I’ve already been to sleep once, briefly. After Unchained broke up this afternoon, we came home to knock out the essential work. Teri Lussier cranked out a solid hour of video clips today, so I started pumping those into the YouTube mill. I’ve got a lot more to talk about, but first I have to go to sleep.
So first: The news.
Glenn Kelman gave a knock-out keynote speech. He spoke about Redfin.com’s recent performance, as compared with the company’s initial assumptions, and we all came away with a better understanding of how more alike our businesses are than they are different.
When Glenn finished speaking, we announced that he will be joining BloodhoundBlog as a contributor. This is a stone obvious idea that should have occurred to me a year ago, but, in fact, it only came to me last week. We’ve talked to other bigfeet in the realty.bot and franchise worlds, but, where the flesh has been willing, the PR department, until now, has always turned out to be weak.
I think Glenn made a lot of friends for Redfin today, and it certainly was an honor to have him with us. Whatever differences we might have had, he’s a fine writer and a thoughtful man, so it will be interesting reading him here.
The other news was Brian Brady’s announcement that we will be doing another Unchained event in Orlando, Florida, at the time of the NAR Convention. We don’t have a date or a location yet, but it will be right around Friday November 7, 2008. We want to be there to catch the Realtors before they rush into the convention center to spend a ton of money on hokey gimmicks that won’t work. This seems like an appropriate mission for a couple of wannabe Jesuits.
Teri’s videos are chugging along, and I’ll get around to tagging them tomorrow or Thursday. Feel free to watch them anyway, as they get uploaded. In the mean time, here is Brad Coy doing what Cathy says is a spot-on imitation of me:
And just to share the love, Brad also gave a parody performance of Brian Brady:
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Barry Cunningham says:
Let me be the first to comment here and say congratulations on a job well done!
Event management is not easy and you are to be commended for pulling this off.
May 20, 2008 — 9:32 pm
Greg Swann says:
Bless you, sir. Thank you.
May 20, 2008 — 9:44 pm
Brian Brady says:
Captured by Brad Coy- I’m honored!
In the midst of chaos, someone steps up to be a hero- @BradCoy and @AndyKaufman did just that.
I’ll repay the honor in San Fran, this summer
May 21, 2008 — 6:35 am
Teri Lussier says:
I can’t believe I held the camera so still. It’s hard to be steady while you are laughing.
I’m still processing what I learned, which was, to be honest, not what I thought I would learn. Sounds like a post is in order.
May 21, 2008 — 7:05 am
Nick Bastian says:
It was really great to meet @BradCoy and @AndyKaufman at the conference. We had a great time.
Greg, Brian, you did an awesome job with Unchained!
May 21, 2008 — 7:12 am
Don Reedy says:
Brad….you are hysterical, and good! I want to see more Lussier/Coy productions in the future.
Greg will never be able to say “I can’t be in two places at the same time” anymore.
May 21, 2008 — 7:56 am
John Prescott says:
At 10:47am on May 21st, 2008, BostonKayakGuy, aka John Prescott said…
#bbu
A shoutout to all you fellow real estate professionals at the first ever, never to be forgotten, Bloodhound Unchained Conference in Phoenix! Sponsored by Zillow, we could not have had better hosts.
In addition to being impressed by the appearance of the CEO of Red Fin, seduced by the charms of Mary, Laurie, and Terry, and wowed by the presentations, knowledge, energy, and candidness of Greg Schwann, Brian Brady, Russell Shaw, Steve Hundley, Mary of Manhattan Beach, Cheryl Johnson, and all the others who allowed their brains to be picked, their strategies analyzed, and their philosophies to be embraced. . . much kudos and appreciation from this Kayak Guy from Boston, who’s been toiling in the real estate trenches for over 14 years! Selling luxury homes in Wellesley and Natick is my job, but making lasting relationships with my clients is my desire, and your informative, in fact groundbreaking, conference will help me be a better real estate agent, facilitator, client representative, as well as their friend. I thank you, but perhaps most importantly, my clients both current and future, will sincerely appreciate your efforts!
– John
http://www.johnprescott.net
https://www.bloodhoundrealty.com/BloodhoundBlog/
P.S. As this is my first post ever, I apologize in advance for any breeches in posting etiquette, mangled names, or otherwise unintended faux pas!
May 21, 2008 — 11:19 am
Brad Coy says:
Getting Unchained is serious business. Mind you these impersonations were improvised… well, I did get one take on my “Greg” which was lost. Given a little practice, I know I could nail it. No time for that now.
Both of these Gentlemen exceeded my expectations with the event. I came home last night with much work to do going forward. BloodhoundBlog Unchained delivered as advertised and then some. The whole team put together SMM event that was both engaging and informative in a way that no one else could. Thanks to everyone involved. You guys ROCK!
@Nick and Don. Thank you, great to meet you guys.
@Teri You are a natural.
Passion, commerce, art, and philosophy — Black pearls everywhere. 🙂
May 21, 2008 — 12:12 pm
Hunter Jackson says:
SO…a BHBU in Orlando. I am game. I’ll be there.
May 21, 2008 — 12:20 pm
Bawldguy Talking says:
Greg — I had some fairly lofty expectations going in Sunday. I came away, much like Teri with info and ideas I never expected. In fact, I came away with the outline for my firm’s new biz model for SD and separately, how to better execute it.
Results are always and universally what wins the day. I saw nothing but results for three days. It’s nice to hear lofty promises, then find yourself on the receiving end of ‘over delivering’.
May 21, 2008 — 1:00 pm