{"id":6256,"date":"2011-07-04T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=6256"},"modified":"2011-07-04T09:31:19","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T16:31:19","slug":"what-would-greg-swann-do-integrity-transparency-and-web-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6256\/what-would-greg-swann-do-integrity-transparency-and-web-20\/","title":{"rendered":"What would Greg Swann do? Integrity, transparency and Web 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kicking this back to the top in response to Chris Johnson’s post on bribe-offers from vendorsluts.<\/a> — GSS<\/em><\/p>\n

 
Hey, y’all! Are you in the mood for a truly incredible offer?<\/p>\n

You’ve seen the kind of single-property web sites we do at BloodhoundRealty.com. Dozens of pages<\/a>. Hundreds of photos<\/a>. Maps, movies, PDFs, off-site links — the works!<\/a><\/p>\n

What if I were to tell you that you could have a single-property web site just like ours — with your choice of style templates and your own domain, hosted for a year — all for just $99.<\/p>\n

Or, for just $99 more, I’ll mimic your weblog’s theme. Your single property web site will look just like your weblog — to promote and protect your brand identity.<\/p>\n

That’s actually not a bad business, and I already have everything I need to start it. The software we use to build our single property web sites is called engenu<\/em><\/a>. I give it away for free, but no one uses it. If I built it to be forms-based with everything hosted on our servers, it would be easier — but much slower — for end-users, and I could make a ton of money milking Realtors by selling them the same thing over and over again.<\/p>\n

Why not do it?<\/p>\n

Because it’s a piece of everything I hate in the real estate industry as it is presently comprised. It’s the vendorslut syndrome in action. I write a piece of software, then sell it to you over and over again, taking a huge profit every time you pull out your credit card. You get pitches like this every day — with the difference being that our single-property web sites are a lot richer in content than the ones you can buy from sleazy vendors.<\/p>\n

I’ve been wanting to write a post about leadership in the RE.net. I don’t like hierarchies, or none beyond the sort of adhocracy that works so well in the Web 2.0 world. We are thought leaders at BloodhoundBlog because we think wisely and well — and write wisely and well — about issues that most other people prefer to skirt.<\/p>\n

But: I don’t kid myself: Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kicking this back to the top in response to Chris Johnson’s post on bribe-offers from vendorsluts. — GSS  Hey, y’all! Are you in the mood for a truly incredible offer? You’ve seen the kind of single-property web sites we do at BloodhoundRealty.com. Dozens of pages. Hundreds of photos. 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