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I am the Marketing Director for a virtual tour company in St. Augustine, Florida called Listing Solutions. I received a referral from a business partner last week. We have a deal worked out where he puts me in front of his clients, which are mostly Realtors. I met the Realtor at the location to take the pictures for the virtual tour. I asked him who had been doing his virtual tours and he told me that a good friend of his has a virtual tour company. It was not the response that I was hoping for. We chatted while I took the pictures and I found out that he has his own development company. I asked him if his friend had the ability to add floor plans to his virtual tours and he said no. I explained to him that we have the ability to add both 2D and 3D floor plans to his tours. We discussed aerial photography and I found out that he has a relationship with someone who produces very expensive aerial photos for him. I told him about our prices, which were significantly less than his friends and he seemed a little more open to learn more about our company and what we do. I think that the icing on the cake was our conversation regarding our distribution list. Our distribution list goes out to 85 more feeds than his friend's company. I told him about our participation with blogs and how it has helped our page ranking. By the time that I had finished taking the pictures, we had exchanged business cards and I believe that we will do business again together in the very near future. I followed up with him a few days after the virtual tour had been posted and he was happy and wanted a copy of the distribution list for his seller. I was prepared to let his friendship with another virtual tour provider prevent me from informing him of all of the tools that we have at our disposal. Who knew?  

Dave Hall
Marketing Director
Listing Solutions, Inc.
St. Augustine Virtual Tour Provider
http://www.listingsolutions.net/
Order a Virtual Tour 904-540-9962
listingsolutions@comcast.net

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Cheryl Waller, MBA
Ocean Capital Lending & Ocean Capital Real Estate Services Group - Vero Beach, FL
Florida REALTOR® & Mortgage Loan Originator

Dave,

Nice! Good luck with your newest business partnership!

Mar 07, 2008 01:47 AM
Brian Benjamin
Visual Graphix - Phoenixville, PA

Dave,

I've had the same happen to me before...my cousin's best friend does my tours for me.  Unfortunately, her tours look like they're shot with the Best Buy digital camera special of the month, and the stiching, presentation and features are nowhere near what RTV offers.

Oh well, you know what they say...friendship is friendship...but business is business!

Brian

Mar 17, 2008 05:06 PM
John Cobb, REALTOR - Warner Robins Georgia Homes for Sale
Fickling & Company - Warner Robins, GA
Subdivisions, Foreclosures, Real Estate, New Homes
I am a Realtor and had a potential buyer tell me that they have a friend who is a Realtor - this is usually the kiss of death, but after talking with her, she told me that it wasn't really her friend - just a coworker's friend/acquaintence and that she never met them. So it's possible people say they have friends to keep you at bay, but may not even know them. I had a seller tell me once - if I list my home I'll list with so and so who lives down the street. After talking with the seller she admitted that she didn't really know the other agent, just that she lived in the neighborhood....
Mar 20, 2008 05:50 AM