The IMAGE 32 - Video Editing 101 - Movie Magic

Start your journey down the red carpet with us as we Introduce the IMAGE webinars first ever episode of Video editing…Video Editing 101 - Movie Magic!



We are really excited that our new virtual tour system will support full motion video. Yes, the silver screen is coming to RTV. In preparation for the new tour system we wanted to help you get started with video by teaching you some of the basics of editing and producing a video.

In this episode of the IMAGE we will go over these basic steps to produce a video: creating a video project, importing your media, basic editing, adding audio, and producing the final video clip.

We will be using the Adobe Premiere Elements 10 Video software for our editing purposes. We chose this software because of its low price, ease of use, and its powerful editing features. This software is compatible with both PC’s and Mac’s making it a universal solution for all.

You may want to consider purchasing this software yourself before the webinar so that you can follow along. Here is a link to the Premiere Elements 10 software on Adobe’s website: http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere-elements.html

Make sure that you attend this webinar!  Sign up now in your TMS
Join us November 29, 2011 at 7pm Eastern for…Movie Magic 101. See you there.

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The FORMULA 60 - MagicPlan Floor Plan Maker

Did you know…

53% of buyers are more likely to spend time looking at a listing if a floor plan was included

80% of buyers think floor plans are essential before looking at a property

Over the last two years we’ve looked at many floor plan technologies as a group.  Many of you have adopted these technologies into your property marketing company and others have passed up floor plans simply because they take too long to create. 

The new RTV Virtual Tour System coming online soon will accept a fully integrated floor plan and we thought it would be a good idea to showcase some of the latest floor plan capture technology to really give your virtual tour business a BOOST in 2012.

Enter MagicPlan, the first iPhone / Android “Scan & Plan” app based floor plan solution that’s truly a time saver like never before. Using MagicPlan is as simple as taking a picture with your phone.  Watch this video and see how easy this is: http://youtu.be/Px9QTgr8fRY  and here’s the results:
http://ec.sensopia.com/1919854

Please join myself and  Jacques Gaubil on Tuesday, November 8th at 7:00 Eastern time while we discuss how this program works, why you might consider trying it out and of course a special discount given to RTV dealers who sign up for MagicPlan.  We hope to see you there RTV!


Register for this show now in your TMS

Yours Sincerely,

Jason

RTV, Inc
Virtual Tour Software & Digital Marketing Tools
866-947-8687

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Virtual Tours: The Benefits Revealed

With the technological advances in a highly competitive real estate industry, everyone involved must embrace the effects of 360 virtual tours in this field.  The fact of the matter is that virtual tours are replacing the traditional way of house buying; still there are some who do not agree with the idea. Others might would opt for the older ways of buying a house, since its the way that are used to and the only process they have ever known. Now more than ever, virtual tours have become more popular and extensively used in real estate in order to become highly competitive among others.
Here are just a few of the benefits of a Virtual Tour:

Virtual Tour Benefits For Home Buyers:

•     Consumers who use the internet, prefer virtual tours for home buying because it saves a lot of time.
•     They have an instant preview of the properties.
•     Saves gas, energy and money specially when looking for homes out of town.
•     An interested individual will be able to get family and friends opinion of the property he/she wants to buy.
•     The most convenient way of buying a home where the buyer can investigate the house from anywhere with internet access.

Virtual Tour Benefits For Realtors:

•     Adds a “wow” factor to the property promotion.
•     Attracts new potential buyer/clients.
•     Increases the chances of selling the property in lesser time.
•     Helps to sell properties quickly and easily
•     Virtual tours allow realtors to focus on more productive appointments while still promoting the products online.

Generally, with its availability and accessibility, the internet has become the most valuable tool and for the majority of consumers when it comes to product searching. The tight competition in the housing market nowadays demands the seller to create an impression that would catch every possible buyer’s attention. Using virtual tours on any specific website will be attract more visitors than a competitor’s site that only make use of still pictures. A presentable promotion with sufficient content and information about the property, keeps the visitors staying on the site and draws more curiosity and interest, thus, increasing the  potential sell to a buyer.

Virtual tours have not only made it beneficial to, but most of all an essential factor for property marketing. It’s like having a 24/7 open house online, allowing more home buyers to view properties for sale without the presence of the realtor to present the property, a win win scenario for all!


Mickey and Allison Schuetzle
Arkansas Virtual Media
Little Rock Virtual Tours
http://www.ArkansasVirtualMedia.com
Order a virtual tour: 501-208-TOUR (8687)

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Nashua Virtual Tour Company Gets Published!

This client Cook and Cook is a real estate agency in Hollis NH. We have been doing virtual tours for this firm for over 1 year.She contacted us for some of our "Secret Weapon" pictures  for this publication to use in featuring one of her listing on the front cover . We sent the publication several shots we took on the home and they picked the kitchen shot.  The agents pay the publication to put the listing in and they run 6 times a year.

Here is the link for the virtual tour. http://rtvpix.com/RE-6225-3LCAWA-01?h=500&w=700
I'm starting to use the secret weapon more and more for higher end shots in our 360 tours and am going to try a couple of Spins next. I have featured  a 5 pack added to a shoot at $35.00 extra and it is going over very well.

Its a building block approach to the new higher end service we are providing. for only Penny's a picture it is well worth it to get in the market and stand out from the completion. My agents are starting to use the shots in the mls pictures too. I had several agents at a RE boards show last week ask if some of the pictures they were looking at were ours because our new imaging process stand out so well!



Thanks RTV.  Keep up the hard work and I'll see you next year at the show in TC!


Yours Truly,

Hank Bogardus
SDC
Nashua Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour: 603-759-1852

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Island Digital Images Turns Five

On October 23, 2006 Island Digital Images, LLC published our first real estate virtual tour. It’s hard to believe that it has been five years since that first publication and subsequent sale of that home. During our five-year history we have always striven to provide you with cutting edge marketing vehicles including single property search friendly web sites, Text Marketing, Media Exposure Engine, Sign Banners, Mobile Web Sites, Full Screen Virtual Tours, Weekly Virtual Tour Hit Reports, High Definition Virtual Tours, QR Codes, and most recently the incredible Platinum real estate photography option.

During the summer of 2006 we invested three months looking at the various virtual tour techniques and software options prior to deciding to partner with RTV. That early foundational decision was the right decision for you our customers as it has helped facilitate many of the benefits that we have at our disposal today.  We meet in person with RTV each year and help formulate the product development road map that they follow.

We look closely at our competition both on a local and national level. This helps us continue to stay out front in providing increasing value to our clients.  We are amazed as competitors come and go and tout this technology or that technology or up-time that simply is dwarfed by our product offering and 100% up time.

As we look forward to our next five years we will continue to enhance our digital property-marketing portfolio by offering our clients the best technology has to offer.

As part of our five-year anniversary celebration we are offering our clients an upgrade from any of our virtual tours to our corresponding Platinum HD9 virtual tour at no additional charge, this is a fifty dollar value. Simply mention this Platinum HD9 upgrade when booking your appointment. This offer is limited to just one upgrade per client and the offering expires November 30th.

Thank you for your support as a client of Island Digital Images, LLC and we look forwarded to working with you over the next five years.

Alan

Alan Fon

Owner

Corpus Christi Virtual Tours

http://www.IslandDigitalImages.com
Local - (361) 749-0901

Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/homevideostudioportaransas

 

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The IMAGE - It's Magic III

Everyone wants to produce beautiful photos and many times that requires a bit of photo editing to enhance their beauty. Join me, Ben Knorr, for It’s Magic 3 as we go through some different photo editing techniques that you can use to make your images look great. RTV dealers please join us October 25, 2011 at 7pm Eastern for…It’s Magic 3. See you there! Register now in your TMS! 

See you there.
Ben Knorr
Virtual Tour Photography & Digital Marketing Training 

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Using Tech Savvy and Network Savvy Agents

Homeowners are increasingly learning the ins and outs of the internet and how it can help them for their quest in signing the perfect real estate agent and of course selling that property.  Not only do the online viewers want to see a picture of the property, they want to stand inside the property, snoop around without having to actually get in the car, and leave home. Online viewers are demanding; as they should be. After all this is 2011 folks!

They want to see fast loading HD visual content, not a few snapshots scattered across an MLS listing page. They also don't want to have to fill out a form and provide all of their information to anyone just to gain access to this info.  DO YOU HEAR ME RE/MAX? Your director of marketing should be fired.

As a virtual tour provider yourself, you know that high quality virtual tours are the way to go when trying to accomplish a sense of security when establishing a potential buyer/seller trust.  They want to see that the agent took the time to hire a professional and that the tour is a true, reliable representation of that property.  Using a distributor that uses HD virtual tour technology is the only way to accomplish this.

SLP Virtual Tours, at http://activerain.com/stiefelstudios or http://www.stiefelstudios.com is a company based in the Philadelphia, PA area that offers this exciting technology and has done so since early 2006.Another way buyers/sellers are choosing their agents is by checking to see if they use networking sites.  Sites like Facebook and Wanna Network allow agents to set up a profile page, blogs, and their real estate listings.  All of these features are included and are free to use. 

Agents not taking advantage of these sites are starting to be overlooked quickly.  Agents utilizing these sites are shooting to the top ranks in their brokerage firms, producing higher sales numbers and quick turnarounds.  Agents can send a bulletin of their newest listing including a video of their virtual tour to everyone on their friend list, quickly getting the word out on the property listing.  Viewers also get a personal look into the agent themselves from these sites.  Are they popular with others?  Do they log in daily to stay on top of things?  And they take the time to read the blogs and About Me sections to get to know the agent before contacting them.  Craigslist is also free to list in almost all of the major cities and is yet another great tool for agents to use on a daily basis.

Jennifer Stiefel
Stiefel Studios
http://www.StiefelStudios.com
Order a virtual tour: 610-924-4017

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Still Shopping For a Virtual Tour Company?

If you're currently in the research phase of selecting a virtual tour company, then by now you must be tired of looking at one virtual tour company website after another trying to decide which one can better market your real estate listings for you. It’s a daunting task, but a very important one. Because at the end of the day, you need a virtual tour company that  takes the extra step to actually market your listings online. You need to select a virtual tour company that does not just stop at delivering a virtual tour to your inbox.

There are many national and local companies to choose from. In fact, today, if you are to pull up a listing of all Realtor.com ® Picture Path® authorized partners, you would probably see a very long and almost overwhelming list. This is mostly due to the fact that there are no costs to be an authorized partner. This opens the floodgates for all kinds of different virtual tour companies that may or may not market your listings effectively. Many of these companies don't even offer national coverage and some are no longer in business.

When you are looking through our Traverse City Virtual Tour company website,  keep in mind the one question that brought you here: What makes BlueLaVaMedia different from other virtual tour providers in Michigan? How can this local Northern Michigan virtual tour company market my listings better than some of these national virtual tour companies or other local companies.

The answer friend is simple, and starts with our virtual tours. Here are a few differences for you to consider:

When Jim and I started BlueLaVaMedia in 2008, we chose to use RTV virtual tour software technology to power our virtual tours for you.

• Our interactive virtual tour technology has been around for over 12 years. During that time RTV has done an amazing job at keeping their virtual tour technology at the forefront of virtual tour technology. Because of our partnership with RTV you can sit back and do what you do best, list and sell. Let us continue advancing your virtual tour technology month after month. We'll inform you as our technology updates and new features are made available to you.
• We offer both HD V-Slides and HD V-Tours giving you the option of using either technology on your listings. Both technologies come in branded and non branded formats, can be pushed to Realtor.com, provide to you an elegant looking weekly hit report for you to send off to your client, are streamed in HD, and both are mobile friendly.  You will find both of our core technologies quite attractive.
• Both our HD V-Slides and V-Tours are interactive. They engage the users to click, drag and explore through your listing.  This level of interaction creates excitement with your listings and stirs emotion that will lead to you getting more showings than listings not taking advantage of interactive virtual tour technology.
• You wouldn’t be looking for a virtual tour company if you just wanted to have pictures taken. That's called a photographer. At BlueLaVaMedia, we combine the professional photographer with the digital marketer.  Many photographers have not yet made this leap and will ultimately struggle to continue to find work.  Since we wear both hats, we offer several powerful property marketing tools that promote your listings online, help them rank in the search engines, drive traffic to your website and make you look your very best online.  Consider our Exposure Engine which is our most popular virtual tour add on. Virtual tours pushed through our Exposure Engine receive 50% more traffic than those that are not submitted. It is vital today that once the tour is completed , it is then marketed to prospective buyers on the Internet. This is what we do best.
• We burn a feed of all of our virtual tours to local real estate agents by way of our HotSheet.  Every time we create twenty or more virtual tours, they get automatically sent out to all of the members at TAAR through our automated feed.  This allows everyone to see your listings and connects potential buyers with your homes. Remember that a virtual tour is an Internet marketing tool, but without being actually marketed on the Internet, it is nothing more than a wasted advertising expense. 

At BlueLaVaMedia, everything is about marketing your listings, the more successful  you become, the more successful we become. This results in even more marketing for our website, your tours, your listings and this all happens automatically when you choose us as your digital marketing partner.

Take some time and look around our Traverse City virtual tour company website. While you're there make sure you check out our HD Virtual Tour Gallery, read some client testimonials, and check out all five pages of our powerful property marketing tools that help promote your business and listings on the Internet in today's digital world.


I look forward to working with you in the very near future!

Jason LaVanture
Owner / Organizer









Traverse City Virtual Tours & Advanced Property Marketing
http://www.BlueLaVaMedia.com
Order a virtual tour today: 877-941-TOUR (8687)

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Utilize Everything from RTV

I am the type of person who is not satisfied unless I go above and beyond a customer’s expectations. Therefore, I take advantage and try to utilize all aspects of the available new virtual tour updates and virtual tour features I get from RTV virtual tour software system. This year has been truly amazing and from what I hear from corporate...they're just getting warmed up!

My first love is graphic designing, and my latest corporate virtual tour was for the Society of Franco-Ontarian History and Genealogy (S.F.O.H.G.) in Timmins, Ontario.  I was truly in my element as I was able to combine all three of my passions into one HD virtual tour media!  The purpose of the virtual tour is to promote membership and awareness of our Genealogy Society, as well as to create interest in our new genealogical facility housed at the Timmins Public Library.  I am proud to say, that the virtual tour is very effectively doing its job! 

I was simply in awe five years ago soon after I signed with RTV when a major update was introduced:  text descriptions were available for each scene! It came as a total surprise to me, especially since I had voiced this same desire to a friend of mine only a few days prior to its release. An now here we are many years later and we have mobile compatibility, full screen tours, and our new powerful HD V-Slides. It's all simply amazing! That is one of the best qualities about RTV; they are always searching for innovative ways to consistently improve upon their services and because of this determination, they continue to remain above  the crowd.

The functions of Virtual Tours do not have limits, and neither should the tour software and technology used to produce the tours. Virtual Tours are as versatile as your imagination. They serve as a 24 hour salesman for your home, business or organization, but it can also be molded to clearly convey a special message through a visual story that produces impact! A story that utilizes specifically tailored designs, crisp and vibrant still photos, realistic 360 degree panoramas, the descriptive text that neatly ties the tour scenes together, the music selection you choose for each tour and all the many other amazing tour feature. It only keeps getting better and better. Thanks RTV!

Denise DeForge
Dragonfly Spins Virtual Tour & Graphic Design Services
Iroquois Falls Virtual Tours
www.dragonflyspins.com
Order a virtual tour: 705-232-4188

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Springfield, Illinois Virtual Tour Provider Launches HD V-Slides

Springfield, Illinois Virtual Tour Provider Launches High Definition High Definition V-Slides
What is the fastest way to get the word out about our savvy new tool in our marketing tool chest?  With a 360° HD V-Slide to one of our many local historic landmarks!

360 Trough The Door Virtual Tours in Springfield, Illinois recently photographed the most prominent building in Central Illinois, the Illinois State Capitol.  This 1889 gem took almost 20 years to build. Construction began in 1869 and was completed in 1889.This tour, showcases the architectural style of the French Renaissance and I captured high definition and pristine images of this beautifully restored and maintained historic building.
The Illinois State Capitol houses the executive and legislative branches of government including all of the executive officers of the state; Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.

View The Full HD V-Slide of the Illinois State Capitol.

We are proud to be able to feature this new tool to our local Hotels, Bed and Breakfasts, and especially to our local REALTORS®.

This is likely to be a game changer for real estate marketing in and around Springfield, Illinois!
Three years ago, we did our homework and searched for the premium real estate marketing company in the business.  Once our research was finished, we were completely sold on RTV's panoramic software.  We have been knocking out high quality virtual tours and providing cutting edge tools in the Land of Lincoln ever  since.

Sally Stephens                       
Karen Gorman
360 TTD Virtual Tours
www.360throughthedoor.com       
Springfield, Illinois 62791 
Order a virtual tour: 217-891-2224

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The Glorified Business Card - Your Website?

How many times have you gone in a store and had a salesperson approach you with the same question, “May I help you?”  The standard answer is usually, “No thank you, I’m just looking” even if you are there for a specific reason.  Until we have decided that we want to do business with someone, we don’t want to be engaged or hounded by them.

As the internet has evolved, so have our expectations for websites.  Remember when people used to ask you if you HAD a website?    Now having a website is a given -- if you have a phone number and a business card, you probably should have a website.  The internet has provided us a virtual mall where we can browse around and get a real understanding of our options before actually actually engaging the services of a particular business.

The problem is that many websites today are nothing more than a glorified business card.  The days of just putting pictures and text on your website and asking people to decipher your message are over.  We are so inundated with data that we no longer want to sift through pages of information to find out who you are and what you charge.  As I research prospective customers for our virtual tour business, I am amazed at how often I have to search multiple pages just to find the phone number for the facility much less the name of someone to talk to.  Now granted, I am on the website trying to get this information so that I can sell our virtual tour services to them but MOST people are on a company’s website as potential customers for THEIR services.

Whether we are talking about healthcare facilities and treatment programs, vacation rentals or residential real estate, there is no shortage of competition for business in today’s market.  Most people use internet searches to create a “short list” of options to call later.  I know that’s what I do.  Once I have created a short list, I go back and review all the detailed information to help me further narrow down my choices.  Most of the time, I want a quick overview from the home page that answers my basic questions -- who is this business, what do they do, what makes them special and who do I need to talk to if I am interested.

A virtual tour is a one click way to answer many of those questions.   If the information on the home page interests me, I will then go on to read the rest.  By providing an automatic overview of the program, home or business, the virtual tour allows the prospective customer a chance to walk around without a pesky salesman asking “Can I help you?”


Vision Quest Virtual Tours provides high quality 360º virtual tours for healthcare, hospitality and education.  We specialize in virtual tours for therapeutic residential treatment programs but we work with any business that wants to give their customers a chance to “look around”.  We offer Quincy, IL virtual tours but work with businesses all over the country.  Visit us online at www.VisionQuestVirtualTours.com to see why businesses in over 30 states have chosen us as their marketing partner.



Paige Mitts
www.VisionQuestVirtualTours.com
Order a virtual tour: 404-863-9769

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Finding Virtual Tour Leads on TV

Hey RTV dealers! I just wanted to shout out here and let everyone know that I have had some really good success lately in uncovering new real estate virtual tour and commercial virtual tour business. Especially since RTV started making the HD images look SO DARN GOOD. You know the secret!  ;) 

I have been looking for new outlets to gain additional 360 tour business. After talking to a number of my Realtor friends they directed me to the local cable channel that realtors buy time to advertise homes. While watching the channel, I came up with an idea to gain new virtual tour business that I am in the process of incorporating into my business model.

One of the programs that the channel employs is the "For Sale by Owner" channel. Its obvious that people who are trying to sell their homes on their own don't have websites to house a virtual tour of their property nor do most of these people know the importance of them . We're currently building our website and will make a place on there for these home owners to order our For Sale By Owner virtual tours.

We're thinking of making the page similar to BlueLaVa's Traverse City For Sale By Owner page.  Included in our package we'll have many of the same things such as pushes out to major portal sites, video conversion, a single property website where they can direct potential home buyers and more. As I spoke to many of my friends who were trying to sell their homes on their own they told me the most difficult part was not having a place to put the pictures, pricing and a virtual tour.  With my new bundled services....they do.

My only question is what will a "For Sale by Owner " customer pay for a virtual tours as they have no comparison base? As the economy changes the way people do business, I believe it is only prudent to come up with new ways to stay ahead of the curve. I hope you're able to get leads from your

Charles Gise
Revolution 360 Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour: 518-225-3773
Website coming soon!

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Keeping things Cracking in a Down Economy

360realhometours is enjoying our 8th year as a Belmar virtual tour provider. I tell you things just keep getting better all the time. I love you RTV for making so many enhancements to the virtual tour software this year. I love that I'm able to keep a high level of excitement about my virtual tour company. Hey, does the market suck out there, yeah it does but stick to your business plan and work on getting referrals and the order will keep on coming in. Remember what Jerry said on the show!

In this tight market with all the competition you must make certain your virtual tour images are impeccable and you WILL get the referrals. Every other day I'll get a phone call or email and I'm always pleasantly surprised when it is a new realtor or agent and when I ask them how they heard of me it is ALWAYS from another agent. RTV's superior product with your skills as a photographer (Maybe a little ShutterBot?) combined with solid customer relations WILL bring in the virtual tour business even in a down economy. Offer your customers the very best virtual tour product/service you can deliver and the referrals will come.

If you receive a referral do not forget to send a quick "thank you" email to the agent sending that virtual tour business your way. Stay in touch with all your customers anyway you can. Send quick brief update emails and include anyone you've done a virtual tour for. As RTV dealers we have a ton of great extra products that can be sent to your customers as updates on a regular basis. Use these as methods of staying in touch. If you are in a particular area or region of your state on certain days send an email letting that customer know you will be in their area in case they need a virtual tour.

I've obtained quick VT business that way and it is a show of good customer relations and will always get a thank you back from the realtor. Very best luck out there...back to creating more virtual tours!

Zivko


 
Zivko Grcic
President/Photographer
360realhometours LLC
Belmar Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour: 732.299.7895
www.360realhometours.com

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RTV Fall Virtual Tour Technology Updates

As you all know RTV is working very hard on getting our new virtual tour system out the door.  While we work hard on that we're still keeping lots of excitement going about our existing virtual tour system.  Watch the video above to see some great new enhancements to the system that are sure to keep your customers knocking at your doors this Fall.

Video: http://youtu.be/_GFavZ4UfcE

Our new updates include:

1.    New Audio Library - Over 40 New Clips
2.    New SuperSize Virtual Tours
3.    New Dark Room Flyer
4.    Image Delivery Engine
5.    Enhanced Performance on HD V-Slides


Enjoy all the new technology RTV and don't forget to register for our up and coming shows. 

Thanks for your continued support!

Team RTV
Virtual Tour Software & Digital Marketing Services
http://www.RealTourVision.com
Order Virtual Tours - 866-947-8687

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6000 Virtual Tours and Beyond!

Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to shoot a thousand virtual tours over the course of a year or two? How about six thousand virtual tour shoots over several years? Meet Jerry Mumme, veteran virtual tour provider who has shot over six thousand virtual tours, burned many shutters and cooked a flash or two in his life. This is not a story however about a guy about to retire from running a successful virtual tour business. In fact, Jerry is fairly new to running his own virtual tour business, setting his own pricing, stitching his own photos, scheduling his own shoots, and running things his way.
According to Jerry, he's just getting warmed up!

Jerry is so busy with his daily virtual tour shoots that his wife Trish is now taking an active role in Jerry’s virtual tour business by helping out with the books, scheduling his virtual tour shoots and working out virtual tour details in his virtual tour management system.

Jerry’s got one heck of a story to tell and a message to send out to the RTV dealers as he continues to grow his business under his rule and fights off other national competitors in his area like Obeo, Circlepix, and VisualTours.
Please join me on October 11th as I interview Jerry Mumme and extract some very helpful hints and insight that will someday assist you in rounding the corner on your six thousandth virtual tour.

See you on The FORMULA RTV.  Register Now in your TMS! 

Team RTV
Virtual Tour Software & Digital Marketing Training
866-947-8687

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Vision Quest Virtual Tours Now Offering Dark Room Imaging

I remember when I got my first big screen high definition television.  It was delivered right before the Master's golf tournament and I finally understood the hype about that particular golf course.  I watched the Master's every year with a golfer who had played Augusta National many times and had told me about how difficult the course was.  Watching the tournament on a normal TV, I couldn't understand what the big deal was compared to other courses but when I watched it in high definition, I could suddenly see all the undulations and variations in the greens and even though I don't golf, I got it! 

A similar change has recently come about with our virtual tour business, Vision Quest Virtual Tours.  We recently began shooting our images using our new Dark Room technique and the difference is unbelievable.  My husband Greg is a great photographer and has always captured beautiful images to create our 360 degree virtual tours but regular photography has certain limitations.  Our 360 panoramas are created using 12 individual scenes blended together to form one picture.  A full 360 degree spin might include a wall of windows on one side  of a room and a long hallway on the other.  Even a great photographer is limited in creating an image that is exposed correctly for these two extremes.  The result is that the windows were somewhat blown out and the hallway was somewhat dark.  The stitching software would then try to compensate for these extremes and the panoramic image lost some of its crispness and clarity.

Enter our new Dark Room photography package! With our Dark Room photography, each individual scene is photographed 9 times from the very same spot - using many exposures ranging from the very darkest to the very brightest.  These images are then blended together so that the best of each setting is highlighted to create one picture.  Now instead of 12 images making up a 360 degree panorama, we take 108 individual shots!  Greg then uses several software programs to create a single panoramic image that is exposed for both the light and dark areas of the expanse.  The results are simply amazing!

Take a look at this HD virtual tour -- http://rtvpix.com/RE-4942-W7JVIF-01?h=500&w=700.  My favorite shot in this virtual tour is the panoramic view of the mountains and the lake off the back deck.  That one 360 spin really shows off our new Dark Room process.  You can clearly see the logs inside the outdoor fireplace AND the rain storm falling on a far mountain AND the detail of the bedspread through the bedroom window!  The picture of the front of the house looks almost like a painting! 

Vision Quest Virtual Tours is proud to now offer this level of photography on ALL of our virtual tours at no extra cost.  We have always said that we want to have the freedom to showcase your business and provide you with our best work at a price that works within your budget. Our new Dark Room photography takes that commitment to an all new level!



Vision Quest Virtual Tours specializes in behavioral healthcare virtual tours and virtual tours for healthcare, hospitality and education.  To learn more about how to showcase your facility, visit our website or of give us a call.

Paige Mitts
www.VisionQuestVirtualTours.com
Order a virtual tour: 404-863-9769

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Virtual Tour Business is Picking Up!

Ok, so last week I had to call RTV virtual tour software company to order some more tours and must have caught them after hours or maybe at lunch?! I got thier voicemail.  The funny thing is that they were so on top of returning the call that you could still hear my message going on in the background when they called me back!!!

They might have a different version of the story- something about my forever long message breaking records for length and duration... but that's just their version.  :O)  Anyway, they just couldn't help but to boost my ego bragging to me about how well things must be going in that I'm already in need of more virtual tour credits.  After all I just got my virtual tour builder kit a couple of weeks ago.

I just started my own virtual tour business a few months ago as a spin off from another side business I was doing creating the virtual tours for agents using a competing virtual tour software company paying a monthly fee.  Hence the reason I had to get into business for myself- to create a means to the end of the dreaded monthly fees, or at least one of them! 

As a Realtor myself, I can relate to many of the issues and concerns agents have as well as to accentuate the features and selling points in the homes I shoot.  Which is really what it all boils down to and has helped attribute to my success:  living by the Golden Rule, to get it done yesterday or as close to it as humanly possible and then from those words spoken by my daddy growing up: "If you're going to do something, do it right the first time."  I always hated going back and doing it again!  And I also always try to leave feedback for the listing agent regarding the condition of the home, the price, the neighborhood or anything else that stands out.  It's not brain surgery~ it's marketing in the age of technology and I can't wait to see what more RTV is going to launch in the future.  I'm very excited about the up and coming virtual tour system. I'm sure they're going to blow everyone out of the water with it. I have a feeling great things are going to come that will really make waves for us all!  I love you RTV!!!! Keep up the good work.

Thanks!
Karisma Olson
Reece & Nichols - Liberty
Order a virtual tour: (816) 407-5296 

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10 Reasons Why Realtors Need Mobile Site 4 Realtors

1)  Internet enabled mobile phones are the way Home Buyers look for a home now.  With most Realtors behind the curve on this change you have an opportunity to clearly differentiate yourself and get ahead. Virtually every Home Buyer in the Silicon Valley uses an Internet enabled mobile phone to look at your 360 home tours and online listings as they drive around.  They're actively using their mobile phone during the home hunting process.

2)  Mobile Site 4 Realtors is easily forward able way to market your listings.   Your clients can easily build a quick consensus with family and close friends on your listings by forwarding the property information.

3)  Mobile Site 4 Realtors is EASY to setup and change.  Our assisted loading feature means you type in an MLS number and 80% of the information, images, and our HD Virtual Tours are loaded for you.

4)  Virtually every mobile app available today includes all listings and some reference to other Realtors.  Do you really want to recommend your clients use Zillow, Trulia or Redfin?

In this competitive market you cannot afford to send your hard earned clients to a site where they can be exposed to other Realtors.  Mobile Site 4 Realtors showcases your listings, private listings, pocket listings and brokerage listings keeping your valued prospects close to home.

5) Mobile Site 4 Realtors is a browser based app so it works on all internet enabled phones much like the browser based applications on your desktop computer.  Mobile Site 4 Realtors senses the type of mobile phone the user has.  With over 600 profiles we automatically adjust the delivery to match their phone so your mobile website visitors get an optimum experience every time!

6)  Mobile Site 4 Realtors is easily sent from one phone to another creating a viral marketing effect that cannot be replicated with mobile other tools.   Access is available through text messaging and QR codes we provide with the app so your customers can access without typing long URLS and its browser based so it works on all phones.

7)  Buyers agents can offer their clients an engaging way to view and review suggested listings on the buyers mobile phone.  With pictures, video and maps included in the Mobile Site 4 Realtors, you can provide you can provide an engaging way for your clients to review their favorite choices and get your contact information on their phone for easy access putting you ahead of your competition when your clients need your expertise.

8)  Realtors have an excellent way to get listings on a home hunter's phone.  Flyers get lost & have little impact on buyers.  Seeing your listing pictures and details means your potential prospects have easy and engaging access to their interested property that they can reference tomorrow and the next day.  This is the IDEAL solution for your prized pocket listings & private listings.  As a silver lining we also capture their mobile phone number for follow up!

9) Your clients want to the best value properties in your farming area.  Mobile Site 4 Realtors gives you the opportunity to share your expertise about the properties that you think are the best value.  Your clients will bookmark your site and come back week after week for the engaging, educational experience that you offer.

10) Mobile Site 4 Realtors keeps your most valued listings within one branded keyword of anyone you meet looking for a home.  Today most Realtors are sending clients home with a business card hoping they will go to their website.  Using Mobile Site 4 Realtors gives you, the Realtor, the ability to share your key properties at the point of interest in a conversation and capture the mobile phone number of the interested person for follow  up.

Exposure Elements is a Silicon Valley virtual tour provider & property marketing expert with an exceptional background in mobile marketing to the Northern California real estate community.   Call Exposure Elements at 408-440-2278 (d) or 408-431-0461 (m) to find out more about this extraordinary marketing tool.


Stan Davis
Exposure Elements
San Jose Virtual Tours & Mobile Text Marketing
Order a virtual tour: 408-431-0461 (m)
text Stan to 43766 for contact info and text business card

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Corpus Christi Virtual Tours Announces New HD9

Island Digital Images, LLC is proud to announce the next generation of virtual tours, our new Platinum HD9. Our Platinum HD9 photography features crystal clear high definition photos that will provide you with virtual tour and marketing photos of the highest quality.

For over five years our virtual tours have been known as the best, for many reasons, including our ability to balance the light level that allows us to have spins that feature clear out the window photography combined with vibrant well lit indoor photography. With our new Platinum HD9 photography you will see detail as never before. You will see clear out the window views with unbelievable interior detail all in the same photo.  This opens up a realm of possibilities for our clients including; choice of viewer style for our virtual tours, and outstanding marketing photos that will immediately garner attention as people search through the Internet. You will want to use these photos for all your advertising needs including MLS listings, flyers and other print advertising; we know that we have created a winner with this new package that will benefit all of our clients.

We also know that we needed to keep this new Platinum HD9 technology reachable and affordable. The new Platinum HD9 photography is now available at a low introductory price. Give us a call or see our web site today for current pricing.

Platinum HD9 Virtual Tour Examples

Standard Virtual Tour Viewer: http://rtvpix.com/RE-2149-MJXHWU-01

New High Tech Viewer: http://rtvpix.com/slideshow/19625

HD Photo Tour: http://rtvpix.com/slideshow/18360

Sample Photos That You Can Download:
https://www.yousendit.com/download/T2dkckhmYWJwM2tsYzhUQw

Included as a no charge option with the Platinum HD9 package is the creation of a QR code for your virtual tour or Tour Gallery. We invite you to explore www.islanddigitalimages.com for pricing and viewing all our virtual tours.

Give us a call today to schedule your next virtual tour or Platinum HD9 virtual tour.



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Island Digital Images, LLC
Port Aransas Virtual Tours
www.islanddigitalimages.com
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Order a virtual tour phone: (361) 749-0901

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