Video category archives

High quality online media is an important aspect of real estate marketing that is often lacking from many real estate agents’ marketing plans. The majority of the industry’s use of media in online marketing consists of low quality photographs taken by the agent’s $200 consumer digital camera, or perhaps the all-too-familiar “fish bowl” experience while [...]

With the plethora of gift options out there it can be tough to choose what to buy for your lovable geek. So, whether you’re seeking ideas for others or a few treats for yourself this year, the following list of top 20 gifts for real estate geeks will help point you in the right direction. [...]

Ah, video. It’s the sexiest new trend in real estate presentation and is, by far, one of the most difficult skills to build up while juggling every other task an agent has resting on their shoulders. Although there will definitely be a learning curve when you start doing video I can assure you the payoff [...]

I recently discovered Adobe After Effects for the first time, and I am amazed at how powerful and versatile this program is.  After the install and launching the program for the first time, similar to the first time that I took at look at Flash or Photoshop, I’ll admit that the I was a little [...]

Vancouver Realtor Ian Watt was invited to speak in San Diego yesterday at Coach Tom Ferry‘s real estate agent event. He spoke right after Tom Ferry and before Gary Vee – not a bad lineup to be included in. For those that missed it, here is Ian’s talk:

Livestream announced a new video product for Twitter called TwitCam.com. This is not a “How To” video product for those who like to put together bicycles without instructions! lol~ All you need is a webcam and a twitter account and you can stream live video and chat on Twitter.com Posts your video description and link [...]

Coldwell Banker is now on YouTube with their Coldwell Banker “On Location” channel – http://www.youtube.com/coldwellbanker — where consumers will be able to view agent profiles, walkthroughs of listings, community snapshots, and advice videos from Coldwell Banker agents. For further details, head over to Inman for their coverage.

Flickr.com is one of my favorite photo hosting sites. The SEO generated from Flickr is just one reason I use their “paid” service and membership.  Having said that, here’s a brand new feature PhotoBucket just announced that I hope Flickr will investigate and soon incorporate. Sharing pictures and videos just got a whole lot easier. [...]

Last week our team at Ubertor and Reachd ran the Inaugural Fraser Valley Real Estate Technology Meetup. We invited Realtor and Uber Video Blogger Ian Watt to talk about how he runs his business completely online. Here is the video from the evening. Death of the Old School Realtor

To my surprise, during the last two press releases regarding the Houston Real Estate market stats, HAR has gone video. By and large, the clip consists of summarizing the association’s position already stated in the release. Nevertheless, this is a small step forward in the 2.0-ification of HAR. Suggestions going forward Better Sharing – Currently, [...]

Video, video, video. It’s the hot topic in real estate these days, and it’s popularity and applications will only increase in 2009. Whether you’re shooting a video tour of a property, a community video, or doing a vlog (video blog), video can help you get your message across in ways text can’t. A future post [...]

Just when you think you’re catching up with technology with a website or blog, you find that there is now a requirement for video on your site. It’s not a legal requirement, but one of demand from the consumer and your site visitors. Video on the Web has mushroomed, with YouTube alone hosting almost 100 [...]