{"id":213,"date":"2006-08-15T09:20:04","date_gmt":"2006-08-15T16:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=213"},"modified":"2007-05-12T16:29:04","modified_gmt":"2007-05-12T23:29:04","slug":"walking-the-rails-what-to-do-when-you-miss-the-cluetrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/213\/walking-the-rails-what-to-do-when-you-miss-the-cluetrain\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking the rails: What to do when you miss the Cluetrain . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

I would say that the Zillow.com’s response to recent events has been pretty lame — a vast silence punctuated by a gavotte with The Bubblette<\/a>. But as clueless as they have been, I think the comment we got from one Brad Thompson takes the prize. Brad apparently works for realPING, although we can only conjecture about this because he doesn’t link back to anything.<\/p>\n

His point is to take exception to my detailing of the reverse-engineered version I made of the realPING product<\/a>. Have at it, Brad:<\/p>\n

Even with the “Update” and “Further Notice” comments added, I believe you have grossly mis-represented both our product and the ability to reverse engineer the technology.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I do believe I misrepresented your product in my original post, which I amended when I realized my mistake. As to “the ability to reverse engineer the technology”, I think you should hold your tongue. It took me two hours to duplicate the best 90% of what you’re selling. The other ten percent doesn’t matter to me, but my son and I could get it all in a weekend, a totally clean-room reverse-engineered clone. Your “technology” is impressive only to people who don’t know any better.<\/p>\n

RealPing is a Voice Over IP (VOIP) telephany system, not a simple e-mail-to-cell phone SMS capability as you represented. Immediately connecting a prospect (web visitor, email recipient, virtual tour viewer, etc.) with an agent (person to person live conversation)…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Check. You’re safe from me, because I think this is stoopid<\/i>. I don’t take calls when I’m with clients. My entire attention is focused on their needs. This is why an SMS message, echoed to all team members, made better sense to me.<\/p>\n

…is 100 times more powerful and valuable businesswise than an email that may or may not be answered.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Did you Zillow that stat, Brad? I can’t believe you did. Zillow would have had “100.47 times more powerful and valuable businesswise.” That shows that it’s science<\/i> and not hyperbole. In any case, I don’t think it’s that big a difference, but your mileage may vary. We push our form responses out by SMS, too, so that we can Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I would say that the Zillow.com’s response to recent events has been pretty lame — a vast silence punctuated by a gavotte with The Bubblette. But as clueless as they have been, I think the comment we got from one Brad Thompson takes the prize. 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