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Real Estate for Sale - See "Active Rain Virtual Tours" Group

That's right, another group for you to join, but only if you feel it will benefit you and your business! The next generation of Web Real Estate is using multi-media, and Web 2.0 technologies to market Real Estate. I have not found an MLS Virtual Tour Group yet, so I took the liberty to create one yesterday. Come by and check it out! It's brand new, it's exciting, and it's yours to post any Virtual Tour Listings that you may have!

This is a sample "Virtual Tour" from Real Estate Shows. I did this so you can see how to add a tour to this group. Links are ok, but the actual tours are what's preferred! If you need help adding your tour, please do not hesitate to contact one of the members below or myself! There are many "VT" companies out there, and they all have different HTML code or ways you can post on other sites or blogs. For this sample, I just cut and paste the code from RE Shows into the post! It's that easy!

SAMPLE Using

Real Estate Shows

For an Active Rain Member Discount, See Jeff Turners Blog

I hope you'll enjoy our new group and more importantly, I hope the exposure your sellers property will get here helps to "Get It Sold!" When selling Real Estate in todays market requires a little bit of extra effort, a "Virtual Tour" will never be a minus to your marketing efforts. For those who like to read books, we have the Active Rain MLS Online, and for those who like to watch movies, we now have the Active Rain Virtual Tour MLS Online.

Here is a link to the new Group Active Rain Virtual Tours Welcome, and Enjoy! Happy Selling!,

Posted by Brad Andersohn ~ Community Builder on 07/16/2007 03:29 AM

Comments (48)

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48 Comments on Real Estate for Sale - See "Active Rain Virtual Tours" Group

JUL

2007

Great idea Brad! Thanks for starting this.

Brilliant idea, Brad !!! I joined the group, however won't be able to post any VTs until a day or two when I have more time.

Have a wonderful and productive beginning of the week !

Brad

I guess you can Youtube it. I have a free service I get through Remax design center and it is nicely done..but I still like yours.

Not too shabby. This will be a fun site to watch.

Brad,

I'm sure your new group will do well and I enjoyed your tour.

Fran

Great stuff. We need every edge we can get. Thanks

Brad - Great idea. This can be an excellent place for new ideas and to get some much needed advice and critiques.

Brad, I can hardly ever get into your posts as I mentioned once before though I try often. Today it "let" me in and I love the "tour." I will want one for a project I'm working on so I'll join the group and SO glad I could get on!!

Realivent - glad to do it!

Jo-Anne - Great! Come back and post when you have the time. Thanks!!

Neal - you can post ANY virtual tour here, this was just a sample since I don't have any real listings,
remember, I'm the Escrow Guy! LOL. I have asked Jeff Turner to come and post some Real Estate Shows as samples to show off his product and services here too. Hopefully he will when he's done with the tour!

Hi Robin - sit back and enjoy the "Shows", I know there are many consumers who do like the Virtual Tours as oppossed to the 3 or 4 photo listing presentations. The more exposure, the merrier! I have seen some really well put together presentations out there, I hope to get our members to start sharing them here.

Fran - glad you enjoyed it, the group will do well as long as members like you support it, and it PRODUCES RESULTS!! :-) Thanks!

Armando - thanks, I'd love to see this benefit you as a member of AR and your sellers as your clients! This is not only an edge to marketing, it's cutting edge technology that consumers have come to love and more importantly, expect. B-)

Marlene - it will be a great place for that, but even more, it will be the place buyers come to have their Virtual "walk-thru" of the properties that interest them. Thanks for your comment, hope you'll join. :-)

Carole - Thanks for the comment, I have removed many of the widgets and gizmos that were causing my page to take forever to load. You shouldn't have any more problems getting into my posts or blog. Let me know if you ever have any difficulties getting into my space on Active Rain. I look forward to seeing your project. Thanks so much!

Good information as usual. Thanks.

Thanks Gary - just trying to keep up with all the great technology out there!! :-)

JUL

2007

This is a great way to bring Web 2.0 Marketing into our marketing efforts as real estate agents. Best wishes with the New Group!

Hi Brad, I just joined your group. Now if I can just find the time to get started on some videos. I will work on it soon. How can I ever keep up with you?

Hi Brad ~ 37 hours of continuing education classes in less than a week have made me a bit brain-dead.....I pasted my virtual tour link under the html tab but it didn't work. Am I missing something? Thanks!

JUL

2007

Hi Lola - glad you agree with the "Virtual Tour" marketing effort here, hope you'll be back to help support and even write some offers or post some listings too! Thanks! :-)

Lizette - we're happy to have you here! If you use RealEstateShows.com (Jeff Turner) it will only take you 5-10 minutes to put together a nice presentation. I literallly threw the one above together just as a sample. I'll be posting instructions when I can get a chance. Looking forward to your posts, and thanks for joining, and commenting! :-)

Joddie - 37 HOURS!!!! WOW, I know how you must feel!
If you posted a link, you don't need to use HTML tab. Use the icon above. We are trying to get the actual "Virtual Tours" on the post instead of links. This may be a little too advanced for some members, so I am going to post some instructions on how to do this very soon....been busy myself too!

Much of this depends on what company you use to create or provide your "VT". Most companies will have instructions on how to use their product on a blog or on a website. I used RealEstateShows.com to create the one above. I think this is one of the best products out there for the price, easy to use, easy to cut and paste the HTML into Activerain, and only takes minutes to do! (not to mention, I like Jeff Turner, the CEO and also fellow Activerain member and great blogger!) So if you need help, let me know, and I'll see that you get it!

1. What Virtual Tour Company are you using?
2. Do they provide the HTML code for posting to websites or blogs?
3. Were you in the HTML mode or the Wysiwig mode when trying to create?
4. Do you have my phone number to save time and get some help? (Big Smile)

Let me know Joddie, I am here to help if you need it.

JUL

2007

Hi, Brad!

I'm signing up, I'm signing up! Where's the party? LOL Thanks for founding this Group. Good luck! Do you need a bouncer?

JUL

2007

Yolanda - no bouncers, just video tours. WE NEED MORE VIRTUAL TOURS POSTED!!! Spread the word, consumers love these and there is a demand for this technology. This platform will be a great resource....soon. Thanks for joining the PARTY!!! B-)

JUL

2007

OK, Brad, I just posted my first VT here. I post my listings using a postlets form and a point2 VT. Tell me here what you think...

JUL

2007

Thanks Jeff- sorry for the delay getting back. Was out of town the past 4 days! I'll check it out! :-)

AUG

2007

we use Flash based templates so we can incorporate interaction with the viewer

Robert - what does your service cost? Can you post a link here for us to check out? Thanks Robert!

SEP

2007

Brad - Love the new group. I always use the real estate shows to show case my listings. Just added my 1st to the group today.

SEP

2007

Bill - love RE shows, the group is young, but I predict some great things will happen here and this group will grow like the many others here on AR. Thanks for commenting, I'll go check out your posts! B-)

SEP

2007

Hey that is a real good listing promotion, I think I will need to use this format. My only concern is that with approx. 1,500 hits on a litsing with 2-3 going to the virtual tour is it really worth it? I think the ROI should play a part.

Take care!

RJH

SEP

2007

Great question Robert, wish I could answer that. You might consider doing a post and ask the members here what their thought is? Thanks!

OCT

2007

Brad - A Great idea - Ive added one by way of a link- Sorry about that but we do our own so its on my site.

OCT

2007

Kathy - thanks and no problem. You feel free to use this group and AR how you see fit! I'm happy you are here and that you took the time to comment! Thank you! :-)

Kathy - your post has been featured this week here in our group! Congratulations!! :-)

Wow - Thanks for the feature - That was unexpected - the post actually links to a mini web site that has videos , slides and feature sheets

Kathy - I saw that! Very nice layout and features. Having the V-Tour in the post is nice, but your post was worthy and deserved a feature this week. :-)

DEC

2007

ATTENTION ALL GROUP MEMBERS!!

Please remember to ONLY post Listing with a VIRTUAL TOUR or a link to a VIRTUAL TOUR. We are attempting to drive a large amount of traffic to this group from some outside Social Networks, and we don't want to disappoint our visitors and potential buyers who think they are coming to view some "Virtual Tours" in this Group. Thanks for your support and posts!

MAY

2008

GREAT GROUP Brad! I'm organizing all my current Home Video Tours now and will be posted them shortly. Thanks for setting this up separately.

Another great idea. Thanks Brad.

All the best!

David - looking forward to your postings in the group. I'm sure many others are too. Thanks. :-)

Hey Kevin - thanks, and all the best to you my friend. :-)

JAN

Should check out www.propertypreviews.com

Pretty similar to real estate shows but free. I have most of my listings with a video from property previews. Hope this helps.

MAR

Thanks Brad, it looks great. I will also check out Carlos' suggested site.

MAR

Brad, I use a company to create my virtual tours. They give me a link to use in my marketing materials and handle putting the tour into the MLS for me. How would I go about putting my tour to use in this new group?

This is what I get from the company: http://www.alookinsidetours.com/11573g.html

I am sure that the company would be happy to provide whatever I need to embed the tour, but I am not sure what to ask for. Thanks for your help!

Holly - most virtual tour companies like the one I used for this post and sample provide what's called an HTML embed code. This is better to use than a link because I think viewers are more inclined to watch them if they don't have to click on another link, not to say you can't use links, I just think the embedded videos get more exposure and better viewing results. Ask them if they can provide you with an embed code you can use for your Blog posts, that's all you would need from them. Hope this makes sense and helps. :-)

Thanks, Brad. Now I know what to ask for!

MAR

I've had tours for a long time but have resisted video tours as less than 50% of the population has high speed Internet. Am now considering doing both, one for high speed and the regular tours for those still connected to a land line.

APR

I'm excited about VT but I have no idea how to do them . I have just recently got a web site up and running. I need to get some vt of my property . Help!!

APR

Elizabeth - there are some great VT tools here on AR. You should contact some of the other AR members and vendors to get exactly what it is you're looking for. I used Real Estate Shows (Jeff Turner) for this sample, there are others here too. Just go to the members "media category" and see who is active here that might be able to offer you some options. If you run into a dead end, just let me know and I'll assist you with getting connected to someone. :-)