RTV Announces New Business Resource Center

Team RTV is proud to announce the unveiling of our new Business Resource Center (BRC). The new BRC has been streamlined and updated to include more information on starting a virtual tour business, marketing, and growing your company.

Whether you’ve been with us one day or nine years, there is something for everyone in the new BRC. We have updated the free marketing material to include marketing materials for business and commercial purposes. We have also updated the reselling area to give you better tools enabling you to resell RTV products and services. There are simply too many updates that our new marketing division has added to list here in this post.

All approved Real Tour Vision virtual tour providers can access the new BRC by logging into the tour management system and clicking on our marketing tab.


Real Tour Vision
National Virtual Tour Solution
www.realtourvision.com
Call us today to order a virtual tour or
to start your own virtual tour company - 866-947-8687

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Prospective Dealer Questions

Everyday the RTV sales department fields inquiries from entrepreneurs looking to start a new virtual tour business. One thing we like to do is send the prospective dealer the contact info for a dealer using the system so they can ask questions.

This is a great opportunity for them to hear from someone actually using our virtual tour building system and get real feedback on areas they are curious or concerned about.

One of our dealers was kind enough to share with Sales one of the emails he received and responded to recently. The black text is from the prospective dealer and the blue is from the current dealer. Check it out, it is very interesting to read!

Real Tour Vision
National Virtual Tour Company
www.realtourvision.com
Start a virtual tour company - 866-947-8687

Dear Dealer,

I am in the process of evaluating the purchase of an Real Tour Vision business opportunity and would like to receive some input from a current provider. I decided to do this through an e-mail so as not to disrupt your work day. I hope, at your leisure, you can find the time to answer at least a few of the following questions.

Thank you in advance!

1. How long have you been associated with RTV? And are you doing this part or full-time?- 3 years, Part time on weekends

2. Is the system as user friendly as it is described in the literature? I find it is very much so. My 17 year old son does the processing for me.

3. How are you received when they are already using another vendor? - By far we offer the highest quality. The key is the relationships you establish. I tell clients, I am not just there to take pictures (anyone can do that) I am there to help market them as an Agent and the Property to its fullest.

4. How is the tech support and response time for any problems? - Tech support is fantastic.

5. How many jobs (tours) in an average week/month? - That is hard to answer because I am in a unique area. There are weekends where I have done 6 in one day. I allocate 1 hour per tour to shoot. That gives me the travel time between.

6. What is the total time spent on 1 tour from beginning to end (photos, input, uploading, etc.)? - Most homes take 25 min. ( If I don’t talk). Vacant listings are great because I don’t get distracted. Processing time is about 45 min. We do some extra stuff to the images that makes us a little different.

Remember -- Real Estate is only one type of tour that is possible. I am venturing out into other areas with it. Got Wineries? Golf Courses? You name it.

This is the best side business I have ever had.

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Houston Virtual Tour Company Adds New Employee

Digital Tours and More, Houston’s #1 virtual tour company, is proud to announce that Suzy Bush has joined our team. Suzy Bush came from 104 KRBE Radio in Houston as part of the Street Scene. She photographed party goers at Radio functions. Suzy wanted to expand her Photography knowledge by joining forces with Digital Tours and More. As an Advertising Major, Suzy is a very vital part of our business. Welcome aboard Suzy.

Mike Stolte
Digital Tours and More
www.digitaltoursandmore.net
Houston Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour - (832) 247-0634

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Dear team RTV,

I wanted to share with you how fantastic your team has been to me, I finally got my Virtual Tour Training completed and I have been working to get up and running. As you know, I bought my package over 2 years ago and because of my mother passing away I wasn't able to train or even launch my virtual tour company in a timely manner. But last week I finally completed my training.

Ben has been a great asset and quick to respond as if I am the only person in the world. He is a true customer is #1 type employee. The other person was the gentleman that trained me , he understood every detail of the process and set the pace of the training to my needs , didn't treat me like some noobie when he saw that I had some computer skills.

By the end of the conference call , I felt like I completely understood the process and he left no stone unturned . RTV is truly a leader in the marketing of anything related to housing, businesses or anything else that you can imagine.

You have a fantastic core team so far in every person I have had the pleasure of working with to date . I also do commercial real estate in the valley and will be adding this to the many marketing services that I provide for my clients.

Joe Plante

Groovygeeks - Virtual Tours
Dapper Development
Las Vegas Virtual Tours

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Another RTV Support Success Story

Its been a while since I took time out to thank the RTV staff. When I first started up my Jacksonville Florida Virtual Tour company, I was so grateful for the support both from the RTV training and support teams as well as from other RTV dealers – all got me off to a solid start. As my experience grew, my reliance on RTV support staff waned.

Then, beginning about 5 weeks ago, I found myself needing to rely on RTV staff again quite a bit – mostly as I began pushing myself and my business further. While I only faced one tour technical issue that required traditional support, I also needed information on changes that had happened on Realtor.com syndication, additional tour distribution information as I worked with one of my best clients to achieve greater visibility for her tours, and lastly I had questions regarding changes to make to my website to achieve greater search engine visibility.

To resolve these issues, I found myself working with RTV staff from all areas: Technical Support, Marketing, and Website Design. I am so pleased to say that all responded promptly and gave me the information I needed. It is this level of support that enables me to be successful and to provide my clients with the highest quality virtual tours and level of service in the industry. Thanks RTV!!!

Trish Edmonds
Ad Vantage Virtual Tours, LLC
Your Jacksonville and St Augustine Virtual Tour Provider

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Photography Resources

Virtual tours are a lot more than just taking spins of a room, often times you also are shooting still images of the area and home as well. I've been looking around for some resources that would help photographers to hone their skills and give tips to broaden their shooting horizons. Polishing your still photography skills will make you more marketable and will help assure you'll take the perfect shot every time.

Below is a short list of sites you can check out.

mygpscameraphone.com - This one is my favorite because it is a guy (Pete) who uses his GPS camera phone to shoot interesting and unique pictures. Using his cell phone to shoot forces him to be creative in shooting to overcome his limitations. He also write about photography and has links to other photography sites. I am not suggesting you take stills for virtual tours with your camera phone, although sometimes on the mls I see stills that were obviously taken with one. Pete is a great resource on photography and it is a great lesson in creativity with what you can do even with limited resources.

digital-photography-school.com/blog and digital-photography-school.com/blog/category/digital-photography-resources is a great site I found on Pete's GPS site. Not only do they have articles and tips for shooting photography but they have a whole forum with assignments, contests, how to's and even a marketplace. You can find a whole network of people to help you hone and polish right on that one site.

The DIY Photography Weblog, www.photocritic.org/teaching-yourself-photography another one of Pete's links. This one has a number of really good articles about shooting as well as getting traffic to your blogs.

And finally, If you're just starting out with a new camera you may want to check out www.shortcourses.com/use to learn the different components of your digital camera and how it works. If you have an understanding of working with a manual film SLR but not a Digital SLR this site may be of use to you.

I hope you have found these site useful, and if nothing else, at least go visit Pete and see what a great blog he has.

Jacque Burke
Real Tour Vision
National Virtual Tour Photographer Network
Order a virtual tour - 866-947-8687

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Virtually unlimited tools with RTV

I continue to be impressed with the wide range of tools available to the Real Tour Vision dealers and the flexible options that they present. RTV dealers are not just in and out virtual tour photographers. We also offer online marketing solutions to real estate agents and businesses.

I feel confident that with a little bit of ingenuity and the RTV tools that I can come up with a solution to just about any challenge presented by my clients. The confidence resulting from having the tools shows through when making presentations with the excellent marketing tools provided by the RTV marketing team.

One challenge that I faced recently was from an assisted living facility. The marketing director of Country Cottage, based in Huntsville, AL wanted to make the most of the virtual tour and use it for three of their locations that had a similar floor plan. It was important to have the contact information from all three locations. The director also wanted to provide a map to each location. Maps and contact information are a standard item with the Real Tour Vision virtual tour window, but not for three locations. The solution revolved around using still images and hot spots. To avoid confusion the contact information was removed from the normal location at the top of the tour window. An image was created with the three addresses and added as a scene in the tour. Ok, that wasn't so bad, but what about the three map links? Well, I remembered from the excellent training provided with the RTV package that hot spots could link to external web pages as well as other scenes in the tour. Check out the rest of the details on my virtual tour company blog.

Although RTV dealers are a web marketing resource for their clients, I for one don't usually answer yes when asked "Do you do websites?" I do have a couple of programmers that I refer business to, but frequently I talk to very small businesses who just want a brochure site. The next time I'm asked about a simple site I am going to suggest a virtual tour AS the site. Single property real estate sites are common, so why not use the same technique on business tours? The generous Spinfo text area would give a business plenty of space to present text to visitors. Don't forget about audio either.

With all these options, it's easy to be confident when selling virtual tours.

Thanks RTV!

Brett Weaver
SpotLight Virtual Tours
Lawrence County TN Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour - 931-242-0731

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Virtual Tour Preparation

RISMEDIA, April 18, 2008-As more buyers are turning to the Web to begin their home search, sellers in today’s market are relying on virtual tours for that oh-so-important first impression. If you are selling your home this spring, take some time to get it virtual-tour and open-house ready. Your extra spring cleaning will pay off with more interested buyers and a faster sale.
“Realtors® have experience in staging virtual tours and can offer you tips to attract buyers,” said Virginia “Ginger” Downs, CEO of the 15,000-member Chicago Association of Realtors. “By following a few simple guidelines, you can make the changes necessary to help your home shine above the rest.”

Virtual tours show buyers a 360-degree view of the interior of a home and allow them to narrow their home search conveniently from their personal computer. Since potential buyers will be sorting through hundreds of photos and virtual tours throughout this process, it is important to understand that your home looks different through the lens of a camera than in person.
Just as you would prepare for an open house, prepare for your virtual tour shoot by removing clutter. Move personal belongings out of sight or use this as an opportunity to donate or throw away items that you no longer use. The goal is to maximize the space of your home and depersonalize it enough to allow potential buyers to imagine themselves living there.

Here are some tips to cut down the clutter:

• Remove excess furniture to make rooms look larger.
• Clear off the kitchen counter and hide everyday items, such as kitchen utensils, toasters, hand soap and magnets on the fridge.
• Store children’s toys, bicycles, gardening tools and other clutter out of sight.
• Place toiletries and cleaning products in cabinets or closets. Most virtual tours will only photograph the major rooms in your home.
• Take family photos off of walls and shelves while the home is being shown.
• Recycle old magazines and newspapers that take up extra space throughout the home.

“Realtors have photographed numerous virtual tours, and can act as sort of a producer for the shoot,” said Ginger Downs. “For example, think about the elements of your home that attracted you to it in the first place. Maybe it was the high ceilings or historic features? Work with your Realtor to ensure that the virtual tour really embodies the spirit of your home and shows off its finest characteristics.”

The next step is to give your home a good, thorough cleaning. Since cameras often capture more than the eye can see, it is important to spend some time cleaning your home from top to bottom. Areas that are often overlooked during the cleaning process include windows and stainless steel appliances. Be sure to keep them streak free and clean to ensure the best photo.

Another cheap way to prepare your home for buyers is to brighten it up by replacing old or dim light bulbs. Consider using a higher wattage light bulb in rooms or areas that don’t get direct sunlight. You can also add a brightly-colored throw or vase to lighten up a space that has dark flooring or furniture.

Some other tips to consider for the virtual tour include:

• Take your own digital photographs to see how each room looks on camera.
• Get layout and style ideas from home and design magazines.
• Don’t forget about ceilings and floors. Most virtual tours today show all angles.
• Limit seasonal decorations.
• If exterior photos are included, park vehicles elsewhere and make sure your lawn is freshly mowed and garbage cans are out of sight.

The Chicago Association of Realtors has a variety of consumer resources available at www.YourIllinoisHome.com/Chicago.htm. Click on ‘Selling’ for ideas, including tips for sprucing up the home for sale.

This great article from RisMedia about virtual tour preparation has great advice for any virtual tour dealer. Simple home cleanup prior to shooting a virtual tour is vital to getting a beautiful virtual tour. Prospective buyers usually want a home with clean, airy space, not clutter filled refrigerators and overflowing trash cans. Encourage your homeowners to clean up prior to their virtual tour shoot for best results!

Real Tour Vision
Nationwide Virtual Tour Coverage
Order a virtual tour - 866.947.8687

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Is Your Message being Heard

This month marks the 233rd anniversary of Paul Revere’s and William Dawes rides. From a business perspective, these rides are most interesting when looking at the effectiveness of both of these gentlemen’s messages. They both had the same exact message to deliver. So why it is that Paul Revere was not only more successful at delivering that message but is also most remembered for it?

Both men had very important news that needed to be delivered to many people in a very short period of time. If you look at this from a marketing perspective, their message was urgent, relevant to the people to which it was being delivered and at a time that people would be sensitive to the message.

Same message, same method, same time …completely different results.

According to the book, The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, the difference was in the way that Paul Revere was connected to his community. He was a man who was very intensely social. As Gladwell wrote: “He was a fisherman and a hunter, a card player and a theater-lover, a frequenter of clubs and a successful businessman. He was active in the local Masonic Lodge and was a member of several select social clubs.”

(Interesting point to note here is the question: was Paul Revere so social because he was a successful businessman, or was he a successful businessman because he was so social?)

As Gladwell’s book points out, it isn’t that Paul Revere knew everyone; it is that he knew whom to alert to aid him in alerting the others. He knew, as Gladwell puts it, ‘whose door to knock on’ to get his message spread as quickly as possible. Paul Revere was most likely alerting people such as the head of the Masonic Lodge, the head of a fisherman’s club, and various other well-connected people. While Dawes, being a man of normal social circles, simply spread his message to everyone as he rode through town.

So the question is; are you Paul Revere or are you William Dawes? Do you take the time to connect yourself with different organizations in your local area? Do you invest the time necessary for your business to thrive in creating your own social network?

You may never have to ride through town contacting everyone with an urgent message at midnight, but getting to know many people in different types of social networks can do incredible things for your referral network and ultimately your success.

Cheryl Waller
National Virtual Tour Company
www.realtourvision.com
866-947-8687

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Learn the Power of Interactive Media

Since e-toursonline Interactive Media Solutions started making 360 virtual tours with Real Tour Vision software, I have realized how addicted I have become to interactive media and how powerful it is on your senses when searching for a product or service. When you search the competition to see what they are using and, in most cases, what they are not using, it is real easy to come to the conclusion that most of these “other guys” are missing the real point of what consumers need. Interaction!

Powerful forms of rich media content will retain your visitors much longer, thus giving them the ability to retain more of the presentation put in front of them. Essentially what this amounts to is that a visitor that experiences an impressive presentation with lots of interaction is more likely to recall your products and services over all the other competition.

Through the power of Real Tour Vision, e-toursonline Interactive Media Solutions, a virtual tour company in Sarasota, Florida, is able to provide its clients with the most comprehensive interactive media solutions available. Our 360 virtual tours are packed with more interaction than any other virtual tour product on the market. By combining several types of technologies, e-toursonline Interactive Media Solutions is able to capture the senses of our client’s visitors the second they click on our 360 virtual tours. If you are still stuck on stills and simple forms of media, you are missing the technology boat.

Marketing your products and services on the internet is not an easy task. But e-toursonline Interactive Media Solutions has made it simple. You can choose from a variety of high quality products and services without burning a whole in your pocket book. Some of the great products that we offer are 360 virtual tours, virtual tour audio solutions, interactive 2D/3D floor plans, PanoRider sign hangers, single property websites and interactive business card CD-Rom.

When it comes to marketing your business online, keep in mind that not everyone has the consumer in mind. As leaders in 360 virtual tour technology, Real Tour Vision has allowed e-toursonline Interactive Media Solutions to utilize the best technologies at a fraction of traditional marketing. In turn, we are putting more punch in their online campaigns without the worries of spending thousands on fruitless efforts.

Lance Ziegler
e-toursonline Interactive Media Solutions
Bradenton Interactive Media Company
www.e-toursonline.com
Get started today- 1-877-687-2748

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Preparing For Your Virtual Tour

Many homeowners may not realize home preparation is a very important aspect that should be considered when thinking about selling your home. In fact staging your home for sale, open house and for the shoot for your virtual tour is crucial is getting your home sold faster. Generally this doesn't cost much more than your time and a little forethought. When done properly it will increase the money you receive from the sale and showcase your 24/7 interactive virtual tour in it's best light all the time.

Keep it simple, is the golden rule. Remove clutter and personal items. Since you will be taking personal items with you when you move, the sooner they are packed and ready to go the better. This also give your potential buyer the idea that your home is ready for someone to move right in and make it their own.

Each room should be clean, spacious and full of light:

• Be sure all areas are free of clutter, including shelves, closets, tables, and counters. Less is usually better.
• Be sure to arrange the furniture in a manner that give a free walk way from room to room and remove any unnecessary furniture.
• Don't forget to make sure all light bulbs are replaced, to give the just right ambiance to each room. Remember photographers need light to shoot.
• Bring the outside inside, by opening your drapes and curtains to show your view from each room.

Outdoors:

• Make sure your yard and patio is in the best condition it can be.
• Mow the lawn
• Trim shrubbery
• Be sure outdoor furniture is in good shape
• Put trash cans out of sight
• Put toys and bikes away
• During winter, make sure the sidewalks are clean of snow, ice and tripping hazards.
• Home entrance should make a statement and help give the home curb appeal. Since this is the first impression potential buyers will have of their future home, it is critical that you present a lasting impression.

Kitchen:

• Remove everything from counters. People who view your buyer tour wants to see the counters, not your electrical appliances.
• Be sure there are NO dishes in the sink. All dishes should be clean and put away.
• Empty trash cans.

Bathrooms:

• Put away everything. Personal items that you use daily can be put in a small box that can be stored away easily.
• Close toilet lid and empty trash.
• Be sure mirrors and glass surfaces are clean.

Overall it just takes a few minutes to stage your home for sale and your virtual tour. Put your time to work for you and make your home clutter free.

Sandra M. Gibson
Power Play Multi-Media Productions
South Central Michigan RTV Virtual Tour Provider
www.powerplaymmp.com
ORDER A VIRTUAL TOUR TODAY - 517-869-2707

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Home Staging for Virtual Tours

Recently, an article was posted on RISmedia about preparing your home for the virtual tour.

The article compares preparing your home for a virtual tour with preparing your home for an open house. While there are many similarities in arranging your house for both of these marketing strategies, turning to a virtual tour professional when home staging for a virtual tour is a smart move. (pun intended)

As the article points out, your house will look different through the lens of a camera than it does during an open house. The important thing to remember when preparing for a virtual tour is that while an open house is one day and may draw 5-20 people, a virtual tour lasts the entirety of your on-the-market marketing time and hundreds of eyes will be comparing your house to hundreds if not thousands of other similar style houses. Take the extra time to prepare your house. Call your virtual tour professional and request that they send you a ‘getting ready’ checklist or ask if they have a 24 hour message that you can call to make sure that you have considered all of their recommendations in home staging for your virtual tour.

While this might be your first or fourth time preparing your house for sale, your virtual tour professional has unique experience in virtual tour presentation. So leverage that knowledge and contact them in advance.

Even if you are selling for sale by owner, our network of virtual tour providers can guide you in the right direction when marketing your house on the Internet. If the time comes that you decide to list with an agent, what better resource than a virtual tour professional that works with local real estate agents every day!

Visit our Virtual Tour Blog

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All Virtual Tours are Not Created Equal

With over 84% of home buyers shopping online, internet marketing has become essential to selling real estate in the Shreveport and Bossier City area. Home buyers are demanding quick, digestible information at their fingertips. If this information is not there for the buyer to see, then the home is getting overlooked. In the frenzy to acquired these shoppers’ attention, virtual tours have become indispensable. The buyers and sellers in today’s market are demanding virtual tours, for many reasons, but foremost because virtual tours are a quick source of a large quantity of information. In competing for these buyers’ attention (and phone calls) it is important to consider what is being placed in front of them.

The term “virtual tour” is a murky one. It seems to include everything from pictures on the internet to slide shows to 360 virtual tours. The real estate agent who is willing to go the extra mile and put a quality product in front of the market is the one people remember. In looking for a quality virtual tour there are several things to consider.

Pictures of a home placed online are important, but do not constitute a virtual tour. The purpose of the virtual tour is to provide the viewer with additional information about the home and to actively engage them in the listing.

The phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” rings very true here. It is essential that the virtual tour have high quality, viewable photographs that encourage rather than discourage the viewer. The virtual tour needs to be 360 if the viewer is to obtain real information about the room and the layout of the home. Still shots can’t tell the viewer what’s behind them, only a 360 panoramic photo can do that. Engaging the buyer in actively touring the real estate listing keeps them on the listing longer and provides them the information they are seeking. It is this kind of interaction that generates high interest leads for the listing agent.

In order to set a real estate listing apart from every other listing in the Shreveport / Bossier City area, Ark-La-Tex Virtual Tours offers add-ons to customize their 360 interactive virtual tours. Additions such as narrative audio or scene specific text will engage the viewer further and provide a memorable impression for the seller. An impression that says, “I go the extra mile for my client”.

Lastly, Ark-La-Tex Virtual Tours aides in virtual tour syndication. Internet marketing is the key to exposure of the virtual tour and the listing. Without exposure, the virtual tour is not doing its job. And if the virtual home tour is not working on behalf of the listing real estate agent, then it is time to reconsider your tours. A virtual tour which just sits on the listing and collects dust is ineffective, but that is another blog…

Rebecca Bolda
Ark-La-Tex Virtual Tours
Shreveport Virtual Tour Company
www.TheVirtualTourPeople.com
Order a virtual tour - 318-572-1779

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3D Walkthroughs - Another Income Source

Real estate virtual tours are the largest section of the virtual tour market and a renewable income source as new homes are built and people move. But what do you do for the home builder that lists a spec home? Do you wait until the home is complete and hope that you get a chance to shoot a virtual tour of it before it sells? What if it sells before construction is complete?

The MLS is full of spec home listings with nothing more than the floor plan and/or maybe a sketch of what the exterior of the home will look like. For most buyers a floor plan is not enough information to help them really visualize the size and layout of the home. Since the home hasn't been built yet you obviously can't shoot a tour of it so what do you do? Are these lost opportunities? Absolutely not! RTV's 3D Walkthroughs are your answer.

A 3D Walkthrough is a high quality computer generated video that allows a viewer to tour a home that hasn't been built yet. The 3D Walkthrough allows you to see both the exterior and interior of a home in stunning 3D imagery giving you a realistic feel for size and layout. You will feel like you are really there. What a great concept! Now you can provide virtual tours for homes not yet constructed, but how hard is it to create these 3D Walkthroughs?

A 3D Walkthrough is easier to create than you think. It all begins with you creating a 2D floor plan. The online floor plan software makes it easy to create a 2D floor plan. Click and drag a box on the graph paper and you have created your first room. Drag a base unit and sink from the options to the left and now you have turned your room into a kitchen. Drag over a tub and shower from the options and now you have a bathroom. Drag in doors and windows and your floor plan is complete. Once you have built your floor plan you submit it to be processed. After your 2D floor plan has been processed you simply click to upgrade it to the 3D Walkthrough. The best part is that the system automatically adds in furniture, wall color, pictures, decorating accessories, and it generates the 3D Walkthrough movie. All that you had to do was create the basic 2D floor plan and click to upgrade.

Don’t let these opportunities pass you by!

Real Tour Vision
National Coverage for 3D Walkthroughs
Call now - 866-947-8687

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Getting Started in Virtual Tours

Four Seasons Virtual Tours opened in Northwest Indiana in early 2006. As a virtual assistant (Four Seasons Virtual Assistance) specializing in working for real estate agents, I realized there was a huge market in our area for quality, affordable virtual tours.

We had both been real estate agents for a couple of years, and between that and the virtual assistance business, we know many agents. It didn't seem that it would be too hard to get started, since we believed that we would be able to work with some of our former colleagues. My best friend hired us for virtual tours immediately. But the other agents from our old office were more difficult.

Two of them went with a company called Obeo, and tried to talk us into becoming Obeo reps. We took a look at their virtual tours, but we weren't impressed. They were cheaper - and they look it.

We chose Real Tour Vision for a reason. They provide professional, clear, crisp, knock-your-socks-off, 360 home tours at an affordable price.

Some agents chose to go with the pay-ahead providers - who then make you photograph and splice your own slide shows! In the long run these cost more and the agent is the one doing all the work! We are winning over these agents with our quality and time-saving factor (we are now doing virtual tours for three of these folks).

Debbie Higgins - A Real Tour Vision Virtual Tour Provider
Four Seasons Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour at: 219-662-4064

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Single Property Websites are a Great Marketing Tool

As you have probably already heard, the RTV PanoRider(TM) is a super HOT marketing tool. So much so we have dealers contacting us telling us they are winning business "on the spot" with new clients. How are they acquiring these new regular customers? In some cases just showing up at the agent's office and pulling it out of the bag can do the trick.

In one case, an RTV dealer was dropping off the sign for a real estate agent at the front desk reception area. When he pulled out the sign, another agent from a different broker's office asked him, "Did you make that?" The dealer said, "Yes, it is one of the services we provide." Next was a request for a business card by the agent, followed later with a phone call and an order for a tour and PanoRider with single property website. The single property website provides a unique domain name, using the listing address, to use for the virtual tour. This is very eye catching and is printed directly on the Panorider.

In another case, a dealer told us a story of a client calling for help. They had secured a listing, but needed help convincing the owner to put a sign in the yard. She called and asked for statistics on the effectiveness of the sign. The answer: " (On average) Better than 50% of traffic to the virtual tour is stimulated by the PanoRider." With that information in hand she was able to get a sign in the yard and ordered a PanoRider along with her tour package.

You can't beat the combination of a virtual tour, Panorider, and single property website!

To place your order, just use the TMS system and click on the "Add-Ons" tab when editing your tour. Be sure to have your High Resolution Panoramic scene ready at time of order and the URL you would like to use for the sign. That's it, you're ready to order. So what are you waiting for? Get in the game and start generating more revenue for your business with RTV PanoRiders!

Real Tour Vision
Single Property Website Specialists
www.realtourvision.com
Order a virtual tour - 866-947-8687

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Digital Tours and More Provides Virtual Tours in Houston

I want to tell the story about how my virtual tour company in Houston got started. I got into real estate in 2003. One morning as I was walking past my trainer's office, I was asked if I knew how to make a flyer. Well of course I said yes. I created a nifty little flyer for her and it did not take long the word got out that I knew how to be creative in Word.

Other agents from my office started to ask me to create flyers for their listings. I charged those agents $25.00 to create a flyer. Later I purchased my first laptop computer. It came with this neat program on it called Media Show from Cyberlinks. I played around with it and started to call it Digital Tours. I thought that was a pretty cool name and introduced it to agents in my office. Most of the agents loved the new concept. So I named my business Digital Tours and More.

Fast forward to 2006…I went full time marketing my product Digital Tours. I placed them on cd and on the internet as a virtual tour. I did ok the first year.

One day I was contacted by a real estate agent and she told me that she was interested in my product. When I called her back to find out if she liked it, she told me that her 8 year old could do that in PowerPoint. Right then I decided to start looking for an Interactive 360° Virtual Tour System.

I found the Real Tour Vision website and loved their product. I called up and spoke to a salesman and he explained everything to me. In December of 2006, I partnered with RTV to provide 360 virtual tours to the Houston area.

My business, in one year, tripled in sales and volume. Blogging is an essential part to my web placement in the Houston area. It is simple and helps tremendously. If you haven’t blogged, then you need to start. Also, all the extras, ie..PanoRiders, Floor Plans, Hit Stats and much more that you can add turns one item sales into multiple items.

I offer more options than a national competitor in my market place and I am very competitive in price and customer service. I just launched a campaign in Houston and I am getting great results. When agents purchase a vrtual tour from Digital Tours and More, they get it in 24 hours or it is FREE! I am on track to double what I did last year and the all the thanks goes to RTV!

Mike Stolte
Digital Tours and More
Order a virtual tour - (832) 247-0634
www.digitaltoursandmore.net

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e-toursonline Announces New Full service 2D-3D Interactive Floor Plans and 360 Virtual Tour HitStats 2.0™

BRANDENTON, FL - April 13, 2008— e-toursonline (ETO) Interactive Media Solutions, a certified Real Tour Vision™ virtual tour provider, is proud to announce the addition of ETO full service 2D-3D Interactive Floor Plans and 360 virtual tour HitStats 2.0™ 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 these advanced marketing tools in the Manatee and Sarasota areas of Florida.

Lance Ziegler, Owner of ETO stated: “We are very pleased to be able to offer this new service to our clients. The addition of ETO full service 2D-3D Interactive Floor Plans and 360 virtual tour HitStats 2.0 TM to our already powerful line-up of marketing tools will give our clients the competitive edge they need in this tough market.”

Lance Ziegler, Owner of ETO Interactive Media Solutions also stated: “We continually strive to offer state-of-the-art technologies and innovative online marketing ideas to our clients for a fraction of the cost of traditional marketing. Real Tour Vision™ (RTV) and their staff of excellent engineers have done a great job of proving us with new technologies on a regular basis.”

Since 2004, ETO Interactive Media Solutions has continually offered innovative marketing implementations such as RTV proprietary interactive virtual tour software, PanoRiders, single property websites, animated walk-throughs, custom websites, proprietary order-dispatch system, award winning professional website audio solutions, customized tour discs and sketch-and-fax services. For more information call 877-687-2748, email Lance Ziegler, or visit their website.

About Real Tour Vision

Real Tour Vision (RTV) is a recognized leader in interactive 360 panoramic virtual tours and virtual tour software. Since 2000, RTV has continually led the way in the virtual tour industry with marketing implementations such as their proprietary interactive software, RTV PanoRider(TM), single property websites, on-demand HitStats 2.0, 2D/3D interactive floor plans, 3D animated walk-throughs, custom websites, TourTrack(TM), tour audio solutions, TourDiscs(TM) and Sketch-and-Fax(TM) services. RTV virtual tours are chosen over other virtual tour software programs daily by intelligent business owners who demand the best virtual tour software to showcase and market their businesses online.

Real Tour Vision, TourTrack, Sketch-and-Fax, PanoRider, HitStats, TourDiscs and RTV are trademarks of Tour Vision, Inc.

About e-toursonline Interactive Media Solutions

e-toursonline is a Florida based provider of interactive media solutions with an extended network covering virtual tours of Bradenton, Sarasota and Venice. Using only the latest in cutting-edge technology, their goal is to provide business owners and real estate agents with state of the art products that will help market their services at a fraction of traditional costs.

Contact Information:
e-toursonline Interactive Media Solutions
Bradenton, Sarasota and Venice Virtual Tours
Lance Ziegler
Owner
lanceziegler@e-toursonline.com
Phone: 877-687-2748
www.e-toursonline.com

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Internet TIES with Real Estate Agents as Resource

The National Association of REALTORS® releases its annual Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers every year at the annual conference. This profile tells virtual tour business owners and real estate agents who today’s home buyers and sellers are, the role of the internet in the sales process, what buyers want to see in the home search process, what sellers want to see included in their marketing plans, and what marketing 'works' in the real estate industry.

According to the 2007 profile, for the first time ever the Internet has now TIED with the real estate agent as an information resource used in the home search process (84%). Also, according to the 2007 technology survey, by the Center for technology of the National Assn. of REALTORS® 65% of agents now have their own web sites.

If you truly take a moment to analyze the trends and what they are telling us, it is easy to see that the real estate industry has become heavily dependent on the use of the internet in nearly every phase of the home buying/selling process. Now, more than ever, is the time to employ the use of virtual tours in your marketing strategy!

Sharon Tahir
Office & Fax: 888-360-BWVT (2988)
Cell: 240-938-6604
Baltimore-Washington Virtual Tour Company

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Virtual Tour Company in Alcona County

As a retired person living in Alcona County in the northeast section of Michigan’s beautiful Lower Peninsula, I find great need to express gratitude for finding a company to associate myself with like Real Tour Vision, their team, and their quest for excellence.

It began when I formed a company that I called Key Solutions in the hope of being able to do a little print graphic work to supplement my inadequate retirement income. With the poor economy, and simple graphic programs available to everyone, I found very little need for my skills. To add insult to injury, I retired before learning the fine-tuned, “ins and outs” of Internet graphics and code writing. This gave me a big learning curve to overcome.

After a great deal of researching, I found Real Tour Vision and became a full service dealer. To round out the picture I became re-licensed as a real estate sales associate and here I am, involved with the “best of the best” 360 virtual tour providers.

However, when one talks about needing improvement in some areas, boy oh boy, am I a candidate! The beauty of it all is that Real Tour Vision is a forward thinking company who provides the tools and training to help. Like most Real Tour Vision virtual tour providers, I am constantly looking for different areas that could benefit from a 360 virtual tour.

One thing I've experimented with is non real estate virtual tours. It has been interesting! Among other things, I discovered that photographing people is not my strength and photographing a 360 virtual tour in a large area needs really good lighting. Here is my first virtual tour of this kind:

www.realtourvision.com/tour/BU/tour.view.new.php?utl=BU-5193-JGGNF0-01

It is still a work in progress but it was certainly interesting to work on this type of virtual tour.

Christine Kuhn
Key Solutions
Order a virtual tour - 989-590-0955

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Shout Out to RTV from Dallas Area Dealer

I feel the need to give a shout out to RTV! My husband and I own and operate a virtual tour company in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. After 12 years in outside sales, I had left corporate America to be a stay at home mom. I always wanted to have my own business, but the right opportunity had not presented itself. That is, until I was introduced to Real Tour Vision. I have a passion for photography and thought about starting my own studio, but the costs involved were more than I wanted to invest at the time. My husband has been a freelance photographer for 20 years, so we already had an SLR camera and professional tripod. Real Tour Vision allowed me to start a photography business for a minimal investment.

Prior to making the final decision to become a dealer with RTV, I researched for months the various virtual tour options on the market. I found Real Tour Vision to have the most comprehensive and user friendly virtual tour in the industry. Then I spoke with current RTV dealers, they told me of a company that is ALWAYS available to help and answer any questions you have in a prompt and friendly manner. I communicated with RTV sales staff for months before making a decision. Without fail, they ALWAYS followed through with what they say they will do. All the way down to calling me the next month in a particular week to follow up. This is something I can truly appreciate coming from a sales background.

We ordered our virtual tour software and the work began. I set a goal to have a website up and running in a couple months. The dealer pack includes a website template and since I have Frontpage on my computer it was a breeze to build a professional website. It literally took me about 4 hours of work to have the website up and running. We practiced with the software for a couple of months and opened for business on January 1st. We have customers in various areas of real estate, from real estate agents to custom home builders and remodelers and also a land developer with a town home complex.

The comment I receive the most from customers is that we have the best interface on the market. The 360 view is far and away better for showcasing a property than the typical "slideshow" type programs. The hotspots offered by RTV truly make a virtual tour.

Last but not least, RTV allows me to have a business from home that I can work around my husband and son's schedule - and it is not a multi-level marketing program. Been there, done that...not again. Thanks, RTV for the amazing opportunity in a growing industry!

Lisa Castro
Pro360 Virtual Tours and Photography
Dallas and Tarrant County Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour - 817-676-7176

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Homes for Sale in Warner Robins GA on the Internet

Last year I attended a Coldwell Banker Conference in Savannah Georgia. The conference was a chance to see Jim Gillespie – President & CEO of Coldwell Banker, learn new Internet marketing techniques, network with other agents, and get certified as an eMarketing Specialist.

I learned new tools to market homes for sale in Warner Robins GA on the Internet. Since the conference I started doing my own virtual tours, expanded my Internet advertising, and have individual websites for my listings.

I have also started blogging more often and increased the amount of web exposure and traffic for all of our homes for sale. I just received my eMarketing Specialist certification today. I was advertising on the Internet prior to the class, but really started branching out on the Internet in all directions after making a conscientious effort, each and every day, to maximize my Internet marketing. The results have been amazing with increased activity on my website at www.johncobbmiddlega.com and my Warner Robins Real Estate blog.

Anyone looking online for homes for sale in Warner Robins GA will hopefully visit my website or read one of my Real Estate blogs. The Internet is a great way view available homes, learn about the Real Estate market, and hopefully find the right home for you.

John Cobb
Homes for Sale in Warner Robins GA
www.johncobbmiddlega.com
Phone Number: 478-396-2440

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Virtual tours and FSBO listings

I was on my way back from visiting a friend’s house last night when I came to the entrance of their neighborhood. A man was there tapping a “for sale by owner” sign into the ground.

Being a Jacksonville virtual tour provider, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to stop and hand him one of my business cards. I asked about how they were currently marketing their home. He indicated that they were trying to be cost conscious since their home was now worth less in the current real estate market and so were doing it themselves.

They had created their own flyers, were putting out signs on the main road near their neighborhood (which had already been pulled up a few times by road crews) and were putting the house in the paper this next week and planned an open house. Sounds fairly basic and straightforward.

I am guessing that they already spent $200 since an ad in our local newspaper costs over $105 for ONLY a ONE WEEK run. Given that, in Florida, over 65% of buyers are from out of state, it is quite likely that most buyers may never even see or consider this home with the current marketing approach.

I definitely gave him something to think about when I explained that he could have gotten a virtual tour package and a PanoRider with single property website for that same price!! A virtual tour would be online for 2 YEARS for that price, be distributed to over 90 sites, be accessible to a GLOBAL market, and would be built with quality photos taken by a professional real estate photographer.

As Linda Sabiston of First Impression Virtual Tours notes in her blog, high quality photographs are the foundation of an effective marketing strategy. Our Panoriders with unique property addresses are also invaluable for FSBO homes. We also support our clients by providing a prep sheet to ensure their home looks its absolute best for the virtual tour shoot. Needless to say, he was going home to speak with his wife about their current sales approach. I expect I will be hearing back from him by end of week. Being cost conscious is not just about how much you spend, but how much value you get for your money.

Trish Edmonds
Ad Vantage Virtual Tours, LLC
Jacksonville Virtual Tour Provider
Order a virtual tour - 904-735-2339

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Houston Virtual Tour Company is Hopping

Today is a great day to be in the Virtual Tour Industry! My virtual tour company in Houston TX could not be better.

Everyone assumes since the housing market nationwide is slumping that the virtual tour industry would also slump. NOT THE CASE!!!

Now is the time to start doing the add ons like 3D walkthroughs or PanoRiders with single property websites. Each day when I speak with a real estate agent here in Houston I also offer extra services to help the agent market their listing.

Also you might want to offer bulk packages to your clients. Just yesterday, one of my clients ordered 20 five spin 360 home tours and he saved close to $168.00 by buying in bulk. What a great way to help your clients out and to help your company out too!

Mike Stolte
Digital Tours and More
Houston Virtual Tour Company
Order a virtual tour - 832-247-0634

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Finding LaVa - The Jim Blue Story

It had been 5 months since I had closed my photo store Blue Photo. After 32 years of faithful service and being in business for over 80 years in my family it was time. I closed down the shop and spent a wonderful summer being a family man and spending time with the two children remaining at home. We camped, hiked and shot lots of photos. I also spent the summer trying to keep up with the domestic duties but according to my wife Pam I was not doing the best job. As the summer came to a close I was getting a little restless and decided that it was time to figure out what I would be doing in my second life. Pam assured me I would not make a good chef and also not to consider trying out for Dancing with the Stars. Yes indeed it was really time to look elsewhere.

As I sat at the computer late one evening cruising around on my new favorite website, Monster.com, I saw an ad to become a virtual tour photographer to operate what seemed to be a virtual tour franchise of some sorts. The details of the job seemed to be right up my alley since I am well versed in running a business and have over 35 years of professional photography experience.

The virtual tour company that placed the ad was an out-of-town company looking to establish virtual tours in Traverse City. I nodded to myself, filled out the online application, clicked submit and retired to bed. Just before I nodded off that evening I felt excitement at the thought of embracing the next generation of photography.

The next day I awoke and it dawned on me that I would have to call my long time friend Jason LaVanture and see what was going on with his company Real Tour Vision. Jason and I had been friends and had a business relationship for almost 9 years. I still remember the very first day that he and his business partner came into my store to test out cameras. It was then that they told me they were looking to support local business by finding one good supplier for all their hardware needs. They said they were starting up what would be one day a worldwide virtual tour company.

I showed them my lineup of cameras, let them take a few for a test drive and they ended up making a purchase a day or two later. I don’t recall if I ever expected much to come out of it but what I do remember is the energy and excitement those two had in my shop that day. That's something you just can’t forget.

About a year from that very day, Blue Photo of Traverse City was selling more cameras, tripods, leveler heads and accessories to Real Tour Vision than I had ever imagined. In fact, I’ll never forget the day my Bogen rep called me and said, “Jim, congratulations are in order to you. You’re the number one reseller in the entire nation for the Bogen 329 RC 4 two-way leveler head! What the heck is going on up there? You know you're pushing out 40-60 of these each month?” I chuckled and told him to send me a 329 RC 4 shirt so I could give it to Jason sometime.

Anyway, I called up Jason to find out how things were going in the virtual tour industry overall. I really didn't know much about their business model other than they sold virtual tour software to real estate agents to do 360 home tours. I had no idea that Real Tour Vision sold virtual tour software to entrepreneurs looking to startup a virtual tour business!

When I explained to Jason that I saw an ad in the paper and was considering starting up a virtual tour company he instantly said to me, “Did you see my ad in the paper Jim? Are you putting me on here?” Apparently at that exact time Jason was setting up shop to take over the local virtual tour business in Traverse City. The previous Traverse City Real Tour Vision provider had become accepted an opportunity of a lifetime and got her real estate license to partner up with another local real estate agent. The Traverse City virtual tour market was wide open.

When Jason finally realized that I was being straight with him and was not referring to his ad in the paper he quickly invited me over the a local pub for a burger and a beer so he could explain the Real Tour Vision model in more detail to me and what his plans were for his local dealership. Within minutes of sitting down we both knew that some greater power was at work here. Something had brought us together at that very right time. In fact, Jason told me that night over dinner that he was making an offer to another person the very next day! Neither of us could believe the timing, it seemed to work out so perfectly. Not to mention the fact that Jason liked my last name, Blue, when added to LaVa and he instantly put a full halt on moving forward with his current name TheLaVaWorks.

Over one dinner BlueLaVaMedia was formed and plans were swept into action. To date I must say that I could not be associated with a more knowledgeable or skillful individual in the field. With Jason’s virtual tour expertise and my photography experience, we make an unstoppable team. Oh yeah, I did hear from that other virtual tour company about a month later. I told them that they should take their cameras and so called "opportunity" and just go home; there’s a new show in town.


Jim Blue
Virtual Tour Coordinator / Manager
BlueLaVaMedia
Traverse City Virtual Tours
www.BlueLaVaMedia.com
Order Virtual Tours : 877-941-TOUR

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Flash Diffusion Product for Virtual Tours

I've been using a product called Light Sphere for a while now that I think has really good flash diffusion for my virtual home tours and stills and my other commercial photography work.

It is mostly designed for portrait type work with studio quality results, but I'm finding it's diffusion is perfect for the interior shots and my virtual tours really look great. It really spreads the light out very evenly and softly across the scene, and has really helped almost eliminate "hot areas" and softens the hard shadows areas.

It comes in a couple of styles, a "clear", which is a kind of a harder cooler color light and a "cloud" which is a more diffused, warmer color light. It is soft plastic, very easy to attach to my flash, it comes in fixed sizes ($40) for various flashes and a new "universal" to fit a large variety of photographic flashes and cost right at $50.

There are accessories for different lighting effects and even a silver device cap that directs the light. The inventor says will increase the light out-put of your flash by about a full stop.

This is a product invented by Gary Fong, a California photographer, you can go to his website and see his other inventions. A lot of his products are designed for flash diffusion, which is perfect for most photographic work. It comes with a DVD which explains how to best use the Light Sphere with several examples of its use.


Mike O'Neill
Knoxville Virtual Tours
www.knoxtours.net
Order a virtual tour - 865-292-3865

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Keep Your Customers Loyal by Making It Fun!

What makes consumers love your website and stay loyal to your product? Research shows that customers have a more upbeat attitude toward a site when their online experience is engaging and enjoyable. Enjoyment is a top reason why consumers browse on the web in the first place!

When potential customers become engrossed in your site, they view being on your site as fun and not just work. If their experience feels like play, they return for more—making them more loyal to the site, your virtual tour company, and the services it sells.

What creates this captivation? You gain loyalty when:

• The site impresses customers. Customers don't want to be bored. They want their experience to be an enjoyable escape rather than a burden.
• Customers have the ability to interact directly with the content on your site. Customers need to be entertained and enthralled by a form of media to stay focused and bond with your company.
• Customers feel they have control over the search. If the navigation is too complicated for the average user to master, they won't return to the site. If customers can't follow the site navigation, they will lose interest in their search and, perhaps, your company and its products.
  

Make your company’s website more appealing by adding sharp visuals created by the Real Tour Vision RPM marketing team. Inner Circle members now have access to an engaging PowerPoint presentation which can be streamed to play on your site. The PowerPoint is designed to market to customer's emotions with the use of compelling audio and engaging media. This presentation is the first ever RPM marketing material with professionally voiced audio and music!

Start enhancing your virtual tour marketing by becoming an RTV RPM Inner Circle Member today! See a clip of this exciting new presentation below.

Real Tour Vision
National Virtual Tour Provider
www.realtourvision.com
Order a virtual tour - 866-947-8687

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Virtual Tours and Professional Home Staging

Many virtual tour providers might consider the money being spent on home staging in direct competition with our 360 home tours. However, I have found that a unique partnership can be made between home stagers and virtual tour providers.

Home staging, especially in new construction or vacant homes, goes a long way towards making better looking virtual tours. Four white walls can be very unexciting to say the least. As a virtual tour provider, our job is to create excitement so that the potential homebuyer wants to view the property in person. In sales, we call this getting them in the door. Shooting even a minimally staged home will always look ten times better than an empty one.

Search your area for home staging professionals. You might already be shooting some of their work and not even know it. Approach them by telling them that you will let them use your photos and real estate virtual tours as a way to showcase their work. In return they'll gladly offer you a list of real estate agents whose homes they have staged.

There's nothing easier than to call one of your customers or a new one and say, "I hear you've just had a listing at 123 Main Street beautifully staged. Have you thought about doing a virtual tour to showcase it?"

Done deal! It's that simple.

Needless to say, working with other real estate industry professionals in your area and sharing client leads can create great synergy! Not only will it make your virtual tours look better and more visually interesting, it's also a great way to pick up new clients.


Justin Roberts
Illinois Virtual Tours
www.illinoisvirtualtours.com
Order a virtual tour: 309-258-4020

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Upgrade your virtual tours using floor plans

Metropix has seen a huge surge of new users over recent months, plus an even greater rise in the number of floor plans being upgraded. Agents are finding it more and more important to show their clients what value-added services they can offer that puts them ahead of the competition.

Of course, using floor plans helps deliver 'differentiation' over competitors - but there are a number of enhancements we offer that can help you really impress those discerning customers. In fact some of our suggestions won't cost you anything at all and are a great enhancement to any virtual tour!

Adding color to a floor plan or adding a watermark are both free enhancements that can give your floor plans more oomph. If you really want to crank it up consider converting the floor plan to 3D. This is a great way to show off a property!

A floor plan can also be upgraded with PicturePlus. PicturePlus plans have camera icons on the floor plan that link to photographs. It also has a high-resolution slide-show of all the photos available. A 3D Walkthrough lets buyers wander through the property from room to room. Clients love to see their properties displayed this way. And last but not least, Inside 3DGE presents a 3D model of the floor plan from within Google Earth – letting buyers roam the neighborhood AND the property on-line.

Make sure to let your clients know how your virtual tour company can help them stand out from the competition!

Real Tour Vision
National Virtual Tour Company
www.realtourvision.com
Order a virtual tour - 866-947-8687

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Virtual Tours Outside the Real Estate Box

Restaurant virtual tour prospects are becoming very competitive right now. My Philadelphia virtual tour company has a plan that works like a charm.

Offer a restaurant a free virtual tour shoot. Do one or two 360 panoramas and about 5 stills. Put it together on a practice virtual tour and go back to show them by logging into your account on your own laptop if possible. Make sure you deal directly with the owner. Show them the nearest competitors' websites that have 360 virtual tours. Tell the owner the other places that have accepted your promotion, and demonstrate your virtual tour.

Go UPSCALE ONLY! Play up to their egos. These people seem like they are all buddies, and they often may be in some association together, but the fact is they are very competitive and will do anything to be better than their counterparts.

Country Clubs, Golf Clubs, Banquet Halls and Art Galleries are all great opportunities too. All of the above are constantly remodeling, you know what that means, new virtual tours every year or two! Show them some of the RTV sample tours and get an idea of what they want. Stills of prepared meals, tables full of happy patrons. Let them feel as though they are helping to form a work of art, because they are. Then when all is complete compliment them on their input. "This was the layout you designed here, it looks fabulous!".

Take your time (take a few weeks to bring back their tour, and make it good.). Dress to impress, do quality work, and be professional and you can charge big!


Michael R Scanlon
Philadelphia Virtual Tour Company
www.sciexpress.com
Order a virtual tour - 610-308-6157

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