A Huge Success: Inaugural Vancouver Real Estate Professional Meetup

I just got back from our Inaugural Vancouver Real Estate Professional Meetup that we held at Diner in Yaletown. It was a great success as we had over 30 agents show up.

A big thanks to Heather from Diner who opened her restaurant on an otherwise closed night to host our Meetup. Not only did she graciously open her door to our group but she unexpectedly fired up the kitchen and put out some hors d’oeuvres. Be sure to pop by Diner next time you are in Yaletown for lunch or dinner.

The format was a little loose as this was the initial meetup and we wanted to go with the flow a bit to see how things went. At about 7:00pm we took control of the group to do a little presentation on HouseValues.com, Zillow.com, Trulia.com as well as touched on JohnLScott.com. The theme was about the direction the internet is going and how information is being opened up and let loose. Locking down, login required and password protection are all old school thinking. Providing information to your users is key. The real key is providing value to your users. The real estate listings (ie the data) is not the value.

All Realtors can provide the data, the real key is providing value.
Value = Education, Experience, Opinion, Feedback, Knowledge etc.

I have already received some great feedback about this Meetup… he is what a few agents had to say:

“Thanks for going the extra mile to provide some ‘value added service’ with your social this evening. It is great to know that you are on top of web based marketing and keep us realtor informed! ” – Joel Carcone – www.livinglonsdale.com

“I just wanted to say thank you for spending some time to speak with me tonight regarding our website and where the internet is going. I enjoyed the atmosphere and the talk you gave at the “Diner”, it was very informative. ” – Diane Cardoso – www.ownanicehome.com

“Ubertor shines again – this company is very pro-active in bringing the newest technology and info as to what is happening in the web world. Great company, great job. Attending was definitely worthwhile.” – Helga Lauckner – www.helgalauckner.com

“Amazing!! Lots of people for networking, and the presentation is fantastic!! I really enjoy the whole experience. Michael Stephenson and Stephen Jagger are true genius. Their event are enlighting! Some top realtors even credit their success to these 2 genious! WOW!!” – Ian Sullivan – www.yaletownpropertyguy.com

Interested to attend our next Meetup? We have already set it up for next Monday. Please RSVP here if you would like to attend.