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I had written a post about the value of entertainment in real estate video. While I think video should be of fairly decent quality so that the consumer can judge the attributes of the home, the product doesn't have to look like it was produced by Steven Spielberg.

Okay- it can't look like the Blair Witch Project, either. Hold your hand steady, don't make the viewer sick by whipping around from side to side, and if you will be speaking, make your voice sound natural. To see my three favorites, check here.

That really got me thinking- about video, about blogging, about online interaction- and off-line as well, I suppose. I have heard people complain about twitter as far as interaction goes. I decided to scout out one of these people and see what they were up to and this was the total of their commentary:

Just posted on ActiveRain...

Just posted on ActiveRain...

Just posted on ActiveRain...

Just posted on ActiveRain...  Day after day, THAT WAS IT! Would you watch the station on TV that was all ads? 

Which leads me to this morning. I saw a post on twitter by @theRealClint (who is here on Active Rain- Clint Miller of RECR) with the comment "Google is Funny" and a link. Well, okay, I bit that bait, and saw this: 

Okay, maybe you might be offended by it, but dang! This is funny- and playful! I checked other words out, and I think Google is doing this intentionally on the broadly used words what, who, and where because I didn't see it for more narrow scopes. You can check it out for yourself if you have time.

But my point is this. If your interaction level on twitter is less than that of a search engine, maybe it is time to step it up before complaining. You have a chance to be seen before potentially thousands of people, and all it costs you is a little time. 

 

Diane Guercio Towne & Country, Realtors Leominster and Fitchburg MA 978-602-6354
 

5 Comments on The value of entertainment

NOV
20
2009
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Diane, I have been taking video's for awhile now and never thought of doing a funny video like these.  I think the videos were great and very creative, I love the idea!!

1:22pm • #1
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I love Posterous...Photo blogging for idiots. :-)

That aside....Thank you soooo much for the mention, Diane!! Love you more than chocolate and electricity combined!! :-)

Having said that....I completely agree with you!! (Obviously...lol) Humor is POWERFUL and it should be used to your advantage. Not only will it show your followers that you aren't a real estate robot, it will actually gain you MORE followers by showing a new audience that you are a human.

Imagine that...more clients. Dang! What a concept, eh??

1:30pm • #2
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Bob, what started me thinking about that was that a twitter friend actually wrote to ma last night that I had wasted three hours of his life because of a previous blogpost. I had posted a video that was not that interesting, content-wise, but pretty compelling or entertaining in the way it was made. He tracked down the source and watched 3 hours more of the same type.

3 hours! When is the last time someone sat willingly through 3 hours of real estate video?

What would it take to keep people coming back to see our videos?

Clint, yeah, I see Posterous even more broadly. Because of its selective ability (finally) to post to different places, you can update all of your points-of-contact that are appropriate. Take a video on your iPhone 3GS like I can't because I have an earlier model? Pop it over to YouTube. 

More than chocolate AND electricity? That is love. Say, could I borrow your strawberries? Mwaaah!

2:08pm • #3
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Diane - Thanks for sharing this - that is hilarious!  In fact, I would say it's so hilarious that it should be pronounced HIGH-larious!

3:40pm • #4
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:) Thanks, Jason. I will never be able to walk by a package of strawberries in the supermarket without bursting into laughter!

3:44pm • #5

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