real estate video: Upgrading The Real Estate Video Upload Form - 02/11/08 07:59 PM
We've just upgraded the vidlisting video upload form.
Why? We'd been receiving scattered reports that the geolocation section was failing on occasion for a small group of users. We also closely monitored the results of video uploads on a daily basis (number of visitors that started versus where they ended if they … (0 comments)
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real estate video: Why Writing Great Property Video Transcripts Helps To Sell Properties - 01/28/08 05:34 PM
Ever heard bloggers discussing property video transcripts? Usually, they subscribe to one of three schools of thoughts about real estate video narratives:
School of Thought #1 - Property videos should be less than a minute and only have music. Narration is an unecessary extra.
School of Thought #2 - Property videos are most … (5 comments)
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real estate video: New Ways For Prospective Buyers To Discover YOUR Property Video - 01/05/08 09:36 AM
Discoverability of Video Content
We've previously discussed the four ways that real estate video content can be discovered online using the YouTube model. What is important is how are customers going to find the property that YOU have for sale. Our beta refresh functionality looks to break out of the limitations of that model by … (4 comments)
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real estate video: Adding A Bit Of Your Own Marketing Boost To Real Estate Videos - 01/04/08 05:14 PM
One of the big advantages of video marketing that isn't often mentioned is the use of video to maintain or boost the value of your own brand. Unlike other forms of marketing, video retains the original branding whether online or offline (downloaded video files, TV, DVDs, etc.)
There is value in … (6 comments)
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real estate video: Understanding The Value Equation In Virtual Tours And Video Tours - 12/29/07 01:55 PM
Someone much wiser than I once told me that a successful business either has to create value or transfer value. So, sticking with that assumption, much of the argument to date about the benefits of virtual tours versus video tours has focused on the value created. To be clear, we'll use … (7 comments)
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real estate video: Why Are We So Attached To The YouTube Model To Distribute Real Estate Video? - 12/22/07 06:53 AM
Initial Models Have Always Been Limiting
There was a time when the world was thought to be flat. Humans just could not break out of that model.
People simply could not conceive of a round earth. They drew dragons on maps to represent falling off the edge of the world. Even though there … (9 comments)
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real estate video: How To Add Services Like Professional Narration and Transcript Generation To A Real Estate Video - 12/19/07 03:17 PM
More and more people are joining the real estate video revolution. However, there are few upload and conversion sites that do anything other than upload your video. http://vidlisting.com/ is now expanding their real estate video beta so that content producers can easily add professional narration, transcript generation, and even video editing … (2 comments)
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real estate video: Hi! I Am A Real Estate Video And Feeling A Bit Socially Inept - 12/15/07 07:10 AM
I've been waiting for you to say, "hi". You've likely seen me around - I'm usually the one in a black or gray outfit with big buttons. I know that I've seen you. Most of the time I am alone. I dont really like it that way but mostly we have to use email to … (4 comments)
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real estate video: Real Estate Video Beta Is Now Live | Make Video Widgets With Multiple Videos | Virtual Private Upload Capability for Brokers, Agencies, and Portals - 12/14/07 11:06 AM
Live Beta Link
http://vidlisting.com/beta/betaupload_english.asp
Overview of beta functionality is here (http://forsalebylocals.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/real-estate-video-features-and-widgets-for-agents-brokers-portals-and-organizations/)
If suitable content is uploaded, we'll even consider sydicating it live on our website as no cost as a thank you for participating in the beta.
Widgets
We have lots of functionality for individual agents as far as quickly building video widgets that can be used … (3 comments)
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real estate video: A Whole Slew Of New Features And Widgets For Agents, Brokers, Portals, and Organizations - 12/13/07 07:08 PM
We are launching a set of new real estate video services in beta at about midday US Eastern time on Friday (labeled as Friday Beta Launch below) or over the next week (labeled as Beta Refresh).
We have a new set of beta links to send out at launch and a blog post … (4 comments)
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real estate video: Real Estate Video And The Wizard of Oz - Part 1 - 12/09/07 05:39 AM
In order to figure out how to break away from the confines of our thinking, let's look at and understand some of the constraints of the current model for real estate video....particularly property video tours.
- Where To Start: (a.k.a "we're off to see the wizard"): Generally video involves an online journey by way … (11 comments)
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real estate video: Video Upload and Conversion: Small Public Beta of Real Estate Video Functionality Available - 12/07/07 04:41 PM
Want to try out our our new video upload and conversion mechanism and help us put a load on our system?
We'll be briefly putting a small part of the functionality online (Upload and conversion mechanism) to see what types of uploaded videos we can and cant convert (we think that we know … (0 comments)
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real estate video: Listing SOLD To Foreign Buyer That Viewed Online Video Tour - 11/29/07 07:49 PM
Just found out that another property that we highlighted with video has been sold to an international buyer. As others have pointed out, at the end of the day it is the sales of properties that matter. The broker indicted to us that the vidlisting property tour was a key part of the sales process and that … (2 comments)
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real estate video: Are The Needs of Real Estate Brokerages and Other Organizations Being Met By Video Upload Services? - 11/29/07 10:41 AM
Conventional thinking: Go to external video upload site. Upload video. Cut and paste. Hope for visitors. Once I have more than 1 video, manage video content on a "channel" hosted and branded by another company.
New Thinking: The real estate organization has its own real estate video upload and management … (0 comments)
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real estate video: Distinctive TV - Real Estate Video Meets Luxury Property Marketing - 11/28/07 09:27 PM
Many of you know that Vidlisting.com has been working to develop a dedicated luxury multimedia program for properties across the U.S. and throughout the Americas.
Today, we announced the DISTINCTIVE TV luxury real estate video marketing program at a luxury home marketing training event for the REALTOR Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches (RAMB) … (2 comments)
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real estate video: Integrating Real Estate Video Content Distribution Across Blog Networks - 11/23/07 09:04 AM
I was using an application the other day that allowed me to insert any image from my hard drive into the document that I was writing. Think of this as a process involving the following chronological points: consent to adding content, search (from within a known but variable set of content … (2 comments)
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real estate video: Real Estate Video: The Myth Of Free SEO Benefits Just For Using The Medium - 11/19/07 09:49 PM
The Myth Examined
Fred Light is one of the most respected real estate videographers in the US. However, we differ on a key point: whether or not video an uploaded real estate video provides some sort of magical SEO benefits just by virtue of the medium. Oddly, lots of other smart … (13 comments)
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real estate video: Milestone: Our First Property Video To Have 1000 Views In Less Than 14 Days - 11/01/07 12:07 PM
Who would have thought that a high end property in Santa Cruz , Bolivia of all places would get more than 1000 views in 12 days? This video is on track to do exactly that if it continues its current pace thanks to the distribution model that we have put in … (0 comments)
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real estate video: Shaking Up The Property Video Business Model: Vidlisting.com To Introduce Performance Based Real Estate Video Pricing In Selected Areas - 10/30/07 09:53 AM
Property videos should only be considered expensive if not viewed
We have been doing a lot of thinking and blogging about how perfomance should drive pricing for any type of advertising platform and how property listings of any kind are really just short advertising spots. Many say that video tours are … (3 comments)
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real estate video: You May Be A REALTOR But You Are Also In The Business Of Advertising - 10/29/07 12:37 PM
What shouldn't surprise you is that many vendors (like me) are in the business of advertising. What might surprise you is that if you are an agent, broker, or FSBO seller, you are too.
Selling real estate is really about being a successful advertiser. You have a product and need … (2 comments)
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real estate video: Spinning Up Real Estate Video Operations in South Florida - 10/27/07 09:01 AM
We're working through the logistics of spinning up our supporting sales and video organization for our exclusive contract with the REALTOR Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches (RAMB). We've just hired Alejandra Sagarnaga Martinez as our Florida customer sales and services specialist to support RAMB members when they use our Miami number to contact vidlisting.com for … (4 comments)
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real estate video: Vidlisting.com To Lead 4 Days of Real Estate Video Workshops To 3000 South Florida REALTORS During RAMB's MLX Keybox Rollout - 10/25/07 08:57 PM
The REALTOR Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches (RAMB) will be holding a series of training workshops as part of their new MLX keybox rollout from 5-8 November 2007. Over 3000 South Florida REALTORS are expected to be going through several hours of MLX keybox training and a selection of … (0 comments)
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real estate video: Property Video: Ebenezer Farm Subdivision - Marietta, GA - 10/14/07 04:29 AM
Here is a great property that Vidlisting.com recently filmed in Marietta, GA. This video is narrated in English but also has additional narration in Spanish and Portuguese.
Distribution to buyers frequenting real estate portals in Europe and Latin America is included as part of the standard property video package with … (2 comments)
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real estate video: Real Estate Video Interview With Teresa King Kinney, CEO of the REALTOR Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches (RAMB) - 08/31/07 02:42 AM
Recently, we did a video interview with Teresa King Kinney who is the CEO of the REALTOR Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches (RAMB). RAMB is an association located in South Florida and comprised of 14,000 REALTORs and 1600 corporate members. In the interview, you'll learn that they are not … (0 comments)
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real estate video: The REALTOR Association of Greater Miami And The Beaches (RAMB) Partners With Vidlisting.com To Exclusively Provide Online Real Estate Video Services And Training To Members - 08/29/07 08:36 PM
I am happy to announce that the REALTOR Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches (RAMB) has chosen http://vidlisting.com as RAMB's exclusive provider of online real estate property video services. This exclusive relationship includes special pricing on property video production services to RAMB members, online real estate video infrastructure extended to RAMB's … (4 comments)
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real estate video: Real Estate Video Interview with Andre Sabbaugh of American Real Estate Investments (Cooper City, Florida) - 08/26/07 07:20 PM
A few months ago, we did a video interview with Andre Sabbagh of American Real Estate Investments. Andre runs a network of real estate services throughout Latin America that promote both international investment in the US and US investment in Central America.
http://vidlisting.com, a real estate video services company, will have … (0 comments)
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real estate video: Content Is King…And Content Creation Is The Key To Real Estate Technology Survival - 05/22/07 08:18 PM
Are Inline Video Search Results Really The End Game?
Instead of focusing on today's benefit of having real estate video inline with search results, I'll pose the question of "what will happen when potential visitors won't need to go past Google pages for real estate information?"
The Next Logical Step
Imagine an expanded Google universal search with listings presented inline with … (10 comments)
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real estate video: When Real Estate Video Becomes More Of An Experience - 05/22/07 03:03 PM
In a rather uncharacteristic way, I found myself on the telephone with the owner of another real estate video company. The telephone? Usually I'm more the email and web interface type - but, for the moment, the telephone was was my way to paint word pictures during an intended brief chat turned interestingly … (4 comments)
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real estate video: Jeff Turner To Speak At RE Connect - 05/17/07 09:29 AM
http://activerain.com/blogsview/99868/I-m-Speaking-At
This is awesome news. Jeff is really a great representative for real estate video and virtual tours. Excellent choice, guys!
Congrats to Jeff...
Tony
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real estate video: Hand-on Real Estate Video Guide: A Non-Professional's Guide To Making Quality Real Estate Videos - 05/10/07 09:52 AM
Part of the beauty of ActiveRain is the ability to integrate existing content in different blogs. We've previously published a set of "hands on" guides geared to non-professionals wanting to make real estate property videos. Hopefully, these might be of help to interested ActiveRainers.
The ForSaleByLocals Hands-On Guide To Real Estate Video
Hands-on Guide … (1 comments)
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real estate video: Learn More About Real Estate Video During The US Real Estate Video Roadshow - 05/08/07 09:57 PM
The ForSaleByLocals team is considering a US Real Estate Video Road Show during the month of August 2007. Is there interest in learning about how to produce your own real estate video from a team that has already posted hundreds of real estate videos in English, Spanish, and Portuguese and hundreds of thousands of … (4 comments)
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real estate video: Professional Real Estate Video Services To Be Available In Panama And Costa Rica In June 2007 - 05/05/07 10:13 AM
We are pleased to announce that we will be opening a local office in Central America that will provide dedicated real estate video services to Panama and Costa Rica in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. This should allow us to significantly add to the 400 or so real estate videos currently posted at http://vidlisting.com (English), … (3 comments)
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real estate video: Is Real Estate Video Like Fast Food? - 05/03/07 07:42 PM
I'm back in Panama waiting for lunch from a local chinese restaurant to be delivered and thinking about how to frame this post. The choice of lunch is interesting as the restaurant, Don Lee, is a local Panamanian chain of fast food restaurants that happen to sell chinese food. Think of … (0 comments)
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