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How to upload your videos to Facebook

Facebook has been reviving more than long-lost friendships and reacquainting high school friends—it’s proving to be an incredibly valuable tool for REALTORS.

It's the perfect medium to to promote yourself, pitch your newest listing and keep track of past and future clients.

A little more than one month after announcing it had 150 million active users, and only four months since announcing 100 million users, Facebook just announced today that it has reaced 175 million active users! If Facebook were a country, it would be the eighth most populated country in the world, just ahead of Japan. To ignore statistic such as this in your marketing is just plain foolish!

The most successful, aggressive agents in New England are now incorporating video into their marketing. Using video for property tours of new listings or video testimonials from satisifed clients, video is becoming more popular every day!

Many clients are still a bit confused on how to upload their video tours and testimonials to their Facebook pages, so I've made a brief tutorial on exactly how you go about this.

Once you upload your video to your Facebook page, that video will go out to all of your "friends" notifying them of your new listing!

How cool is THAT type of marketing?

Posted by Fred Light - Real Estate Video Tours for MA and NH on 02/15/2009 08:57 PM

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37 Comments on How to upload your videos to Facebook

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Thanks so much for this info. I am a bit behind the curve; still looking for an affordable camera to record videos. Any suggestions?

Fred, I have seen more and more of them, but was clueless how to do them. So a big THANK YOU!! I know others will appreciate this too.

Hi Fred, thanks for the tips. BTW, I have seen your work on welcome mat and it is great.

Fred, thanks for the information! I use Facebook to market my listings and myself. I'm going to check this out.

Hello Fred and thanks for the info. How's the weather on Mount Washington? :)

Here's to a great week!

Very cool post and thank you for the tip.

Fred -

Thank you for the info. I belong to Facebook but admit to having trouble finding the value via real estate with this site. All the best to you and your business.

Fred- awesome video. Facebook is such a crucial part of any business in our day and age.

Fred, thanks for the video as it will come in handy!

Michael: There are many cameras available - it just depends on what you're planning to videotape. For testimonials or video blogging - the FLIP camera (starts at around $125) is a great value and produces nice looking video - and it's easy to upload! But it's really only approrpriate for a talking head type of video. If you're going to do a property tour, it's really NOT a good option (some people do use them, but you'll make your viewers nauseous and make you look a bit less than professional. It's really the "moving picture version" of cell phone MLS photos - not a good idea. There are many cameras that will work for this - it's best to find one that works well in low light. They usually start at around $500-$600 a decent one.

Zilkia: Thanks!

David: Mt. Washington? I'm actually about 30 minutes from Boston, although sometimes it FEELS like I'm on Mt. Washington! And this year we probably have just as much snow!

Kenneth: Spend some time with Facebook. If you use it properly and understand HOW to use it for your business, I think you'll find it invaluable. More and more people are on Facebook, and the fastest growing population is 30-55 years old! (my 84 year old father and my 75 year old aunt have been on Facebook for about a year!). It's a pretty amazing phenomenon and definitely worth learning how to use. After all, anything that works is a good thing in this market, and when it costs absolutely NOTHING to use - that makes it even sweeter!

Fred, thanks for the camera info. I was considering looking at the Flip because of the price. Now I know better!

Fred - Great Job on this tutorial! Been meaning to do this. Had only posted videos to the profile pages. Thanks for the tip

Thanks for sharing Fred -- the quest never ends!

Fred- Facebook video is new and pretty exciting. Thanks for a great how-to.

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Hi Fred,

Please join the group 'Facebook Tips' and include this post in it. I'm sure all will benefit. Thanks!

Great information. I have found that there is importance in video. Some video's should be on public sights and some on private hosting that goes directly to your clients. Check out www.ThinkBigWorkSmall.com I have found this very helpful.

Fred, I appreciate your information it is very useful. I am on Facebook and just learning about using videos, In fact last week I purchased the Flip from Circuit City with a 30% discount due to them closing. I will follow your directions and start by going to applications (video) Thanks

Hi Fred, thanks so much for taking the time to post this.....it's just what I needed! Wishing you great success! Wendy

Thanks for posting this - it's really funny the timing, because just yesterday I was trying to figure out how to post a video on facebook and I could NOT figure it out!!!!

Emily: For some reason, it's NOT very intuitive. I had a really hard time figuring it out myself. The other day I was trying to help a client figure it out and was STILL confused!

Thanks for the information Fred. I'm hoping to be able to implement this soon and your help will make it sooner.

Bob

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Excellent post thanks for the tip. I just got a camcorder just for this purpose.

Fred we're trying to get all this stuff going. I read your ideas on a camera in the comments. Could you give me a few ideas of a good camera in the 500 to 600 range. I want one that is simple to use and a no brainer, if there is such an animal. Thanks for this info! Anna Banana www.annabananarealty.com

thanks for the encouraging suggestion. I've been making videos of my listings, but haven't taken the time to load them. Guess I'll have to do that right now.

Awesome post. I can't wait to start doing this. Thanks for explaining it.

It was really a great help. Thank you for the tips

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Fred,

Thanks for the information, just getting more involved with Facebook. This tutorial was great, I just uploaded a video to facebook, not bad. Once again thanks.

Hi Fred - Thanks for the info, I just started on Facebook, looks like there are a lot of things that can be done. Doug

Fred... I'm just starting to get into the video, but really had no clue that I could get it on Facebook. Thanks for the post... and instruction!

Thanks for the post. I am really inspired. What kind of $500-$600 camera do you recommend? I love the low lite recommendation 'cause I also want to use it to tape my daughter's hockey games. Double thanks.

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Great ideas... I love facebook, I have friends from high school, business associates for networking across the country, former customers, family and people involved in my hobbies like cycling and dog showing. I shoot virtual tours using still images, with Visual Tour (and I'm sure other companies now) you can export them as a video file. I have a small digital video camera I bought at the Realtors convention a year or so ago... DigiLife DDV-7300 - I have been happy with it, the buttons are a bit small but it was less than $200 bucks... although what is holding me back is editing. Most software is WAY too complicated.

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Lise: A really nice camera is the Canon HV20 or HV30. I've seen it around for $600-$700.

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175 million people can't be wrong..if they are there, you need to be there to be seen. Thanks Fred.

MAR

Thanks. Folks today need to be on Facebook and the other big social media sites. This is a big help

Tony

MAR

Ah ha...going to post a video today!

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