The simplest and most effective way to create real estate tours, is now the simplest and most effective way to get to video. With the push of a button, a Show created on RealEstateShows.com will be converted in to a video file that can be uploaded to any video distribution network, including YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, PhotoBucket and more.
“Our desire was to make it a ‘one button’ operation for our clients,” said Bill Leider, CEO of Real Estate Shows. ” Real Estate Shows is widely regarded as the easiest to use real estate tour product on the market. We’re proud that we’ve been able to add this option for our clients without sacrificing the ease of use that our clients love.”
Here is a sample Real Estate Show exported to video and uploaded to Flickr.
Here is what the original file looked like before uploading to Flickr: view original mp4 file.
At launch, Real Estate Shows users will also be able to automatically upload their video to their own YouTube channel, to the Real Estate Shows YouTube Channel, or both. Other automatic uploading options will be added shortly. In addition, the MP4 file can be downloaded to your hard drive and used anywhere video is accepted, including desktop-based video editing applications like iMove and Adobe Premiere.
“The option to export to video opens up a whole range of distribution options for real estate listings,” added Jeff Turner, President and Founder of Real Estate Shows. “And our clients now have options for distribution of Shows that have nothing to do with listings. We’re already seeing some very creative uses of Real Estate Shows in the video format on Flickr and YouTube. We’re very happy to see our first users gravitate so quickly and easily to new ways to use the product.”
The export to video option will be included in the current $125 per year retail price of Real Estate Shows for all user who renew or sign up for the service before January 1, 2009. After that date, users who wish to be able to export to video will be required to pay an additional $25 per year to access the feature. The feature is currently in public beta. Please alert us immediately if you find any problems at all.
How do you export your Real Estate Show to video?
To create a video from your Real Estate Show, click on the “create a video” button in side the video tab under your publish menu for any Show you wish to export. Here is a short instructional video that will show you were to find the create a video options.
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Jeff, Real Estate Shows continues to deliver the goods. You guys are incredible. Thank you for always looking to make things better and provide more. Real Estate Shows is an indispensable tool in the real estate arsenal.
RES ROCKS!!
Maggie Dokic
Perfect timing for a new listing – you guys really DO rock!
This is a great idea. I have been exporting video for a while, and I’m wondering if YouTube is showing the entire video or just a portion? Also I don’t see a call to action or contact info, did I miss it?
Thank you so much for staying up to date on technology and making it easy and affordable for me! I’m excited for the video feature, but I did not see any branding, contact info or call to action on the sample. How do we as REALTORs implement these features in the videos?
GREAT!!! I was hoping for this!
Bill, Jeff.. Congrats on the new features. As we discussed last week, this opens up a whole bunch of new applications.
Keep up the great work.
Does anyone else find these so-called “videos” as annoying as I do? Calling this a video is simply bait-and-switch to no good purpose.
I – and many home buyers I’ve talked to- would rather take a few seconds, scan a group of smaller photos, and drill in on large, high-quality images as they interest me.
Cindy and Sona, when we upload the MP4 file to YouTube, we include your name, company, phone numbers and website link in the description at YouTube. In the near future, we will be adding a branding “credits” to the end of the shows that will appear in the video file itself.
What I would really like to see RES do is provide the capability to connect a set of actual videos clips taken from a digital camera and have the ability to narrate the show with our own voice. I believe that would be the ultimate video show.
Zekas – I think most folks are offering both options. Different strokes for different folks.
Servers must be swamped – I’ve published about a dozen shows on July 3, and so far only one has showed up on my youtube account.
Good idea for the the video upload – But I would like the option to have more photos on RES. 12-15 would be great!
Great Blog! I have been selling real estate in Bend Oregon since 1981 and find it refreshing to find a helpful blog like yours! Keep up the good work!
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Don, there was actually a glitch in the YouTube uploading, not server overload. Please try again. Thank you for your patience.
Cheryl… announcement on that coming soon.
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I posted a few more shows about 9:15 am this morning – they aren’t showing up on youtube. But it looks like at least some of them made it to realestateshows’ youtube account. Weird…
Don, can you try downloading the file and uploading to your YouTube account manually? Please let us know your results.
Will do. I just tried another and it went right up. The two I did after that didn’t go, though. Even tried a different browser to make sure that wasn’t the issue. Attempted to publish via both routes – the direct “publish” link and then chose to edit the show and selected “publish/video” from there.
Manual upload worked fine.
I’m giving up on using this feature – I have two accounts on Youtube and the videos won’t publish to either one. I’ve attempted to post over 20 videos but only 4 have actually appeared. I get the success screen and my agents are getting the notification via email, but the videos are not going up.
Don, we can’t replicate your problems here. The feature is working fine from our end. I’m going to have one of our tech people give you a call!
I have checked, rechecked and rechecked the login info I’m entering for each Youtube account when I select a show to convert and post to that particular account. Everything is as it should be. On the minuscule chance it was a browser issue (yes, that’s a far-fetched possibility), I attempted to post videos from IE6, IE7, Firefox, Safari and Opera with no success.
Don, I just posted two to my respres account at YouTube using the automatic submission here at RealEstateShows.com and each one posted without issue. I think there may be something specific going on with you and I’d like us to get to the bottom of it. Thank you for sharing your experiences. We are still in beta and this will help us help others!
Danged if I can figure it out. I’m no amateur when it comes to a computer; I’ve had a PC since the first ones became available for home use (early 80s) and have worked with various operating systems, can troubleshoot hardware, software and network issues, and this has me beat! My office phone is 304-425-3400 if someone wants to give me a call.
Don, I’m in Grafton, WV right now. Perhaps I should just drop by?
If you would like, that’s a lot of gas tho.
Need the address? You can reach me at 425-3400.
Still no workee on my end. I had one of the office managers try it from her machine and that particular video wasn’t posted, either. I’m just wondering if it’s something to do with all our company accounts, which are under a single master account. I’ve checked and they seem to be going to realestateshows.com’s Youtube account. If they go there, there’s no reason why they shouldn’t be appearing under our own accounts. Something’s borked somewhere, obviously.
This is an excellent enhancement to your product. This will be a great way to market our listings, community and our Team! Thanks!
Don’t you think this will just give video sites more ammunition for BANNING real estate? We’ll start jamming sites like youtube with PHOTO SLIDESHOWS disguised as fake video and I think they’ll start removing them.
Pauliine… video sites like YouTube specifically allow this kind of content.
This sounds awesome Jeff. I plan on making a few tomorrow.
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After googling to learn if this was possible, I am thrilled. This adds more value to an already impressive product. I am going to give it a try now! THANKS.
Very disappointed.. I finally signed up with RES and before I did, I called and spoke to a lady from customer support. I asked her specifically if I could upload videos to youtube and she said I could; they would also be available as MP4 files.. BUT I had to sign up for the subscription and then the buttons I need to download the MP4 file would “magically” show up. So, after some hesitation, I finally decide to sign up and pay. I can’t find the download button for MP4 files anywhere.. So I leave 3 messages and email and no response yet. It’s 5 pm here so you folks should be around if you’re in California cause I’m in EST and you guys would be PST. Nothing yet. So I google and I NOW I find THIS article saying I need to pay $35 extra bucks! Don’t your support staff know enough to say that, or did they conveniently forget? If that is so, I’m pretty much very ticked off and will probably demand a full refund.. Of course it would help if someone would just answer the phone.
Sorry to be so upset but come on, the mp4 youtube export was MY main reason I picked your company, plus I found your company on Agentgenius.
Correction.. The amount I am reading here is $25, not $35 (typo), and also I sincerely hope I’m wrong.. If so, I apoligize ahead of time but please let me know how to do this..
Thanks
Jim
Hello once more…
I finally found how to do the video thingy but I had to hunt it down.. With Youtube. Now I have to “assume” I can download the mp4 file from Youtube using something like “video downloadhelper” with Firefox.. but that’s only cause I am familiar with that stuff.
I guess my question is; is the $25 extra charge still on or is it presently suspended? I guess finding this blog article and reading it put me in a slight state of shock…LOL
Jim, first let me say I’m surprised by your experience with our customer service team. I will certainly be following up on that. Second, our video export is still in beta and the only way to get to the export is via the “Publish” link in your manage and edit page. When your video is finished exporting, our system will send you an email and you will then be able to download your MP4 file and upload it anywhere you choose. Third, we have not charged for this to date and when/if we do, it certainly will not be $25 per show. The article you’re reading is referring to must be related to REALTOR.com, who sets the price for upload to their service.
Again, I am surprised by your experience and will come back to follow up after I’ve had a change to talk to our customer service director. My sincere apologies for the taste that has been left in your mouth!
Jim, I now see what you’re referring to in this article. We never instituted that pricing, because we never took this out of beta.
Oh..
Well, you got a new and HAPPY customer who has a BIG mouth! So at least That’s good news for you… As for the service, You probably should change the article or at least add an “EDIT” in the end of the article ’cause people like me scan fast and haven’t got the time to read ALL the posts at times.. (I do now but it’s after 9 pm)…
Anyway, I remember seeing you post elsewhere now and I’m glad you’re a familiar gravatar LOL.. Also, I want to note I appreciate your polite answers to an agitated person like me and that probably makes me VERY Glad to now be your customer..
Truthfully, I compared your realestateshows with others, and yours was the only one I REALLY liked in terms of eye appeal and even music selections.. Some of the others were with ridiculous music selections and overly large and rather cumbersome pictures with a “funny” flow.. The taste in my mouth is now wonderful !
Thank you,
Jim Gatos
The YouTube upload feature is essentially useless. It’s hit or miss – sometimes the videos post to our channel just fine, other times they never go up at all. The video file is being generated and made available for download but that’s as far as it goes. Occasionally, resubmitting the video works. There’s no particular pattern. I can send 4 shows to YouTube one day and they all go. The next day I can send 4 more and none of them go. Support has told me previously this was an issue with YouTube changing how they processed these type of automatic submissions and that Support were working on a fix. This was last year. It’s very time-consuming to have to download the video file, upload it manually and then enter all the listing details. Yes, I have checked and rechecked my YouTube login info – this is all saved using a Firefox extension and is never entered manually or using the browser’s own feature to save passwords.
Don, the issues regarding uploading are on Youtube’s side. Their servers are very busy, and sometimes when a video is submitted it just doesn’t get through to them. We’ve been trying different fixes on our side over the past several months, but so far, none of them have really fixed the problem. We do have some other ideas that we’re working on, but I can’t promise an immediate solution to the situation, much as I would like to. This problem is a large part of the reason that we are keeping video creation in beta. Please know that we do care about the situation and are doing everything in our power to try to fix it.
Rebecca
Web Programmer
Don, we have located the cause of your current issues. It appears your YouTube password was indeed input incorrectly. The YouTube API does pay attention to capital letters. We changed this in your account, but this was used in several other accounts, so you will need to correct it in all of them. Again, the password is case sensitive.