Happy New Year RTV!

As this year comes to an end and everyone is gearing up for a new year and a new virtual tour system from RTV, we would like to take a moment to say thank you to all of our virtual tour providers that have helped to make this year a very successful one.

With a steadily growing dealer base and new national virtual tour accounts coming on, we know you're going to be very satisfied with what next year has to bring.

From everyone here at Team RTV, we wish you and your families a very Happy New Year and get ready for RealTour Fusion!






Team RTV
http://www.realtourvision.com/
Virtual Tour Software & Digital Marketing Training
866-947-8687

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How Well are you Exposing Yourself?

One thing we've gotten really good at over the last three years with the coaching of team RTV is helping real estate listings here in Metro Detroit get the most exposure possible. When I'm talking with a new client over the phone I ask them what they're currently doing to get more exposure online.  This is a question most of them have a hard time answering.  I then take them through one of our powerful hit reports and show the traffic sources of one of our virtual tours that has our exposure engine and then one that does not.  The proof as they say is literally in the pie. Our virtual tours rank naturally in the search engines, get converted to video, appear on craigslist, show up in our blog, get emailed out to all the local realtors and of course go to all the major real estate portals.  I explain how this takes constant work, time and effort on our end and this always justifies the small cost to add on the exposure engine to a listing.

This one is simple, in a slow Real Estate Market you need to do whatever you can to get that home in front of as many people as you can!  87% of potential home buyers look at homes with Virtual Tours FIRST!  Recently, I was at a homeowners house doing a Virtual Tour and she said to me that they where looking to buy a Home out of state and they relied on Realtor.com in looking.  She said that they looked at homes with Virtual Tours 1st, homes with multiple photos 2nd and did not even bother looking at homes with one or no photo.  She thought with only one or no photo that they were trying to hide something. The next time you're talking with one of your customers take a moment to ask them they steps they're taking to gain more online exposure. You will be surprised how much more you can bring to their marketing plan.


Michael Thompson
Real Vision Studio
Detroit Virtual Tour Company and Service
www.RealVisionStudio.com
Order a virtual tour: 734-727-7726

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Northeast Florida Virtual Tour Company of to Great Start

Hello RTV virtual tour providers out there! We're very excited about how well our virtual tour business has taken off. Today our Facebook ad that just broke out targeting local real estate agents  along with an e-mail ad to all of our local Realtors offering a 1st real estate virtual tour discount.

So much is going on right now! Buzcam360 V-tours is now HD360 Vtours, and we recently shot the cover of the local edition of HOMES&LAND magazine. Best of all this edition also features our half page ad on page 7. In addition to this, the Amelia Island Nassau County Association of Realtors has invited us to join the local board as an affiliate and wants us to assist them as their official photographer which we plan to start in 2012!! Things could not get any better for a virtual tour business start up.

As of last week it became necessary for me to go on referrals only as a real estate agent in order to focus completely on HD360 Vtours. We just completed 4 Virtual Tours in our first week of being a full-time virtual tour provider, and every day looks brighter than the last. The new RTV Fusion system sounds so exciting with it's new capabilities and great looks.

We really feel that it will make HD360 Vtours the preferred virtual tour provider for our area and are extremely pleased that we aligned ourselves with RTV for company start up. A great big thank you to the entire staff at RTV for making it possible for us at HD360 Vtours to provide the best virtual tour product and support available in the virtual tour business today.

Happy New Year to everyone at RTV!

Buz Cannon * HDR Photographer
www.HD360Vtours.com
Northeast Florida Virtual Tours
Order a virtual tour: 904.624.0437

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The Importance of Online Virtual Tours

Are you concerned about how to ensure your home gets the best marketing and exposure to qualified home buyers in today’s market conditions? Did you know that 84% of buyers turn to the Internet to look for homes?  Do you ever wonder what makes certain homes capture their time and attention?

Properties for sale that provide more information and more photos of course! Listings with plenty of information including a 360 tour of the home get the most attention online. In fact 99% of consumers surveyed prefer listings with virtual tours and multiple photos. Seems pretty obvious right? You all did a little shopping here over the Holiday season right? Now imagine if on Amazon.com or eBay, an automotive supplier only showed a couple of lines of text describing each item offered. No photos, no feature rich information about the specifications, the warranty, or how to find or purchase the item. You wouldn’t spend much time on that type of website would you?  In fact, if you're like most of us you would close that site down and run to any other site out there serving up HD images and more description.

Not too long ago, providing a quality, rich media showcase of a home for sale was a luxury item.  Now it is demanded by most buyers and is one of the minimum requirements for a real estate professional to effectively market a seller’s home to attract buyers. No longer is it acceptable to just put a sign in the front yard, purchase a 3 line classified ad, send out a batch of “Just Listed” postcards to the neighbors and hold an open house.

Real estate professionals who are proactive in leveraging the power of the internet must use online virtual tours and it's your job as their property marketing partner & photographer to remind them of this fact.  In 2012 don't forget that you now more than ever have the numbers stacked in your favor when you go into a presentation.  They're going to use someone....why not you?

Good luck out there!

Sincerely,

Team RTV
http://www.RealTourVision.com
Virtual Tour Software & Digital Marketing Tools
Order professional virtual tours: 866-947-8687

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Reaching Non Local Buyers

The Florida Panhandle real estate market is very competitive.  A large inventory of new and existing homes and condominiums creates a challenge for listing agents to make their listings stand out.  No guaranteed return on investment, makes your marketing budget decisions of the utmost importance.

The local newspaper and real estate publications are effective ways to reach local buyers however, in an area where most of our buyers come from out of town, these may not be the most cost-effective choices.  Even local buyers are likely to turn to Internet sources to ensure they are getting the most up to date real-time information.  A far wider audience can be reached with Internet advertising.  Further, in most cases, a much larger amount of information can be displayed.  Your website, and others you choose to advertise on generally offer the option of multiple photographs and placement of virtual tours.

The vast majority of home buyers, looking locally or relocating, now use the Internet in their search.   Viewers want to see multiple images.  Buyers enjoy being able to use an interactive virtual tour.  Decisions are made from how a listing is represented on the Internet.  Make sure your listings are properly represented.On-line advertising is in many cases the more affordable and more complete way to go.

Joe Beane
Round The Room virtual tours and photography
Order a virtual tour: 850-582-5315

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Happy Holidays from RTV

Watch Our Holiday Video Here!!

Happy holidays and warm wishes to all of our Real Tour Vision virtual tour dealers. We hope at this time of year that you have the opportunity to spend time with family, friends, and loved ones.


Happy Holidays from Team RTV

Virtual Tour Software & Digital Marketing Training

Order a virtual tour: 866-947-8687

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A Few Virtual Tour Photo Tips

I have done a few virtual tours now and figured out a few tricks that improve the quality of the tour with my equipment. Believe it or not, I use my old Nikon Coolpix for shooting our real estate virtual tours. It has the advantage of a somewhat wide-angle lens and decent quality pictures.We find the RTV rotator and virtual tour software system pretty easy to use and a perfect fit for shooting indoor and outdoor panoramas with much more accuracy than our previous hand held system.

The first few virtual tours I took the camera at eye level. It turned out that I often had a lot of the ceiling in the pictures and many indoor shots had the furniture cut off at the bottom. Now I only extend the tripod to just above my belt. This gives a great balance between floor and ceiling in most of the shots. 

When I first started making these virtual tours with RTV I did not want to try to over think the process so I just used the automatic camera setting. It produced good results but sometimes you could see too much of the flash reflection on glossy surfaces and uneven light distribution throughout the room. Now I turn on all the lights in a room and shoot with natural lighting. I set the camera to automatic with the flash turned off. When you do this, make sure you use your tripod!! It is important is to use all light sources. I open the curtains and turn all lights on. In very dark settings I use two cheap painters lights I place behind furniture so that they give off some indirect light. The advantage with the natural light is that the white balance of the camera gives me an even color spectrum. Walls show more of their natural paint color. With the auto setting some of the pictures in an inside panorama will be taken without a flash and some will require the flash to get those perfect window shots. Doing this generates a series of pictures with different color temperatures but that's OK because the RTV software does a pretty good job adjusting the brightness and color automatically. 

I have also found the 360 panoramas taken without a flash produce a more natural looking and more seamless pan. All in all, I am producing nicer virtual tours than all of my competitors and I am in total control of how I present my real estate listings. As a Realtor I like this control and it helps me in marketing all my properties with nice virtual tours for reasonable cost. A HUGE thanks to the entire team over there at RTV for making and maintaining such a great virtual tour platform that is easy to work with.  We're looking forward to the new system!!

Malte Strauss

Southern Realty Enterprises, Inc.

Broker - Realtor

Longwood, FL

www.luxuryhomesinorlando.com

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Amelia Island Virtual Tours

As a newcomer to the virtual tour industry I have really done my homework on the virtual tour business. Not only does RTV virtual tour software company strive to stay ahead of the competition with the most current technology, but RTV's training and support is quite unbelievable. I love the monthly webinars!!!

The support that RTV's staff provides, combined with the multitude of field tested technical and marketing techniques they offer practically guarantees success to anyone willing to put in the time, investment and effort. Go RTV and you will always be looking forward and never back.

Buz Cannon - Owner
buzcam360 V-TOURS
Amelia Island Virtual Tours
www.hd360vtours.com
Order a virtual tour: 904-624-0437

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What's Your Unique Selling Proposition?

Do you have a USP? A USP is a Unique Selling Proposition. Every successful virtual tour business out there has at least one of these and some of you have developed even more of them over time. A USP gives your local 360 tour business an unfair advantage over your competition and that can mean HUGE DOLLARS over the course of a year.  Imagine if you could win over just one customer a quarter over your competition. This would translate into about ten thousand dollars over the course of a year.  With just ONE CUSTOMER A QUARTER!!

Having a solid USP means that your customers and prospects will have only one place to turn if they want to take advantage of your USP. Here's just a few USPs that you might consider mastering over the Winter months to give you a leg up:

Agent Video Biography
Agent Home Voice Narration
Interactive Tour Floor Plan
Single Property Websites & PanoRiders
"Secret Weapon" Imaging Packages

Try to select of of these a month over the Winter months and bolt it onto your virtual tour company. Use marketing materials found in RTV's Inner Circle area or create your own.  Once you've decided on pricing and have added the new product to your website you're ready for the new product launch.

Did you know that the new RealTour Fusion virtual tour platform has over 50 new features not found in the existing RTV virtual tour system?  Many of these features are not even being offered by any virtual tour companies!  Take some time now and get used to adding new products and services to your website so you wont be left fumbling around when the new system goes live.

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

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Photo Stitching Tips

Stitching can be mundane and downright boring, taking a good part of the time to produce a real estate virtual tour. Fortunately Panavue and other software do the mundane work for you, at least most of the time. I say most of the time because there are times when you have bare walls in which the software doesn’t get the stitch right and then your time to completion increases and your profit decreases.

When the stitch isn’t right you may be able to do a manual stitch and then you know it’s going to be a long night. What I want to do is share what I’ve found works for me. I do hope to generate some dialogue on this because I’m sure there are those of you with different and probably better ideas. The point here is by sharing, we all get better and RTV will continue to reign Supreme!! HooooRah!!!!!!!!!

Bare and blank walls can be a real nemesis, especially for manual stitching and when I say blank, I mean a flat white smooth wall.  My solution: I have 2x3 sticky business notepads like post its and I keep a pad in my camera bag and a super sized magic marker.

When I have a wall like I spoke of, I X two sheets and 0 two sheets. I stick two sheets in the left side of the wall so I can see them in the camera view finder and two on the right. I then take the shot and continue doing this until I get to shots with reference points that I can set flags to. What’s the point you say?  Well, if the stitch does not work on auto and you have to stitch manually because for instance, the crown molding just won’t align, you now have points of reference to set your flags for manual stitching.

After the stitch is successful it is usually pretty easy to photo shop the stickies away. Having said all this, I need to insert a hint that will save you time. I used to place all flags in a spin manually when I had to do a manual stitch after the auto stitch failed. I’ve realized that often times, it is only one or two adjacent photos that are causing the problem. Before I manually place flags, I review the program’s auto placement of flags and I’ve find that quite often, it is only two or three flags misplaced between two photos that need manually resetting. When I’ve done that, and run the stitch, it comes out right.

As I said above, I’d like to open this to dialogue and comment, suggestions. As you see the left shot has a door frame, but the next in series is blank. But frequently there is a baseboard or crown molding that is so smooth, you can’t use them as reference points either, and if you find they aren’t  matching in the auto stitch and  you don’t have reference points, how are you going to set flags to stitch?

Alamo Area Virtual Tours

San Antonio Virtual Tour Provider
www.alamoareavirtualtours.com
Order a virtual tour: 210-325-2675

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Expanding my Photography Business with RTV

After ten years of being a professional photographer and owning my own studio, I realized I was ready for a change. I wanted to continue using my degree in photography and my years of experience but I did not want to be tied to a brick and mortar type of business. I realized that virtual tours would be a great opportunity to do that but I also knew I didn't want to recreate the wheel. I needed a partner who would allow me to do what I do best -- take awesome photographs -- and not have to spend all my time learning the virtual tour  business.

After more than a year researching virtual tour software technology and about two dozen emails and phone calls with RTV, there was no doubt that they were the only choice for me. I am sure our salesperson had long given up on me by the time I placed my order but not once during that year did they give me anything other than complete attention when I called with my endless questions.

We began the virtual tour business while working a full time job but our first big break came from a chance meeting in the grocery store. My wife met the owners of a cabin rental agency in the area where we lived. They had been considering adding virtual tours and we explained that we were willing to give them a super low price if they would let us use them as our guinea pigs. We ended up doing over 40 virtual tours for this company in about six weeks while working my full time job.

With that many tours, we learned how awesome RTV technology really is...and at the same time, we earned back our initial investment in the virtual tour technology. Over the next few months in the virtual tour business, we made an effort to do something each day to learn more and build our business and quickly realized that it was time to make the move to doing virtual tours full time.

Since the beginning of 2011, we have replaced two full time incomes and shot over 100 virtual tours. Rather than focusing on real estate agents, we have focused on businesses. We have created a niche marketing virtual tours to healthcare, hospitality and education and have had the opportunity to photograph in 26 states in less than six months. Our initial cabin rental company was an opportunity for us to build our portfolio and learn the system so it did not matter that we charged such a low price. That volume in such a short time meant we got to truly test the limits of the RTV technology and perfect our system of shooting and building tours. What it also did was allow us to showcase our work and gave RTV an idea of what we have to offer. When another cabin rental agency in our area called RTV and asked for a photographer to do tours for their 30 cabins, Jacque Burke of RTV called, emailed, texted and sent messages to us on Facebook because she knew we were the perfect fit!

We sent samples of our work to the client and the next day began shooting for them. This time around, we shot all 30 tours in less than two weeks in between about 20 other shoots. For anyone considering the virtual tour business, there is no question that RTV is the partner you want beside you. The technology is just the beginning. The training is fantastic. Even though I have a degree in photography and have been a professional photographer for 12 years, I learn something new every single time I watch an RTV webinar. The technology has grown with us and is always on the cutting edge. We are confident that no one can beat the product we have to offer. Thanks RTV for helping us live our dream!

Greg and Paige Mitts
Quincy Illinois Virtual Tours
http://www.VisionQuestVirtualTours.com
Order a virtual tour: 404-863-9769 

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Intrepid Media Gives Thanks

I started Intrepid Media virtual tour company and have been affiliated with RTV as a virtual tour dealer for two years and continue to be pleased with the professionalism, customer service and expertise when it comes to marketing and photography. The support RTV Provides backed with their personal service is better than I could have hoped for. Thank you RTV! I am looking forward to attending the RTV dealer convention in May!!!

Al Everett
Oak Harbor Virtual Tours
www.intrepidmedia360.com
Order a virtual tour: 360-720-3547

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How the Exposure Elements Exposure Engine Works for Realtors

Virtual tour exposure is often the forgotten element of a successful marketing plan for a real estate listing virtual tour.  An exposure delivery engine can be the difference between realizing the most benefits of your photography work or a less than maximum efficiency of your virtual tour marketing investment.  The Exposure Elements Exposure Engine is a complete listing exposure package that provides a comprehensive marketing plan that assures total exposure for a real estate listing.  It is a exclusive package of marketing tools offered our real estate virtual tour customers that will extend your reach to massive internet viewers and increase your ability to deliver vital information at the point of interest.  It will clearly differentiate your listings and also provide unmatched punch to your listing presentations.

Real Estate Market Exposure Engine
Realtors have unique requirements for the exposure of their listings.  Our Exposure Engine is designed to facilitate this need for up to a period of six months.  Our Exposure Engine is offered as individual components of your marketing plan or as a complete service comprised a listing portal service, YouTube video, a 6 month on-going Craigslist campaign, Property flyers, e-flyers, a QR code for a basic mobile presence and social networking buttons enabled on your virtual tour. 

We deliver this by posting images and details to over 80 sites through our real estate image delivery portal, developing a YouTube video that we can post or deliver to you, a tour QR code and an HTML posting to Craigslist.  The power of this program, though, is that we will keep our exclusive postings up for up to 6 months or until the property listing is sold whichever comes first.  We will also repost the Craigslist advertisement every 15 days for the six month listing support period on your request.

Listing Portal
In today's challenging real estate economy realtors are challenged with so many concerns that taking the time to post to over 80 sites just isn't practical.  Our Exposure Engine facilitates the exposure of property listings through our listing portal so that Realtors can focus on the thing that they do best, getting property listings.  We maintain the listing for up to six months also so you and your clients can be assured that their property will have continuous exposure throughout the listing period on all the sites in our portal.  These sites include Zillow, Trulia, Oodle, Hotpads Yahoo Real Estate Listings, Vast, Enormo and over 80 more sites.

YouTube Video
We include a YouTube video that mirrors the interactive virtual tour that is purchased so that prospective buyers can view the tour in a video format on their mobile phone.  Agents that properly promote this can see excellent results by addressing the growing smart phone community and building an additional element of branding for their services that will distinguish them from the crowd.   As an added bonus Exposure Elements expertise in YouTube listings assures the Realtor that the listing will always be found by address or Realtor's name for easy search and play.

Craigslist Listing
Due to the no cost value of posting Craigslist listing advertisements this online real estate marketplace has become one of the most powerful local marketing tools for Realtors and one of the most favored listing research tools for home buyers.  The challenge for Realtors is the regular maintenance of the posting schedule.  Exposure Elements will create an HTML Craigslist posting that includes pictures, links to the virtual tour, property descriptions and links to the listing Realtor's website.  This graphical presentation of the property is sure to stand out against the competition as most realtors generally don't have the HTML background to create this type of marketing experience.  As an added bonus we turn this HTML page into an exceptional e-flyer for the property for all your email correspondence.  This is an incredible value for Realtors!

Property Flyer templates and E-Flyers
With all the other value in our property marketing system we also provide two additional services to our Exposure Engine that can't be overlooked.  Until buyers entirely embrace the age of the internet, (see single property mobile websites below) they will want property flyers that will give them some tangible piece of information about the property that can represent the property in a way that is reassuring and comfortable.  Realtors also want to have a method of interacting with prospects at open houses that they can't open up any other way.  E-Flyers solve the challenge of forwarding an email summary of the property back to email inquiries complete with property specifications, property descriptions and images.  For these instances we create property flyer templates in both paper and e-mail form for the listing Realtor.

QR codes
Finally, we create a property QR code for the listing directed towards the virtual tour.  QR codes are 2 dimensional barcodes that can be loaded with a URL for easy access by camera enabled smart phones.  With so much information in the virtual tour and the ability to include this with all the marketing collateral a QR code is an unbelievably powerful tool for addressing the exploding smart phone market and a way to appeal to the younger X&Y generations.

Social Networking Buttons on your Virtual Tour
A frequently overlooked feature of our Exposure Engine is the social networking buttons on your Exposure Elements virtual tour.  Our virtual tours include buttons for 12 of the most common social networking sites applicable to the real estate industry including Facebook and Twitter  buttons.  While many realtors have set up social networking sites they often don't make post due to the amount of time necessary to manually make entries to those sites.  Consequently they have fluctuating membership from their visitors that expect regular postings.  We have made this a simple process of just clicking on the button for the appropriate social networking site and the tour is automatically posted!  Furthermore, these buttons can be used by your tour visitors the same way so they can share the tour with all their friends with just a click of a button.  While being one of the least used features of our Exposure Engine this feature has the potential to be the most valuable when used effectively.

Realtor.com Picture Path
Many tour providers offer access to the Realtor.com virtual tour portal known as Picture Path.  This portal distributes the tour to another 80+ sites assuring a wide viewing audience for the listing's virtual tour.  If Realtors are Realtor.com Showcase agents they can get this service from us for free as a part of their package from Realtor.com.  If they are not a member of the Showcase program the fee is $25, all of which goes to Realtor.com.  Many of the large real estate listing sites are included in this distribution including Realtor.com, Zillow and Trulia, the top 3 real estate portals.  Exposure Elements doesn't include this program as part of the Exposure Engine since key elements of the Picture Path portal are replicated in our Exposure Engine.  The biggest value of this distribution portal is the Realtor.com listing but since any Realtor can post up to 25 images on Realtor.com for free we see less value for this investment.  None the less, there is still considerable additional value to the distribution of listing information for the Realtor that wants to show the property in as many places as possible for an additional $25.

Single Property Mobile Websites
Another optional item Exposure Elements also offers is our exclusive Single Property Mobile Website.  This is a modern day replacement of the Single Property Website of a few years ago.  With more homebuyers using their internet enabled smart phone to find properties a Single Property Mobile Website presents an excellent opportunity to get the property listing, and Realtor contact information on the home shoppers phone.  As an engaging way to share this information with buyers, Realtors get the benefit of their listing standing out as memorable to buyers and as a silver lining, the Realtor captures the mobile phone number of the interested party.  This can be used to follow up with the interested party at the point of interest and if the home is right they may be open to your help finding the home of their dreams. Don't forget that this information can be forwarded digitally also so Realtors can extend their reach to prospects that they never meet!

Summary
These tools along with an Exposure Elements Virtual Tour can be a major step in the exposure of your listing.  When done as a complete service Exposure Elements will cross-market all of your services providing the credible in-depth internet presence that home buyers want today and the point-of-interest information access that will keep your listing at the peak of home buyers awareness, even after they have left the property.  Order your next Exposure Elements virtual tour with the Exposure Engine here.

About Exposure Elements
Exposure Elements is an interactive digital marketing company serving the Silicon Valley and Northern California.  We have developed software partnerships with RTV, the world leader in virtual tour software development, and TxT2Look, a leading mobile platform for the emerging mobile marketing explosion to offer photography, virtual tour services, and various internet marketing services in the Silicon Valley,  throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and across Northern California.  Visit our website at http:www.ExposureElements.com for more information or email us to book a virtual tour.

Stan Davis
Silicon Valley Virtual Tours

www.exposureelements.com
Call Now: 408-431-0461 text Stan to 43766 for contact info and text business card

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Marketing Real Estate With Virtual Tours

Today people are so busy that they don’t have time to do anything. Between job, volunteer, and home responsibilities, people have limited time to complete even the smallest of tasks. From bill management to real estate searches, everything they do is done online.

The Real Estate profession is coming into its own when it comes to virtual tours. Marketing real estate is not an easy job, especially when people are trying to juggle personal and professional responsibilities in the shadow of having to move. Just ten years ago, the only ‘shopping’ options for those in the market for a new home were limited to a review of still pictures of houses with limited written descriptions, followed by actual visits to dozens of properties.

Today, having a virtual tour in your marketing strategy brings a whole new level to the industry. Look at your local competition’s marketing strategy. Do they consistently offer virtual tours for all of their listings? If more real estate companies provided virtual tours of homes for sale, they would increase their sales exponentially. The use of virtual tours not only helps potential buyers narrow down the homes they want to see but it also helps to free up the real estate agent’s time.

Agents can use virtual tours not only as lead generators for future listings, but also to weed out people who are not interested in some homes that the agent may have otherwise spent time introducing them to in person. Potential buyers have 24 hour access to all of the agent’s listings and when they finally call the real estate agent, they have a list of the houses they want to see up close. Less showings? Yes. More productive time management? Definitely.

RTV, Inc
http://www.RealTourVision.com
Virtual Tour Software & Digital Marketing Training
PS.  See you at the show? http://www.realtourvision.com/VirtualTourConvention.php

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The IMAGE 32 - Video Editing 101 – Continued

The IMAGE is The official photography webinar of RTV

Sign up for the next episode of The IMAGE!

In preparation for the new RealTour Fusion virtual tour software system we are going to continue going through some more basic video editing. 

On the last episode of the IMAGE we introduced video editing and went over the basics of how to:



•    Start a new video project
•    Import video media
•    Place media on timeline
•    Trim off unwanted parts
•    Remove unwanted audio
•    Align the media
•    Add fades and cross dissolves
•    Add background music
•    Render final video clip

In this episode of the IMAGE we will advance through more parts of video production as we cover some more of the basic aspects in addition to some other items that will add a little flare.

If you were not able to attend the last webinar please log in to www.rockpointemarketing.com and download IMAGE episode 32.  It would be good to review IMAGE episode 32 in preparation for this next IMAGE webinar.

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! 

Join us December 27, 2011 at 7pm Eastern for…Video Editing 101 - Continued.  See you there.


Team RTV
http://www.RealTourVision.com
Virtual Tour Software & Photography Training
866-947-8687

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RealTour Fusion Just Around the Corner!!!

Wow! That’s all we can say. What an amazing virtual tour webinar show last night and the timing could not be better for the release of the new RealTour Fusion platform that’s right around the corner.  According to our development team, staff will be seeing something live and in action here next week! 

As you may or may not know the new RealTour Fusion system will allow for up to five minutes of HD streaming video, 360 X 360 spherical images, still images and of course cylindrical panoramas.  Overall we have over three pages of BRAND NEW FEATURES...many of which nobody else currently has. Get ready everyone; the best virtual tour system is shifting gears and your future runs on Fusion!

If you're an RTV virtual tour provider, please take a moment now and check out some of the screen shots we sent you of the RealTour Fusion player that will be available to you in both Fusion and our new FusionMax look and feel. We'll be saving the release of FusionMax for a surprise and you’re going to love it!  It’s also capable of themes which allows you to brand yourself and customer better than ever before.  Don't worry...we've taken the liberty of programming in hundreds of themes for you already!

Look for one more episode of The IMAGE this month and know that we'll be working very hard with the development team to get the new system out the door. When we’re ready for prime time, we’ll be announcing the new system on the next episode of The FORMULA!

Stay tuned everyone and thanks for your continued support.

Jason & Team
http://www.RealTourVision.com
Virtual Tour Software & Digital Marketing Training
PS.  See you at the show? http://www.realtourvision.com/VirtualTourConvention.php

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Memorable Listings During the Holidays

Who wants to look at (or buy) houses during the Holidays? Serious buyers, that’s who. People who must  move for some reason. How do you give your listings the edge that closes the deal in your clients’ favor?

A little holiday staging can help. Appeal to the buyers’ hearts as well as their heads.

1) Holiday decorations. Keep it simple. Ask your sellers to leave the Christmas village and trains that circle the tree (and most of the family room), the miles of garland, and the lights that can be seen from outer space, in storage this year. Get them into the holiday mood, but don’t hide the home.

2) Fresh flowers. Most of the year, fresh flowers only last a few days. Poinsettias, however, last and last and are relatively inexpensive. Plus they look very festive in their red, green, gold or silver pot wraps.

3) Freshly baked cookies. The old adage about the way to a person’s heart is through their stomach must have meant cookies. And the home smells marvelous. If the sellers don’t bake, holiday-scented air fresheners and a plate of store-bought holiday cookies can fill in.

4) Pictures on the internet. 90% of home buyers start their search on the internet; especially this time of year. Show them a real estate virtual tour; give your listing the edge.

HOLDAY SPECIAL: A holiday slide show (up to twelve still photos with or without festive borders) of your listing with its decorations. Holiday music included.

Debbie & Mike Higgins
Northwest Indiana Virtual Tours
Four Seasons Virtual Tours – The Best Virtual Tours in Northwest Indiana!
http://www.FourSeasonsVirtualTours.com
Order a virtual tour or slide show: (219) 921-3413

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Virtual Tours for the Travel Industry

Virtual Tours are a necessary investment in the world of travel. Think about it, If customers and potential vacationers could see what your hotel, bed and breakfast, campground, or vacation rental looks like before planning their vacation it would make the selection process SO MUCH EASIER! If you take a quick look at hte majority of travel websites today you will see pictures of rooms but most of them only show the sleeping area and not the rest of the attractions. Now if there were virtual tours of the rooms it would allow potential travelers to get a virtual in-person view of  your accommodations.

Another profitable addition would be to add virtual tours or still shots of the local area. Think about it. Suppose that someone were to plan a vacation to the Caribbean and they have never been there before. Give them a  sneak peak that could seal the deal over other hotels that opt to not provide virtual tours of the area.

No matter how the economy is doing one this is for sure; people will always take vacations. What would enhance the vacation process is to see a bit of where they would be staying as well as local virtual tours of the area. If you took a poll and asked 10 people if having seen a virtual tour before making reservations would make them reserve their vacation faster, 8 out of 10 would say yes. Try this at your next gathering. We did! There's good reason why to date RTV has photographed several thousand hotels. All of this only furthers the proof that virtual tours are becoming the norm in the commercial travel industry.

There are people who are going to plan a vacation regardless of what the accommodations look like, but if they had a choice to see one destination with a virtual tour and another without, more often than not they would opt for the accommodations that have a virtual tour.

Let's face it, virtual tours are the wave of the future of commercial travel. Are you a hotel chain in need of a national photography service? Give us a call now and let our vast virtual tour provider network help you increase your revenue through the use of our HD and Mobile virtual tours!

RTV, Inc

Virtual Tour Software & Hotel Photography Services

Order a virtual tour today! 866-947-8687

http://www.RealTourVision.com

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A Great Ride with RTV

To date, Realtor Vision virtual tour software company has never, let me repeat, NEVER disappointed me! Everything that RTV promised me has been delivered and more. Whether you're talking about getting business from RTV's national accounts they have under contract or if it's the up and coming new software features they talk about adding they always deliver!

The Real Tour Vision staff is sincerely interested in the success of its full service dealers. They know, the more success we have, the more successful RTV will be. I have never had a problem or question that wasn't answered or dealt with promptly and professionally by the RTV staff. My experience has been excellent as far as RTV in concerned. In my opinion, you will not be disappointed by choosing Real Tour Vision if you're looking to add HD and mobile virtual tours to your offering.

As for the virtual tour business itself, it can be anything you want it to be. If you’re looking for a full time business and a very good living, you need only work toward the end. I look at the real estate side of the business as the bread and butter part of my work. I concentrate the rest of my efforts on business and commercial virtual tours. Business and commercial virtual tours would include such business as restaurants, assisted care centers, hospitals, complexes, gyms and health clubs, and so the list goes on.

Again, you can lean on RTV to help you with building your virtual tour business and utilize their professionally made marketing materials too. They have a full line of sample advertising and “How-To” articles for building a virtual tour business from scratch, including recommended pricing.

All in all, I have to say, my total experience with them has been more than positive. While I have never personally met anyone at RTV, I consider these people team members and friends. Hopefully one of these days I'll make it to one of their conventions. I love the virtual tour business, RTV, and their virtual tour system.

Happy Holidays,

Nic
Phoenix Photography, LLC
Order a virtual tour: 866-532-0215

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