Video marketing for Realtors

Video marketing for Realtors has quickly become the rule rather than the exception. The virtual tour, so popular in the real estate market of the last decade, is now considered passé. The ever-increasing number of consumers with access to streaming video 24/7 has made video in high demand. If you’re not already convinced it’s time to make the move to video for all your real estate listing needs, you will be after reading this list!

The Top 7 Reasons Realtors Need Video Marketing

1. Your viewers need to feel a connection with the property.
You provoke a more emotional response from viewers by setting the tone with music and narration – effectively telling a story with each property that your viewers can connect with. You can highlight the surrounding neighborhood, nearby schools, parks and even attractions in the city it’s located in.

2. The use of online video is growing at an incredible 40% per year.
One study has shown that visitors stay at websites that contain video 78% longer than those without video! Certainly, grabbing and keeping viewers attention is paramount to gaining new clients and converting leads to sales.

3. Video is interactive.
Home buyers can search for videos with specific keywords, fast-forward through them, pause them, and rewind them. They can share them with friends and family via email, social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, even put your videos on their own sites, creating internet awareness for you.

4. Video marketing of your properties will set you apart from your competitors.
Utilizing cutting-edge technology and internet marketing savvy will show your clients and prospective clients that you’re current and staying on top of trends.

5. Your clients will love it!
Not only will they realize you’re putting forth maximum effort to showcase their property, they’ll tell their friends, spreading the word about you!

6. High-end Properties Deserve the Best Marketing!
Buyers and sellers of high-end properties especially, will expect and deserve nothing less than the most up-to-date marketing tools available. They know the importance of making the best first impression possible and will accept nothing less than the best from their real estate agent.

7. Video is more affordable than ever.
Do-it-yourselfers can purchase a decent digital video camera for around $200. Editing software runs the gamut from free to several hundred dollars. Filming and editing does take time and skill, however. For more professional, polished video, call us today at 503-716-8578. We have several video packages available, with and without hosting and marketing, and we’d love to talk to you about your needs!

The Summer is Endless but not this Sale!

Happy Summer to you! This Spring brought us lots of rain and other inconveniences! We, here at Home Video Studio in Portland, decided to offer you some well deserved sunshine! Have you been sitting on some photos or videos that needs to be transferred? Do you have a video that needs editing? Do you have an event coming up that needs a videographer? We are now promoting our Christmas in July special on every service we offer! 20% off of every type of video product and service we do. Perhaps you have film or videos to be transferred to DVD, maybe you need a photo keepsake done, a sports scholarship video - WHATEVER IT IS, now through the month of July we'll take 20% off of the regular price!! We'd like to help you with your video needs, so give us a call and receive an early Christmas present AND a little sunshine!!! Call us at 503-716-8578 today!

Summer Newsletter

Home Video Studio - Portland June 2010- Issue 28


Welcome
Your local Home Video Studio is part of the world's leading international video production services franchise. We have studios located in the United States, Canada and Sweden. Home Video Studio provides video production and post production services for consumers, businesses, schools, churches, and other organizations!

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Contact Information
Home Video Studio
Philip and Suzi Beech
15179 NW Blakely Lane
Portland, OR 97229
877-388-9359
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'Tis the Season for Cool DVD Savings!
June is here! With schools out, pools open, and summer in full swing, it's time to start thinking about Christmas - Christmas in July that is. Announcing Home Video Studio's 'Christmas in July' early bird special! Call us today to see what specials we're offering for the summer yuletide. Because they make great gifts, three of our most popular services at the Holiday time are: 8mm/16mm Home Movie Transfer. Time and the elements take a toll on your priceless old movies. They need to be transferred digitally to Gold Archival DVD so that you and your loved ones can enjoy them for generations to come! Home Movie DVDs can include music, menus, chapter markers, and titles. Photo Video Keepsakes. Let us take your favorite photos and slides and produce a one- of- a- kind work of art complete with titles and your favorite music. Video tape to DVD. We'll transfer all of your VHS, 8mm and Mini DV tapes onto a convenient and long-lasting Gold Archival disc - complete with scene selection and menu. Now, if the traditional Holidays are more of your thing, may we suggest you get started planning now! "Why in the world should I start thinking about Christmas now?" you might ask. Well, we've compiled a Top Ten List with the advantages of calling us today to begin planning your exclusive Holiday Gifts!
The best gifts involve thought. Leave the necktie with the tag still on it to someone else. We want you to come to us loaded with photos, tapes and movies and, most of all, brimming with ideas! If you start thinking now there's no telling what your creative mind will dream up to make a most memorable Holiday gift.
Some of your material might be scattered across the country. Where's that one photo you always loved? Maybe across the continent. Where are those old movies? In Brother Billy's basement? Or was it Aunt Ada's attic? Now is the time to start locating the precious memories that you need to make your project the very best!
Last minute = Stress. Especially with unique creative gifts. Call us now and give yourself the time to really do it right. You and your family are worth it!
Price break. Call us today to see what kind of early bird specials we can offer you!
Last minute gift? No problem! The sooner your project is complete the sooner a last minute "oops, I forgot about..." is only a DVD copy away!
You'll have fun! You'll have a ball, all summer and fall, creating your masterpiece and avoiding the mall.
Someone else might think of it. Don't get "scooped." Video gifts are great ideas that need to be acted upon now!
Because setting your mind on the Holidays in the summer months will keep you cool.
Margin to be creative. We see it all the time. One great creative turn leads to another. You need time to revise and realize even better ideas.
Did we mention the price break? Be an early bird and take advantage of our specials!
Call us today!

About Home Video Studio - Portland
Your local Home Video Studio offers a wide range of professional video production services to consumers and businesses alike. We value our customers and want to thank you for being a part of our success! Home Video Studio strives to make your experience with us enjoyable and truly memorable. Our specialties include video production, video editing, home movie and video transfers, CD and DVD duplication, and much more! For all of your video needs, call Home Video Studio today for an appointment!




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Organize your Photos

On your computer there lives a My Pictures folder that can house your photos, cryptically labeled by date or other arcane method. A good start for organizing perhaps but there are a whole range of software programs that exist to make photo labeling, editing and sharing a lot easier, and maybe even fun.
Picasa from Google, and Mac's iPhoto, are two options. Both do the heavy lifting of scanning your computer for all your photos and organizing them into categories. Both offer easy-to-use editing tools. Both help you share, print and create display items (photo books, collages, etc.).
Do some research, read up on software options, download the one you like and start uploading your photos.
Your new mantra…”no more mindless uploading of photos”. From now on, you’ll give a name to each photo you import and create a folder named appropriately where your photos will live.
For photos already sitting on your hard drive, start renaming! Spend time labeling your pictures with the date and a description (YYYYMMDD-subject). This is a good time to do a little editing. Eliminate any really crummy pix or photos with redundant subjects. As you add photos, be consistent in naming them.
Name the folders first with the year, then month, When you name folders numerically, they’ll always stay in date order in your directory tree.
Most programs allow you to group your photos in a variety of collections, so you don’t have to choose faces or places or folders, you can — and should — group them all three ways. All the better for later searches: “Now where is that photo of Claire at the top of El Capitan from our 2007 Yosemite trip?” Search for “Claire” (faces) “Yosemite” (places) and/or “2007” (dated folder).
Now that you’ve got a handle on all the great photos in your possession share them with the world!
Contact Home Video Studio Portland and we can create a Keepsake Video with music titles and even video or old 8mm film to share them with friends and family.
Flag your favorites –those worthy of enlarging, framing or otherwise showcasing. But before you wholesale order all your favorites as prints, decide what you’ll do with them once they arrive in tangible form.
If you’ve got frames and wall space in mind, print accordingly. Photo books are great but caution this could lead to a serious scrap booking addiction I am told.

Now call Home Video Studio for back up and Archival services.

Photo and Video Keepsake Videos - Makes A Great Gift for the Holidays!

Need a gift idea for the holidays? Why not create a "Photo Video Keepsake" for your family? Home Video Studio can take family's photo and video memories and develop a touching tribute. Our professionals will add music and titles to produce a unique family history. Photo Video Keepsakes" are great gifts to give relatives and friends too. They are fantastic not only for the holidays , but also for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, reunions and other special get-togethers. Let Home Video Studio help you make these extraordinary Photo Video Keepsakes" ! VHS and 8mm tapes transferred to DVD make great gifts as well.

Here are more gift ideas:
Create a highlight DVD of your best clips from your VHS or camcorder tape library
Organize, archive, and showcase your family photos, 35mm slides, and/or photo albums on CD or DVD
Create a Lifestory (a mini-documentary) showcasing a family loved one complete with interviews, photos, and video clips from the past
Call us today at (503) 716-8578. Don't let time and the elements damage or destroy your irreplaceable family memories. No job is too small!



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