The FORMULA 45 "Press Worthy Press Releases"

So you’ve started up your property marketing firm, you’ve got business cards printed up, you customized marketing pieces, established your pricing, launched your virtual tour website, and you even put that beautiful logo on your vehicle.  Now what?  I'll tell you what...it’s time to make some noise about your personal brand and what makes your service offering attractive to your customer base, unique, and in demand. 

Making noise about your virtual tour company is a great way to create exciting content to blog about and also let people know that you’re a legitimate company.  During my first year as a TC virtual tour company I tried to schedule a press release for at least once every quarter or so.  I made sure not to launch everything or even too many things at once.  I always saved a property marketing tool for the following month so I could keep making noise and generating excitement about the brand I was creating. 

Please join myself and Marketing Director, Phil Callighan on February 15th at 7:00 Eastern for a show of shows that could only lead to “bad news” if you don’t attend.  By popular demand RTV presents to you The FORMULA 45 - Press Worthy Press Releases. 

Phil Callighan is a Senior Account Executive and Marketing Director originally from Chicago. He has been a writer-producer, creative director and president of agencies whose client roster has included Fortune 100 corporations as well as entrepreneurial ventures. Phil is a sought-after consultant and has helped build product and corporate brands for several financial institutions, as well as healthcare corporations, building products, hardware and high-tech businesses. Phil has also supervised creation of award-winning PR campaigns and has built several brands with the power of PR. 


On February 15th Phil will show the RTV network how “You can do this too!”.   See you on the FORMULA 45 RTV! Sign up now in your TMS.

Yours Sincerely,

Jason LaVanture
360 Tours & Digital Marketing Training
866-947-8687
http://www.RealTourVision.com

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How I Found RTV

When I bought my first DSLR camera four years ago, it did not take long for a hobby to grow into a real passion.  I knew in an instant that this medium would lead me to a new and exciting career.  As I studied and learned all I could about the "Art" of photography as well as the technical aspects of it, I realized that I would need to look for a niche` market for my photography.  The business of photography is one of the most competitive industries I know of.

One day I found myself looking for a new house and, like most people these days, I began my search online.  What I saw both surprised and excited me.  I discovered that the vast majority of homes I looked at, both for sale and for rent, were being marketed with photographs that did not give me a good sense of what the home really looked like.  I noticed that a very few homes were being marketed with virtual tours and high resolution slide shows.  The differences were stark and I could immediately see what a difference it made in the way the viewer saw the home.

I recognized at this point that I could actually provide a much needed and valued service by making this the niche` I had been looking for.  I spent the next year researching everything I needed to know about real estate photography, virtual tours, digital marketing and more.  I looked into which lens was best, how the images were made and edited, and most importantly, how these virtual tours were created and marketed.  My research of course, continually led me to "RTV, Inc".  RTV is one of many virtual tour software companies that I looked at and by a wide margin, RTV shone above the rest in what they had to offer.  Their state of the art cutting edge proprietary software and approach to marketing convinced me that I wanted to partner with them.

I contacted Jason LaVanture, Vice President of RTV, and discussed with him what my goals are, and soon afterward I partnered with RTV to be my provider of my Danbury virtual tour company.  Judging by the vast network of RTV dealers and the fantastic support and continuing education they provide, I am certain that this is the beginning of a long a very prosperous relationship with RTV. In fact...I've already got tours booked and sold!!!


Dave Stegmeir
Connecticut Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour today: 203 885-0207

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Virtual Florida Tours is Growing!

Virtual Florida Tours has undergone a sustained growth during the last year through our partnership with RTV virtual tour company.  Virtual Florida Tours introduced a huge number of new services for our clients.
During the past year we introduced our VFT high definition elevated pictures, the HD slide shows and recently RTV developed the new Tour Builder 4.0 that will make a lot easier to build the tours reducing the steps on the process and saving about fifteen to twenty minutes of time it will be required to place the tour on the Internet.

This year through our partnership with RTV we have also welcomed the development of totally editable websites for realtors and small business. Through our partnership with TXT2look we are able to provide mobile websites for realtors. Recently this technology can be enhanced with the introduction of QR signs. Now prospects with a smart phone can take a picture of your QR sign that is on your rider and browse through your website just seconds later.

All these enhancements are just the technological part of the services we provide. Since we also train our customers to increase the SEO of their website and train them on the importance of having a blog that will not only increase the traffic to their site but increase the business that the website will provide.

For your entire Internet marketing needs do not hesitate to contact us or simply call us at 305 331 8960.

Gabriel Duque.
Owner
www.virtualfloridarealtours.com
Order a virtual tour today:  305 331 8960

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Small Business Needs Innovation

Lenawee County virtual tour business owner, Hal Holubik announces ToursdForce, the professional provider of promotional media services. Today we announce the official launch of 2011 Social Ignition course for small businesses and real estate agents. Toursdforce.com a Lenawee County virtual tour company will continue to help provide entrepreneurs with the tools necessary to increase traffic to their websites, create better SEO (search engine optimization), and of course encourage small business growth here in Lenawee County and the surrounding region.

"We recognize that small businesses need expert guidance and professional knowledge when it comes to SEO and social networking to truly become Visible," said Hal Holubik, Owner/Operator of Toursdforce.com. Our Program will help provide business owners with the steps necessary to take advantages of blogging, social networking, social bookmarking and micro blogging. Business owners willing to dedicate a little time each week WILL be able to dominate search engine results in their area, drive more traffic to their site and become a recognized leader in their field.

Hal Holubik has been helping small businesses with online marketing and social media for over three years. "What started as a hobby has now turned into a home based business," says Hal Holubik. The popular YouTube website has helped this and many other small businesses streamline promotional products and services to potential customers through the World Wide Web.

See our promotional video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F08UUl2YFMc

Google has also played an important role in his entrepreneur success. Hal Holubik states, "I enjoy helping small business owners and real estate agents write relevant and quality content enabling Google perform it magic and bring them up on first page search results. Small businesses continue to understand the importance of online marketing and social media and how Google helps people find information through their web based search engine results.”

Check out Hal's Lenawee County virtual tour blog!

Today, it’s impossible to separate social media from the online world.  Facebook reached 350 million users in 2009 – and it accounts for 25% of the Web’s traffic, according to Pew nearly one in five people on the web use Twitter or some other service to check status messages, and 94% of enterprises plan to maintain or increase their investment in enterprise social media tools. The social media conversation is no longer considered a Web 2.0 fad – it’s taking place in homes, small businesses and corporate settings, and extending its reach into nonprofit, education and health sectors. People now speak of social media as simply another channel or tactic to bring more people to their websites.

As new businesses grow and develop, social media innovation will no longer be limited by technology. Companies will need to look to innovate the way they use existing technology, rather than focusing on technology enhancements themselves. Small businesses will need to look to new ways of turning information into wisdom and insight into action. According to Hal Holubik, "Times are tough and forcing many small businesses into making cuts. However, this is the time for businesses to invest in 360 virtual tours, other innovation and web based services to help customers understand their mission and to gain the competitive edge."

To view our social media version of this news release, visit:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/40420786/TDF-2011-Social-Ignition-Course

About Tours D’ Force
Tours D’ Force is a provider of property marketing services throughout Lenawee and Monroe Counties.
Tours D’ Force is a privately held virtual tour company specializing promotional media services. Our mission is to give outstanding customer support and powerful marketing tools with many features at an affordable price. For more small business information and to learn about Tours D’ Force portfolio and property marketing services, visit http://www.toursdforce.com

Hal Holubik
Owner
ToursDForce
Lenawee County Virtual tours
Order a virtual tour today: 517-486-4209

Read more: http://www.scribd.com/HalHolubik

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Bozeman Virtual Tour Provider on Board

I recently signed up with RTV virtual tours and can't be more excited about the opportunity. The new Tour Builder 4 virtual tour software is amazing to say the least. It is quick and easy to build the HD virtual tour once you have produced all the images with the photo stitching software.

I researched lots of virtual tour companies and RTV offers the most comprehensive training, virtual tour business startup, and has the best looking online virtual tours. From the training to the everyday help in getting started, I couldn't be happier...I just wish there was more time in the day to get everything done.

For marketing, the materials included will work well for helping to get the word out about my new 360 tour business. Luckily I'm already involved with Realtor's and already sending out the tours I have made as examples of how they can feature their properties.

I'm looking forward to seeing this business grow and all the options it has. With a good team / tour company behind the product, you can't go wrong.

Jim R Harris
Bozeman, Montana
www.jrharrisphoto.com

ps...I'm working on building my site for the Bozeman virtual tours

Jim R Harris
www.MontanaAerial.com
www.MontanaBigSkyRealty.com
Order a virtual tour today: 406-581-7777

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From a Caterpiller to a Butterfly we are Transformed! Wow!, I mean Wow!, this new Tour Builder 4.0 virtual tour software is really great!  If you haven’t heard about the new 4.0 that has been launched by RTV 360 Tours then let me tell you that you are missing out. 

The extra steps in the virtual tour building process before reminded me of a Caterpiller, we were working hard through  several steps in the process to weave through the virtual tour software a tour that would emerge as a beautiful display of HD slideshows, similar to the caterpillar weaving a cocoon of silk and later the
magic of complete metamorphosis takes place and the ugly green caterpillar is transformed into a
beautiful, colorful, butterfly. Our struggles are over and the transformation is breath taking, we are
transformed. All the hard work and time consuming work has been cut in half due to the new Tour Builder 4.0 virtual tour software.

Real Tour Vision has worked really hard this year to eliminate several steps as well as a few
complicated steps in the Tour Building process in order to make the transformation of virtual tour
building a much more pleasant one. Tulsa Eagle Eye is designing some beautiful butterflies through our
HD Virtual Slideshows, Exposure Engines, that are attracting a lot of attention.  This year is going
to be a year with lot of colorful butterflies, they will be in the form of HD virtual tours for residential/commercial real estate, businesses, factory’s, auto dealerships, City Parks and the avenues
will be endless.

Being creative is the key while seeing every business, trade, industry, doctor & dentist
office or business professional as a potential virtual tour customer. I found that the people that cross my
path each day are selling, designing, promoting, or marketing, to potential customers, so why not give them
what they need, a digital virtual tour online to get their message in front of thousands instead of one at
a time.

As a Tulsa virtual tour company here in Oklahoma I have looked up several local business websites online
and was overwhelmed to discover that only about 5% had some kind of virtual display of their business online
and most of those where just still images. With all the marketing tools at our fingertips and the best virtual
tours on the market everyone should be producing some beautiful butterflies this year.  So hurry, follow the
flock of butterflies, and let’s transform RTV Virtual Tour Market for 2011 into a phenomenal money making year.

Let's see more butterflies.

We all applaud you, RTV for the wonderful work with this new virtual tour software!

Vicki Tuttle
Tulsa Eagle Eye Virtual Tours
http://www.tulsaeagleeyevirtualtours.com
Order a Virtual tour today 918-622-3280

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RTV First National Conference

RTV First National Conference

April 15-17th, 2011

 

To Register:

http://tinyurl.com/4buk7sc

Registration fee is $150 per person. Discounts for additional attendees is possible. Please email Jacque((at))realtourvision.com.

Tentative Agenda:

Friday

2:00-6:30 Registration at the Park Place Hotel
4:00-6:00: Guest Room check-in. Room rate is $99 a night. (Early check in option available if rooms are ready).
4:00-6:00: RTV Meet and Greet/Welcome Reception
6:00-7:30: Dinner with Keynote Speaker Jason LaVanture (Top of the Park) - (guest dinner and childcare available at additional cost with prior notice - please contact Jacque for more info)
7:30-8:30: Session TBD
8:30- On your own or fun hosted activities
Saturday

Breakfast (on your own)
8:00-5:00: Sessions
Morning and Afternoon Breaks (snacks provided)
Lite Lunch (provided)
Dinner (on your own)
Saturday topics include:
How To: Sales and Marketing presentations
Bracketing Workshop I: Shooting brackets and demo shooting
Practical Prepping: Follow a veteran photographer as he points out all the little things you might be missing when you shoot. Train your eye to make the room great for the photo you take.
Sunday

Breakfast (provided)
8:00-10:00 Sessions
Morning Break (snacks provided)
Sunday topics include:
Bracketing workshop II: (Demo Session) Use your software or a free download to combine your images from the day before. Computers are not available so bring your laptop. If you don't have a laptop then beg or borrow or look over someone's shoulder.
Photo Critiquing: Have the experts scrutinize the images you took the day before (or from your stock images) and learn what techniques can help you produce better photos.
Business presentation TBD
11:00 Check out, fond and fuzzy farewells

What you need to know:

Hotel Stay:
Contact The Park Place hotel 231-946-5000 to reserve your room.Room rates are $99 a night + tax. The Park Place is located in the heart of downtown Traverse City within walking distance of dining, nightlife and parks. Call and make your reservation by March 15th (late registration depending on availability).

If you would like to room share with another attendee please contact Jacque and I will match you up with another photographer of the same gender that has requested a room share. - Be sure to note this request on your registration form!
Travel:
http://www.park-place-hotel.com/directions

The above link gives travel directions from the local airport as well as Detroit, Chicago and Lansing. You can check flight rates for Traverse City airport as well as any number of other locations including Detroit (4hrs away), Chicago (5 hrs), Lansing (3hrs) and Grand Rapids (2hrs). If you plan to fly into a one of these airports and would like to share the cost of a car rental please let me know your arrival time and location and I will try to match you with a companion. - Be sure to note this request on your registration form.

Park Place Hotel offers complimentary shuttle service to and from Cherry Capital Airport. You will want to inform the front desk of your arrival and departure times when you make your reservation.
Dining:

The Park Place has a great on-site restaurant as well as a piano bar. There are also a number of great restaurants within walking distance of the hotel.
What to bring:

Your camera equipment/tripod and laptop would be wise so you can participate in demo shooting and processing.

Fun stuff to Do:
http://www.downtowntc.com
http://www.traversecity.com/index.php

Registration:
http://tinyurl.com/4buk7sc

Registration fee is $150 per person. Discounts for additional attendees is possible.

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Reserve Your Seat for - The FORMULA 44 - "The Pitch II"

If you reacted at all like I did then you were sitting at your computer during the last episode of “The Pitch” with a HUGE smile on your face. You had a vision of yourself in front of a group of real estate agents and they were all looking back at you nodding in harmony. When Alan Fon finished half way through his pitch your mind wandered and you thought to yourself, “Self, if your pitch was anything like this we would be doing hundreds of virtual tours each year!” Well, guess what?? You most likely are a 100% correct on that.


RTV dealers with a good sales pitch, our product, and a shred of confidence in their corner go head to head with their local competitors and shoot hundreds of virtual tours a year. Alan is back to deliver the second half of his proven sales pitch in The FORMULA 44 – “The Pitch II”



Please join us for this fantastic follow up on Tuesday, Feb 8th at 7:00 PM Eastern with Alan Fon, the owner of http://www.IslandDigitalImages.com. He will share the second half of his sales pitch that has built his virtual tour company to be one of the largest in the world. All in the small town of Corpus Christi.



"Anyone can do this!" - Alan Fon
Corpus Christi Virtual Tours



Because of the invaluable contents of this show it will be an Inner Circle only event. All Inner Circle members will receive their invitation via email prior to the show. See you there!



Like us! http://www.facebook.com/RealTourVision

Sincerely,

Jason

Like us! http://www.facebook.com/RealTourVision

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Baton Rouge Photographer Shouts Out

The new virtual tour software, Tour Builder 4.0 online from RTV is truly awesome! You guys must have worked very hard on it and I truly hope it gives many future customers the opportunity for a free trial. I've testified many times to how happy I am with your virtual tour product, updates, company, and will continue to do so, but nothing beats a free trial and an opportunity to put your money where our mouth is! The new online version can prove what we have all be talking about.

I've been a full service RTV Tour Builder for 4 years now and this Baton Rouge photographer is happy to take advantage of any of the virtual tour software updates, especially when it come to speeding up my tour building time. Not only did you deliver speed and ease but, woo wee, the HD virtual tour with high resolution photography and Full Screen capability makes me fall in love with your product all over again. I'm going back to re-upload previous clients with virtual tours to the update because it's really no trouble at all with new virtual tour builder software.

Keep up the great work RTV!
Carolyn Morton
http://brcomputercrew.com

Virtual Tours . Computer Repair . Websites

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How to register for an RTV Webinar

This year we would like as many of you to make our monthly webinars as possible.  It recently came to our attention that many of you think that our last minute show reminders are our only way for you to register for a show.  This of course would leave you with very little time to register and plan for our event and is not the case.   In fact, RTV typically has a show scheduled in advance one to two weeks before the show is released making it VERY simple for you to register for each show in advance.  To register for an RTV event simply follow these three easy steps below.

1. Login to your virtual tour software manager http://tms.realtourvision.com
2. On the left navigation click on the button that says The FORMULA / The IMAGE
3. On the registration page read the details regarding the up and coming shows and register for the shows you would like to attend.  

See the images below and we'll see you on the next show!

Real Tour Vision Virtual Tour Software

866-947-8687

http://www.RealTourVision.com

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A New Year and New Virtual Tour Software

Virtual Tour Success, your premiere Harrison virtual tour company is very excited to be jumping on the bandwagon in 2011 with RTV and their virtual tour software, Tour Builder 4.0. What that means to our clients is the Lakes Region Virtual Tour provider of choice will be using the latest in virtual tour technology.  It means speed and HD excellence in all we do.  Our interactive virtual tours are built and stored online. So if our computer or your computer should fail, no virtual tour is lost.

Plus, we can use the virtual tour software anywhere!  We can shoot and build on site. The bottom line is that this gets our product out there for our clients in record time! It keeps our production costs down, so that savings gets passed on to our clients. In this competitive market we know how important keeping costs down are!   Our virtual tours will are amazingly flexible.  There will be no need to redo a virtual tour completely if our client wants to add an image. Or when the seasons change, as they do often here in New England, and our commercial virtual tour clients need to reflect that in their marketing campaigns.  Resizing a photo is a breeze—as it’s done automatically. Changes are easy!! 

As your real estate marketing provider, we are second to none. We don’t need to upload HD separately and our virtual tours can work in conjunction with our HD slideshows.   Don’t worry; our reliable tour window is still the same.  Your tour will have all of your contact information and the usual links. We will now simply be putting things together in record time. This allows us to work with clients efficiently and effectively.

How’s that for a Happy New Year? The most streamlined process for our clients! Our goals and yours are the same--quality, time driven virtual tours and slideshows. Virtual Tour Success will help you get it sold or promote your business. Join us on this adventure! Order your Lakes Region virtual tour today.

Buffy Crosby
Owner
Virtual Tour Success
www.virtualtoursuccess.com
Harrison virtual tours

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A Fast Start

Today is officially my fourth day in starting up my virtual tour business with RTV virtual tour software company and I have already made my first virtual tour sale!  I intended to get off to a fast start and still, I am a bit surprised by how fast everything is progressing.

Like others who decide to get into the property marketing business when it's hot, I was a bit taken aback by the sheer volume of information to digest.  I knew the best course was to just read, study and practice to get enough information to get started.  I think I could study this material for weeks and weeks and still feel a bit apprehensive about getting out there and promoting my Connecticut virtual tour business.

I have learned over the years, that sometimes it is just better to "get your feet wet".  I know I will make mistakes along the way, and I also know that I will learn and grow from those mistakes.  So I just decided that I had enough information to get started.  I don't think we need to learn every aspect of the virtual tour business to get started.  What we need to do is to get out there and talk with people.  A mentor once told me, "people do not do business with companies, but rather, people do business with people."  Do you want to be another face in the crowd, or do you want to stand out and be recognized?

RTV has provided all the training, virtual tour software, infrastructure,  and support to help get me started fast. It is ultimately up to us as virtual tour dealers to "get out there" and get our feet wet.  We don't need to "reinvent the wheel," we just need to go for it.

I am very confidant that this first sale is an indication that my decision to start creating Connecticut virtual tours will be well received in my community, and that we can make a difference for so many local real estate agents struggling in this historic down turn.

Come on in, the water is fine!

Dave Stegmeir
Owner
CTVtours Inc
Connecticut Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour: 203 885-0207

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How to use RTV Virtual Tour Software

Tour Builder 4.0 is now here! RTV is so excited that this product has been released. Our main goal was to simplify the tour building process, move tour storage online, and make updates and edits easier than ever. We hope we’ve met those goals.

I know a lot of you have burning questions about how to make your first tour using Tour Builder 4.0. I have written some simple directions for our current dealers to use to fast track building their first virtual tour using the new system. The directions assume you’ve built a tour before and that you remember how to do it. If you haven’t created your first tour, or it has been a long time, then I recommend downloading the complete manual at this link:

http://support.realtourvision.com/downloads/TourBuilder4-TMS.pdf
 
Everyone else can just forge ahead. If you get stuck go ahead and download the whole manual with screenshots. It’s free! The first thing you need before making a new tour online is images to upload. You still need to stitch on your computer. You can stitch through the Tour Builder software and export high resolution images or you can learn how to stitch through Panavue. Click the link below to watch the video on how to do that:

http://Support.realtourvision.com/downloads/Panavue_101.zip - Zip download

http://www.youtube.com/v/IG92Dw37Y38 - YouTube

I recommend saving your images for a tour all in one folder. Also, for the sake of organization and efficiency, when you save the photos name them what you want the scene to be titled in the tour, that way you don’t have to change it later. You will also need to rotate your stills so they are upright if you took them with your camera mounted on the rotator. Once your images are prepared you are ready to build a tour.

1.    Log into TMS
2.    Click the Create HD V-Tours button
3.    Choose a tour type
4.    Type in the tour title
5.    Edit the tour colors if desired. Copy the color codes into the appropriate box or click in the field to open a color picker.
6.    Click the drop down box to choose a hotspot
7.    Click Continue
8.    Press the Upload button in the upper left
9.    Browse to the folder containing the images.
10.    Highlight the image(s) and press Open
11.    Images should be 900 pixels high or less and less than 800 kb. If they are not then they will be adjusted automatically
12.    Rename images if necessary  
13.    Drag and drop images to sort
14.    Type in Spinfo scene description
15.    Click the Copy Down Spinfo button to repeat the first Spinfo in all the scenes
16.    Choose type – TB 4.0 attempts to guess what kind of image has been uploaded. It may guess incorrectly so it is important to check. If the wrong type is chosen the scene may need to be deleted and added in again later.
17.    Click Continue to proceed to the next step
18.    Place a hotspot by single left clicking in the image
19.    Type in the hotspot caption
20.    Click the down arrow to access the scene to jump to
21.    Click in the Starting Point box to set the hotspot starting point if desired. An overlay of the image will open. Click where you want the hotspot to open the scene.
22.    Click Save
23.    Place any other hotspots in this scene
24.    If it is necessary to delete a hotspot, click on the hotspot and click the trash can
25.    Click in the scene starting point box to choose where the scene should open in the viewer. An overlay of the scene will open. Click where you want the scene to open in the viewer.
26.    Click on the down arrow next to Tour Scenes to access the next scene in the tour
27.    Place those hotspots as needed until all the scenes are done.
28.    Choose the scene to use for a tour thumbnail and click Capture Thumbnail
29.    Click Continue to the Info/Edit page and Edit as usual, assign to realtor/owner, add attachments, etc

Enjoy the new Virtual Tour Software!
RTV, Inc 866-947-8687

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Vroom Vroom - There Goes my Exposure Engine!

Since 2009, Larimar Images has been providing virtual tours, photography and marketing solutions to real estate professionals and business owners in Wausau, WI.  In 2009 our digital marketing company was given the opportunity to become an RTV virtual tour provider. I can tell you all out there, RTV's virtual tour software out performs other virtual tour software by leaps and bounds!  I've tried em!!!!

Jason and his staff are readily available to answer  questions at a moments notice and that is another reason I am so happy to have joined the RTV team.  Most of all I look forward to watching their bi-weekly digitam marketing and photography training webinars and last week was no exception.  I would like to tell you about last weeks webinar and my discovery.  While hosting the webinar last week Jason reminded us that we should be offering a product called The Exposure Engine.  I knew this was available and it was at the top of my list to learn what it was all about so I could start offering this to my real estate clients for their listings.

I quickly e-mailed RTV and they instantly replied stating that I should watch the Formula 13, a past virtual tour webinar geared towards making an added revenue stream by ripping tours to video and syndicating. Saturday morning I woke up early watched the webinar and proceeded to follow the steps Jason so carefully laid out in the webinar. This product "The Exposure Engine" is supposed to increase an agents listing presence on the web and create more traffic to the tour and I was hoping these claims were true as the more web traffic, the more chance there is for showings and then of course the more chance for a sale!

By 10am Saturday morning I completed the steps on one of my home listings and all I needed to do now was wait and see.  I received the web traffic report on this home early Sunday morning.  All of my clients receive this report if they order one of my Wausau virtual tours or HD slideshows from me. The weekly report tells in great detail, how many people viewed the virtual tour, and where on the web they came from along with other details.  I was excited and completely amazed at the difference!  For about 2 months this home was receiving about 4 -6 hits per week, and now the report was showing 15 with 13 web views  in the last 24 hours which was when I added the Exposure Engine to this listing!

I am completely sold on the Exposure Engine product and so are my customers! I will surely be promoting this tool to help my clients gain rank and more exposure for their listings!  The added marketing it offers my company is fantastic too!  The proof is in the "web traffic report" and I can't wait to show this to my clients!

If you want more web traffic to your listings be sure to call me Lori Woldt,  Larimar Images - Virtual Tours and digital marketing to enhance your web presence.  By the way...if you have not signed up for the next FORMULA 43 episode you really need to.  This will be all about the brand new 2011 Exposure Engine which includes a QR Code!!

Lori Woldt
Wausau Virtual Tours
http://www.LarimarTours.com
Order a Virtual Tour: 715-574-6333

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The FORMULA 43 - Exposure Engine 2011

Did you know that BlueLaVaMedia (Traverse Virtual Tours) made nearly $6000 in 2010 JUST by offering an Exposure Engine? We sold 310 real estate virtual tours / V-Slides and 295 Exposure Engines were ordered. Now that’s penetration! Did you know that Island Digital Images (Corpus Virtual Tours) brought in $9300 in Exposure Engine sales in a single year?? Owner Alan Fon called us up on the phone at the year’s end thanking RTV for giving his virtual tour company such an amazing new revenue stream.  What is an Exposure Engine?

http://www.bluelavamedia.com/marketing.html#Exposure%20Engine

Does the Exposure Engine take work?? Yes of course it does but it’s 20 minutes of your time that PAYS IN BIG RETURNS and if done correctly gives YOUR COMPANY maximum exposure at the same time. Are you ready to teach every home shopper in your community why they need to use your virtual tour service and get paid for it at the same time? Are you ready to drive your per tour profits up with the most powerful virtual tour add-on ever conceived? If you’re ready, you need to come to the FORMULA 43 on Jan 18th at 7:00 Eastern. The Exposure Engine 2011 is going to leave you screaming, “Yeah Baby!”

Sign up for the show now in your http://tms.realtourvision.com

See you there RTV!!

RTV, Inc,
Virtual Tour Software & Digital Marketing Training
877-947-8687
http://www.RealTourVision.com

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We Love the New Developments

We have not used the new virtual tour software, Tour Builder 4 to process a tour yet but I have watched the instruction video and read and printed the instructions. It looks like a true time saver to the overall virtual tour creation process and should save fifteen to twenty minutes of production time for us per virtual tour. I can't wait to use it on my first San Antonio virtual tour of the year when I get back. (I'm at the Marine Corp Base at Twentynine Palms, CA visiting my grand kids). I'll be home and will be giving it a go for the first time on January 12th.

I would like to say hats off to RTV for the AMAZING job they did on their new stand alone slide show. It is so easy and fast to use that we were able to have an end-of-the-year special to introduce it and the agents just loved it! The special was very successful and we are looking forward to introducing Tour Builder 4 with the same type of special promotion.

I really thank RTV for enabling us to stay on the cutting edge of the virtual tour industry! Thanks for everything RTV! 1000 virtual tours this year!

Jerry & Trish Mumme
Crystal Clear Images
San Antonio Virtual Tours
http://www.CrystalClear360.com
Order a virtual tour: 210-822-1234

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Wisconsin Virtual Tour Provider Rings in New Year

2011 is finally here and 360 Image Media, your Wisconsin Virtual Tour Provider could not be happier. With 2011 came a chance to make our virtual tours and real estate photography even better. Along side of our technology partners over at RTV, we launched our all NEW High Definition Slideshows, and all we can say is WOW.  RTV also just launched their new virtual tour software, Tour Builder 4 Online.

What does this do for me you say? Well two fold for all the RTV dealers out there, this will streamline the time needed to create and go live with a new Virtual Tour. For the customers of Wisconsin Virtual Tours , this means we can turn around our finished product even quicker than our already industry leading turnaround times. We have built 3 tours with the new Tour Builder 4 since the launch on Monday and it is amazing, fast, and just plain easy. It should easily save us fifteen to twenty minutes per virtual tour!

Also since everything 360 Image Media does is Apple based, the new online builder allows freedom from our last remaining ties to Windows, Goodbye Microsoft you won’t be missed. So whether you’re a real estate agent, business owner, or RTV dealer, Tour Builder 4 allows you to dominate the competition, and provide unbeatable quality, speed, and all around superb products for your customers. 

We are also excited to launch a new local real estate blog Wisconsin Real Estate for Sale. It will have local Listings and informational posts for local real estate professionals, from other real estate professionals. We plan to optimize this new blog and drive massive amounts of traffic here from potential home buyers as well as local real estate professionals.

If you are a real estate professional and have a good article or blog story send it to us at Wisconsin Real Estate for Sale.  We are excited and ready to make 2011 even bigger and better than 2010. Our team here at 360 Image Media looks forward to all the amazing virtual tours and customers we will get to work with in the coming year.  Don’t miss your chance to board the Technology Bullet Train, its steaming straight through your neighborhood, and were the engineers.

To see how 360 Image Media can help you photograph, market, and execute a amazing plan in 2011 give us a call today.

Robin Duran & The 360 Image Media Team
Owner
www.360imagemedia.com
Wisconsin Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour today: 262-613-1099    

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TC Virtual Tours Now offering QR Codes

Team BlueLaVaMedia, Traverse City Virtual Tour Provider, is very pleased to inform you that you’re going to be getting MORE VALUE than ever in 2011!!  First off all of our virtual tours are now automatically created in High Definition (HD).  No additional work is required on our end to make your virtual tours HD so we’re passing that time savings to YOU, our valued customer. From here forward all of our virtual tours will be HD at no extra cost to you.  Check out our current real estate tour pricing at http://www.bluelavamedia.com/pricing.html

Please don’t forget that we’re also currently running a buy five and get one free special on all of these packages until next Friday 1-14-11.

Secondly, we’re expanding our Exposure Engine offering to now include a QR code for you to use in your print advertising (or wherever else you see fit).  A QR or Quick Response code can be scanned in by ANY web enabled smart phone and link a shopper directly to your virtual tour or youtube video for that listing.  Try it now!  Scan the code below with a bar code reader on your smart phone and you will see our virtual tour template load. If you need a barcode reader simply go into your app store and download one.  They’re free!
 

For those of you that don’t have flash enabled phones you will have to click on the iPad & Smartphone link off the tour to catch the video.  Are you ready for the best part?  When anyone scans your QR codes and checks out your virtual tours these will appear as HITS on your weekly virtual tour hit reports!!

Jim is currently booking presentations around town regarding our new QR Code technology and Mobile Websites. Please contact Jim at least a week or two in advance for a presentation at your office of this new and exciting technology. If you have any questions about our new HD Virtual tours, QR Codes, or Mobile Websites please don’t hesitate to give us a call.

Thanks for your support!

Team BlueLaVaMedia

Jim, Jason & Heather
TC Virtual Tours
http://www.BlueLaVaMedia.comOrder a virtual tour: 231-946-1360

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RTV Announces New Online Virtual Tour Software

RTV™, Inc announces Online Virtual Tour Software for HD Virtual Tours and HD V-Slides
Traverse City, MI Jan 5th 2011

View our promo video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjmcxoCepmY


RTV, Inc, a provider of virtual tour software and National photography services announced today their new online virtual tour software system. This new virtual tour software allows anyone to create a virtual tour online and save an additional ten to fifteen minutes of production time per property tour.  Providers using their previous system, Tour Builder 3.0, were able to create, publish and deliver a full property tour in about an hour. The addition of this new online virtual tour software system gives RTV’s current and future customers significantly faster production times and a competitive advantage over other virtual tour software companies around the World.

Jason LaVanture, VP and founder of RTV stated: “We’re very excited offer this new technology to our clients. Our new Tour Builder 4.0 is certainly first in class and has several advantages over our previous version.  Our virtual tour providers around the World can expect much more to come from RTV this year.  We increased our technology budget nearly 300% in 2010 and we’re going to double that figure this year. RTV is here to stay and we’re more committed than ever to our customer’s success.”

The new virtual tour software is 100% browser based making it available to both PC and MAC users.  RTV’s new batch file uploader also saves their providers time by allowing users to publish all high definition images to a virtual tour at once and users can make rapid changes to tours from any internet connection.
 
Douglas Knorr, Chairman of RTV stated: “It’s a truly wonderful time for RTV and our clients. Our diverse offering, dedication to our customers success through extensive training and support services has made our company quite stable during these hard economic times.  The time could not be better than now to become a digital marketing expert with the help of RTV!”

Since late 1999, RTV has continually led the way in the virtual tour software industry.  Offering a wide variety of services ranging from virtual tour hosting, national photography services, website setup, digital marketing and social media training, customer support, continual software updates, virtual staging, panoramic listing sign riders, single property websites, listing syndication, mobile TXT marketing, virtual tour traffic reporting, interactive floor plans, elevated photography, and more.

For more information call 866-947-8687 Ext 4 email info (AT) realtourvision.com or visit their website at http://www.RealTourVision.com Those interested in sampling the new technology or business opportunities with RTV are encouraged to visit their website for more information and free software trial accounts.
About RTV, Inc

RTV, Inc. is property marketing company that has been a recognized leader in interactive 360 panoramic virtual tours and virtual tour software for over 11 years. The company has built up the largest worldwide network of virtual tour providers and property marketing experts with dealers in 40 countries. RTV virtual tours are chosen over other virtual tour software programs daily by intelligent business owners who demand the best virtual tour software to showcase and market their businesses online.

Contact:
RTV, Inc
Jason LaVanture
VP / Founder
866-947-8687 Ext 4
jason@RealTourVision.com

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Virtual Tour Software Launch | Tour Builder 4.0 Live

We're very excited to inform you that our new Tour Builder 4.0 virtual tour software is live and ready to use. If you're an RTV customer simply take a moment and login to your http://tms.realtourvision.com to download the instructions. If you prefer, you can also watch The FORMULA Episode 41 for a full video tutorial on the new system from our www.RockPointeMarketing.com site.

Secondly, and as a reminder to you, please take a moment and register for tonight's FORMULA show.  We'll be going over some very important updates and talking about using the power of QR codes in your local market. Find out why Dawn Frees has been in her local newspapers already twice for using QR codes.  See why Nancy Bain's phone has been ringing off the hook for QR code presentations.

Bottom Line -You DON'T want to be the last one on this train. Come to the show and see why!

Register here

Enjoy the new virtual tour software technology RTV!

Yours Sincerely,
Team RTV
Order a virtual tour: 866-947-8687

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Networking into the New Year

I have to tell you how I met Rob & Ryan Gick of Gick Builders Inc., a Lafayette Home Builder. I met this father and son duo when visiting the Lafayette BNI group here in Indiana. By the way I strongly suggest joining your local BNI. They approached me after the meeting  to have a virtual tour done of a recently completed remodel.

We met shortly after at the project and I was amazed at the transformation that had taken place. They had converted what was the living room into a mother in law quarters with her own kitchen and bedroom with full bath that is handicap accessible. I was stunned as they showed me where the old house ended and the new addition began. The new kitchen and dining room made my jaw dropand the study that is off the kitchen with it's gas fireplace was inviting me to sit with a good book. These artisans did it all too from poring the footers to painting the warm colors. To say the least I was thoroughly impressed. Have a look at their work and mine at my Lafayette virtual tour company site.  Enjoy!


iView Tours
Lafayette Virtual Tours
www.iviewtours.com
Order a virtual tour: 765-412-9338

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Happy New Year from BlueLaVaMedia

Hello and Happy New Year from BlueLaVaMedia. Your #1 trusted source for TC Virtual Tours.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your virtual tour business and support this last year. We have enjoyed assisting in showcasing your properties with our many powerful property marketing tools and look forward to our continued relationship in the New Year.

We pledge to continue to bring you the best HD Virtual Tours, V-Slides, as well as leading edge digital marketing programs. In early 2011 we will introduce to many of you, mobile marketing and help you take advantage of the tremendous smart phone growth through QR codes and an exciting and low cost mobile  website that will include text capability.

SmartPhone users, scan the code below for a sneak peek!

Finally, we would like to take this time to offer you our famous BlueLaVaMedia Sizzling 6 Pack. For a limited time you may pre-purchase five of any of our Real Estate Virtual Tour or V-Slide packages and receive your 6'th absolutely FREE!! Click below for our current packages and pricing.
http://www.bluelavamedia.com/pricing.html

Pre-purchased virtual tours can be used over any time period and must be purchased prior to January 14th. As we all finish the holiday with friends and family we look forward to the opportunities that 2011will bring to  all of us. Thank you again for letting us be your trusted marketing partner and virtual tour provider.

Yours Sincerely,

Jim Blue, Jason & Heather LaVanture

PS.  Jim and I will be teaching some classes over at TAAR this year so keep your eyes open for them!




Jim, Jason & Heather
BlueLaVaMedia - #1 Source for Traverse City Virtual Tours
http://www.BlueLaVaMedia.com
Order a virtual tour: 231-946-1360 - Local

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