You are already ahead of your competition by having your real estate videos posted on ViewThisHome.com.  We are proud to announce that we are growing in popularity with nearly 20,000 visitors to the site each month.  How do you ensure that your videos are being seen by the viewing public on such a popular video website?  By moving from being ahead to being # 1 by having your properties featured on the homepage.

The Featured Video on the homepage is zip code specific meaning you can enroll for up to 5 zip codes in your area.  Anytime someone is searching in any of those zip codes your Featured Videos would be in cue on the homepage. Your properties are available for preview without the viewer needing to do a search.  You are now # 1.

Once a visitor enters search criteria and leaves the home page then they are shopping among all listings that meet their criteria. Featured Videos allows you to grab their attention first. Also, as an added benefit, when the viewer clicks on your Featured Video they go directly to your listing and underneath the video are thumbnails of all of the listings you have on ViewThisHome.com. They will have the pleasure of surfing through your other listings from that page.

This feature positions you as a serious real estate professional that is at the forefront of technology. All of your contact information is contained on this page making it easy for the viewer to contact you by phone, website or email. There is even a way for them to email your listing to friends and family.

You have proven that you like to be ahead of the game by joining the video revolution on View This Home.  Now, become # 1 by having your properties featured on the homepage.

It is simple to enroll in this feature. There is no long term contract or commitment just a small monthly fee of $39.00 .

What are you waiting for?  You know you want to be first!  Thank you for being a valued ViewThisHome.com user.   If you are not a View This Home customer register for free today and start uploading to the premier real estate video network!

Be sure to watch View This Home LIVE Thursday’s at 7pm (ET) by going to WLCNTV.com. Register for a free account and click Watch Live.

We have the SC Land Man Trey Allen on the show. He will tell us all about large land parcels used for recreation and hunting. You don’t want to miss ATP Gun Shop & Range talking about hunting, guns and the latest trend…women hunters!

House hunting? We will discuss some useful tips for aiming at your new home, pulling the trigger and moving in!

Just so you don’t have to hunt around to find us, here it is again…

Knology Channel 98 (Charleston local)

WLCNTV.com click on Watch Live, register your account and you will be hot on the trail to the best real estate TV show around!

Contact us at info@ViewThisHome.tv if you would like to appear on our show.

Tune in tonight at 7pm (ET) on Charleston Knology Channel 98 or at WLCNTV.com to watch your View This Home hosts wearing camouflage and talking real estate…it’s all about hunting!
 

The South Carolina Realtors Annual Conference & Trade Show begins this week in Columbia!  We look forward to seeing all of you that we met last year.  Through my marketing of our booth (Booth 21 by the way, come see us!) I have had eyeballs on my mind.  We are always talking about how many "eyeballs" you get on your listings when they are posted on View This Home.  What we mean of course is how many viewers will be seeing your listings.  You take that number and multiply it by 2 and voila...you get the number of eyeballs! 

So, here are some fun math/facts about eyeballs for you:

3500 x 2 = 7000 The average number of "eyeballs" on ViewThisHome.com each day

2,000,000 = The number of working parts in an eyeball

36,000 = The number of bits of information an eye can process in an hour

85% = The percentage the eye contributes to your total knowledge

65% = The percentage eyes utilize the pathway to the brain

100% = The percentage the eye can function without any rest

90 = The number of "eyeball" bubbles I bought to give away at the Tradeshow (come by Booth 21 to get yours!)

300 = The average number of candy bars we give away at our booth

Okay, so the last fact had nothing to do with eyes, but if the bubbles don't get you to the booth the chocolate will (and the great website!!).

Wow!  Looks to me that eyeballs are pretty important.  So, bring your eyeballs by Booth 21 at the Trade Show and we will show you just how valuable our website can be to you and, well your clients' eyeballs!!

It appears as if everyone is looking for real estate online these days.  Traffic to real estate websites is soaring. Visitors to ViewThisHome.com are not only visiting the site but staying for lengthy time periods to view videos.   Now is a great time start learning how to video your properties.   There is much discussion on transparency in the real estate industry.  Creating video of your properties will add an element of trasparency for your online buyers.  They can now see the home as they would if they were there.  Show them the surrounding neighborhood and all of the ammenities offered.  You have the traffic online,  just make sure you have the right presence!  Check out this interesting interview with Trulia's CEO regarding a surge in online traffic to real estate websites:

GoodNewsAboutCharlestonMarket.pdf Is it possible that we are nearing the end to the free fall in real estate values? This PDF indicates that our market in Charleston, SC will reach its bottom by the third quarter of '09. They are forecasting a drop of less than 1% in prices from their current level. Now is the time to be buying in our market!

Check out this property on the Isle of Palms, SC as an example. View this video then click here for details.

 In this first installment video, a panel of experts will answer the question: How does an agent incorporate video into their marketing strategy?

Watch this video and stay tuned for a series of helpful videos titled: "Video: Hype or Help".  The Experts will be weighing in!

A member of the ViewThisHome.com team, Ken Earnhardt, has written yet another brilliant blog with hyperlinks to some of the hottest websites in real estate.  If you have a website that you would like for him to integrate into his blog, email ken@viewthishome.com.  Enjoy!

We have returned from the ReTech South Conference in Georgia.  Watch this video for a summary of what we learned.  I promise you will Digg It!!

We just returned from another seven hour road trip down to Orlando. This time, we were vendors at the Keller Williams Family Reunion. What a lively bunch these agents were! They don’t mess around when it comes to mixing fun with work. It was quite entertaining to see the agents networking in feather boas and Mardi Gras beads! I was glad to see such enthusiasm about our website as there was definitely a technology buzz at the show. Ready or not, technology is here to stay for marketing and selling real estate. Here is a company that I found to be extremely interesting and beneficial to realtors:

Previsite.com:

My home office is on the second floor and has a window that overlooks the street.  34 Rahn Road is an unsuspecting street tucked in amongst an older established community.  While working last week I glanced out of my window and was surprised to see our local news truck.  My interest was piqued as the cameraman unloaded his equipment and pointed his camera directly at my house.  I decided to see what was going on.  The cameraman told me that they were doing a story on real estate in the Low country and since my home was for sale, they simply wanted a shot of the house with the For Sale sign in the front yard.  I continued to talk to the cameraman about how many showings we had had on our property (a whopping total of 8 showings in less than 3 weeks!).  Before I knew it, ABC News Channel 4 had set up shop in my living room and the reporter was interviewing me.  Not only was my house on the news, I even got a plug in for View This Home!  Sometimes it pays to be a little nosey!

To see the video on the news, click on the link below:

http://www.wciv.com/news/stories/0209/594107.html

Sweat Equity or Sweet Equity – It’s All the Same to Me!

 We are back from Florida and the NAR Convention! We think we turned the convention and the future of selling real estate UPSIDE down. The convention was overwhelmingly large and my high heels quickly turned into flats after just one day. The View This Home booth was in a corner near the International booths. I thought that this location might be a disadvantage, but after people started lining up to talk to us, I changed my mind. We talked to people from Norway, Canada, France, Argentina, Australia, Sweden, Spain, California, New Mexico, North and South Carolina, Florida, New York etc. I would say that Minnesota had the biggest representation. Who can blame them for getting away from the snow to catch a glimpse of Mickey and enjoy 75 degree weather?

Just like the other conventions we have been to, one or more speakers mentioned the importance of video in the future of selling real estate.   Apparently one of the NAR speakers mentioned how easy the Flip Video Camera was to use. We had one displayed in our booth for a giveaway. It drew people in like moths to a flame! Everyone is interested in making their lives and jobs easier. We got to explain to people how easy the camera is to use and upload to ViewThisHome.com.   It turns out that people really are interested in easy-to-use websites and greater exposure for their properties!