RTV Virtual Tour Dealer Sites 2.0

Coming soon, the new Dealer Site 2.0 Upgrade! The upgrade will be rolled out in two phases. First will be a program very similar to the Agent Program for new dealers to get, then a little while after that we will begin automatically upgrading the existing dealers into the new 2.0 Upgrade. You will be individually notified when it's your turn for the upgrade.

The beauty of the 2.0 Program Upgrade is that you, as our dealer customers, will have the same site management capabilities as the Agent Site Program provides, with two real differences. Your site will automatically populate the virtual tours you shoot, not just to the agents' sites that you shoot them for, but to your site as well. No more uploading little images and linking them to your tours. It will all be done for you automatically. Yeah!!!

The second thing is that we have decided to maintain the current templates being offered in the Dealer Site Program, which would mean that your site would appear to the public to not change even though your management capabilities would get a massive overhaul. We've ALSO decided to create new templates similar to the templates offered in the Agent Sites Program. This means that when your site rolls over to the new upgrade you can keep it's same look, or change it to any of the new or old templates that you'd like. You asked for it, we listened!






Thanks everyone!

Team RTV
Virtual Tour Software

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Detroit Virtual Tour News

RealVisionStudio HD V-Slide

NEW! Full Screen HD Slideshow.

In the beginning of August we released our all new Full Screen HD Slideshow, this is our second release in our new technology push for this year. We have always included a free slideshow with our virtual tours. But now with having the full screen virtual tour we also needed a full screen HD Slideshow. One of the best parts of the slideshow is that it comes free with your virtual tour order.  In addition,  we have also created it as stand-alone viewer for those wanting just a slideshow.
We have always been asked if we could do just still photos, but we did not have a stand-alone viewer to do this. Now we have the new Full Screen Slideshow and are able to offer our clients a way that we can just do still photos.  This viewer will also allow us a way to showcase it on the MLS, Realtor.com, Agent and office web sites.
Order a NEW Full Screen Virtual Tour and checkout the new free Full Screen HD Slideshow.
Checkout our new Full Screen Slideshow

   

NEW! Mobile Websites For Real Estate Professionals!

 

Do you have a mobile website?

A mobile site means giving potential buyers direct access to all of your listings and having them displayed perfectly on their mobile phone. More users are discovering the power and convenience of using their mobile phones to surf the web and do everything they normally would do using a PC or laptop.
If you have a website but it is not a mobile website, your potential clients cannot see the way it should be displayed, but with a mobile website they can.

According to a recent study of potential home sellers conducted by Philadelphia based research firm Devine and Powers, 49% of respondents said they would be more likely to use an agent who offered a mobile solution as part of their marketing plan, while 67% said it would be a major deciding factor in choosing a Realtor. Here is what the buyer sees when they text "your name" to 43766: See on the right.

With Our Mobile Websites, agents can raise their profile, promote their brand and appeal to more buyers, by making all of their listings conveniently and instantly available to any buyer out driving around looking at properties. You can display contact info for the Realtor including, phone number, website and email address. In addition, all of your active listings including photos, listing info, YouTube Video and even mapping to all of your listings.

You can get all your listings displayed on our mobile website for only $29.95 per month. Call for more information. 734-727-2276  


SAVE! August SpecialsSAVE!

Buy 1 Standard Virtual Tour for $85.00 SAVE $10.00
Buy 2 Standard Virtual Tours for $160.00 Save $30.00 (each virtual tour only $80.00)
Buy 1 5 Pack of Standard Virtual Tours for $350.00 (each virtual tour only $70.00)
Buy 1 10 Pack of Standard Virtual Tours for $650.00 (each virtual tour only $65.00)

Please Note: August Specials are for new orders as of 8/27/2010. Special are only good until 8/31/2010

Thank Your from the Real Vision Studio Team! Also Have A Great Labor Day Weekend!

Detroit Virtual Tours

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The FORMULA 34 | QuickBooks 101

The FORMULA 34 – Quick Books 101

It might surprise you to hear this, but the accounting aspect of any business frightens people just as much as the sales side. Are you currently doing your own books? Perhaps you’re paying to have these services done for you. You might still be using an old excel spreadsheet. In any case you really need to make sure that you’re a sharp shooter with all aspects of your business, especially when it comes to your finances.

Please join Eve Allard, RTV’s office administrator / accountant and I on Tuesday September 7th at 7:00 Eastern as we learn how to setup your property marketing business on QuickBooks.

This is really much easier than you think! During the show we’ll be covering initial company setup, invoice creation, making payments and running reports. Are you ready to kick out 500+ tours in 2011? You will be after watching this show!

See you on The FORMULA 34. Sign up NOW in your TMS.

Sincerely,

Jason




Virtual Tour Software
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PowerVision Goes to Rain Camp

Power Vision 4 Real Estate, a Scottsdale Virtual Tour provider and internet marketing partner, will be attending Active Rain's Rain Camp in Prescott, Arizona this month.

As the new sales director for this innovative and creative company, I am excited to attend this seminar sponsored by Active Rain. PowerVision4RealEstate.com  has been with Active Rain for almost a year.  The agenda for RainCamp matches our objectives and goals for the remainder of 2010.  This will be a great opportunity to have face to face contact with leading real estate agents and providers of products and services to real estate agents  in the Southwest.  For those of you that know the temperatures in our area this time of year, it will also be nice to be somewhere that is cooler.

We are launching an RTV products campaign at the Southeast Valley Regional Association of Realtors at their annual EXPO on Sept 2 in Mesa, Arizona. This will be a tabletop presentation of some of our best work with another RTV dealer, Rudy Gutierrez.   We will be able to demonstrate how our combination of products go hand in hand to support each other and give properties the maximum exposure along with the best internet support  and photographic excellence.

We are bringing the new RTV HD slideshow to a peak and creating a demand for this product with our marketing efforts. The face to face contact with present and future clients will strengthen our position with them and give us an opportunity to show them the best and newest marketing opportunities for their properties.

These opportunities help us better answer the questions "What am I doing here?" and "What can I do to help make these people successful?"

Tina Malko
Director of Sales
Scottsdale Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour:  480-284-8177
www.powervision4realestate.com

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Living the Dream

Owning my own profitable business has been a dream of mine for a very long time.  I  guess it is difficult to be in the field of Architecture and not have an entrepreneurial spirit.   I've completed a few residential construction document packages ("blueprints") while I was working for various architecture firms over the last 15 years, but as you might suspect- it's difficult to find time to design and draw side projects for your clients, when you're designing and drawing for your boss' clients 40-50 hours per week... (Did I mention rush hour traffic in Los Angeles?)

Then along comes a little thing called The Recession.  Small firms closed and large firms laid-off 20 employees at a time.  My income dropped from $1,000 per week to spending my retirement to applying for welfare, while I was appealing the determination that somehow I wasn't eligible for unemployment insurance.
But I was always resourceful and had a strong determination and work ethic.

Looking back, I graduated from The University of Southern California with a B.S. in Architecture and Urban Planning.  I was a founding member of the student chapter of The National Organization of Minority Architects (www.NOMA.net).  I have sold Amway products (You would be amazed how much a business that doesn't work can teach you about business). I have taken marketing classes for entrepreneurs, written my own contracts, and designed my logo (an abstraction of a road to infinity).

I attended Robert Kiyosaki's "Rich Dad" Real Estate Investing 3-day crash course & made my business an LLC.  I started taking my Architectural Registration Exams (ARE) and joined and The Real Estate Investment Club of L.A.  My LA Virtual Tour Business is a culmination of all these experiences.

I'd just like to thank the staff at Real Tour Vision, for providing the opportunity, support and education to bring this dream to reality.

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Duane Williams, President
Urban Design Studios, LLC
Real Estate Marketing, Virtual Tours & Renderings,
Building Information Modeling & Construction Documents
www.urbandesignstudios-llc.com
urban.design.studios.llc@gmail.com

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QR Codes for Internet Marketing?

What are QR Codes?  QR codes are a 2 dimensional barcode that is readable by QR scanners, some phones with QR scanners and virtually all smart phones.  The technology was developed in Japan in 1994 by Denso Wave.  It was originally designed for to track parts for cars but recently has been adapted to the mobile marketing market.  It is used to market URLs,  text messages, phone information, expanded contact information with a memo or just a long string ot text (up to 3000 characters) in a way that is easy for mobile movers to capture. This technology is very prevalent in Japan and becoming more prevalent in Europe now. 

The reason it is important in the US is that it is being heavily marketed by mobile marketers and people who want to make information conveniently available to phone savvy, technology savvy consumers.  The software needed to do this is also free on both the QR code generation and the on the reader side.  As a matter of fact the reader software is a staple free software of the various smart phone app stores and can be also found easily by searching  Google for “QR codes”.. 

Google recently got behind this technology by sending premade QR codes out to their 1000 largest clients suggesting that they embrace this technology as Google plans to promote it as well.  Through a simple file extension Google will produce a QR code for any website!

The Empire State Building recently used QR codes to activate a multimedia exhibit. 

Calvin Klein has used QR codes to on billboards to activate a multimedia ad campaign in Los Angeles and New York to promote its jeans 

How can a virtual tour provider use this to their advantage?  That is a question for the creative mind but a few places to start are on anywhere you want to market your business to people but may not want to leave information openly exposed or any place where you can introduce your company and want to provide a quick way to address a URL or message that you want to hit a phone.   Another place you may want to use it is a place where you have a web page that has constantly changing information but the URL remains the same such as a tour blog feed.  Your interested party can come back to that QR code time after time whenever they want to see the most current update and don’t have to go through the trouble of reentering the URL.  You may want to use this tool as a vehicle to send interested people a message of up to 3000 text characters.  I envision using this in the affiliate box of the tour window alternating between my linked logo and a QR code that provides more information about my company. 

Exposure Elements expands on the virtual tour industry by leveraging the photos and YouTube videos in our mobile marketing auto-responders to provide our customers with a complete internet marketing system that includes both mobile and desktop internet marketing.  We believe that QR codes will be an integral part of a complete solution we provide to our clients.  The technology is free on both ends (code generator and code reader) so start introducing the technology to your clients then build your value as an internet marketing expert. 

Stan Davis
Exposure Elements
Silicon Valley Virtual Tour Provider

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Making an RTV HD Slideshow is a Snap!

This month's tech tip pertains to the new RTV HD Slideshow.  This amazing new option has already become very popular with our dealers and their clients.

Below is terminology that will help you along the way:

Ken Burns - Ken Burns is a documentary director and cinematographer. The "Ken Burns effect" is the slow zooming in and zooming out of still photography to portray a sense of motion. When Ken Burns is selected for a slideshow it creates an interesting effect for still pictures where the photos randomly zoom in and out.

Pano- A selection used to play a scene as a panorama so it scrolls from left to right.

Fit Long - The photo is cropped so that the entire width of the photo is displayed in the viewer. Some height may be lost.

Fit Short - The photo's smaller side, generally the height, is shown completely and the width of the photo may be cropped or have a blank border on the right and left sides. For still photos you are most likely to see the whole photo using this setting but it will not fill the screen.


Below are the directions to add a slideshow to an existing virtual tour.

1.  Log into TMS

2.  Locate Tour

3.  Click Pencil icon

4.  Click Slideshow - There will be a pause while the images load. Important - Be sure to create the slideshow after you have added HD images if you are including them in the tour, otherwise the low resolution images will be in the slideshow.
On the left all your pans and stills from the tour will be listed.

5.  Click Move All to Slideshow to add all the scenes to the slideshow. The title and Spinfo will be brought over also.
If you want to only add certain scenes then drag those scenes onto the gray area on the right and drop them in.
Once you have all your desired scenes from the tour in the slideshow you can choose to upload more scenes from your computer (up to 30).

6.  Click Upload and browse to your folder of images. If your images are over 1080 pixels high then we will automatically resize them, compress them, and sharpen them. If you do not want that done then make sure they are under 1080 pixels high!

7.  Highlight the image(s) and click Open - The more you select the longer it will take to upload. There will be an indicator showing you the upload status on the right. Any uploaded image will default to the Ken Burns effect. If you upload pans you will need to change them to Pano under Select Type above the image name. You can also choose to set all the scenes to the same effect next to Set All Types in the upper right of the screen.

These uploaded images will appear on the right with your selected scenes from the tour. You can rename them if you wish or add Spinfo.

8.  Once you have the scenes you want in the slideshow you can drag and drop them around on the right to change the order.

9.  Once you are done click the Continue button.

10. On the next page you will see your agent info on the left. This is carried over from the tour.  On the left are the slideshow colors. The colors are carried over from the tour as well. Type in the code for a color if you wish to change it or click on a box to change that color. A color picker will open. You can use the slider in the middle to choose a general color and then pick up the small round circle in the color area on the left to fine tune the color. Once you have the color click on the 'rainbow' dot in the lower right and the color will be added. Once you are done click Continue.

11. This page will have a View button in the upper right so you can immediately view the slideshow. If you have changes to make you would click the slideshow button again and make your changes. This last page will also show a standalone URL. Copy and paste this if you need it or it will be in the Deliverables.

12. Go into the Buttons editor and put a dot in Yes for the slideshow and click Save at the bottom of the page.

You are done!!

 You may also want to visit http://slides.realtourvision.com today and purchase our all new Standalone HD Slideshow Module.  For a limited time this new technology from RTV is only $249.00 / Year for unlimited slideshows with unlimited scenes!

Thanks for your continued support and dedication to our product line!

Team RTV
Virtual Tour Software
866-947-8687 Ext 4
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The IMAGE - Great Exposures II

Title:   The IMAGE - Great Exposures II
Date:  Tuesday,  August 31st, 2010
Time:  7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT

Back by popular demand!

Great Exposures, the IMAGE webinar episode from June 2010, was a really popular topic because we all want to take beautiful pictures.  Being successful in the photography business depends largely on the quality of our work. The ability to land higher dollar jobs ($$$$) requires great photography. 

In the previous Great Exposures webinar we discussed camera settings and methods for using the flash to help capture images with great exposures.  This month we are going to continue exploring the topic of great exposures.  We will discuss software and methods to enhance and create beautiful exposures from the pictures we have taken.

If you were unable to attend the IMAGE webinar - Great Exposures in June you can view the recorded version of this webinar by logging into the marketing website, click on the BRC button at the top of the page for the Business Resource Center, and click on The IMAGE button on the left hand.  You will find a list of all the previous IMAGE webinars there with a download link for each one.

Sign up for the next episode of THE IMAGE



Join us Tuesday Night August 31st, 2010 at 7pm EDT and find out what great exposures can do for you.

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Lead Generating Mobile Agent Websites - SWEET!

Are you currently using the RTV TxT Connect System? Have you been thinking about offering a mobile marketing system for your property marketing company? Please join us on August 24th at 7:00 Eastern as John and Brian from Txt2Look.com roll out their new mobile Realtor websites to the RTV dealer network.

In addition to the lead generation service for agents they're expanding the product offering to also cover mobile agent websites. These mobile sites will be made available for resale to all RTV Dealers participating in the program. 

This is a great opportunity for RTV dealers using the program and looking for an exciting feature to talk about.  For those who have not yet signed up for the RTV TXT Connect system, this is an excellent way for you to keep a leg up on the competition and expand your product line.

All participating RTV dealers will be able to offer their customers something that agents are already starting to express an interest in...A Mobile Website.  The best part about this product is that these mobile websites also generate leads for the agents and brokerage!!

These new mobile agent sites are easier than a TxT Connect Listing to setup, display an agents ENTIRE listing inventory and, unlike before, these mobile websites run off of ONE SIMPLE CODE!

We all know that sooner or later, every Realtor who has a web site will also need a mobile site ( a mobile site is formatted to display and function properly on any smart phone) so take advantage of this opportunity to be the first in your town to offer this amazing new product from our friends at TxT2Look!

See you on the show next week!


Sign up now in your TMS

Jason

http://twitter.com/BlueLaVaMedia
http://facebook.com/VirtualTourGuru

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The Benefits of an HD Slideshow

The benefits of an HD slideshow are limitless. This week we are doing a virtual tour of a dental office. The slideshow will be used to introduce the staff. Car dealerships could also benefit by showcasing vehicles on a slideshow. A chamber of commerce might want to showcase businesses in town through still photographs. A furniture store could use this as an internet "flyer" for special sales events. Product lines could be shown for any manufacturing company. The list of applications for this new slidehshow are limitless. What new income streams will you open up using the new Standalone HD Slideshow Module?

NE Mississippi Virtual Tours appreciates the continued support from RTV.


Hugh Jordan
Owner
See it Sell Studios
Corinth Virtual Tours
www.seeitsellstudios.com
Order a virtual tour: 662-664-0965

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Hot Springs Village Tours Go HD

CHALLENGING DESIGNS INC, a Hot Springs Virtual Tour Company. Announces New HD Slide Show Virtual Tours.

Hot Springs Village, AR August 12, 2010 — CHALLENGING DESIGNS INC., a certified RTV virtual tour provider, is proud to announce the addition of HD Slide Shows to its line-up of marketing tools. The addition of HD Slide Shows to CHALLENGING DESIGNS INC.’s current 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 Hot Springs Village and Hot Springs areas.

Donna Bigg, Owner/Photographer of CHALLENGING DESIGNS INC. stated: “We are excited to be able to offer this new service to our clients. The addition of HD Slide Shows to our already powerful line-up of marketing tools will give our clients the competitive edge they need in this tough market.”

Bigg, stated: “This makes Virtual Tours affordable for all homes and businesses.  REALTORS®, For Sale by Owners and Foreclosures, Storefronts, Dealerships, Hotel/Motels, Art Galleries, etc. now have a BRAND NEW “Basics” option to stay in front of their audience.  But “Basics” is definitely not just the basics.  It integrates a high definition slide show with maps, downloadable brochures (if available), contact information, property or business information, all in a high tech format. 

There are two options with HD Slide Shows.  One is to email in up to 30 high resolution photographs and information.  Then the HD Slide Show will be created and available to be linked to your own website, emailed to prospective buyers, distributed on flyers and attached to an MLS for $29.95.  If you want a professional photographer to take HD quality photographs, then the cost will be $49.95.  Both options are great by themselves or with a YouTube/Google Video package for $25 more.  The New-Tech Special for the HD Slide Show is a FREE brochure (value $35) with each order, valid through September 30, 2010. 

You all know the adage; a picture is worth a 1,000 words.  CDI is also proud to begin the process of creating HD Slide Shows for each of the golf courses and has a general Hot Springs Village HD Slide Show at www.TourHotSpringsVillage.com, which is also an example of the HD Slide Shows everyone can order.”
Since 2007, CHALLENGING DESIGNS INC. has continually led the way in the Hot Springs Village  area with marketing implementations such as Real Tour Vision proprietary interactive software, YouTube/Google video tours, single property websites, on-demand Virtual Tour Traffic Reporting 2.0, 2D/3D interactive floor plans, animated walk-through, custom websites, proprietary order-dispatch system, tour audio solutions, tour discs and sketch-and-fax services.

For more information call 501.922.1551 (HSV), 501.781.5431 (HS), email Designs AT Challenging.US,  or visit their photography website at www.PhotographyByCDI.com. Challenging Designs Inc. is also proud of the many options they offer to the community; commercial, residential, insurance, portrait and location photography, graphic design and website design.

CHALLENGING DESIGNS INC.
Donna I. Bigg
Hot Springs Virtual Tours
Owner/Photographer
Photography:  www.PhotographyByCDI.com
Blog with virtual tour options:  www.ChallengingDesigns.com
Order a Virtual Tour: 501.922.8009

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Can you do the "Splits"?

Next greatest thing to sliced bread!  That is ‘SLICED MONITOR’     Perhaps I’m talking to the choir here, but I just discovered a super way to work on my San Antonio virtual tours and also will be good for the new RTV HD Slideshows. I bought a used 32” flat screen TV (cost at $200) and it was refurbished. Got it at a TV repair shop. Hooked it up via HDMI to my laptop and went into controls (in Vista its personalization) and expanded the screen to number two screen. 

Now I can work the virtual tour workup on the one screen and on the laptop I have the source pictures folder open.  This keeps me from having to minimize, open, close, etc, etc all the time. Also I proof my panos with the exported HD images and the 32” screen really allows me to QC carefully and to see the small infractions. It also helps in touch-ups using photo shop 6.  It really saves a lot of time!!  Now for the slideshows, well, if you check  it out, you can have a virtual tour showing on one screen and a slide show on another.  Great for those trade shows.  The other plus caveat to all this is the TV is cabled in and I only need switch the source to get the cable TV feed and watch what I watch, w/o having to crane my neck or go to the other room to see what’s on, you know, the weather,  NATGEO, Animal Planet, etc. 


Good luck out there! See you on the RTV webinar tomorrow night!

JIm Hoback
Alamo Area Virtual Tours
San Antonio Virtual Tour Company
http://alamoareavirtualtours.com
Order a virtual tour: 210-325-2675

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Powerhouse Tours Announces HD Slideshows

Louisville, Kentucky August 11, 2010— Powerhouse Tours, a provider Louisville, Kentucky virtual tours and property marketing services is proud to announce the addition of High Definition Slideshows to its line-up of online property marketing tools.. The addition of HD Slideshows to Powerhouse's services will allow their current and future clients to have a competitive edge in marketing their property listings and businesses utilizing these advanced tools in the Northern Kentucky and Southern Indiana areas.

Sample a new Powerhouse Tours HD Slideshow:
http://rtvpix.com/slideshow/1982

Melanie Powers, Owner of Powerhouse Tours stated: "We are excited to be able to offer this new service to our clients. Our HD Slideshow is certainly first in class. It is built using the very latest flash based engine; it loads at impressive speeds, and displays full screen HD images with grace and elegance. With the ever growing demand for professional photography, the need to have those photos displayed in a unique and impressive format has never been greater."

Since 2007, Powerhouse Tours has continually led the way with marketing implementations such as Real Tour Vision proprietary interactive software, PanoRiders, single property websites, on-demand Virtual Tour Traffic Reporting 2.0, and much more. For more information call 502-655-7316 or email powerhousetours@yahoo.com .Those interested in sampling this new technology are encouraged to visit their website for more information at www.powerhouse-tours.com.

Contact:
Melanie Powers
Louisville Virtual Tours
Powerhouse Tours
Owner/Photographer
Order a virtual tour: 502-655-7316

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How Much is Too Much?

After reviewing Jason Lavanture’s Formula webinar on exposure package I felt that I could offer a few areas where my fellow virtual tour providers could increase their productivity and lower their cost of operation in the area of managing customers and delivery of features in their virtual tours.

I have recently spent considerable time reviewing the Craigslist Software that Jason LaVanture suggested in his Formula13 webinar dated on 9/15/09. The Craigslist Software now offers a scheduling software addition to their product. For $100 you can schedule your Craigslist Software distributions and forget about them! But WAIT! It’s not that easy. This Craigslist Software also has several new modules that can add significant time savings but at what cost? I researched this further and found out, with some helpful guidance from Jason, that a scheduler isn’t the only tool that is needed to fully automate this process. On first pass this seemed like it would be a great thing but then I realized that there were quite a few additional considerations that changed the picture.

In order to automate the process the captchas have to be automated. Captchas are the distorted letter images that you see on a lot of websites today. These are the ones that you have to type into a page to prove that you are a person rather than an automated process. Automating this process turns out to be VERY expensive. This Craigslist Software will ask you to purchase an additional module for captchas that turns out to be nothing more that a software interface between this particular software and another internet service called Captcha King. Captcha King charges a monthly fee that starts at $39.95 per month for up to 1000 captchas. They claim that they work about 95% of the time.

After I sent a follow up email to the developer of the CL software, he advised me to look at the auto-reposting software which was another $100 addition to the license. As I dugg into this tool I found that I still needed the scheduler and the captcha tool but would probably also need the auto-reposter. The auto-post tool opened the door to the need for IP spoofing software to emulate different IP addresses and another $100. HOLY cow!! As it turns out, you really need to spend well in excess of $500 to get a solution that can be automated on Craigslist. It was not the right answer for me. The developer and I exchanged several emails but he would not speak with me. I find it disturbing that a software plan that can range up to $500+ per license doesn’t offer more adequate support nor is he customer friendly. My internet search for alternative solutions found credible solutions ranging from $400 to well over $1000. This was simply way too much for my virtual tour business so I turned to other options.

If you are using an Excel spreadsheet to manage your follow on postings and don’t use Craigslist Software or don’t want to spend the money on it you should consider using Outlook to schedule a reminder. Simply send yourself an email then right click on the email, then select follow up from the menu. The rest should be self explanatory. You can even tag all these emails with a particular color flag so you know all these follow ups are related to Exposure Engine follow up! For years now top salespeople have used Outlook to manage events and many of you are probably doing some of this already today.

Another internet service I use is a database called Batchbooks. This is a remarkable database that has a limited free option that will work for many of the users that just want to track name address and phone number information however for $10 a month you get a very customizable database that is extraordinarily easy to use. One of the real values to this database is their integration with social networking sites. Today they support Linked in and Twitter but that will be expanding to other social sites. They even have a searcn feature that will help you find Linked in or Twitter feeds that your customer supports! What a great way to keep up on your virtual tour contacts. Just look at your database!

Another software that I use is a free software called PhotoStage Slideshow. This software makes a video unbelievably easy and manages any descriptions and movement within the picture very well. Best of all, it’s FREE!. Originally I had some problems with pixilation in the final product. I found that simply reducing the size of the image to start with from an 8mp image to images in line with what we do in our business solved this problem fabulously! I can visualize the whole tour from the interface and easily and visually make changes to the tour to align images with music or just to see all the details of the show in one place.

Finally, I researched where the feeds for Postlet go and found that when Postlets post to Trulia, they forward the Postlets E-Flyer out to 200+ newspaper and magazine websites! This is an unbelievable amount of exposure for both you and your agent from both the perspective of property exposure and SEO exposure. Don’t miss selling an exposure package to all of your clients. Neither you nor your customer can afford not to have this exposure!

Exposure Elements is an internet property marketing organization located in the Silicon Valley of Northern California. We specialize in virtual tour production, sms mobile marketing, as well as print and internet distribution services. All of our tours feature full screen, high definition photography no matter what screen size you have! Visit us on our website to learn more about us and how we can help your business or property or give me a call today!

Exposure Elements
www.exposureelements.com
Silicon Valley Virtual Tours
Owner Stan Davis
Order a virtual tour: 408-431-0461

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Alburquerque Virtual Tour Company Announced HD Slideshows

DragonFly 360, an Alburquerque Virtual Tour Company Announces High Definition Slide Show Service


Albuquerque, NM August 10, 2010 - DragonFly 360 Imaging , a producer of Albuquerque Virtual Tours as well as property marketing services  is proud to announce the addition of High Definition Slide Shows  to its line-up of on-line marketing tools. The addition of HD Slide Shows to DragonFly 360 Imaging’s current 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 Albuquerque-Rio Rancho area.

Dale Hart, Owner of DragonFly 360 Imaging stated: “We are excited to be able to offer this new service to our clients. Our HD Slide Show is certainly first in class. It is built using the very latest flash based engine; it loads at impressively timely speeds, and displays full screen HD images with grace and elegance. With the ever growing demand for professional photography, the need to have those photos displayed in a uniquely impressive format has never been greater. The addition of HD Slide Shows to our already powerful line-up of marketing tools will give our clients the competitive edge they need in this tough market.”

Sample a new DragonFly 360 Imaging HD Slide Show:
http://rtvpix.com/slideshow/1257

Since mid 2008, DragonFly 360 Imaging has continually led the way in their market producing Albuquerque 360 Virtual Tours with other marketing implementations such as interactive HD virtual tours, virtual staging, panoramic listing sign riders, single property websites, listing syndication, mobile TXT marketing, virtual tour traffic reporting  and social networking training. For more information call 505-962-2207 email Dale AT DragonFly360Imaging DOT com or visit their website  at  http://www. DragonFly360Imaging.com . Those interested in sampling this new technology with DragonFly 360 Imaging are encouraged to visit their website for more information.

About DragonFly 360 Imaging
DragonFly 360 Imaging is a locally owned Albuquerque virtual tour company with Dale Hart at the helm. Dale Hart has nearly 30 years of professional photography experience. He has completed hundreds of commercial assignments for major companies in the NYC area and over 1500 Virtual Tours in NYC and Albuquerque in the past 6 years.

Dale Hart
Owner
DragonFly 360 Imaging
Order a virtual tour today: 505-962-2207

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Hotel Photography Rock Stars

On August 17th RTV is hosting a very important webinar. This webinar will be hosting some of RTV's most prominent Hotel Photography Rock Stars.  These rock stars are RTV virtual tour dealers that consistently "Rock the Shoot" for our several hundred Hotel virtual tour orders that come through the system.

We are featuring four amazingly accomplished photographers who will share their tried and true techniques as well as be available to answer all of your burning questions.  In fact, we are asking you to take some time and email Jacque AT realtourvision DOT com some of your questions about hotel virtual tour shooting techniques in advance so that the guest photographers will be ready with all the answers.

So be sure to save the date and get your pad and pen ready for August 17th, 7pm Eastern.  Be there or be square! Reserve Your Seat Now - Register inside of this month's RTV newsletter





Thanks everyone and good luck rocking that shoot!
RTV Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour today: 866-947-8687

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The Press, The Release and The Juice

When I first started up BlueLaVaMedia, a TC virtual tour company, I was always hearing from my customers and prospects, "I saw you in the paper." or "I heard your ad." If you're not hearing people say this about your company, or have not heard this in quite some time, you need to change that.

In fact...it's been way too long since my last Press Release which I did last summer when we released our BlueLaVaMedia TxT Connect System. As a virtual tour & property marketing company you need to constantly keep an air of excitement around you and your company. Watch the above video to see how simple it is for any RTV virtual tour provider to write and submit a press release. Also see how easy it was for us to push our competitor to page two of the serps. Check it out for yourself. Google "Traverse City Virtual Tours" now.

If you like this video be sure to let me know! I'll keep them coming.

Have a great weekend everyone and don't forget about our show next Tuesday.

Jason

Jason LaVanture
Virtual Tour Software
Traverse City Tours
Order a virtual tour: 231-946-1360

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BlueLaVaMedia Announces High Definition Slideshow Service

Traverse City, MI August 4, 2010 — BlueLaVaMedia, a provider of Traverse City virtual tours and property marketing services is proud to announce the addition of High Definition Slideshows to its line-up of online property marketing tools. The addition of HD Slideshows to BlueLaVaMedia’s current 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 Traverse City and Northern Michigan area.

Jason LaVanture, Owner of BlueLaVaMedia stated: “We are excited to be able to offer this new service to our clients. Our HD Slideshow is certainly first in class. It is built using the very latest flash based engine; it loads at impressively timely speeds, and displays full screen HD images with grace and elegance. With the ever growing demand for professional photography the need to have those photos displayed in a uniquely impressive format has never been greater.”

Sample a new BlueLaVaMedia HD Slideshow:
http://rtvpix.com/slideshow/1353


Since late 2007, BlueLaVaMedia has continually led the way in the Northern Michigan area with marketing implementations such as interactive HD virtual tours, virtual staging, panoramic listing sign riders, single property websites, listing syndication, mobile TXT marketing, virtual tour traffic reporting, interactive floor plans, elevated photography, and social networking training. For more information call 231-946-1360 email info AT BlueLaVaMedia.com or visit their website at http://www.BlueLaVaMedia.com . Those interested in sampling this new technology or business opportunities with BlueLaVaMedia are encouraged to visit their website for more information.

About BlueLaVaMedia
BlueLaVaMedia, a division of LaVaWorks, LLC is a locally owned TC virtual tour company with team members Jason LaVanture and Jim Blue. Jason LaVanture is the founder and Vice President of RealTourVision.com, makers of virtual tour software. Jim Blue has nearly 35 years of professional photography experience. He has designed and taught independent photo classes in both silver-halide and digital imaging for over 20 years.

Contact:
BlueLaVaMedia.com, a division of LaVaWorks, LLC
Jason LaVanture
Owner / Organizer
231-946-1360
Jason AT BlueLaVaMedia.com

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RTV HD Slideshow is First in Class

The RTV HD Slideshow module is first in class. It is built using the very latest flash based engine, it loads at impressively timely speeds, and displays full screen HD images with grace and elegance. With the ever growing demand for professional photography the need to have those photos displayed in a uniquely impressive format has never been greater.

With RTV, every time you create an interactive Virtual Tour, you can also create an HD Slideshow for that same property / address.  Feel free to use the same images as your HD virtual tour or select up to 30 additional HD images not already in your virtual tour. Using our built in smart uploader you can literally point to any image or set of images on your computer and batch upload, resize and compress for fast creation and delivery time.  

We also about to release our all new Standalone Slideshow Module as an add-on to your virtual tour business which will allow you to create unlimited HD slideshows with unlimited scenes.  How’s that for opening up additional revenue streams for your property marketing business!

Thanks RTV!
Virtual Tour Software
Order a virtual tour: 866-947-8687 Ext 4

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Blogging With Active Rain & RTV

How hard is it to actually rise in rank for virtual tour services within your state, county and/or city.  Not very.  We have been signed up for a not quite a year with Active Rain as a rainmaker but it is only these past couple of months that we are actually starting to make a difference in our rankings within active rain.

What are we doing?

      1.    I read the RTV daily blog mail and look at other successful persons blogs and see the subjects they write about and the comments.  And by the way, if it is of interest to me, I leave a comment - not just "I Agree" or "Great Blog"  I write about 3 sentences confirming my opinion of their blog or of the topic.  This takes me all of 15 minutes in the mornings or sometimes I do it late at night.  If I am very busy, I do several days worth at one time.  I probably read 2-3 blogs for each day's drop.

      2.    I post my 360 tours and slide shows on the blog.  However, I don't do it to look like a listing and don't call it a listing.  I use the tours to emphasize a point.  i.e. Twilight shots and why they are important to on-line viewing, then the tour gets posted.  I then do a post with the slide show and might use hi-def photos as the subject of the post - i.e. why the extra effort creates a more inviting look to the viewer.  To write about 100-200 words about the tour or slide show takes me 15-20 minutes at the most to post both as separate entries.

      3.    If someone i know has an active rain blog and then sends me a link to their blog, (which I get often from friends i have met across the country through RTV, Photobiz and Real Estate meetings, i reblog it under my name - a great feature and provides a boost without a lot of effort.  i also blast my active rain blog posts.

      4.    Every once in a while i will blog about a great service such as THE VIDEO CONNECTOR and Tara Reed.  I talk about how it can help the real estate agents with video content etc or I might blog about Texting services from Text2Look.

      5.    I try to actually blog once or twice a month to create original exciting fun content with plenty of links and key words that will lead google searchers back to my site.

      6.    I also have a wordpress blog and a RTV dealersite blog.  I forward my active rain blog to these sites automatically for content.  I only do original content once in a while on these sites.


What is the benefit - everything that active rain touches rises to the top ten on the first page of google for us!!!

Hope this helps all my fellow RTV dealers blog a little more here in the RTV blog and on Active Rain.

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