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Autoawesome Photos - Let It Snow on YOUR Photos!

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Autoawesome Magic - Let is Snow!!

Start a conversation with a photo in motion!!

Social Media being what it is and Google search helping all of us to be found I enjoy posting content and photos to start conversations about real estate, market reports and just about anything. I enjoy the new an innovative ways to gather attention for my blog posts and have used their Autoawesome features from the day it began. If any of your follow my blog I have posted about these Autoawesome features before.

This week a new one was introduced and it seems that everyone loves it!!

Hudson River in Winter - New Windsor NY

Recently Google put into the mix a "Twinkle" and a "Snowy" feature. When you use your google account to upload photos it takes random shots and makes them snow. You don't need to do anything to get this to happen. 

Posting photos to market my business is a conversation starter and clients enjoy what they see. I have had a few recent clients remark about seeing me on the internet with my #autoawesome photos. I wasn't sure if anyone noticed, but the answer to that is a big YES!! One of the agents found that he winter ad/online greeting card now is snowing!! How cool is that?? I am planning to make one too and then pray that Google lets it snow on me. We don't have much control, but it seems that they are enjoying making magic for many.

For more info on Google+ Autoawesome check out my original post on Photos in Motion. It will help with getting the photo from Google to your ActiveRain post.

Be sure to follow me on Google+. Check back here soon as I'm working to get the "twinkle" feature to happen and make a greeting card to post for clients. It should be fun.

Janis Borgueta is a Realtor in Newburgh NY. Her blog is about living, working and Real Estate in The Hudson Valley. If you would like more information about Real Estate in Newburgh NY and Living in the Hudson Valley, please subscribe to this blog. When you are looking to buy a new home, Search the MLS for New Homes in Newburgh NY 

Comments(56)

Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Janis, this is a wonderful feature, and would be very appropriate right now here in Denver, it is snowing again.

Dec 08, 2013 12:12 AM
Cindy Jones
Integrity Real Estate Group - Woodbridge, VA
Pentagon, Fort Belvoir & Quantico Real Estate News

I'll have to try this on a couple of my skiing photos from Thanksgiving vacation.

Dec 08, 2013 12:38 AM
Karen Fiddler, Broker/Owner
Karen Parsons-Fiddler, Broker 949-510-2395 - Mission Viejo, CA
Orange County & Lake Arrowhead, CA (949)510-2395

That's so cool! I wonder if I can do that on Facebook too? I'm going to go play

Dec 08, 2013 12:46 AM
Aaron Hofmann
Atlanta Communities - Smyrna, GA
aka Mr. Smyrna Vinings

Cool. Certainly the snow looks more real when you have snow on the ground to start with. Will be interesting to see if we get any snow this year.

Dec 08, 2013 03:21 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

Really cool.  I had my web guy do a Christmas card with snow to email clients years ago.  Wish I had downloaded it, but I didn't.

Dec 08, 2013 03:28 AM
Peter Pfann @ eXp Realty Pfanntastic Properties in Victoria, Since 1986.
eXp Realty, Victoria BC www.pfanntastic.com - Victoria, BC
Talk To or Text Peter 250-213-9490

HI Janis,

Cool, or is that too much of a cliche, but Thanks for sharing this, seem like a fun little gizmo to ad from time to time.

Dec 08, 2013 06:15 AM
Connie Harvey
Pilkerton Realtors - Brentwood, TN
Realtor - Nashville TN Real Estate

OMGosh Janis, That is way too cool!

Dec 08, 2013 07:23 AM
Randy Shamburger
Movement Mortgage - Greenville, SC
FHA, VA, USDA and Conventional Mortgage Expert

This is pretty cool.  I'm going to check it out now.  Thanks for sharing.

Dec 08, 2013 08:17 AM
Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional
Charles Rutenberg Realty - Clearwater, FL
Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor

Thank You, Thank You for this one! I will be emailing all greeting cards this year and now they will be awesome!!!! 

Dec 08, 2013 08:29 AM
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Thanks Janis, this feature could look very good with some of my photos.

Dec 08, 2013 10:13 AM
Maria Morton
Platinum Realty - Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Real Estate 816-560-3758

This is definitely awesome, Janis! I'd love to share this on Google+ but AR still has only their logo on all our shares so.... maybe later, yes?

Dec 08, 2013 10:57 AM
Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

Janis, just had to come back to tell you I tried this and although I don't know how, it did work!  Thanks!

Dec 08, 2013 09:35 PM
Helen and Larry Prier- Re-Max Gateway - Residential Real Estate
RE-MAX Gateway- Residential Real Estate Sales - Anacortes, WA
Anacortes & surrounding Skagit & Island Counties

Janis, Just wanted to let you know that I featured your post in My favorites for last week. Here is the link:

my-favorite-blog-posts-december-2nd-to-8th

Dec 09, 2013 01:30 AM
John Fauth
Coldwell Banker King Thompson - Grove City, OH
Turning your dreams into an address!

This is great Janis thank you!

Dec 09, 2013 02:25 AM
Kevin Mackessy
Blue Olive Properties, LLC - Highlands Ranch, CO
Dedicated. Qualified. Local.

This is a pretty funny little feature.  I might put it on my holiday newsletter.  

Dec 09, 2013 05:07 AM
Captain Wayne - Rowlett Real Estate School
Rowlett Real Estate School - Panama City, FL
Rowlett Real Estate School / Owner and Instructor

Wow, would you look at that.  This is really neat!

Dec 09, 2013 11:10 AM
Mitchell J Hall
Manhattan, NY
Lic Associate RE Broker - Manhattan & Brooklyn

Janis, It suprised me when I posted bad weather photo this morning and google enhanced it with pretty snow flakes. Very cool

Dec 10, 2013 07:11 AM
Jimmy Faulkner
Florida. Homes Realty & Mortgage - Wantagh, NY
The Best Of St. Augustine

I have got to get acquainted with this. Google + appears to be the only way to go and I have a lot to learn.  Congrats

Dec 10, 2013 10:22 AM
Cindy Westfall
Premiere Property Group,LLC Portland Metro & Suburbs Oregon - Tualatin, OR
ABR,GRI Your Tualatin & Portland Metro Real Estate

Hi Janis, Now this is pretty darn cool!! I'm off to check it out. Thank you for sharing yet another cool tool to use. 

Dec 14, 2013 09:16 AM
Janis Borgueta
Newburgh, NY
Retired RE Salesperson

it is cool Cindy.. make sure to give it a try

Dec 14, 2013 11:45 AM