Virtual Tour Orders Generated by Keeping in Touch

360realhometours, a virtual tour company in Monmouth County New Jersey is alive and kicking! September was a very strong month and we are looking forward to a busy Fall season creating the best commercial and residential property virtual tours in the New Jersey Monmouth County, Ocean County and Middlesex County areas.

We're enjoying our 4th successful year and are blowing our competitors out of the water. We've witnessed several virtual tour companies going out of business and we have worked successfully at getting their business.

Our goal is simple: Deliver high quality work at a fair and competitive price. Stay in touch with our customers using frequent email campaigns and keep the lines of communication open.

RTV supplies its full time dealers with neat and helpful weekly tips that offer a fun and wonderful way of keeping in touch with your customers. My customers love them and it has started the ball rolling for many new 360 virtual tour orders.

Zivko Grcic
360 real home tours
New Jersey Shore Virtual Tours
www.360realhometours.com
Order a virtual tour - 732.299.7895

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BakerB Solutions testimonial

We just received the following testimonial from one of our virtual tour clients in Northern Virginia: Teresita Vignale of Long and Foster:

"I want you to know that I sold the townhouse in 6 days. I truly believe that my marketing package was excellent and that a very important part of it were the photos, the virtual tour and the dedicated website. This property generated a lot of interest since I put it in the market a little over a week ago. Thank you for your help! ~ Teresita Vignale

Our BakerB Solutions Virtual Tour photographer, LeAnne Anies, did a fantastic job giving our client exactly what she was looking for and what she was expecting. The result is that we helped this agent accomplish something that very FEW agents are doing right now. We helped her get the house sold in less than a week! And as you can see from her own testimonial, she believes that the marketing, photos, Virtual Tour and Web Sign Rider with Single Property Website (www.8505WestownWay.com) were a BIG part of that! So congratulations to Teresita for a quick transaction and congratulations to LeAnne for doing such a wonderful job!

Alex Saenger
BakerB Solutions
Maryland Virtual Tour Provider
www.bakerb.com
Order a virtual tour - 301-424-8272

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New Full Service Virtual Tour provider in Northwest Arkansas

It's a small world...

One day, as I was doing some social networking for my photography business, I found an old friend who I hadn't seen in about 10 years! I sent a "friend request", we sent a couple emails back and forth, then she called me and we chatted and caught up for an hour or so. During the course of the conversation, I asked what she was doing. "Virtual Tours" she said. "How do you do those?" I asked.

She spent about 5-10 minutes explaining to me what she does, all the while I was thinking "I should be doing that. That would be a great addition to my photography company." I loved photography, business, and real estate. Talk about a perfect match.

I looked up a ton of MLS listings from all the local towns - Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, Bentonville - none of them had real virtual tours. There were a few slideshows, but it was obvious from the photography that there was not a professional involved. The market was wide open for professional photography service!

My next step was to find the company I wanted to align my business with - my friend wasn't happy with her virtual tour company, so I stayed away from them.

While researching virtual tour companies I picked out a name, Brick Road Visuals, I bought the domain, I had a logo professionally designed, and so on. I just needed to find the company that had the tools and offerings that were important to me - above all quality, but also marketing tools, support, and affordability. I kept coming back to RTV.

I talked to my salesperson for weeks, if not months. He never grew impatient with my gazillion questions comparing RTV to other providers- well not visibly anyway. And every time I called him guess what happened. He answered the phone! It seems like such a simple thing, but so rare these days. I thought if I can actually get these people on the phone now, surely they will be there for me when I'm paying part of their paycheck.

In the end, it came down to RTV and one other company. RTV had features the other didn't, the other had something RTV didn't have - I can't remember now what it was, must not have been that important. I made the call and now here we are - providing Northwest Arkansas with full service tours through RTV.

Sandy Jagmin
Brick Road Visuals
Bentonville Virtual Tour Provider
Order a virtual tour - 479-696-7520

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Keep Your Rotator Settings in the Camera Bag

So you think you've been there done that right? Well try this one on..

While I was taking some shots for a riverfront property virtual tour, I decided to go out into to middle of the river to take some shots to show off the grand view for developers. I got in an old unstable canoe with my tripod and camera and went out to some large rooks in the middle of the river.

I get out on the rocks and find out that my rotator had gotten knocked out of whack so my settings were wrong. What to do? Cell phone ...woo hoo!! So I call up Team RTV and they gave me my settings. I never thought I would have to field set it so I didn't have my settings with me. I'll always carry them in my bag from now on!

Thanks to that great customer service at RTV. I recommend keeping your settings with you in your bag or on the rotator for that one chance you might need it. If you have gotten in and out of an old canoe before then you understand they saved me a lot of trouble.

Vincent( Chip) Millerick
Grand Tour Virtual
Columbia South Carolina Virtual Tour Company
Order a virtual tour - 803-518-5966

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Big Sky Virtual Starting Out Big

Well it’s been a while since my last blog submission, and all I can say is WOW!!! I am 95% complete with my website www.bigskyvirtual.com. The only thing missing is the shopping cart hookup, once that is completed I am ready to go!

My wife Nicole and I are very excited about this virtual tour adventure, she is serving as operations manager for our Montana virtual tour company. I also hired a photographer/account rep, Jordan Webber.

I began marketing in three publications, and have two fairs coming up. One with Green Directory of Montana www.greendirectorymontana.com (definitely check these guys out) on September 20, and the other with the Billings Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has its annual fair and is limited for booths, 50 in all.

Let's see….business cards, pamphlets, letterhead, envelopes, notepads, prize registry pads, a 2x6 table banner, and a 7 x 3 vertical banner has all been ordered. Oh yeah, also logo shirts for all that will be working the booth ( I like uniformity).

Yes…it may sound like I may have gone overboard, but being in real estate I have learned it takes money to make money, but at the same time I have learned what works and what doesn’t when it comes to marketing. I can't wait to grow my virtual tour company.

Thanks a million to Team RTV for all their amazing help and support!!!

Damian Forrester
Big Sky Virtual
Montana Virtual Tour Provider
Order a virtual tour - 877-528-6868

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Professional Photography Gives the Right First Impression

After reading an article from RISMedia I thought that all of the clients of Virtual Florida Real Tours should hear some of the main points of interest.

According to RISMedia in a recent study researchers found that the use of professional photography increases the perceived value of a home by nearly 12 percent. Additionally, 7 times as many respondents to their survey admitted that were very likely to visit the homes marketed with professional photography service than those houses which showed only property information.

Buying a house is greatly impacted by the first impression of the prospective buyer decision making process; a professionally photographed home will give you a better chance to influence the prospective buyer to visit your listings, and also will incline the buyer to make a higher offer. Perceived value is not the same as what someone ultimately pays for a property, but it sets the first idea as to what the property is worth in a buyer’s mind compared to other homes in the same neighborhood.

Real estate is a referral promoted industry and the satisfaction of your customer will undoubtedly generate more clients. Most clients will quickly understand that if you are able to invest a little of your hard earned money in obtaining a professional virtual tour of their home you are willing to go a lot further than the real estate agent that only wants to place a yard sign in front of their homes and hope for the house to sell itself. Customers will realize that their house is being set apart from the rest of the properties in the area.

According to Realtor.com more than 84 percent of prospective home buyers start their search on the Internet. The data also shows that individuals who viewed a virtual tour of a property felt the listing would be on the market for a shorter period of time when compared to similar homes.


Gabriel Duque
President, Virtual Florida Tours
Miami Virtual Tour Provider
www.virtualfloridarealtours.com
Order a virtual tour - (305) 331-8960

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Digital Insurance Documentation Service in Houston

My wife and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary on September 12, 2008. As Hurricane Ike was about to hit our area of Texas, and we were having an anniversary, it was a good time to remember the good times, and also the more difficult times.

Dealing with natural disasters like a hurricane is definitely one of the more challenging things you can face. People prepare as much as they can, many evacuating their homes. One thing some people don't think about when living in a storm prone area is to document their belongings before disaster strikes.

This is something that Digital Tours and More can provide for businesses and homeowners. Digital Insurance Documentation Services is what you need. Digital Tours and More uses the latest technology provided by RTV to get the job done.

We come to your home or businesses and digitally photograph your high end possessions and can even do a panoramic view of the interior of your business and home. We compile a list of serial numbers and photos to hand over to your insurance agent just in case something were to happen.

Any home or business owner needs this kind of documentation in case of fire or theft, but especially if you live in a tornado, hurricane, or flooding prone area you should prepare for the worst by documenting your belongings. If the worst were to happen make sure you have the documentation needed to make insurance claims. Give us a call today to get prepared at (832) 247-0634 or visit our website at www.digitaltoursandmore.net/other-services

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

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Conference Center Virtual Tour

The Belo Mansion and Pavilion Virtual Tour

Virtual tours started in the real estate business, but are quickly progressing to the commercial business market. Virtual tours are a great way to showcase Convention Centers and Special Event locations!

Pro360 Virtual Tours and Photography, a virtual tour provider in Dallas, has just completed a tour of The Belo Mansion and Pavilion in the heart of the downtown Dallas Arts District. The staff at the Belo has impeccable taste and pays attention to every detail of the events they host.

The Share Tour feature of our virtual tours will allow the staff at The Belo Mansion to quickly email the virtual tour to any potential clients to preview their facility, thus enhancing the services they offer their clientele. A big thanks to the Belo for entrusting Pro360 Virtual Tours and Photography to enhance their online marketing.

I also want to thank RTV for sending The Belo our way. RTV called me with the lead in July and less than a month later we added a new client to our list.

Have you ever been in a sales position and you are told you will receive leads from the company and the leads never come? Well I have and it can be a hard road if every thing you sell you have to find on your own ( that is the way MOST sales opportunities work). When my husband and I were deciding which virtual tour software to purchase, I was told by RTV dealers and by RTV that they send out leads. I was pretty skeptical since I had heard that before and decided I could do this even on my own but if I got leads too that would be even better.

Well we chose RTV and started or business. Within a few months we were receiving leads. The Belo Mansion and Pavilion was our latest referral. Thanks RTV!! Pro360 Virtual Tours and Photography is so thankful for all that you do to support your dealers. We could not be more pleased with the service and support that RTV provides.

Lisa Castro
Pro 360 Virtual Tours and Photography
Providing virtual tours in Dallas Fort Worth and Beyond!
Call us to order a virtual tour - 817-676-7176

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Virtual Africa and Shamwari Game Reserve

Where Tiger Woods goes for his African Safari.

Virtual Africa recently created virtual tours and an interactive Google map of the Shamwari Game Reserve in South Africa.

Seeing that it is one of the most exclusive lodges in South Africa, not many people will have the privilege to visit Shamwari in their lifetime, so we thought we’d invite you to visit it virtually.
Use our interactive map of the reserve to explore the luxury lodges and spa’s and maybe, if you’re lucky, you can spot an elephant out of the air.

Voted the World’s Leading Safari and Game Reserve for the past 10 years, this 45 000 hectare private reserve is home to the Big 5 and is one of South Africa’s real tourism gems.
Not satisfied by being the best in the world and hosting guests like John Travolta, Brad Pitt, Nicolas Cage and Tiger Woods, it seems Shamwari is now becoming a television star itself.

Recent years have seen quite a few very popular wildlife documentaries shot in and around the reserve, with the latest offering “Shamwari: a Wild Life” promising to continue the trend.

Starting on Animal Planet in September in the UK and in October in the US, the series centers on the people of Shamwari and their daily interactions with the animals of the reserve.

If the previews are anything to go by, it promises to be action packed and highly entertaining.

It seems to be a mix between reality television and a wildlife documentary – a powerful combination indeed.

See for yourself:

To enable you to explore the reserve before or during the series, Virtual Africa has integrated some 360º images and virtual tours into an interactive Google Map of the area.
The map will allow you to see exactly where Shamwari is situated and explore the lodges and their surroundings in more detail.

Enjoy – see you on safari!

Virtual Africa interactive map

Virtual Africa lodge tours
Bayete Lodge
Long Lee Manor
Eagles Crag Lodge



regards,

Tinus le Roux
Managing Director
Virtual Africa Virtual Tours

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S.D. Professionals LLC - Up Up and Away

One of the hardest things for me to find these days is a little extra time! Ever since we started with RTV, we have been thinking of more services we could provide to our clients that would still complement each other. So, this spring, we decided we were going to invest in a fleet of helium powered blimps to begin aerial photography and aerial video. Wow, did this idea take off! It seems we may have struck gold once again with this idea. People love the idea of hiring us for more reasons than you would imagine. Obviously the main reason being they realize with S.D. Professionals, LLC, they can always count on professional, quality, affordable services but there’s more!

1. This new blimp fleet we have allows our professional camera team and professional photographers to get that perfect shot as the clients watch! That’s right, while the blimp is in the air; we have a ground station that allows the client to see exactly what the blimp sees so they can approve the shot while we are in the air.
2. Then there is my favorite positive point about the blimp fleet, there is ZERO NOISE! That’s right, no more waking up the neighbors with intrusive helicopter winds and noise, our fleet of blimps makes no noise and are a marvel to watch.
3. Think Green! With this new service, we have made a choice to begin to do our part to help erase our carbon footprint so on top of the fact the we have all helium powered blimps, we have a completely electric trailer for storing them so that the helium is used over and over and over again. Furthermore, we pull the trailer with Chevrolet Avalanche that has the 4-6-8 ethanol conversion kit that allows for extraordinary fuel savings and cuts carbon emissions tremendously!
4. All photo cameras, video cameras and transmitter equipment is completely electric and rechargeable.

Check out the NBC News Report about our blimps. www.tnblimp.com

Now I realize this blog is more about 360 virtual tours but I thought this would still make the cut since we are a provider of RTV virtual tours and we wanted to announce yet another addition to our services. Those services are:

1. RTV Virtual Tours
2. Professional Photography
3. Video Production & Editing
4. Website Design & Programming
5. Graphic Design

Thanks again to RTV and thanks to our clients for making this new endeavor such a successful addition to our services!

Jacob Timmons
Sevierville Tennesse Virtual Tours
www.SDWebPros.com
Order a virtual tour - 865-774-9023

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It's all about the Virtual Tour Add - Ons

As a way to keep new business flowing and to make my current clients happy I also do Aerial Photos. This was a niche (and extra income) that I was missing out on so I spent the money on the hardware and I now offer Aerials as an add on to my virtual tours.

The entire setup was about $2,000.00 but it has more than paid for itself. I charge $150.00 per aerial shoot. This is a pole or some call it a mast aerial system and it goes up in the air about 50 FT and gets some great shots.. I don't even advertise it i just offer it to my current customers and I did 6 in the month of September. I just though this may be a good way to add an additional revenue stream to all you out there.

You can check out my sites

www.360PhotoShoot.com
www.aerialPhotoShoot.com

Thank You
Chuck Small
Order a virtual Tour 813-774-8605
Spring Hill Virtual Tours

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Hub and Spoke Virtual Tour Selling

After years of avoiding the real estate market and focusing my efforts on doing virtual tours soley for commercial properties, this year I finally refocused my efforts. I realized quickly that although the real estate market was different, the tactics I employed in both the commercial sales arena as well as in my full time job as a pharmaceutical rep is the same.

In all of these businesses there is usually a dominant player or thought leader that has the influence over others in their field. This is where the "Hub and Spoke" sales model comes in to play. Once I was able to find out who the "hub" or base of a business was, I used them to influence the "spokes" that look to them for leadership. Case in point is a large real estate company in my area that I employed this strategy with. "Realty USA" is a real estate company that has several individually owned and operated branches throughout the "Capital District" in upstate NY. Through some investigative work I found out that the Saratoga Springs office was the branch that everyone wanted to model after because of their progressive ideas making them the most successful in the chain. Knowing that, I spent a good deal of time trying to land them as a client which I eventually did. I was able to go back to the ancillary branches that turned me down in the past and reference that I am the virtual tour provider for Saratoga Springs and it was amazing how quickly they starting sending me out for jobs. Although this sounds simplistic, it does take time to identify and land the hub but the benefits will be far reaching.



Good Selling!
Charles Gise
Revolution 360 Virtual Tours
www.revo360vt.com
Saratoga Springs Virtual Tours

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Athens Virtual Tours on the Map

Blue Sky Virtual Tours, an Athens, GA virtual tour provider, just recently opened for business. But it took a great deal of time and hard work. With out the great marketing techniques provided by RTV it would have been a much more difficult path to travel.

Starting up a business is hard enough but with the help of RTV and their marketing techniques it has become much easier. My company has used their templates for brochures for many things including sending them out to many prospective customers. We have also used a great deal of information that was provided by RTV for our website. While starting up our Virtual Tour Company we used the Marketing provided by RTV on a daily basis. There are many customizable templates and other resources that were extremely helpful. The service that RTV provides is truly one of a kind.

One of the most helpful things that I found using RTV’s marketing techniques was the abundance of flyers and brochures that were available to use for advertising our company. They were easy to use and a great help for marketing our business. Another technique that we found quite helpful was the business resource section of the website. RTV has set up relationships with a variety of companies to help get you business started and to also keep it running. It has been a pleasure working with RTV so far and I am excited for the future of our virtual tour business.

Thank you Team RTV!

Blue Sky Virtual Tours
www.BlueSkyVirtualTours.com
Order a virtual tour- (706) 818-3211

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Say No to Fish-Eye

Sometimes local real estate agents ask us why we here at BlueLavaMedia use still image photography for our traverse city virtual tours.

Many real estate professionals haven't done virtual tours in a long time and only remember the old 'fish-eye' technology from years back. Just the thought of virtual tours turn them off on the whole idea of using virtual tours! I thought it would be great to share why 'fish-eye' is not a preferred way of capturing virtual home tours.

1. You can't use the camera's flash. - This is the biggest reason by far. No flash makes dark halls look like caves and windows are almost always blown out whiteness. Why would you utilize a technology that prohibits your ability to utilize a primary feature of a camera?
   
2. You can’t print the images. Virtual tour images should be able to be used with print as well as in the 360 virtual tour. That is impossible with fish-eye technology as two images that are taken during the process each represent one hemisphere of the scene and don't print without distortion.
   
3. You’re locked into full 360’s only. - With fish-eye technology you are required to do a full 360 image. As you know in real estate this is not always desirable. Our 12 shot system gives the photographer the freedom to do partial pans of any size to maximize the attractiveness of the location.
   
4. Heavy on distortion. - Just before IPIX filed bankruptcy there was a very large group of people that thought all virtual tours were the fish bowl looking tours and did not use them for that reason. Some people still think all virtual tours look like that and it is up to the virtual tour photographer to educate the agent or homeowner on the advantages and benefits of cylindrical technology.
5. Poor white balance and focus. - Because you're taking less images for an entire room when using fish-eye it is very difficult to achieve great shots. As you stand in a living room it is most likely that you will pass by a window with sunlight shining through, pass across some form of other light that is down a hall, and often pass across areas that are darker than the rest. Typically in any given home as you turn around in a complete 360 you are certain to see a minimum of several exposure settings and a couple of white balance settings that you would need camera adjustments in order to achieve a perfect photo. Remember, when using a fish-eye lens you cannot use the cameras on board flash system. Taking only two fisheye shots per scene means you cannot get the proper balance that you need to get a vibrant photo. More often than not this leaves you with things out of focus, improper white balance in areas of the shot and areas of improper exposure throughout the pano.

We want our clients to have the best virtual tour possible. Using a fish-eye lens would not give them that, so we choose to use RTV technology with their 12 photo system.

Team BlueLaVa
www.BlueLaVaMedia.com
Home of the Exposure Engine
Traverse City Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour- 877-941-TOUR

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Hit Stats are a Selling Point for Virtual Tours

One of the main selling points of virtual tours are how much more they are viewed compared to listings without virtual tours. Real estate listings with a virtual tour receive 38% more views then listings without (Realtor.com).

This is a selling point which real estate agents simply cannot ignore. Virtual tours are a key ingredient to the successful marketing of a home or commercial property. Giving a prospective buyer the ability to sit at their computer and feel like they are in the living room or kitchen is priceless. Also the monthly hit stats are proof in the pudding of how many more views agents are getting on their virtual home tours. These two selling points should be integrated into every marketing plan of selling virtual tours.

Here is a recent testimonial I received.

"Garret,

I cannot thank you enough! My single family property listing sold mainly because I had your virtual tour of the property. I represented the seller, the buyer was from Australia. The realtor emailed my listing with the virtual tour and sure enough it was a match! Another very nice feature is that I get a weekly breakdown on the number of people looking at the property on line.
Thank you again." - Susan Kiley, Associate Broker/Roohan Realty

In this case the buyer would have never found this property if it wasn't for the good timing of the virtual tour. Susan also mentioned she liked the weekly stats breakdown, which is very powerful. This testimonial went right up on my website, which is great marketing tool for me. When I point new clients to my website they are able to read about the agent's experience with my virtual tour service.

Garret Ryan
Capital 360° Tours
Albany Virtual Tour Company
www.Capital360Tours.com
Order a virtual tour - 518-859-7775

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National Photography Services Available from RTV

Tour Track, our national photography service, is expanding its photographic horizons and now advertising our dealer network's ability to photograph more than just virtual tours. Within our network we have access to hundreds of highly skilled photographers who can take beautiful dramatic images for a property.

In our efforts to showcase the skill level and professionalism of our dealer network, we are creating an online photo gallery of shots taken by Tour Track photographers.



If you are looking for photography service in multiple locations but want a consistent result please contact RTV to find out how we can help you. We can coordinate our group of photographers to deliver you the results you need with minimal hassle to you.

RTV
National Photography Service
www.realtourvision.com
Call us today - 866-947-8687

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The Complete Marketing Plan

In this economy of intense competition, it is easy to get stressed out at the thought of learning new techniques to getting your listings out in the public eye. But, there is no need to completely abandon traditional marketing strategies. The best advertising and marketing strategy is to diversify your marketing to reach a larger target audience. In order to do this properly, you must...

Read More as written by our National Marketing Manger and posted in the Real Estate Marketing section of Inman News.

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Brookfield Virtual Tour Company Testimonial

This is Mike from 360 Virtual Pics, a Brookfield Wisconsin virtual tour company. I have been with RTV for about 2 years now. Previously, I was a "franchise" owner for another virtual tour company. I choose RTV virtual tour software because it gives me the ability to run my own company in the way I wish to run it. I am free to set my own prices and to create tours for my customers that suit the needs of the property. I now have the freedom to customize the virtual tours to the clients preferences. The RTV system is simple and easy to use. The camera setup went very smoothly and the software is simple and easy to understand. With very little effort quality virtual tours are easily made.

One of my favorite features of the RTV system is the hits summary that is provided for each virtual tour. My customers really like seeing the results of the virtual tours. It provides them with a way of analyzing the effectiveness of the virtual tour and the various places that the virtual tour is linked to. Also, it is an excellent way to let the property owner know of the interest in their property. In a slow market with clients demanding to know what is going on with their home, this feature has been very beneficial in helping my real estate agents show their clients what is being done to help promote their home.

The high quailty tours produced by the RTV software have helped keep my clients and (more importantly) - their clients - happy. The positive feedback and referrals have been fantastic.

The RTV staff has been very supportive and helpful in developing my business.


Mike Rostkowski
www.360virtualpics.com
Brookfield, Wisconsin

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New Warsaw Virtual Tour Provider

After an extensive research into virtual tour technology we purchased RTV's software and began our own virtual tour company.

Our business relationship began in June 2008 and so far we are delighted with the virtual tour software, and also their service and support. Each time we have a question we get an answer! This kind of service is very rare in business world today. All of the team members we have had the pleasure to work with were AWESOME! If we had to leave a message our call was returned promptly.

Our sales person was recently out of the office for a couple of days but he still answered our email and forwarded it to someone to handle while he was gone. When he got back to the office he sent us an email asking if we had our questions answered.

MANY THANKS to all of Team RTV!

Inna and Peter Kozar
Virtual 360
Virtual Tour Provider in Warsaw, Poland

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Be Virtually There Virtual Tours

"We called in to RTV recently to find a local virtual tour dealer in Marina Del Rey, California. We gave RTV dispatch our contact info and a short while later heard from Lawrence McBride with Be Virtually There (www.BeVirtuallyThere.com).

We are very pleased his work. He was knowledgeable, professional and both receptive & responsive to our particular needs for this job. We will very likely use him again in the future and will definitely recommend his services, as well as RTV, to others!"

Thanks again,
--Raymond from Keller Williams

Another testimonial from a satisfied virtual tour client. Many thanks to our wonderful nationwide network of virtual tour photographers for providing such great photography service.

Team RTV
Interactive Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour - 866-947-8687

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RTV Announces New Virtual Tour Company Home Page

RTV is proud to announce the unveiling of our new virtual tour company home page. We have designed the new home page with YOU the customer as our primary focus. The website is now easier than ever to navigate. Find information quickly on creating your own interactive virtual tours, ordering nationwide virtual tours, or even starting your own virtual tour business!

Choose from other cool options such as visualizing with 3D animations, creating 3D walkthroughs and more!

We have also added our new interactive virtual tour gallery with brand new sample tours including 3D interactive tours, concept tours, and even a tour of a floating house!

While you are there checking out all the great new virtual tours, virtual tour software features, and virtual tour video testimonials, be sure to sign up for our monthly eNews. You won’t find this information anywhere else, so don’t miss out. Each month we will be sending out tips on Blogging, Search Engine Optimization and Social Networking. Sign up right now on our virtual tour home page and make sure that you receive next month’s issue.

-Team RTV

The Virtual Tour Network

(866) 947-8687

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Grand Prairie Virtual Tours

Dear RTV,

"Lisa Castro with Pro 360 Virtual Tours followed up immediately on your referral. She was very pleasant, thorough, and professional during the initial planning stages.

Her husband Michael is the photographer and he completed most of the shooting for the 360 virtual tour last Friday. He was a pleasure to work with and very efficient. The virtual tour is still being put together, but so far my experience with RTV and Pro 360 Virtual Tours has been very positive. Thanks!"

David W. in Grand Prairie, Texas

Another satisfied RTV virtual tour client! A big thanks to all our virtual tour providers for being so dedicated.

Team RTV
Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour - 866-947-8687

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Center Line Virtual Tour Company Gets Support

I recently started a virtual tour company in Center Line Michigan. I've been amazed by the wonderful service and support RTV employees have provided to me. Anytime I call email the staff has been so helpful! I am grateful to all of your staff because I don’t feel so alone while starting this venture.

I love my virtual tour business and I feel very strongly that I made a good business decision to join forces with RTV. My husband was recently laid off and I am hopeful he will do sales and marketing for me. I am excited about this since he has a strong sales background. I would love to bring him on full time and hopefully that is financially possible soon. My son has shown an interest in the photography side so I hope to train him as my assistant.

My first virtual tour, ironically, was a 6,500 sq foot knotty pine home on the lake with unbelievable lighting that changed with every shot. This home had 3 kitchens and a studio apartment. My next prospect is a recently remodeled restaurant. Might as well learn on the hard ones first and get them out of the way! I know that if I have questions while on the job, that your staff will be there to help if I needed.

A big thanks to all of Team RTV! Hopefully as my virtual tour company grows and I learn the ropes I won't need to call in so much but it is great to know that they are there if I need them!

Jacqueline Parks
Sterling Media Solutions
Order a virtual tour - 586-797-9039

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Professional Photography Adds Value to Listings

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Then is it true, that the more pictures the better?

That truly depends on the quality of the pictures. That is where the expertise of the photographer comes into play. A photographer's experience is the primary qualifier in choosing a professional.

At EleView360 our experience comes from over 40 years of wedding, portrait, event, commercial, insurance, sports, aerial, animal, home portrait, and freelance photography. As an RTV virtual tour provider in Tyler Texas our goal is to use our experience and the technology provided by RTV to help you market your properties, business or profession to the utmost advantage.

Our virtual tour system produces clear, properly exposed 360 panoramic and still shots as well as elevated views of your property or venue.

Wyndel Cummins
EleView 360
Tyler Virtual Tour Company
www.eleview360.com
Order a virtual tour - 903-586-3429

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3D Animation - Creating a Wave of Sales

One of our virtual tour providers put us in contact with a marketing company that was tasked with marketing a new housing development on the Gulf of Mexico.

This housing development featured inland water canals that allowed the owners of these high end homes to drive their boats from the docks behind their house right out onto the Gulf to enjoy a day of fishing and water fun.

The marketing company had seen a website for another housing development, similar to theirs, that had a 3D animated video featuring the development. They felt it was important to have a video for their development’s website that would also create excitement and generate sales of the lots before construction is completed.

After discussing their project and how we could help them, the marketing company chose RTV to produce the animation. Click below to view their beautiful website and the excellent 3D animation that was produced by RTV3D.

www.stcharlesbay.com


Team RTV
National Virtual Tour Company
Need a 3D animation? Call us at 866-947-8687!

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Appreciate your Customers - A Tour Track Tale

RTV has a nationwide dealer network to service our national accounts. Our Director of National Accounts (aka the Tour Track Fairy) Jacque is in charge of all these accounts and works with dealers to fulfill the virtual tour orders. It is a stressful and demanding job. Sometimes it makes Jacque look like this:

Fortunately Jacque is always cool and level headed on the phone. Sometimes when she is done she runs out into the hallway mumbling incoherently. She'll grab the first Team RTV employee she sees by the lapels and sob out, "focus...aaaaahwhydidn'ttheyfocus...waaaaa".

Bless her heart. We love her.

We usually make her a cup of tea or sugar free hot chocolate, or give her some hummus with pretzels. It calms her right down.

The other day Jacque received a mysterious box in the mail. She opened it up to find a gift from Bob Plugger a virtual tour provider in Pleasanton, California. Bob loves working with Jacque, and appreciates all the Tour Track leads he gets so he sent her a little present.

It was perfect timing. The end of a month/beginning of a new month is rough with all the extra paperwork and his present was exactly what she needed. This is how Jacque looks now:


Calm, composed, chocolated.

She was kind enough to pass me some chocolate too, which inspired me to blog about it today. Besides, it is Friday.

The moral of my little story is to send RTV employees food remember to appreciate the people that you do business with. Even a phone call or card is a great way to let them know you enjoy working with them and appreciate them. And hey, if you can afford chocolates, cookie baskets, and personalized Wheaties boxes, then go for it.

And Bob, if you could find a way to send this homesick California girl a Ghirardelli hot fudge sundae I would really appreciate it.

Team RTV
National Virtual Tour Company
Need nationwide virtual tour coverage? Call us at 866-947-8687!

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Go the Extra Mile

Customers reward companies that go the extra mile—even if they don't personally benefit from that effort. In fact, customers are willing to pay more for a product, frequent one store rather than another, and, in general, have a more positive impression of a company or brand that is perceived to put in more effort.

Customers can view your virtual tour company's outstanding efforts as either general or personal.

• When the company's actions, such as creating new product features, benefit a wide range of customers, they are considered to be general.

• Specific actions on the part of the company to benefit a specific customer (such as rewards, or stellar customer service) are deemed personal.

And in the great scheme of things, personal wins. As an RTV dealer you have all the resources you need to add a personal touch to your property marketing services.

Start by customizing the newly updated Realtor Listing Brochure, located in Inner Circle Marketing, for each of your clients. This professional marketing piece is utilized by agents in their prospecting and outlines the benefits of online marketing, virtual tours and your property marketing services, allowing your client to stand out from competing agents in their listing presentations.

It only takes a minute to add in your client's contact info and personal branding and they will surely appreciate and benefit from this great marketing piece. The proof is in the response:

“The document looks great; it is indeed a well done marketing piece. What a load of work you put into this...thank you! Our marketing department controls much of what we put forth but since you made it so customizable, it holds potential to work with current or future marketing campaigns!” - Nancy Mullen – CENTURY 21 Crystal Mountain Realty

“This looks great…I’ll definitely customize it to be included it in my listing presentation!”
Andrea Galloup – Real Estate One, Inc

When customers see a company's efforts as personal, they are grateful, and feel indebted to it, making your returning and referral business consistent. Go the extra mile – consumers will appreciate and reward you for your effort.

Team RTV
National Virtual Tour Company
Order a virtual tour - 866-947-8687

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Virtual Tour of the National Hurricane Center

John Ferrante with Ferrante Photo, LLC of Fort Lauderdale, Florida recently shot a series of virtual tours for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency. See the write up about it in the NOAA News.

www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080409_nhctour.html

This series of virtual tours showcase the National Hurricane Center facility in Miami, Florida. These virtual tours offer a behind the scenes look at the well known forecast center. They have instructional uses for students as well as provide information to the public interested in this agency. View the series of tours at the link below:

www.nhc.noaa.gov/nhctour.shtml

John Ferrante
Ferrante Photo, LLC
www.ferrantephotollc.com
Order a virtual tour - 954-682-3215

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Virtual Tours Shape Real Estate Industry

The power of the Internet is modeling the structure of the real estate industry. According to many different sources most prospective home buyers start their home search on the Internet.

Some sellers are reluctant to pay the fee that companies like REMAX, Century 21, and Coldwell Banker charge for their services. The FSBO solution also has difficulties despite the flourishing of web pages that allow them to expose their homes in a similar way that the MLS does for real estate agents. Pricing issues and contract problems can tie up a sale for months.

The importance of 360 virtual tours as part of home selling solution is growing. Virtual tours not only allow customers to visit the house from the convenience of their own computer, but it helps the real estate agent that provides this service to the seller.

A virtual tour does not guarantee an automatic sale as not all people viewing the tour are ready to buy. Around 95 % are just looking for the correct price and will not be buying in the next 3 to 12 months.

If the agent can present themselves well to all visitors, give them a place to sign up to receive drip information, then they can be transformed into customers.

If you have any need of virtual tour marketing Miami Beach, Miami Dade and Broward Counties please contact Virtual Florida Tours at (305) 331 8960 or through the Internet at www.virtualfloridarealtours.com.

Gabriel Duque
President, Virtual Florida Tours
Miami Virtual Tour Provider
www.virtualfloridarealtours.com
Order a virtual tour - (305) 331 8960

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Shore Builders Take on a New Virtual Tour Girl

Cathy Williams, owner of Jersey Girl Virtual Tours , is now a member of the Shore Builders Association of Central New Jersey.

"I applied for membership because Jersey Girl Virtual Tours and the Shore Builders could mutually benefit from the relationship" states Williams. "I was happy to hear that the Shore Builders Association felt the same way and granted membership this July."

Jersey Girl Virtual Tours is a division of Virtual Access Tours. "We have been in business for 5 years. We started off photographing homes and then expanded our services, offering virtual tour marketing for a wide variety of industries" said Cathy Williams partner and owner of Jersey Girl Virtual Tours. Cathy handles the sales and marketing for both companies. "We are excited about joining the Shore Builders Association . We hope to bring a new non-traditional form of marketing to the builder's industry. We are looking forward to working with the builders, assisting them with increasing web exposure, reducing sales cycle times and ultimately bringing them in more revenue."

Jersey Girl Virtual Tours creates virtual tour marketing programs for various industries, ultimately increasing their exposure, driving more traffic to their businesses. They have been commissioned for a wide range of projects and have custom-tailored their tours to fit within the tight budget constraints that exist in many of today's organizations. Their goal is to provide clients with a comprehensive virtual tour marketing program that exposes all of the exiting benefits and features found within their businesses.

A few of the industries we currently serve (click on any of the following for an example of our work): Wedding Halls, YMCA Centers, Senior Care Facilities, Bed & Breakfast, Towns, Builders, Restaurants and Retail Shops to name a few.

To learn more please visit Jersey Girl Virtual Tours.

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