real estate: Real Estate Marketing and the Mortgage Crisis
- 06/25/08 11:15 PM
A recent article on CNN.com, Experts Tell How to Deal with Mortgage Crisis, answers questions that millions of homeowners find themselves asking. CNN's Larry King talked with several real estate and financial experts to get advice on handling the mortgage meltdown. Another article on CNNMoney.com, New Home Sales near Historic Lows, sheds light on just how low home sales have fallen.The articles are everywhere; foreclosure rates are up, the economy is down and everyone is asking whether or not the worst is behind us.While years ago simple marketing strategies would sell a house with little to no extra effort, today's competitive … (2 comments)
real estate: e-toursonline Announces New Full service 2D-3D Interactive Floor Plans and 360 Virtual Tour HitStats 2.0™
- 04/13/08 11:37 AM
e-toursonline Announces New Full service 2D-3D Interactive Floor Plans and 360 Virtual Tour HitStats 2.0TM BRANDENTON, FL - April 13, 2008- e-toursonline (ETO) Interactive Media Solutions, a certified Real Tour VisionTM virtual tour provider, is proud to announce the addition of ETO full service 2D-3D Interactive Floor Plans and 360 virtual tour HitStats 2.0TM to its line-up of marketing tools. The addition of full service 2D-3D Interactive Floor Plans and 360° virtual tour HitStats 2.0 TM to ETO's existing services will allow their current and future clients to have the competitive edge in marketing their property listings and businesses utilizing … (1 comments)
real estate: Ark-La-Tex Virtual Tours Announces New PanoRider
- 03/25/08 01:38 PM
SHREVEPORT LA - March 25, 2008 - Ark-La-Tex Virtual Tours, a certified Real Tour VisionTM virtual tour provider, is proud to announce the addition of PanoRiders to its line-up of marketing tools. The addition of these unique real estate sign riders to Ark-La-Tex Virtual Tours' current services will allow their current and future clients to have the competitive edge in marketing their property listings and businesses utilizing these advanced marketing tools, which drive traffic to single property websites, in the Shreveport and Bossier City area. Gary Bolda, Owner of Ark-La-Tex Virtual Tours stated: "We are excited to be able to offer … (1 comments)
real estate: Virtually There Media Announces Aggressive Online Real Estate Marketing Service in Los Angeles
- 03/24/08 12:41 PM
Los Angeles, CA, United States 3/24/08 - Virtually There Media (VTM), a Certified Real Tour VisionTM (RTV) virtual tour provider and real estate marketing company, today announced a new expanded marketing service provided at no cost when combined with any of their services; including still photography, virtual tours and fully customized single property websites. VTM is a los Angeles virtual tour provider and provides powerful real estate marketing tools and services to provide their real estate clients an upgraded online property flyer and classified ad solution which is syndicated to national real estate websites such as Oodle, Google Base, Vast, Local.com, … (0 comments)
real estate: Springfield Greene County Virtual Tours
- 03/12/08 03:27 PM
Local Business Provides A Powerful Sales & Marketing Tool.Sharon Wasson of Springfield, Missouri is a Licensed Distributor of Real Tour Vision (RTV) Panoramic Virtual Tour Software. Virtual Tours leverage the power of the Internet to showcase properties, facilities, products and communities online using an interactive format. The proprietary RTV software system has significantly reduced the time to build and post tours online. In addition, RTV tours are e-mailable and ready for disk. No special plug-ins or software downloads are needed to view them."Panoramic virtual tours add an exciting dimension to the presentation of homes, businesses, fitness centers, or other facilities," said … (2 comments)
real estate: Insight 360 Announces the Release of HitStats 2.0™ and the Insight ImageRider™
- 03/09/08 12:03 PM
ERIE, COLORADO - March 09, 2008 - Insight 360 Tours, a Colorado Virtual Tour Company and Real Tour VisionTM (RTV) full service provider, announced the Insight ImageRiderTM and the release of the proprietary internet traffic reporting technology HitStats 2.0 TM. The Insight ImageRider allows real estate agents and builders to display a full panoramic image of the property with a customized web address (targeted to a single property website) directly above or below their property signs. HitStats 2.0 is an innovative marketing tool which produces statistics that show realtors not only where the virtual tour views are coming from, but which … (0 comments)
real estate: VirtualToursCompany.com Announces HitStats 2.0(TM) Virtual Tour Internet Traffic Reporting
- 03/06/08 11:13 AM
LANCASTER, PA - March 6, 2008 - VirtualToursCompany.com, a Real Tour Vision(TM) (RTV) virtual tour provider, today announced the release of their newest service, HitStats 2.0(TM), a proprietary internet traffic reporting technology. This newest marketing tool was specifically designed to enhance their already successful PanoRider(TM) (panoramic sign rider) and single property website services. HitStats 2.0 produces statistic reports that not only show real estate agents where virtual tour views are coming from but also displays which scenes from the 360 tour are being viewed online. "We are very excited to be able to offer this advanced traffic reporting service. HitStats 2.0 … (0 comments)
real estate: Stop Blogging and Buy a Pull-String Toy?
- 03/04/08 10:13 AM
Yesterday I received an email from a real estate agent in reference to an article in Broker Agent news called What Every Agent Needs to Know about Blogging, Social Networking, RSS Feeds and SEO . I read the article and my response to the email is below for anyone else that may have read that article. For those of you short on time, the article basically bashes Blogging & Social Networking as a media for advertising. Oh and get this, the writer actually suggests that you should PAY someone else to maintain your blog for you. Ummm... how many of you … (4 comments)
real estate: Want ADVANCED Marketing Tools? Attention Agents & Virtual Tour Providers!
- 07/28/07 05:51 PM
I have LOVED being a part of the AR community, so I think it's well past time that I share some ‘insider secrets', since I have not been as active as I would like to be! I use a combination of all of the following marketing tools to market my company websites. Grab a pen and paper and kick up your feet! (or just press the print button on your browser...lol) Click to Talk - Place a button on your website that allows potential clients to enter their telephone number and contact you instantly! The system will call both you and the … (7 comments)
real estate: Bringing it Down To 'Realty' When it Comes to Crime
- 07/19/07 07:42 AM
In this article by Realty Times http://realtytimes.com/rtcpages/20021212_virtualtour.htm , Broderick Perkins addresses two homeowner objections about 360 tours. Both objections relate to homeowner concerns of privacy. Although the article is very outdated with the popularity of 360 virtual tours (Dec 2002), these objections are still common and easily put to bed with some intelligence and solid facts.Objection number one:According to his article, homeowners give up their fourth amendment right to 'expectation of privacy' and therefore expose their home to police search (without a search warrant) if the property were to become a crime scene during the time that the virtual tour was … (1 comments)
real estate: Video Tours EXPOSED
- 04/25/07 11:22 AM
Recently I have noticed that a lot of companies (large and small) are desperately trying to take advantage of the nuance of the video tour ‘rave' by offering slideshows disguised as ‘video tours'. It seems the Jack-in-the-box law is now in effect. ‘Virtual tour' companies are popping up all over the place offering ‘video tours' that are nothing more than glorified slide shows. Here's the deal. Pretty much anyone can start one of these supposed ‘video tour' services using slide show software for next to nothing and charge whatever they want for it. That's fine. This is America.. whatever... but why … (10 comments)
real estate: Stolen Marketing Tip of The Month
- 04/24/07 12:59 PM
Need more leads and just don't have the time to figure out how to get them? Well, use your website!! Make sure that all of your online and offline advertising leads to your website and offer a FREE Report that will get your target homeowner interested in contacting you. Depending on your target market, this may be topics of interest to Seniors, Baby Boomers, Gen X, or even a combination of these. But, before you set up your 'FREE Report, be sure to check out the competition. See what your direct competitors are offering and DON'T offer that!! Most of the time your … (1 comments)
real estate: 7 Questions That You Should Ask Every Virtual Tour Company
- 04/24/07 12:05 PM
1. What type of virtual tour do they provide? Some ‘virtual tour' companies capture only still pictures and then use these pictures to create a motion effect. Make sure you are not paying a virtual tour price for a motion slide show. There are companies that charge as much as $70-$100 for these tours and the final product is nothing more than a $20 photo presentation. 2. Is the final version of the virtual tour interactive? How do they define 'interactive'? Make sure that the final product being created looks professional and has in-tour controls. Links to the side and the bottom … (5 comments)
real estate: Get RANKED!
- 03/03/07 10:18 AM
Ok, we all know that part of marketing is getting hits on your website, getting your listings viewed and getting interested parties to contact you about YOUR listings. But.. the question is, how do you go about doing that without much knowledge of the internet and without spending a dime? I will tell you in a moment... but first, the obvious.... SEO (Search Engine Optimization) .. that fancy word that many internet marketing companies will spew out hoping that you are so intrigued that you will fork over money to get them to magically make your website rank high on Google … (5 comments)
real estate: WANTED: Caring Owners Who Enjoy Afternoons on the Green
- 02/08/07 09:49 AM
1.5 years young, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom townhouse with a beautiful 1679 figure and a really nice looking office in search of caring and loving new owners who truly understand the needs and wants of a home. New owner should enjoy mornings on the lake, afternoons on the green and evenings at the New Pointe West Clubhouse. I am recently separated from my old owners, but we still keep in contact and are very good friends. They still check in on me from time to time, but we both understand that the relationship is over. I still remember how I felt when … (1 comments)
real estate: The Gun or the Noose? You’re Killing Yourself
- 01/05/07 01:41 PM
Marketing incest - why does it happen over and over again? It's like reading the classified. Ad after ad says the same thing. Nothing new, just same old junk - no new twist. It's junk mail. It hits the can faster than a kid with the flu. So why am I still getting this in my mail? And why is someone paying to have it end up in my trash? This afternoon I received the umpteenth hundred postcard telling me that ‘this house over here sold'. I get on a lot of agent's mailing lists. I do it purposely to see what … (29 comments)
real estate: The Future of Virtual Tours
- 12/23/06 04:42 AM
I decided to post this seperately in the industry section to give everyone a chance to see the technology that is up and coming in the virtual tour industry. Again, the technology is still rather pricy and it will be sometime before it will be affordable enough for residential applications. But, at least it will give people an idea where virtual tours are headed. Streaming (faster, but you will have to allow streaming content through your browser) Slower download (no streaming content) Original post here This type of tour is being used in commercial applications and costs in the low range about $2,100 - $3,000 for … (5 comments)
real estate: That is NOT A Virtual Tour!
- 12/23/06 12:53 AM
The term ‘Virtual Tour' has been left open to interpretation to the point that the term is open to just about anyone's understanding or definition. Two definitions found on Google using the exact same search phrase (define: virtual tour) directly contradict each other. One states that a virtual tour is any graphical representation of a property while the very next definition states that there should be a feeling of actually walking through the property. I contend that there are a lot of misconceptions about virtual tours. There are many people that think that still pictures that fade in and out constitute … (24 comments)
real estate: Don't Wave the White Flag: Bring the Grill and Start Cooking
- 12/21/06 03:24 PM
I spoke with one of my clients the other day regarding the current market situation and if you are like him, you are getting disgusted. I don't wish to embarrass anyone, so I will not mention his name. But there's really nothing to be embarrassed about. This is everyone. This is reality. Who wouldn't be disgusted, upset, and agitated with the market at this point? Aren't you? He is a real estate agent. I have many clients that are real estate agents. The real estate agents that hire me for consulting already know that as a real estate agent, they ARE … (0 comments)
real estate: Marketing Sabotage: Are You Scaring Clients Away?
- 12/21/06 05:40 AM
I was in the mall with my three year old son, Nicky. I have four children and three of them are teenagers. I had already gotten rid of the teenagers by purchasing three mall 'credit cards' and sending them on their way. This is a terrific marketing strategy on the mall's behalf. For the parents, it is a great way to send the teens off without worrying about how much money they will spend (or lose) and for the mall, they keep the balance if they don't spend it all... even if its only $1..do the math.. How many kids leave … (1 comments)
A recent article on CNN.com, Experts Tell How to Deal with Mortgage Crisis, answers questions that millions of homeowners find themselves asking. CNN's Larry King talked with several real estate and financial experts to get advice on handling the mortgage meltdown. Another article on CNNMoney.com, New Home Sales near Historic Lows, sheds light on just how low home sales have fallen.The articles are everywhere; foreclosure rates are up, the economy is down and everyone is asking whether or not the worst is behind us.While years ago simple marketing strategies would sell a house with little to no extra effort, today's competitive … (2 comments)
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