Virtual Tour Discussion Group

This is a group to discuss virtual tours as they pertain to real estate marketing.

Apr

1
2011

The Red Light On The Real Estate Video Camera Is Blinking... What Not To Do For That New Property Listing Tour.

What Does NOT Play Well On A Real Estate Or Local Community Video Presentation.

1) Thinking you are going to shoot the entire video one take, no edits, on the run.
2) Believing someone will waste four minutes as your car cam video jiggles. You ramble, cause sea sickness dodging pot holes. Twisting in and out of neighborhoods.
3) If the video is a house, think just start inside and let them figure what's up. Confuse.
4) Or forget the audio track, that's only 40% of the real estate experience. Use the Rocky theme.  more...

Mar

30
2011

QR Code Scan Count Revealed! - Virtual Tour Hit Report Trick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTbtN_mLJIM

RTV http://www.realtourvision.com virtual tour software company is pleased to announce our new mobile virtual tour for iPad, iPhone, iPod, BlackBerry, Android, and other Smartphones. Our mobile virtual tour is specially formatted for mobile devices so that you can offer maximum exposure for your client's virtual tours. Unlike other mobile tours, the RTV mobile tour is interactive for those with touch screens and allows users to scroll panoramic images.  more...

Jun

28
2009

Traverse City Home Selling Tips

What do buyers look for, or look out for when purchasing Traverse City real estate and the five county surrounding areas? This article is designed to help sellers evaluate the important aspects of selling a home and what potential buyers want.  more...

Jun

14
2009

Traverse City Home Sales Are Up

Pending Traverse City Home Sales Up 3 Months in a Row!

Pending home sales rose for the third consecutive month in April, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors; with some economists saying enough consecutive positive traction has occurred to call a possible bottom in the U.S. housing market. According to a Tuesday release by NAR, the trade organization’s gauge of contracts signed in April rose by 6.7% to 90.3, up from March’s reading of 84.6.  more...

May

13
2009

Jan

18
2009

Obeoman is NOT dead...

To everyone at Inman:

I am not dead or dying.

But zero hour is here.

Very soon, there will be a new face for Obeo here at Inman. Please welcome the new guy as you did me.

And of course, it would be my pleasure to rejoin you as myself-if you can stand me as that and will have me back!

My hew contact information is below.

Hope to see you here, there and everywhere!

Steve

Steven Stearns
Social Network Building
Anyone.Anywhere.Anything.
Content Creation Consulting For Commerce, Creatives and Citizens
shsworks@sbcglobal.net
920-691-6030

Join me at:  more...

Dec

30
2008

RTV Announces Integrated Social Networking Utility for Virtual Tours

“Team RTV understands that although we are in the virtual tour industry, we are first and foremost in the marketing business. Our marketing department has been hard at work to not only integrate incredible marketing features such as this, but also to coach our  more...

Dec

4
2008

Dodging bullets, blizzards and the blues...

So,
Do you need a Kevlar vest, a shovel or...?

http://obeoman.blogspot.com

Steve
Obeoman

Nov

20
2008

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Keeping it real-and being grateful for my friends and associates at Inman:

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Thanks to all for your thoughts and comments-(;-])

...Blog ON!

Steve
Obeoman

Nov

18
2008

Goodbye to Google Ranking

The days of Googling your keywords to measure the effectiveness of your SEO strategy are coming to an end. According to Bruce Clay of PubCon, there will be big changes in ranking. In the name of Top Shelp Organic SEO, Google will be tuning into the specific behaviors of individual users to serve up more customized results.

What this means to the end-user is better results and less spam.  more...

Sep

10
2008

Aug

15
2008

May

7
2008

Virtual Tours--A Proactive Step Toward Business Success

The Real Estate Industry has some strange peculiarities that are particular to Real Estate and that I don’t think are appreciated by the average citizen, at least here in Alcona County, Michigan. To give you an idea of what I mean take a look some of these oddities.
· How many businesses do you know sign a contract with someone expecting them to provide services, spend a lot of money in advertising, and to expend an undisclosed amount of time, work and mileage to fulfill their part of the bargain with no money exchanged; in other words, all at the agent’s expense?  more...