Comments on Video Blogging
Is Salt Air Good for Blogging/Vlogging?
Thursday, 02 April 2009 14:00 Maybe's it the bracing salty air, the mountainscape... or the nasty gulls that never leave you alone, even when you're dining on the terrace of a very expensive Vancouver restaurant. Or maybe it's the crappiest housing market to hit British Columbia in decades. But whatever it is, I'm impressed by the plethora of camera-wielding realtor bloggers popping up on the West Coast.
Tom Everitt, owner of ThinkTom.com Realty, has an innovative approach to reaching homebuyers and sellers. He hosts a video-blog, virtually every single day, out of his garage and sometimes roaming the streets of Vancouver, dropping in on home stagers and other professionals to chat on camera. I like Tom's energy and creativity - although I admit I've wondered where he finds the time to sell property; he's got 2 wee kids at home, too!
Ian Watts is well-known around Vancouver for his web-cam videos, shot mostly in his car with a close up of his face, usually ranting. Love him or hate him, at least he's grabbing attention in a highly competitive industry. Personally I find Ian's voice to be so grating as to be unlistenable. (Ian's site is powered by Ubertor, a Vancouver-based company that provides real estate website complete with blogging and audio/visual features.)
Also in Vancouver, Craig Rushton, an employee at Century 21 In-Town Realty, has started videologging, with personalized content such as his confession of loving HGTV.
In fact, all Craig's co-workers blog for Century 21 In-Town Realty - altogether, 871 blog posts this past year! Wow! Owner Michael La Prairie sends out weekly emails urging his employees to keep up the blogging. (Full disclosure: I am working with Century 21 Canada on developing its national blog.)
Then there's the "72-Hour Open House" - the brainchild of Vancouver realtor Kyle Grace, who lives and sleeps in the Open House for 3 days straight -
