onestopview.com » virtual tours http://blog.onestopview.com Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:15:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Filming Property Videos http://blog.onestopview.com/filming-property-videos.html http://blog.onestopview.com/filming-property-videos.html#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:16:53 +0000 onestopview http://blog.onestopview.com/?p=100 With the introduction of OneStopView.co.uk, the free property video hosting website, we are now requiring agents for each of the counties of UK to film real estate. With the backing of the Free video hosting website – OneStopView.co.uk, we want to help expand the useage of Property Videos in the estate agency world and have a representative videographer in each county of UK who can film, edit and render high standard videos.

There is no cost to become your regional representative and there are no fee upon any referrals from the website. You will be provided with marketing literature to take to your local estate agencies.

Contact us via the website OneStopView.co.uk to find out more.

]]> http://blog.onestopview.com/filming-property-videos.html/feed 0 OneStopView launches OneStopView.co.uk http://blog.onestopview.com/onestopview-launches-onestopviewcouk.html http://blog.onestopview.com/onestopview-launches-onestopviewcouk.html#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:24:44 +0000 onestopview http://blog.onestopview.com/?p=98 We are pleased to announce that after the success of OneStopView.com worldwide video tours we have now opened up a UK dedicated real estate uploading website – www.OneStopView.co.uk

Once again it will be an entirely free to use website, no sign up fees nor commission or pay per leads. We welcome all UK based estate agents using video tours, slide show tours, 360 tours, virtual tours etc to use our free service by either signing up for a free account or contacting one of their local videographers which can be found on our contact us page.

We are also seeking an agent for each area, ideally with filming skills and editing skills. There is no sign up fee and we can also provide you with a welcome pack to include marketing literature to aid you when visiting local estate agents.

To find out more how OneStopView.co.uk can help you in marketing property online visit the website.

]]> http://blog.onestopview.com/onestopview-launches-onestopviewcouk.html/feed 0 OneStopView.co.uk BULLETIN No. 1 http://blog.onestopview.com/onestopviewcouk-bulletin-no-1.html http://blog.onestopview.com/onestopviewcouk-bulletin-no-1.html#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:09:15 +0000 onestopview http://blog.onestopview.com/?p=97 Dear Agents,
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.
]]> http://blog.onestopview.com/onestopviewcouk-bulletin-no-1.html/feed 0 Property Video the way Foward? http://blog.onestopview.com/property-video-the-way-foward.html http://blog.onestopview.com/property-video-the-way-foward.html#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:45:55 +0000 onestopview http://blog.onestopview.com/?p=96 As marketing property becomes a more and more demanding topic with fewer and fewer results, finding the perfect way to advertise your property online is becoming more and more important. A property video could quite literally give you a 24/7 365 days of the year online viewing available to be viewed by a worldwide audience. No need to try and book viewings, a property video will enable your house to be viewed online as if the client was actually there.

Marketing with property videos is a lot more easier than you think and certainly very economical. Simply film the property you wish to sell or rent and upload the video to your computer where it will then be ready to upload to a host of video websites such as YouTube, AOL Videos and OneStopView. These sites are all free to use and really should be your first port of call before you investigate padi for websites whom would rarely get the same amount of traffic.

A property video could cost you less that 2 hours of your own time and could save you thousands in marketing costs. For more professional videos choose a local videographer who will film and edit a managable sized movie for you and even help with uploading.

]]> http://blog.onestopview.com/property-video-the-way-foward.html/feed 0 New homes being built in England looks set to fall to an 88-year low. http://blog.onestopview.com/new-homes-being-built-in-england-looks-set-to-fall-to-an-88-year-low.html http://blog.onestopview.com/new-homes-being-built-in-england-looks-set-to-fall-to-an-88-year-low.html#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:39:11 +0000 onestopview http://blog.onestopview.com/?p=89 The NHF (National Housing Federation) are giving out figures showing that new build homes in England are set to slump by 50% on last years figures.They state they only expect around 70,000 homes to be built during 2009 – 2010, that being only half the 140,000 properties that will be built this year. These figures are the worst since 1921, (Excluding years during 2nd World War).

These figures are released at more or less the same time as the RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) stated that house sales were at their lowest levels between December and February this year, that’s a new 31 year low.

“Around two-thirds of the homes will be built by housing associations, as private builders suspend developments until the market picks up”, NHF states.

This further cements the worsening Property Market in the UK and a very bleak outlook for 2009 and beyond. With self builders, house building companies and first time buyers all out of the picture it points towards increased property price falls. First time buyers are finding it near an impossibility purchasing as Bank’s lendings have become more difficult to obtain.

The average property price figures due soon also will no doubt show a downturn as the recession starts to take grip.

]]> http://blog.onestopview.com/new-homes-being-built-in-england-looks-set-to-fall-to-an-88-year-low.html/feed 0 Facebook or Twitter? http://blog.onestopview.com/facebook-or-twitter.html http://blog.onestopview.com/facebook-or-twitter.html#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:36:30 +0000 onestopview http://blog.onestopview.com/?p=83 Facebook or twitter for networking and promoting your real estate business to a worldwide audience?

Both are new still very much untouched when it comes to using them for marketing purposes. For those that have discovered them, they are finding a wealth of free marketing opportunities to promote their business and property portfolios. Quite simply, these networking platforms allow you to market to a worldwide audience your real estate business by way of groups, blogs, pictures and even videos. For anybody willing to invest time and effort onto Facebook or Twitter you are able to build up a number of freinds/followers all ofwhich you can market to free of charge. You can also build dedicated groups such as the following: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=47121836008&ref=mf

These Groups allow you again to have members all interested in the groups theme and allow you as the creator/administration person to inform everybody of latest news and developements relating to your field of the industry.

Real Estate on the internet has new doors opening daily to help combat the worsening economical climate effecting nearly all countries.

Facebook and Twitter are both free networking websites to join, they do though require of you to abide by certain guidelines. As per any or most free to use/networking websites, common sense will tell you what is and what is not permitted.

]]> http://blog.onestopview.com/facebook-or-twitter.html/feed 0 Sell my house by a raffle. http://blog.onestopview.com/sell-my-house-by-a-raffle.html http://blog.onestopview.com/sell-my-house-by-a-raffle.html#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:42:33 +0000 onestopview http://blog.onestopview.com/?p=82 It is increasing becoming a popular way to sell you house. Simply raffle off tickets and draw a lucky winning number once you have sold enough tickets to pay for the value of your house

Auction websites such as Ebay are seeing more and more ’sell my house by raffle’ listings. If you think of it, your chances of winning the lottery each week is practically zero, ie 1 in 13,983,816!!! Now if you buy a raffle ticket to a house a house say at £15, 15 times a lottery ticket price and the value of the house is say £150,000 your chances of winning are immensley reduced to 1 in 15,000. so to sum up the chances of winning a lottery that could change your life:

Lottery ticket priced at £1 gives you 1 in 13,983,816 of winning the jackpot.

House sale lottery ticket valued at £150,000 at £15 ticket price gives you 1 in 15,000 of winning the jackpot.

For me, buying lottery tickets to potentially win a house is sound common sense and serves you a better chance of changing your life than a lottery ticket.

]]> http://blog.onestopview.com/sell-my-house-by-a-raffle.html/feed 0 Free marketing for Property Sales http://blog.onestopview.com/free-marketing-for-property-sales.html http://blog.onestopview.com/free-marketing-for-property-sales.html#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:24:58 +0000 onestopview http://blog.onestopview.com/?p=45 Can you really market your property online using a 24/7 video open house for Free? Yes you can, if you choose OneStopView.com

Can you receive direct enquiries from interested parties who have already viewed your property online? Yes you can, if you choose OneStopView.com

Can you manage your own listing(s) and upload as many property videos as you wish on a Free to use website? Yes you can, with OneStopView.com

Can you receive a Free embed code for your own personnel website from an online real estate marketing platform? Yes you can, with OneStopView.com

http://www.OneStopView.com is the only real estate video property tours marketing platform that is 100% Free to use for both private and commercial listings. Free registration, Free video uploading, no payment detials required, Free embedding codes.

]]> http://blog.onestopview.com/free-marketing-for-property-sales.html/feed 0 Why use Video Property Tours? http://blog.onestopview.com/why-use-video-property-tours.html http://blog.onestopview.com/why-use-video-property-tours.html#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:19:05 +0000 onestopview http://blog.onestopview.com/?p=40 There are so many ways to market your property from the basic word of mouth up to a full HD video production along with colour brochures!

Online marketing has been very successful now for the past few years, though we are beginning to see a new form of advertising – Video Tours. These can be from simple slideshow productions to actual video footage and it’s the latter that we will concentrate on within this blog.

A Video footage tour can really exhibit your property to it’s maximum, filming location/views/gardens etc in a way that a photo just cannot capture. By having a video tour available online you are simply giving online browsers the chance to view your property without the need to make a booking.

One major thing to consider and us at OneStopView will be concentrating more so on, is the quality of filming. There is simply no point filming a 2 minute video of your property when there is a poor quality of image, erractic movement or too much detail on furniture etc. A film should be clear to view, steady filming of a ‘pan round’ nature and ideally to keep away from unecessary text intro’s and load music to enhance the backgroud. A film should be brief, clear and to the point.

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