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YouTube Thursdays - Won't you be my Neighbor-hood Video?

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Industry Observer with Nature As Neighbors

YouTube Thursdays - Won’t you be my Neighbor-hood Video?

Want to tap into a great SEO resource?  Create a series of videos featuring the neighborhoods you want to sell. Anita Clark offers proof of how successful these videos can be for winning clients - both buyers and sellers. In addition, when you help buyers or sellers in the neighborhood, you can add the video to your “just sold” blog post and reap new benefits. Anita does it all the time and her presentation is always impressive.

When you search for “Prune Hill View Homes, Camas” two of my posts still show up on the front page, even though it’s been a while since I wrote a new blog. ( My bad, must  write new post asap! ) And, when you search videos of “Homes for Sale, Prune Hill and Prune Hill View Homes, Camas,” my video is at  the top, right below the paid sites.  Pretty cool, huh?  Especially considering the video was produced in 2011!

 



The neighborhood videos I’ve produced ( so far) all get this top of page Google ranking. Sure, it takes a bit of time. I generally spend about an hour shooting the video, and an hour getting it edited and ready for YouTube. Naturally, I have a story board and script prior to shoot day. That streamlines my efforts and keeps me on task in the field. You can always tweak things and make adjustments to the script if necessary during the editing process.

Here are a few examples of neighborhood videos - I like the different styles and music, they not only represent the differences in regions, but the personalities of the video producers.

Anita Clark ( Please subscribe to her Channel!) Note, not all of her neighborhood videos have "actual video," some are just stills.  I would suggest some action to enhance the viewing experience - but hard to argue with her success. ( Right, Anita?)

 

 

John McCormack ( Please subscribe to his Channel)

Karen Kruschka ( Please subscribe to her Channel)

Rich Cotton ( Please subscribe to his Channel) ( This video also features one of his listings) My advice do a more generic neighborhood video - and a separate video ( or slideshow-virtual tour) for the specific property - that way you can reuse the video for general marketing purposes. More bang for your buck!

 


 

Debb Janes ( Please subscribe to my channel)

 

 

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Debb Janes  Bernie Stea
Brokers/REALTORS®
Call or Text 360-608-4900

We help buyers and sellers in Camas, Washougal, Brush Prairie/Hockinson, Salmon Creek, Felida, and other Vancouver, Washington Areas. 


We bring our passion for nature and beautiful environments to Real Estate. Multigenerational and family estates, country land and homes, and small farmsteads are our speciality.


We agree with our clients, "The true luxury of rural living is having elbowroom for the soul.

 

Comments(36)

Mary Stewart
Keller Williams Atlantic Partners/Southside - Jacksonville, FL

Debb,

I really like the animal aspect of bringing the dog into the video, and sharing some infor from his prospective. I think I might have to borrow my neighbors dog for a shoot. My dog of 18 years recently passed away and everytime I see or hear a dog story, I really tune in.

 

Jul 17, 2014 12:19 PM
Anna Hatridge
R Gilliam Real Estate LLC - Farmington, MO
Missouri Realtor with R Gilliam Real Estate LLC

Great post!  Very helpful information and video.  Thank you for sharing the information. 

Jul 17, 2014 05:56 PM
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Debb, video is definitely the wave and you better learn to ride it or it will drown you! Enjoy your day!

Jul 17, 2014 08:09 PM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Debb, you make it sound so easy, and need to get back into neighborhood videos.  They do definitely give you SEO!

Jul 17, 2014 10:31 PM
Mark Neighbor
A O Home Solutions - Sell House Georgia - Buy House Georgia - McDonough, GA
Sell House Fast In Georgia

Good Post. Good stuff to do. Many people look at Youtube and it can be a good avenue to promote buying of selling. Great SEO without the costs.

Jul 17, 2014 10:48 PM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Debb, your voice-overs are just excellent.  I think that almost everyone else on ActiveRain who does videos with a speaking role should listen and learn.  And maybe get some some coaching from their favorite ex-radio or TV reporter!

Jul 17, 2014 11:32 PM
Debb Janes
Nature As Neighbors - Camas, WA
Put My Love of Nature At Work for You

Travis - the lightbulb went off? :)

Hi there Steven, me too. Directly from my neighborhood video...or videos in general that allows relo folks to get to to know me a bit.

Jul 17, 2014 11:52 PM
Pamela Madore
The Pamela Madore Group - Amarillo, TX
Team Work Makes The Dream Work

Great ideas!  I love doing videos.  Guess I will get my scripts started today!

Jul 18, 2014 12:17 AM
Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

Community videos to show what happens, it's like around the sticks and bricks, the real estate property listings.

Jul 18, 2014 01:14 AM
Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Great stuff, I have a new young agent working with me who is adept at luxury property in Edmond Oklahoma. I hired a researcher on elance.com to give me all the important economic and demographic information to add to what we know so we can do a series of videos and blog posts about Edmond and specific communities. This really works.

Jul 18, 2014 10:56 PM
Mark Don McInnes, Sandpoint-Idaho
Sandpoint Realty LLC - Sandpoint, ID
North Idaho Real Estate - 208-255.6227

Thank you for the push Debb.  Been doing YouTube for longer than I care to admit for as few as I have done.  Focus seems to drift off.  Same was the case with blogging till AR.  Feel I have formed a habit now that I can use advantageously for YouTube as well.

Jul 20, 2014 07:39 PM
Mark Don McInnes, Sandpoint-Idaho
Sandpoint Realty LLC - Sandpoint, ID
North Idaho Real Estate - 208-255.6227

Just watched your video.  Nicely done with great narration.  Do you use a tripod when shooting?  There is no shake what so ever.  Again Debb excellent motivational push.  Thx

Jul 20, 2014 07:51 PM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Debb, Great videos, I especially like the narration of the videos that you add, that makes them very professional and interesting to watch. Suggested.

Jul 20, 2014 11:48 PM
Debb Janes
Nature As Neighbors - Camas, WA
Put My Love of Nature At Work for You

Thanks for the visit and nice comments to all. @ Mark. Yes, I use a tripod - ALWAYS! @ Larry, thanks.

Jul 21, 2014 01:22 AM
Pamela Madore
The Pamela Madore Group - Amarillo, TX
Team Work Makes The Dream Work

I bought a Gorilla tri-pod and it is great.  You can wrap up around a tree branch or it has magnetized legs so you can stick it on the top of the car!

Jul 21, 2014 03:27 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Debb

Gotta take some time to review this in more detail. I love doing community videos but need to learn how to edit and make them more interesting. They definitely attract viewers (including 3 in the last year that resulted in closed deals). TIme to learn how to edit...or find someone to do it Back to Craig's class I think

Jeff

Jul 22, 2014 01:53 PM
Chandler Real Estate Liz Harris, MBA
Liz Harris Realty - Chandler, AZ
#ChandlerRealEstateAgent

Great post today, was a pleasure reading it.  Look forward to your next one.  Liz in Chandler

Jul 22, 2014 03:09 PM
Tammie White, Broker
Franklin Homes Realty LLC - Franklin, TN
Franklin TN Homes for Sale

Debb, you've got some great examples here of ways to do video. Now, if I could just get my rear in gear.

Aug 04, 2014 01:57 PM
Debb Janes
Nature As Neighbors - Camas, WA
Put My Love of Nature At Work for You

Pamela - cool!  Thanks all of you for the recent comments. I've got to produce a few new videos this week. Must get busy! :)

Aug 04, 2014 11:55 PM
Troy Erickson AZ Realtor (602) 295-6807
HomeSmart - Chandler, AZ
Your Chandler, Ahwatukee, and East Valley Realtor

Thanks so much for sharing these ideas and videos. One of my goals is to start creating neighborhood videos to get more exposure. Now I have some good ideas on how to go about it.

Sep 08, 2014 03:51 PM