First of all thank you all for agreeing to become an agent for your area(s) with OneStopView.co.uk.

We are now ready for you to register your account with us. All you need to do is click on ‘Advertiser Signup’ and fill in the form, this is of course free to do. Once registered you will be able to login with ‘Advertiser login’ where you will be able to upload your real estate listings. At present all videos uploads have to be in .flv format (you will most probably have to convert your video file into .flv format). I am at present investing some money into this area so that we will be able to upload in any video format, including HD.

I have also designed a marketing oversize postcard for OneStopView.co.uk. I had 100 printed myself and have found them useful when approaching local estate agents with the concept of property video marketing to promote the fact that there is a dedicated website for the property videos which all estate agents can use. There is a space on the back of the postcard for you to place your name and contact details as regional agent, which is what I have done on mine. If anybody is interested in having some of these printed colour postcards then do let me know. I used the online company ‘Vista Print’ and was satisfied with the quality. The charge from me for 100 postcards will be £25, though ideally I can forward you the template and you can order them for yourself direct from Vista (You will find their prices most reasonable), www.Vistaprint.co.uk

I must say, I am sure you’re all aware, that changing estate agents way of marketing is by no means easy. However I have found, as they are all struggling to attract new listings at present, that offering a free trial (eg 2-3 properties filmed for free) to have been beneficial to tempt them into trying. This gives them the opportunity to see the benefits and promote property videos which in turn will hopefully lead to them securing my services to film. I have received some very positive responses from my local estate agents and two have already signed up for the trial offer. It is important to mention when marketing ‘property videos’ that you differintiate between slide shows and actual video footage because most estate agents assume that a video tour is a glorified slideshow and are not aware of actual videos and the outstanding difference and benefits they offer.

Please remember that the website OneStopView.co.uk is a totally free to use website that benefits us all as videographers. I welcome any suggestions, ideas and even criticism from you if it aids in making the site bigger and more widely known, thus in turn providing us with more videography work!

OneStpView.co.uk is more or less all finished, apart from some additions that are needed and some upgrades to software. Any SEO or similar advice that can be thrown our way will be most welcome!

Regards,

Christopher Walkey.