virtual tours: Single Property Web Sites with a Virtual Tour - 03/23/08 09:05 AM
Here is a nifty way to market a listing: use a single property web site.
It's easy! And cost effective, too!
Buy a domain name, like 123MainStreet.com, and point the domain to your virtual tour. Here is a good example:
www.1770eversedgedrive.com
Now, in any advertisement, include the Web site. All the information the prospective … (10 comments)
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virtual tours: The Do It Yourself Virtual Tour -- Gone Bad - 03/23/08 06:01 AM
Sometimes, real estate agents just want to do the virtual tours all by themself. They don't want (or think they need) a professional photographer or tour builder. Maybe it's the economics. But here is proof that you get what you pay for: this is what happens with the Do It Yourself … (25 comments)
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virtual tours: Virtual Tours Coming to Cell Phones... - 03/18/08 03:43 PM
It is just a matter of time until I'll be offering my clients the ability to download a virtual tour to cell phones. And it's coming faster than you may think.
I just read this in USAToday:
Microsoft has licensed Adobe's software for viewing online videos and other files on cellphones, the companies … (3 comments)
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virtual tours: Ahoy! Virtual Tours Sell Boats, Too! - 03/18/08 03:33 PM
Ahoy, matey!
Did you know a virtual tour can sell a boat?
One of my fellow full service dealer of Real Tour Vision recently completed a virtual tour of a boat. Looks like owners wanting to sell their boats have turned to virtual tours to get the job done. Here is the … (0 comments)
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virtual tours: Tour Disc - a Better Marketing Tool - 02/28/08 10:35 AM
Tour Discs are a unique marketing tool that is the perfect upgrade to your Virtual Tours! Give your clients something they will remember. Available on CD or DVD, VirtualToursCompany.com now creates a custom disc of your virtual tour with a slideshow for distribution. Tour Discs are great for sales centers, open … (1 comments)
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virtual tours: Agents: How Far Does Your Virtual Tour Reach? - 02/27/08 10:28 AM
I am just releasing a new brochure designed to help agents understand how far they're virtual tour is traveling on the Internet. Too many agents think that once they have a virtual tour created, everyone in the world can see it.
To get the message out, the tour needs broadcast or … (2 comments)
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virtual tours: Reason #1 - Why Virtual Tours Should Be A Part of Your Marketing Effort - 02/27/08 07:10 AM
A few days ago, I mentioned in my blog that I would be posting the reasons why virtual tours should be a part of your marketing effort. This is the first of that series of posts. I will continue to post these important reasons over the coming weeks.
Reason #1 - … (2 comments)
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virtual tours: Search Engine Optomization - SEO - Made Easy - 02/26/08 04:18 PM
So you need some help with your SEO? You don't know what SEO is? You heard of it, and you think you need it?
Well, fear not: there is help - and it's free! We have a 19 page document that will explain SEO to you. Easy to read, and easy … (5 comments)
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virtual tours: Agents Need Virtual Tours as Home Resales Fall to Nine-Year Low - 02/25/08 09:04 PM
It's all over the news:
"Sales of existing homes in the U.S. fell in January to the lowest level since records began nine years ago and prices slid for the sixth time in seven months, posing a threat to consumer spending, the largest part of the economy.
Resales declined 0.4 percent, … (0 comments)
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virtual tours: Good Bye, Newspapers: Is this the future we have before us? - 02/22/08 05:04 PM
One newspaper is done, and another has quit publishing a print edition, switching totally to publishing on the web. Is this the future?
One paper is Madison, WI, and the other is in Albuquerque, NM. Here are the news stories:
"Madison's afternoon newspaper, The Capital Times, will move to an all-Internet edition in … (7 comments)
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virtual tours: Press Release: HitStats 2.0 announced - 02/11/08 12:58 PM
Press Release
February 12, 2008
For Immediate Release
VirtualToursCompany.com Announces HitStats 2.0(TM) -- New Virtual Tour Internet Traffic Reporting Technology
Lancaster, PA -- VirtualToursCompany.com, in conjunction with Real Tour Vision(TM), today announced the release of HitStats 2.0(TM) a proprietary internet traffic reporting technology. This newest marketing tool was specifically designed to enhance their already successful … (1 comments)
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virtual tours: How Green Am I? - 02/11/08 07:10 AM
"It ain't easy being green," at least that is what Kermit the Frog says.
Well, I got thinking that maybe it is easier than Kermit lets on. Being a virtual tour builder here in Lancaster, PA, I realize that I am a "green" business.
Web site visitors that take my virtual … (6 comments)
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virtual tours: George Sheldon Photography - New Web Site - 02/10/08 03:58 PM
I launched another new web site. Annoucing: www.georgesheldonphotography.com
It took a little bit of time to get this one built. It features my portrait and wedding photography -- my other site, www.virtualtourscompany.com remains active and is dedicated to real estate photography and virtual tours.
www.georgesheldon.com remains active, and is now used for … (0 comments)
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virtual tours: Sample Audio Narration for Virtual Tour - 02/05/08 10:01 AM
Maybe it is just because I have been talking more about audio narration this past week to clients and new customers, but I have been asked for samples.
Here is one I have been using for real estate agents/customers: sample audio tour
(Before clicking, turn up your speakers.)
You can decide if professional narration … (0 comments)
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virtual tours: Proof that PanoRider's Work and Drive Traffic to Web Sites - 02/03/08 09:52 AM
The proof is in. Our PanoRider's are driving traffic to real estate agent's web sites.
Here is what a PanoRider looks like:
They are now available in custom sizes, too.
But here is the important part of this:
"Panoramic sign riders (PanoRiders) and single property website services back in October of 2007 after a … (1 comments)
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virtual tours: Audio Adds A New Professional Touch to Virtual Tours - 01/30/08 09:11 AM
I am somewhat amazed at what some agents are calling "virtual tours." Stringing together several single scenes and putting them on a website seems to qualify for some. As a professional photographer and virtual tour creator, it makes me cringe.
There's more than just putting together images. What about audio?
Check out … (2 comments)
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virtual tours: Listen to this ... audio on virtual tours works - 01/29/08 05:44 AM
On a recent sales call in nearby Hershey, I demonstrated a virtual tour with a standard audio music track. My sales prospect loved the tour, but disliked the music. She said she never likes music playing on web sites.
When I arrived at my next appointment in York, Pennsylvania, still weary … (2 comments)
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virtual tours: Stats Reports Helps Agents Make Wise Marketing Investments - 01/28/08 12:40 PM
So you decided that you do want to market your listings faster, smarter, cheaper, better... how do you know where your Internet traffic is coming from? Where does it make sense to market your listings? Do those free web sites (like Craigslist) really work.
You can tell with good web traffic … (0 comments)
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virtual tours: Remote Hosted Virtual Tours - 12/17/07 06:22 AM
There is something called a remote hosted virtual tour. It sounds worse than it is, and it important to know that it can be done.
Suppose you want to have the virtual tour embedded on your own web site -- and not run in a pop-up window. The solution to this design … (4 comments)
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virtual tours: Looking for Suggestions on How to Build a Community Web Site - 12/07/07 06:18 AM
Has anybody built a community-based web site? Do you have any tips?
I am not looking for the technical information - not which program to use or HTML help. Rather, I am looking for suggestions on what to include in a county-wide or community web site. This is not my primary … (8 comments)
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