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!
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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.
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.
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.