Panorama Jack & RTV Virtual Tour Providers

Recently I was reading an article by Erika Christopher on the use of an i-phone to try to improve the look of a house. Even though she mentions a set of available software to fulfill these objectives, there are some obvious difficulties on it.

•1.      First it is obvious you need not only an iphone but an specific  provider that provides these services.

•2.      It really does not cover the possibility of room staging.

•3.      You will not capture and receive immediate feedback on your phone when a prospect contacts your listing.

•4.      It does not allow you to improve the SEO of your website by social networking.

All these can be solved by using virtual tours and the other services provide by Virtual Florida Tours.

Our virtual tours allow you to increase your SEO since they offer automatic social networking, and by a small extra payment you may obtain a complete virtual staging of any room of your listing, or receive immediate feedback in up to 10 listings for only 29 dollars per month.

If you have any questions or will like to receive a free presentation of our services to your company please call us at 305 331 8960 or contact us.

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There are different approaches to increase the effect of social networking on the Real Estate business. Some people recommend the use of video cameras. These cameras have some advantages, but let us mention some of the disadvantages associated with the use of videos.

•1.      Editing videos requires experience in the use of the appropriate software and asking for the help of a professional could cost you big bucks.

•2.      Posting the video on the Internet could be costly and in most cases you will end posting only on you tube.

Using virtual tours could be a convenient way to upset this situation you might even do your own or contract a professional service for a very little price. Some of the advantages of contracting a professional service might include.

•1.      Automatic exposure to social networking

•2.      Possibility of an enhanced flash tour on request.

•3.      Free yourself to do what you do best "Sell the house"

•4.      A blog on the property written for you, on request placing the blog on very well ranked site.

•5.      Place your virtual tour on a well ranked page and give you links to place it in your own webpage.

•6.      Slide show placed on you tube on request.

•7.      If you want more information on how to contact a professional service click here or call 305 331 8960

You should blog as frequently as you can about all the properties you have listings on and about the neighborhood of your farming area. Also write about what buyers and sellers might need to know, and what they might need to know about you. Emphasize information related to your success on selling your listings. Make your blog and your website a great place to learn about things like curb appeal and how to de-clutter a home for better show ability. Give people ideas that have added thousands to the sale price of your clients' homes.

A virtual tour of the most important features of your farming area will add to the impressions of the most important selling points of the neighborhood. You can add recorded audio reports of people's general feelings about the town and place it on the neighborhood's tour audio. Can you imagine the impact that might make? You could potentially increase the value of a normal-looking house setting through media. Even though not everyone will care, you will undoubtedly reach more folks.

Got Vacant Listings? You might decide to accomplish a complete remodeling and decoration of the house what can become rather expensive.

If you decide to remodel or decorate remember you are doing it for the general public. Do not forget to draft a budget and look for a professional remodeler to help plan the project. Check his/her references and check the contract before you do anything else.

After that the first step is to paint the outside. Do not crowd the room should only cover 30% of each room, anything else will make the room look too cluttered.  Do not place drapes or open them you need as much light as possible in all the rooms. The real problem of this solution is that it is extremely expensive.

Virtual Florida Tours is very pleased to announce our all new virtual home staging product. We will take any unfurnished room and stage it to your taste and style for only $60.00. You're able to choose the furniture from our online furniture library. Ordering virtual staging for one of your properties can be done by giving us a call at 305 331 8960.

Home staging is frequently employed by homeowners and real estate agents to help show properties to their best advantage. We all know that a staged home shows better than an empty home. As wonderful as traditional home staging is there are some drawbacks.

This is where virtual home staging really shines. Virtual home staging is the process of taking digital photos of empty rooms and inserting digital furniture, window treatments, and other decorations.

The attributes of each property are enhanced by the staging, rather than showcasing the taste of the homeowner. Virtual home staging costs a fraction of a physical staging and is a great tool to help showcase the home to prospective buyers. Most people looking for a home search the internet first and having a beautifully decorated home captures the interest of buyers and motivates them to schedule a showing with a real estate agent. Photos of empty homes are not as impressive as a staged home and may not help a potential buyer make an emotional connection to the property. Start virtually staging your vacant homes today!

Are you ready to start showing your listing totally decorated? Call us at 305 331 8960 to order or for an office presentation.

Hello there fellow RTV virtual tour providers out there. Here are some of my best tips for utilizing Virtual Tours to increase rental property bookings. After owning rental property for several years and trying to continue to increase bookings, I searched for all opportunities to get the word out on our property.  Great quality pictures attract so many more inquires.  Just imagine if you provide a virtual tour for prospective vacation renters.

For those who participate with the #1 rental site out there, www.Homeaway.com, did you know that you can add virtual tours to those listings?  This is not something that is readily advertised on their site. Adding Virtual Tours will completely separate your listing from the others out there.  It is a very simple process to have the tour added.  Once the tour is live, you simply e-mail the link to support-cs@homeaway.com with the property number and they will review it and post it to the listing. 

Once your virtual tour is properly linked up to the site you can now watch weekly as your RTV virtual tour hit report comes in.  See how much more traffic you're getting!!  Other sites that drive massive traffic include Craigslist, and VRBO.  Spend just a little time making a list of these sites so when someone asks you how you're going to promote a specific type of property you will be able to easliy rattle off your top picks.  This makes you the expert and people will come to know that when it comes to marketing properties online, you're thier TOP PICK!

Good luck out there everyone! Just head out there and take a look at how many vacation properties are in your area. I think you will be surprised!

Tammy Jerome


www.VirtualPixOnline.com
Campton Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour: 603-960-0268

Brad and I have been professional digital photographers for many years and use only professional Canon Equipment, Lighting, and Editing Software.  We pride ourselves on our relationship with our agents, vendors and clients.  This was an incredible trip to Southern California and should serve as a model to other RTV virtual tour dealers who are willing to push themselves a little out of the box.

We had a party scheduled in Santa Barbara, Ca on Saturday night we really wanted to go to but wanted to optimize the trip with business as well.  It started with a seven hour drive to Santa Barbara from Scottsdale on Friday.  Saturday morning when we woke up, we had scheduled an exterior virtual tour photo shoot of a custom home built on Oxnard Beach.  The weather cooperated fully and just as we needed to shoot, the clouds, the sky and the sun came together to provide a magnificent combination of elements to enhance our picture (which we shot in HDR).  From there we went to the marina and shot some 360 virtual tours to make samples for our website.   Then back to the hotel for a nap and to get ready for the party in Montecito.

We are shameless, we met a couple of real estate agents at the party and gave a pitch on RTV's new virtual staging product.  I had my blackberry with me so I was able to pull up Jason’s samples from his newsletter to show them.  By the way – a great time to show our Scottsdale Mobile Text Marketing sample site, and don’t think this didn’t make an impression on them as well.  Party, Party, Party and back to the hotel.

Sunday morning was mentoring time.  We hooked up with a retired TV/Movie Producer/Director who mentored us on light and video.  The afternoon was spent with relatives looking at kyacks for a future trip to California.

Monday morning we were exhausted and needed to rest up because……
WE HAD OUR FIRST TOUR TRACK job from RTV. By letting RTV know we were going to be in Southern California we were able to get a Tour Track scheduled and bring in additional income to cover the trip.  Boy are we green for professional photographers.  We figured 5 hours was fine for a shoot, but….did you know that two different sets of dusk and twilight shots cannot be shot at the same time if they are a 20 minute walk apart from each other.  Did you know that when shooting a Model home that is suppose to be furnished, that furniture may not be provided (great opportunity for virtual staging by the way).  Did you know that an occupied unit in no way shape or form can conform to the rules of Tour Track without weeks of cleaning, straightening, boarding the pets and moving personal belongings.  Also, can anyone define:  get a neighborhood shot of Sprinter.  Anyway, we did our best, we were scheduled for 30 shots and ended up taking about 60, so I am sure the client will be happy.

But, the most important lesson is this.  We took all the Formula, Image and Tour Track advice.  In no way, shape or form can an apartment complex be adequately shot in less than 6 hours and meet the standards.   Lesson to you fellow dealers: whether it is a high paying tour track or the lowest paying, be sure to scout out the property first.  Even if you have to take neighborhood outdoor shots the day before and mark on a map your outdoor shots of the complex or hotel, spend the extra time – you will need it to properly light the caves that show up as apartments, to creatively carve out shots without parking lots or cars or people and to meet all of the shot requirements on the list.

Good luck on your Tour Tracks – they are a great source of income, and can be fun to shoot as there is very little post if you do it correctly and definitely no setup, juicing or boosting required.  Above all Tour Track is a way that Mother RTV gives back to its' loyal virtual tour providers. Even $175 for the complex and the 5 hours time to shoot more than makes up for the time to do post and/or set up all of the things you promise to clients.

P.S.  Jacque Burque and her crew are great to work with.

Guest Blog by Suzanne Feinberg
Brad Feinberg Photography, LLC
Scottsdale Virtual Tours
Call to Schedule Scottsdale Virtual Tours: 480-284-8177

I was meeting with a colleague today and we were discussing ideas and plans that we have for the coming year. She has been a Realtor for twenty years and has an excellent online presence. I value her opinion and insight on the ever changing real estate market and she has been responsible for the implementation of some of our powerful property marketing products and services. It was a typical conversation for us, as we discussed blogging, social networking, blogging, listing distribution and blogging. Our conversation led us to the overwhelming amount of St. Augustine home buyers that utilize the internet to search for their new home and marketing strategies in general.

I am sure that you have heard the old saying, “If you don’t list, you don’t last.” Well, as true as that statement may be, do you think that St Augustine home sellers here are now looking at your ability to attract home buyers? Home buyers and home sellers are more educated in the real estate process than ever before. They get a majority of their information online and the internet continues to change the way that real estate is bought and sold in this country on a daily basis. So, would it be fair to say that in order to be a great Listing Agent, you must be an effective property marketer? If you are going to be effective at marketing your listings, you have to acknowledge the power of the internet and utilize it to your advantage.

Many Realtors get listings due to their online presence. Home Sellers can find you through social networks, blog postings and the search engines. I am certainly not the first person to suggest that your online presence could dictate your future success in the real estate industry. However, I am definitely repeating it. If you have not included online marketing in this year’s business plan, it is not too late.

The following are areas that should be incorporated in your “Must Do List.”
•    Make sure that your web site is optimized for the search engines.
•    Set up numerous Blogging accounts and submit posts frequently.
•    Set up and participate in various Social Networks.
•    Utilize Social Bookmarking to build strong back links.

If you don’t know how to perform the tasks above, hire someone like our professional St. Augustine property marketing firm. Ask questions, make sure that you are comfortable with the answers and that you completely understand their knowledge of search engines and optimization techniques.

Listing Solutions is laser – focused on helping our clients achieve the success online needed to compete in today’s challenging market. We are one of St. Augustine web designs emerging companies and a Full Service Dealer with Realtourvision®, specializing in Jacksonville virtual tours. We are one of the premier virtual tour providers in St. Augustine. Our online real estate marketing skills allow us to help our clients dominate the search engines. We would love the opportunity to help you. Call us today!

Dave Hall,
Marketing Director
Listing Solutions
www.ListingSolutions.net
St. Augustine Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour: (904) 540-9962

Do you have an RTV dealer website? Would you like to learn more about how you can fully take advantage of all of the features, bells and whistles that come along with your RTV dealer site? Please join myself and FORMULA guest host Sue Nolff for The FORMULA 25 “Customizing Your Website.”

Wait, there's more! This show will also cover some of the basic things that you should be doing with ANY website, so even if you have your own website please feel free to come to the show.

We will be covering the following topics on the show:

• How to login to your RTV Dealer Site
• How to upload pictures, and link to them
• How to modify text
• How to add Google Analytics to any site
• How to add a PayPal Shopping cart to any site
• Things to do to ANY website before you do your FIRST grand opening public relations and Blog

Finally, our development team has informed us that we will get a sneak preview of RTV Dealer Websites 2.0 which have some really AWESOME new built-in features. The new dealer website platform will also have a reseller layer built in which will allow you to easily setup and resell websites for real estate agents and business owners.

All this and MORE on The FORMULA 25 “Customizing Your Website”. Mark your calendars because I expect to see you there on April 6th! Enjoy the show everyone.

Sign up NOW in your TMS

Jason LaVanture
http://www.RealTourVision.com
Virtual Tour Software

THE FORMULA 21 was a great episode and one of the best virtual tour webinars I've heard. Listening to the back and forth between the three top dealers made for interesting thought when I compared myself to where I am at after two months and where I might be going with the business www.powervision360.com , producer of Scottsdale virtual tours. 

I have already used one of the great tips from the webinar only 12 hours after hearing from the “experts”.  I had breakfast with a Realtor from Southby’s Russ Lyon Realty.  She is a top Scottsdale real estate agent and has been for over 10 years.  Testing out some of the theories discussed last night, we talked about what does Linda need most to further boost her closing percentages.  Guess what - she needed a personal assistant for the things she either doesn’t like to do (send email to prospective clients) - or things she doesn’t have the time to do(SEO, social networking, marketing). 

Next step was to pull up one of her listings on Google.  Well we googled the address and the MLS number.  Guess what, her website didn’t pull, nor did Google provide any reference to the listing with her name.  There were no Virtual Tours, Blogs or You tubes.  Instead, it was all competitors from Keeler Williams, Century 21 and other companies that had pulled her listing onto their websites as hot properties.  We then created a “pseudo tour” and exposure engine.  Posted it and low and behold when we checked a few hours later - her name was the third name down on the list.

When she left, I was an approved “Personal Assistant”.  I still didn’t get the virtual tour or photography business, but she agreed she liked my photographs and if the opportunity arose and she couldn’t get a Russ Lyon approved photographer, she would use our virtual tour photography services.  I wasn’t upset because I sold her on Txt Connect, a single property website and exposure engine for one of her listings.

In any case, my point is:  THE FORMULA works when you follow it.  THE IMAGE teaches and improves even professionals who need to hear the information they may not have heard in a long time.  JASON provides great service and his dealer network is more than generous with sharing ideas and lending a helping hand. 

P.S.  Thank you Alan Fon for your help today. 

Suzanne Feinberg
www.PowerVision360.com
Scottsdale Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour:  602-770-7149

First off before I get started I would like to shout out a special HUGE thanks to Ben Knorr and guest speaker Bryan Peterson for the inspiring IMAGE Webinar – “Night Photography”.  Topics covered the preferred time window, to the direction the photograph is taken from (N-S-E or W), to camera settings, filters, external lighting and much more.  The up-to-date techniques for getting GREAT Night Shots will allow our virtual tours to look very natural.  Another well done presentation!! Thank you RTV.

APPLYING THE TECHNIQUES
Tours D’ Force

I almost always carry my camera around with me wherever I go but it’s not a SLR.  It’s my Point and Shoot (P&S) camera which is easily transported with me in my coat pocket or close to me in the car.  This has proven beneficial in capturing special events and other unique shots that I would have missed if I had not. So now I would like to use my P & S camera to create night photography??

CAN I GET GOOD NIGHT PHOTOS WITH MY  POINT AND SHOOT CAMERA?

I always thought to get good photos I would need to have a DSLR camera, lenses, and equipment.  Yes you do - but I have found that doesn’t mean I cannot get awesome photos using my Point and Shoot digital camera.  To do this you must know your camera and develop some skills.

For those of you using P & S cameras I would highly suggest that you check your owner’s manual to see what your camera capable of.  I know if you are anything like me this would be your last resort but there is no better way to know your camera than to read the manual.

INCREASE YOUR SHUTTER SPEED.  Most P & S cameras have the capability to adjust the shutter speed. Some cameras have a shutter speed setting, but mine does not.  But it does have a “Night Scenes” mode setting. This feature allows for shutter speeds higher than its standard.  To be honest, I wouldn’t have known that this camera had this setting without checking the owner’s manual.

USE YOUR TRIPOD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. It is important to use your tripod to get sharp photos especially when you have increased your shutter speed. Note: when using your hands to take a shot, be as steady as possible, a little movement as you press the shutter affects the sharpness of your photos especially when taking shots at low light or night mode.  If you find yourself without a tripod find something sturdy, a post, a mailbox, your car hood or car roof and use the timer to minimize movement when taking the shot.  If you don’t use the timer take a deep breath and squeeze the trigger while exhaling.

CHANGE YOUR ISO SETTING. This is something that you will have to play with.  I know from my experience that if you go to high the photo becomes grainy.  I don’t especially like this; therefore I go for the lowest ISO setting as possible.  Also note that as lowering the ISO you will see some light trails that weren’t there before with a higher shutter speed.

FAKE YOUR CAMERA OUT.  I personally choose not to use a flash when taking photos at dark because the light from the flash usually makes my whole photo look unnatural.  Instead I sometimes focusing my camera on something darker than what I intend on taking and half press the shutter button and the camera will focus on the frame.  Now move your camera back to what you really want to take, and take the shot.  This works because when you initially focus on something darker, your camera will think it needs more light to take shot than usual since it still has the darker object/”need more light” setting from the initial focus.

Try it, experiment and learn from your experience.

Enjoy and have FUN!!

ToursDForce on the Night Lens

As always, ToursDForce will continue to work hard to bring their current clients and future clients only the highest quality photos and powerful marketing tools so that you look your best and drive more traffic to the table. ToursDForce night lens will do just that, in fact our night or twilight photographs will make your real estate listing or business stand apart from the others.  Find out what professional photographers have known for years, your listings or business’s will look better in the evening and have a amazing glow to them. Get the competitive edge by marketing your property listing and business utilizing our night shots techniques right here in Lenawee County virtual tours.




Hal Holubik
Tours D’ Force
Southern Michigan Virtual Tours
Include our Night Shots in your virtual tour TODAY!!
www.ToursDForce.com
Order a virtual tour: 517.486.4209

As you know, home staging is frequently employed by homeowners and real estate agents to help show properties to their best advantage. We all know that a staged home shows better than an empty home. As wonderful as traditional home staging is there are some drawbacks with regards to cost and what is actually included with the home.

BlueLaVaMedia, producer of Traverse City Virtual Tours is very pleased to announce our all new virtual home staging product.  We will take any unfurnished room and stage it to your taste and style for only $60.00.  You're able to choose the furniture from our online furniture library.  Ordering virtual staging for one of your properties can be done by giving us a call by placing an order online. Please follow the link below and start Virtually Staging with us today!

Only $60.00 per room! Click below to see a demonstration of a virtually staged room.
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Call Today - 231-946-1360