So I staged 2 La Mancha Millbrae on Monday and finally got a chance to process and upload all the photos and testing RealBird out!
It was really easy to upload all the photos and it's actually faster than uploading via VFlyer. I do wish both of these applications have a feature to post multiple photos concurrently. That will save me a lot of energy and time. When I uploaded the photos, it appeared to be distorted and fuzzy. But when I checked the done flyer, they all look fine. What I like about RealBird v. VFlyer is that RealBird has a slideshow feature, which I think I will start using on my own website (oy, more uploading!) for before & after photos. It is not as magical as RES of course where you can add music & captions, but I think it looks pretty darn good for its purpose. And it's FREE (music to my ears). You can also post it to your facebook account, in addition to craig's list.
But the great thing about vFlyer is that it's cross industries where RealBird is real estate industry specific.
Here is what the vFlyer ad looks like in Craig's list
Here is what the RealBird flyer looks like in Craig's list
Here is the embedded slide show via RealBird (or see on my blog menu on the right)
Here is the application of the RealBird Slide Show on my site www.staged4more.com
Have a chart here (let me know if it is incorrect or anything you want me to add)
| | VFlyer free account | RealBird free account |
| Ease of using | Yes | Yes |
| Limits on photos | 15 | None |
| Upload speed | Okay | Slightly faster |
| Multiple photos upload | None | None |
| Posting to facebook | No | Yes |
| Posting to Craig’s List | Yes | Yes |
| Slide show capabilities | No | Yes |
| Kijiji (ebay) | No | Yes |
| Backpage | Yes | Yes |
| Oodle | Yes | No |
| Edgeio | Yes | No |
| Google Base | Yes | No |
| Vast | Yes | No |
| Propsmart | Yes | No |
| Trulia | Yes | No |
| Widget | Yes | Yes |
| Visiting stats | Yes | Yes |
| Listing domain name | Yes | Yes |
| Social bookmark | Yes | Yes |
I have also been impressed by their customer services. Upon signing up, I actually received a real live person call to see if everything is working great. I also love them contacting us via AR directly to add a "home stager" category since we generally are like orphans in the industry and always have to check "the others" box. ;)
And thanks to David C's original post I Put My Listings on RealBird Tonight, So Should You!
And SUPER THANKS TO JULIET, because she was the one who got their attention to add stagers as a new category!
Here is a link to RealBird's AR post: RealBird flies free
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We actually do have slidehow capability see:
http://getaways.vflyer.com/home/SlideShow.jsp?prodInstId=909130
Other categories that might be helpful to include to are (for vFlyer at least) are:
1. PDF Output
2. Email Support
3. Mobile Support/Access
4. SMS Distribution
5. Image Enhancement and Hosting (Watermark Plus)
Available to Subscribers we also have:
1. Video Support
2. Bulk Upload Capabilities