3 Ways to Use Video in Your Next Email

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Education & Training with Referral Maker Real Estate CRM

Are you using video in your email campaigns? If not, you may want to reconsider. Video is a smart way to reach your clients, update them on the market, their home and home search; and show your competence and care for your clients. Since using video in emails is such a new concept, your clients are more likely to respond to your email with questions, comments or just to say ‘hello.’ Here are three ways to incorporate video in your next email or on social media.

1. Update buyer on listings that match their criteria. Want to impress your buyers and show them that you’re eager to help them find a great home that meets their needs? Say it in a video. Record a short video to give them an update of homes in the area that meet their criteria. And if it’s your listing, use the Property Match feature of Referral Maker® real estate CRM to connect your buyer with the listing. Learn more about how Referral Maker can help you and start your 30-day free trial today.

2. Give a home tour to out-of-area buyers. For buyers who are out-of-the-area, a video tour of the home will give them a better impression of the property than photos. Although it’s important to be thorough, remember that people’s attention spans are short. Keep it to less than five minutes unless the property is huge or is full of tons of unique features.

Social media bonus: A home tour in one minute or less? Instagram’s Hyperlapse app allows you to record your tour of the home and compress it to a video lasting one minute. Share your listing with your followers and clients on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

3. Update sellers on interest in their home. It important to give your sellers an update on the status of their home sale and keep them informed of buyers’ interest. A short video where you update them about interest in their home, what you’re doing to market the listing, etc. will reassure them that you’re doing all you can to get their home sold.

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Comments (11)

Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

People need to hear more prompting in regards to using video...thank you

Sep 22, 2014 12:13 AM
Rob Marken
Bend River Realty - Bend, OR
25+ years experience in Bend

Very interesting.  Videos are still not a venue I have expanded into but I find the idea of using videos in my e-mail and website very interesting.  Thanks for sharing these tips. 

Sep 22, 2014 03:49 AM
Ron Aguilar
Continental Mortgage - Saint George, UT
Mortgage & Real Estate Advisor since 1995

make sure the video is relevant and personal not mass produced for everyone.

Lets see if you have the time for that

Sep 22, 2014 06:35 AM
Travis "the SOLD man" Parker; Broker/Owner
Travis Realty - Enterprise, AL
email: Travis@theSOLDman.me / cell: 334-494-7846

I've just started to use BombBomb. Gotta stay on top of it & remember to use it more!

Sep 22, 2014 09:35 AM
Deb Espinoza
Stage Presence Homes, San Diego Real Estate - Ramona, CA
GRI, Broker, SRS,ABR ePro, SFR, CNE

What great ideas!  I am just getting set up to use BombBomb for video email and know it will be a great differentiator in how I do business.- thanks for the post :o)

 

Sep 23, 2014 12:14 AM
Kimo Jarrett
WikiWiki Realty - Huntington Beach, CA
Pro Lifestyle Solutions

Great post. Video is the future.

Sep 23, 2014 04:43 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

All excellent suggestions. I'm always saying I need to do more of this and then somehow don't do it. (Maybe it's because I'm more of a reader than a watcher myself.)

 

Sep 25, 2014 07:39 AM
Jan Green
Value Added Service, 602-620-2699 - Scottsdale, AZ
HomeSmart Elite Group, REALTOR®, EcoBroker, GREEN

I've video'd a few properties for out of state buyes a few times but should be doing it more!

Sep 25, 2014 03:03 PM
Winston Heverly
Winston Realty, Inc. - Atlantis, FL
GRI, ABR, SFR, CDPE, CIAS, PA

It is a bit of a treat going back and reading some of Active Rains best archives  like this one. Should be shared again.

Mar 28, 2015 12:12 PM
Bruce Hicks
Best Homes Hawaii - Honolulu, HI
Your Best Hawaii Realtor!

I'm still having that uphill struggle on video.  I feel like I need to make a production out of it, but it still is amateurish Laura Foreman .

May 26, 2015 03:37 PM
Laura Foreman
Referral Maker Real Estate CRM - Carlsbad, CA
Copywriter, Buffini & Company

Bruce Hicks Give it your best shot! It needn't be cinema quality. Have you tried a video program like Camtasia? It makes filming and editing the video easy and features a 30-day free trial so you can try it out.

Jun 04, 2015 12:09 AM

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