Virtual Tours of a home (why 2)?

When you are creating virtual tours or slide shows of photos you need to be aware of your audience.

I have created 2 tours of this home for two different groups of people.

1. This is a "Branded" version it included my contact information and company name so it is used for me to setup on my personal website, blog and to email directly to clients:

1530 Broad Crossing
Fine Home to see

2. This is a "non-Branded" version so it does not include contact information or my company name. This is used to add to our local MLS and I also use it to email directly to other agents. This way they can forward it to their prospects and clients too....

1530 Broad Crossing
Fine Home to send to clients

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 If you are looking at homes, land or an estate in the Charlottesville area your first step is to visit my Charlottesville Real Estate website (where all listed properties are available). For detailed information contact Charles McDonald at 434-981-1585 or email at Charles@MyCharlottesvilleAGENT.com  I look forward to our tour!

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23 Comments on Virtual Tours of a home (why 2)?

Good Idea Charles! They say "Two are Better Than One!" Not sure if they were referencing real estate! Sales!  You could also make copies and attach them to flyers in the box.

02/07/2008 02:36 PM by Martin Dorgan (Coldwell Banker South Central Realty)

Charles, Real Estate Shows offers us the option of branded or non-branded versions of our tours as well.  Gotta love that I can create one show and use it multiple ways.  BTW, very nice listing.

02/07/2008 02:37 PM by Lisa Heindel, New Orleans West Bank Real Estate (Latter & Blum Inc. Realtors)

MARTIN - good point!

LISA - thanks I need to look at RE shows too...

02/07/2008 02:47 PM by Charles McDonald / Your Trusted Broker for Charlottesville Real Estate (RE/MAX Assured Properties)

Thanks for pointing out both ways.

02/07/2008 02:47 PM by Ralph Mark Maupin (Budget Realty, LLC)

Nice listing... great photos. To be honest with you the first one didn't seem to have so much branding that it would offend another agent. But you never know. ;)

02/07/2008 02:48 PM by Debbie Mounteer- Your Utah Staging® Agent (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage)

I always do virtual tours. To me it helps people's online experience of my listings.  I usually just use the branded version and have not recieved any negative feedback from other agents.

02/07/2008 02:53 PM by Jim Houlihan (Coldwell Banker)

RALPH - NP

DEBBIE - any branding and we get hit by MLS violations here.

JIM - glad that works in your area.

02/07/2008 03:02 PM by Charles McDonald / Your Trusted Broker for Charlottesville Real Estate (RE/MAX Assured Properties)

Charles, I took your advice and visited your site. I particularly liked the land listings. Very high end.

Bill Roberts

02/07/2008 03:06 PM by Bill Roberts - "Baby Boomer" Retirement Planning (Brooks and Dunphy Real Estate)

Charles, it's a smart idea to have the branded and unbranded versions for two different audiences.  I've done this too in the past. 

02/07/2008 03:17 PM by Brian Block -- Northern Virginia & D.C. Real Estate (RE/MAX Allegiance)

BILL - Excellent!

BRIAN - See I learned something from the RE/MAX conference :-)

02/07/2008 03:23 PM by Charles McDonald / Your Trusted Broker for Charlottesville Real Estate (RE/MAX Assured Properties)

As you point out Charles, many MLS groups won't even allow a branded tour. So, whatever tour company people use, they should get two versions -- without having to build it twice. Just my 2¢

BTW - Nice looking tours you did.

 

02/07/2008 04:18 PM by Michael Cole (CPG Tours)

MICHAEL - that is the way it works here.

02/07/2008 04:42 PM by Charles McDonald / Your Trusted Broker for Charlottesville Real Estate (RE/MAX Assured Properties)

Charles - I like this and I like the fact that it doesn't take forever to load or crash my browser!

02/08/2008 04:29 AM by Eleanor Thorne, Cary Mortgage Loans (Meridian Residential)

ELEANOR - Thanks, just a simple example!

02/08/2008 06:26 AM by Charles McDonald / Your Trusted Broker for Charlottesville Real Estate (RE/MAX Assured Properties)

Charles,  I have the same arrangement with my tours, but I have been using an outside vendor - I'm going to swithch to RE/MAX Design Center, Karen

02/08/2008 06:33 AM by Karen Kruschka - One of the most experienced agents in Northern Virginia (RE/MAX Allegiance)

KAREN - The input is slower with Design Center but the results are great!

02/08/2008 06:39 AM by Charles McDonald / Your Trusted Broker for Charlottesville Real Estate (RE/MAX Assured Properties)

Charles - Here in Mass it is mandatory to be done that way. In our MLS there can be nothing with personal information attached.

02/08/2008 07:24 AM by Bill Gassett Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate (RE/MAX Executive Realty)

BILL - True here too!

02/08/2008 07:26 AM by Charles McDonald / Your Trusted Broker for Charlottesville Real Estate (RE/MAX Assured Properties)

Nice looking tours, Charles!  We often have to do more than one tour (with and without branding) for our clients as well.  It really helps when we have software that makes it easy to do without taking up loads of time to do it.

~Renae

02/08/2008 11:43 AM by Renae Bolton ~ Marketing 4 Realtors (Marketing 4 Realtors, LLP)

RENAE - so true!

02/08/2008 12:18 PM by Charles McDonald / Your Trusted Broker for Charlottesville Real Estate (RE/MAX Assured Properties)

Charles - down here you can actually get a fine if you use the branded version in the MLS! By the way, nice new photo!!!!

02/12/2008 08:21 AM by Barbara-Jo & Bill - - Florida Realty Professional - AHWD (Charles Rutenberg Realty)

B and B - Thanks!

02/12/2008 08:46 AM by Charles McDonald / Your Trusted Broker for Charlottesville Real Estate (RE/MAX Assured Properties)

Very impressive I definately need to start doing virtual tours!

06/13/2008 01:49 AM by ERA Regency Realtors

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