion would be to move back a bit from the camera. Your face was even closer than Russell Shaw’s was in the first video he did for Bloodhound! 🙂 When it first started, it looked like one of those trick videos people send around by e-mail where you stare at the car driving on the screen and suddenly a scary face jumps out at you! (Not that I’m saying your scary, but hopefully you get the picture). Looking forward to more!
November 15, 2007 — 2:49 pm
Teri L says:
A good start to BHBTV.
Daniel has done a fantastic job of twittering the convention- he’s truly gifted. I had a difficult time getting real work done yesterday because his tweets were so funny and so entertaining and so informative.
Through the various 2.0 coverage the last few days, I was struck by the disconnect between the NAR and the RE.net. Interesting time to be in real estate.
Happy Birthday Greg!
November 15, 2007 — 4:41 pm
Teri L says:
One more thing: I/ENFJ 😉
November 15, 2007 — 4:43 pm
JStrummer says:
Greg,
Can you say what software you’re using to create this? It’s fantastic, and I wanted to do something similar in an entirely different realm.
Thanks!
November 15, 2007 — 6:14 pm
Greg Swann says:
> Can you say what software you’re using to create this?
Ask me again when I get it all the way right, which will happen as soon as I can snare another victim.
What we’ll have is multi-camera remote-location video of a quality comparable to network TV around 1968. My ability to effect a director’s control is limited right now, but that will change a lot over the next year. The way to think of it is being like desktop-publishing in 1985 — a hugely limited but complete liberation from the television overlords. We have the power to control our own news.
November 15, 2007 — 6:27 pm
Andy Kaufman says:
You know, there’s an application out there which is totally perfect for this type of multiscreen, live video content. Jason Calacanis was demoing it a few months ago. I’ve tried to track it down, but the name of it is totally escaping me right now.
Stay tuned.
November 15, 2007 — 6:33 pm
Andy Kaufman says:
Hey Greg, I’m pretty sure that http://mogulus.com/ is what I was thinking of. I just signed up for a beta account, but won’t really have a chance to check it out until this weekend.
November 15, 2007 — 7:10 pm
Geno Petro says:
Greg…your quote, “…being the person the buyer is looking for” is ‘money’ by almost every definition. This was a great interview. I like the split screen a lot as well as the organic feel of these early BHB-TV episodes.
November 15, 2007 — 7:19 pm
CJ, Broker in L A, CA says:
Greg: You took your cat with you?? Cool!
November 16, 2007 — 7:28 am
Greg Swann says:
> You took your cat with you??
I was in my office at home. The cat is Ebony, who is around me all the time. FWIW, Odysseus was at my feet through that whole interview.
November 16, 2007 — 7:45 am