blog.propertiesonline.com » YouTube http://Blog.PropertiesOnline.com Technology Tools and Tips for the Real Estate Professional Wed, 22 May 2013 18:05:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Why Use Video to Sell Real Estate http://Blog.PropertiesOnline.com/why-use-video-to-sell-real-estate/ http://Blog.PropertiesOnline.com/why-use-video-to-sell-real-estate/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:21:24 +0000 Jess Maria http://Blog.PropertiesOnline.com/?p=2626 The NAR tells us that 73% of home sellers would choose a real estate agent who uses video to sell their property over one who does not. That means the small 3% of agents who are actually using video have a major advantage. Are you one of them? Why use video to sell real estate? Well, if getting a leg up on some 97% of your competition to attract nearly ¾ of sellers isn’t reason enough, read on. People like video, and the statistics back it up. While the average web user spends 48 seconds on a website, the same user spends close to 6 minutes (5 minutes, 50 seconds) on a website that has video. It’s simple, really. If your real estate website and individual property websites include video, your visitors are likely to stay longer. And the longer a user stays on your website, the more likely they are to translate into a lead. Video is said to be a whopping 53 times more effective at drawing people in than text alone! Since 2009, video traffic from mobile devices has increased 5000%. Every day, YouTube receives 4 billion video views, and the site has predicted that this year (2013), 90% of web traffic will be video. And websites that include relevant, optimized video are 57% more likely to be on page one of Google than those that do not. Single property websites allow real estate agents and brokers to market each property to its fullest, instilling a sense of trust and competency with both sellers and buyers. Filled with images, rich text, floor plans, neighborhood information and mortgage tools, single property websites convey a strong message of professionalism. Video is today a critically important piece of the puzzle. Video gives potential home buyers a much richer online experience than video alone. The movement created by video brings still shots to life, giving viewers a feeling of walking through the home themselves. Adding video to your property websites sells more real estate by inviting more interest, more attraction and more leads. Are you ready?   Visit www.virtuets.com to get started using video to sell real estate now.   Why Use Video to Sell Real Estate is a post from: Properties Online Blog

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]]> http://Blog.PropertiesOnline.com/why-use-video-to-sell-real-estate/feed/ 0 Great Real Estate Photos Make Good First Impression on Buyers http://Blog.PropertiesOnline.com/great-real-estate-photos-make-good-first-impression-on-buyers/ http://Blog.PropertiesOnline.com/great-real-estate-photos-make-good-first-impression-on-buyers/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:18:49 +0000 Properties Online http://Blog.PropertiesOnline.com/?p=1715 Including a real estate video in listing domains is a selling point that attracts home sellers and buyers. Virtuet allows real estate agents to quickly and easily create professional-looking videos for each of their listings that can be embedded in real estate websites and blogs, uploaded to YouTube, posted on Facebook or tweeted to interested buyers. Before you can create a Virtuet video, you need to snap some great photos of the property. Use these tips to take professional-looking listing photos that will attract home buyers (see our previous post for additional tips): Frame each shot to avoid showing telephone poles, overhead wires or other homes in exterior photos. Have the seller remove cars from the driveway and hide the garbage cans. Removing background distractions allows buyers to focus on the house. Aerial photos of properties and the surrounding neighborhood are popular in many markets. If you want to give buyers a bird’s-eye view of the property or neighboring area without going to the considerable expense of hiring an aerial photographer, you can print aerial photos free from Live Maps. Live Maps shows real-time aerial views that can be zoomed in or out. Before including aerial photos in a property’s listing domain photo display or Virtuet video, they should be carefully scanned to ensure that their content will not detract from the property’s desirability. Use a digital camera not your cell phone to take property photos. A camera with a wide-angle lens is an asset as it allows an entire room to be captured in a single photo. To obtain clear, high-quality photos set your camera to its highest resolution and use a tripod to hold the camera steady. Careful editing can improve any listing photo. A basic photo-editing software or free photo editing websites like Snipshot and Pixenate allow you to adjust photo brightness and contrast and crop out unnecessary foreground and background to focus the photo on the features you want to emphasize. To find out more about Virtuet and other real estate technology tools, visit Properties Online. Great Real Estate Photos Make Good First Impression on Buyers is a post from: Properties Online Blog

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]]> http://Blog.PropertiesOnline.com/great-real-estate-photos-make-good-first-impression-on-buyers/feed/ 0 Tips for Creating Real Estate Photos and Videos http://Blog.PropertiesOnline.com/tips-for-creating-real-estate-photos-and-videos/ http://Blog.PropertiesOnline.com/tips-for-creating-real-estate-photos-and-videos/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:34:11 +0000 Properties Online http://Blog.PropertiesOnline.com/?p=1703 Attractive photos and videos sell homes. Home buyers are attracted to bright, clear photographs and real estate videos that portray the size and features of rooms and the flow of one room into another accurately and attractively. Many real estate agents work with professional photographers to stage and photograph a home before creating an individual listing domain for the property; other agents prefer to handle listing photography themselves.

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]]> http://Blog.PropertiesOnline.com/realtor-website-video/feed/ 0 New Video Posting Tool for Real Estate Agents http://Blog.PropertiesOnline.com/new-video-posting-tool-for-real-estate-agents/ http://Blog.PropertiesOnline.com/new-video-posting-tool-for-real-estate-agents/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:04:48 +0000 Amanda Cornelius http://Blog.PropertiesOnline.com/?p=1153 For many years Real Estate agents have struggled to create professional, engaging videos for their listings.  The expense of having a professional video shot has always been cost prohibitive and the quality for most do-it-yourselfers usually leaves something to be desired. Virtuets seeks to solve these issues by enabling real estate professionals to create property videos that won’t break the bank. This December, Properties Online will be releasing their new product called Virtuets. Virtuets allow real estate professionals to create stunning videos for each listing using still images, music and a whole lot of pizzazz! The agent can select the genre and music that best fits the property and the Virtuet’s engine does the rest. Agents can share the videos on YouTube, blogs or Facebook!  Additionally, they can burn each Virtuet to a DVD for safe storage. These engaging videos will impress even the most discriminating seller. The company plans to release this new product as an added value service for their website products ListingDomains.com and RealEstateSites.com but will also launch a stand alone version in 2011. -Amanda Cornelius, realinventive.com New Video Posting Tool for Real Estate Agents is a post from: Properties Online Blog

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