Vancouver Condo Real Estate Video Blog #277 - March 25, 2009
Anthony Cavanaugh at Real Estate Council, Ian Watt Wants to Chat With You about Web 2.0
Ian Watt video blogs about how after a long discussion with the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, Ian Watt would like to now request a discussion with Anthony Cavanaugh at Real Estate Council about Web 2.0. If you want to voice your opinion or if you don't care for Ian's comments please email your feedback to ianwatt@ianwatt.ca and visit http://www.ianwatt.ca/RealEstateVideos for all the Ian Watt Real Estate Video Blogs.
Ian Watt: Hi good
afternoon! It's Ian Watt in Downtown Vancouver. Today I spent the
morning at the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. Talking about
Web 2.0 and how basically how the Real Estate Board has to learn about
it. What they, we sat down chatted there all open eyes, open ears, open
arms. They were very excited and a great discussion. They recommend it
and I called the Real Estate Council and I spoke with Anthony Cavanaugh
and I was speaking with Anthony on the phone and he say well this is a
bit of a lie or low priority. Why don't you send an email explaining
why you want to talk about Web 2.0. Rather than sending an email, I'm
gonna send this video blog over the Anthony and he can pass it around
to his office. See the problem I have with the Real Estate Council
right now on their lack of attention to Web 2.0 is that Web 2.0 is so
prominent yet our rules don't really talk about the problems that may
arise. Now I've mention this before and in other video blogs but this
is kind of interesting on one hand we had advertising. There's strict
rules for advertising and is as far as the council concern. On the
other hand we have communication. Communication in advertising are
totally different. Somewhere in between is marketing. But what I wear
this black shirt. I wear in every single
one of the
video blogs that is marketing. That's not advertising. That's not
communication it's somewhere in between. Now the problem arises that
when I do this twitter things they are communications. That's not
advertising however, the Real Estate Council thinks it is. So what I
have to do is explain that my video blogs are communication not
advertising. There's a great area in between and that's were a lot of
people don't realize there can be problems. So what I would like to do
with the Real Estate Council is sat down with them, talk about it. Open
up a discussion so when they form this new strata gist, new laws, new
plans for Web 2.0 they actually know what they're talking about. So
Anthony Cavanaugh I ask you to please set up an open discussions. So we
can talk about Web 2.0 and how it's affecting our Real Estate business.
My name is Ian Watt. You can always email me at ianwatt@ianwatt.ca.
Thank you very much and have a great day!