listing photos: Photography Tips For Optimal Online Display - 05/26/10 01:50 AM
Photos.  Hands down the number one thing people want to see in online real estate, that isn't a secret to the real estate industry.  There are all sorts of statistics that say the amount of traffic a listing receives can be incrementally tied to the number of photos displayed.  One interesting tidbit I recently found on Zillow was that the traffic wasn't that different to homes that had zero vs one photo.  But when you even just went to two, the traffic doubled.  All of a sudden people had a reason to click into the property.  And with the increased views, … (5 comments)

listing photos: Even More Reasons To Add Multiple Photos To Your Listings - 08/26/09 07:49 AM
We all know that people want to see lots of photos on online listings (Zillow lets you upload up to 50 per listing).  There was a small update made to Zillow this week that makes the number of photos on a listing more obvious.
Take your Realtor hat off for a minute and put your consumer hat on.  Say you did a search for listings and this is what you got back.  Knowing that people usually have a finite amount of time they spend online and won't look at every house on a page, which of these do you think will … (14 comments)

listing photos: Get Photos Into The MLS Simultaneously With Listing Information - 07/29/08 06:59 AM
At the Inman real estate conference last week, and in the Inman newsletter yesterdaty, there was a lot of talk on the importance of good photography and having lots of photos on each of your listings.  My reaction to all this talk is- duh. 
I would hope by now every good real estate agent knows that you need to have good photography. (For those that don't know this, watch for your pictures on one of my favorite real estate blogs, Bad MLS Photo of the Day, a hilarous blog) Most real estate websites report a linear relationship between the amount of traffic a listing recieves … (18 comments)

listing photos: Unbelievely Bad Realtor Photos - A Collection - 04/11/07 04:34 AM
I got a kick out of this collage of bad Realtor photos that Norm Fisher from Royal LePage Saskatoon put together on his website.  Make sure you have your volume on, his comments are what really made me chuckle. 
http://www.visualtour.com/applets/flashviewer/viewer.asp?t=830679&sk=46&dm=teamfisher.com
 He is right about how it is sad that home owners let their home be showcased in this way.  Doesn't seem like he had a shortage of photos to chose from. 
 Actually, what a great way for Norm to market his visual tour services.
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