The following customization was originally conceived by Larry Brzostek and it is now fully supported by the new, wider layout of the RealBird property website platform.

Instead of the live chat widget, one can add a personal video intro to the property websites in the contact information section. This is an area below the fold, under the property information section, next to your photo and contact information and social media links. You can click through the image below for a live example of the property at 4111 Green Tree Ave, Sarasota. Make sure you scroll down to the contact information area.

4111 Green Tree Ave, Sarasota, FL

You can see another example by Katerina Gasset on the listing website of 826 Shore Dr, Boynton Beach, FL

826 Shore Dr, Boynton Beach, FL

There are two ways to achieve this for your own RealBird listings:

Add a video to all of your listing with the global settings tool

  1. Log in at RealBird
  2. From the Dashboard or the Listing Management Page, click "Settings"
  3. Switch to the "Live Chat/Video intro" tab
  4. Paste the embed code from YouTube or other hosted video services
  5. Save settings

Add a video to a specific property

  1. Log in at RealBird
  2. Click "Edit" for the particular listing's record
  3. Scroll down to the "Live Chat/Video intro" section
  4. Paste the embed code from YouTube or other hosted video services
  5. Save changes

Suggested width and height for the embed code:

The examples above use 350px for width and 223px for height This is the suggested video size. 

You can use embeddable widgets from any other 3rd party providers. If you use YouTube, make sure you generate an embed code which disables the related video previews at the end of your video as it may show your competitions video otherwise. 

There are many great uses for this section of your RealBird single property website. With this larger layout design, you can actually utilize that additional space of the contact information section to deliver more information. I suggest to use it for generic information about your business and services vs. listing specific video as for those, there are now 6 customizable pages that can be added (more about this in our next post)

If you have a custom and unique RealBird implementation, we would love to hear about it. Please share it as a comment below and feel free to link to your property website below.

-- Zoltan
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Posted by Real Bird on 11/03/2011 08:20 PM   Comments (11)   Realbird in the Technology and Tools Channel   single property website  
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11 Comments on How to add a personal video introduction to your RealBird property websites

NOV
03
2011
237,286 Points Attended Rain Camp

Hi Zoltan, I like the use of the video and ability to do so on the property websites -- Great job!
10:09pm • #1
343,262 Points 14 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Hi -

Thanks for the lesson!  I am so happy when I get to learn new tech procedures. I think by my 150th birthday I will have gotten ALL of it down pat!

Have a happy day -
Lynn
10:22pm • #2
159,552 Points Outside Blog Hit Router Called Shot Master

I have just decided to utilize RealBird in the last couple of days and now this feature just makes me more convinced this is a very good decision.
11:08pm • #3
804,827 Points 1 Featured Post Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Hi Zoltan - RealBird keeps on getting better and better all the time!
11:27pm • #4
303,502 Points 9 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Zoltan, I'm looking forward to experimenting with this idea..thanks for sharing!
11:53pm • #5
NOV
04
2011
214,974 Points 2 Featured Posts Hit Router Called Shot Master

I made sure to bookmark this one.. Thanks for sharing.

 
10:41am • #6
601,973 Points 13 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Thanks everybody ! Glad to hear that you like this feature. Should you need assistance, please don't hesitate to email or call
12:29pm • #7
NOV
09
2011
1,206,994 Points 193 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

I'm glad I checked your post. I missed this very cool thing. Along with the recent Zillow acquisition of DiverseSolution, I was actually looking at Realbird (although I already have it) as an alternative to IDX.
6:42am • #8
NOV
10
2011
601,973 Points 13 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Thanks Loreena
2:57pm • #9
DEC
04
2011
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Great Feature!

We are currently not utilizing YouTube and will be in 2012. We already use RealBird and I absolutely love this new feature and will add it in my business plan. Can you tell me what editing software you recommend for YouTube? I would like to be able to type in information or would it be best to utilize animoto?

 

Thank you!
8:54pm • #10
DEC
08
2011
601,973 Points 13 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Animoto is great for slideshow based videos (you can in even convert and post them to YouTube). On Macs, iMovie is great for easy editing and exporting to YouTube. I haven't used Win for video editing for years, but I am sure that the Windows Movie Maker is usable, but I am not sure whether YouTube export is built in. At the end, you most ikely want to end up with your movie on YouTube and share/embed from there.

Thanks

-- Zoltan
7:15pm • #11

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