Tell it like it is. Thanks

Wow, well said. That's the conversation I've had many times. The difference between a virtual tour supplier and a slide show producer is huge. Then there is the difference between what the Broker or Agents want versus what we know the end user is looking for. Fully Interactive virtual tour solutions like the ones we create with our Bradenton Virtual Tours are the way forward, the obvious difference being the 360 degree environment within each image, giving the viewer the absolute best representation possible...

Chris

Amen sister- you are preaching to the choir!  I hate when they say "virtual tour" and its just pictures moving across the screen.  its akin to watching a youtube video that is just a slideshow of photos.

Thanks for making this point.

Jason Wagner

www.forsalefloorplans.com

Everyone in the Virtual Tours group agrees with you on this one. I set up at a Remax trade show about a year ago next to a Visual Tours booth.  Visual Tours happens to be a large supplier to Remax in northern Illinois. About 80% of the Remax agents came across us and said they were already using Visual Tours for their virtual tour service. Which means they took ametuer photographs themselves and created paning slideshows. Without being rude to our neighbor we presented the difference between a real virtual tour and a panning slide show or moving picture. The agents were all extremely impressed with our product, just like our clients are. We did sign up a large number of agents that day, but also met the usual resistance.

Unfortunately, agents can speak about effective marketing until they are blue in the face, but many of them would prefer to cut corners and not use all of the tools possible to sell their clients homes. We find that marketing to the homeowner is far more effective than marketing to the real estate agent. Once the homeowner knows that they could have a REAL virtual tour for an insignificant price compared to the total cost of selling (or not selling) their home, our services become part of their effective marketing package.

I wouldn't settle for a slide show as a seller, and I wouldn't think a slide show was enough as a buyer either!

I've heard so many sellers complain that their realtor said they were getting a virtual tour, and they got a slideshow instead.  They feel tricked, the realtor would be better off to say "we'll do a slideshow for you" if they don't want a virtual tour.  That way the seller wouldn't feel like their realtor lied to them.

Yes ma'am! I think there should be a button that says slide show and another that says Virtual Tour. THey are two different things.