by Kris Cone | Jul 7, 2010 | Real Estate Info, Tour Updates
I hope you all had a happy and safe 4th of July!
We wanted to let you know we just launched a few new enhancements/tour features you might like:
1. Custom Video. You can now embed your own custom video into the FloorPlanOnline virtual tour. You can even turn off our Virtual WalkThruTM Video and just display the video button for your embedded video! This is great for listings that have a custom produced video and you want to prominently display it under the Media section on the new FPO 2.0 tours. In order to use this, you will need the embed code provided by the company that created your custom video, or you can upload a video to YouTube and use the embed code YouTube provides. Select the largest size possible (like 960×745 pixels) so it fills the content area. Note: this feature is not available for the original FPO 1.0 tour format.
2. Property Documents. With the launch of the FPO 2.0 tour in May, we added the ability to upload property documents, such as disclosures or other reports, to your tours for display under More Info. There is now a way to delete a previously uploaded document. To upload a document, just select the button to upload the document (PDF or Word file) when you create the tour, or go to Manage Orders, then click on “edit” under Order Form and then scroll down to the property documents section. To delete a document, just select the “delete” link.
3. Tour Formats. We are working to add a new “Classic Virtual Tour” template that is more landscape oriented with the media buttons on the bottom….so it will be a little more like the original tour format but with larger content areas and more customizable (colors, features, additional resources), like the web page version of the FPO 2.0 tour. Look for this in the coming weeks. We have also heard from some of you that you would like to keep the original FPO 1.0 format for your tours. We can certainly accommodate this request. Right now, there is no way for you to select this option when you create a tour (but it will be there in the future). For now, you can email us or call us and we can add a note to your account to have your tours produced in the original format. Note: some items, such as the Feature list, additional resources, and property documents are not available on the original tour format.
4. Video File/YouTube. Many of you have expressed the desire to have the WalkThruTM Video uploaded to YouTube, as well as additional tour distribution options. These things ranked high on the recent survey as well. I am pleased to announce we are actively working the conversion of the video to a format that is acceptable for upload to YouTube, so this should be ready within 1 to 2 months after some testing and purchase of additional software. It will include the ability to download the video file under Marketing Materials for your use as well. Once this is completed we will work to add more tour distribution options, such as Zillow, Trulia, etc.
We have a long list of other enhancements coming in the next 6 months. Once some of these projects get closer I will provide a more detailed update. We really value your business and your feedback to help FloorPlanOnline be the best property tour out there. Please feel free to email me directly with any comments, questions, testimonies or concerns.
Best Regards,
Kris Cone
email: kris@floorplanonline.com kris@floorplanonline.com
by Kris Cone | Jun 23, 2010 | What's New
Hello FloorPlanOnline Customers
I would like to take a few moments to get your thoughts on the new and old tour formats to help guide our summer development efforts. Please click here to open up the short survey.
You will also get an email on this topic and there will also be an online message once you are logged in, so please only complete the survey one time.
Thank you in advance for your help in making FloorPlanOnline the most robust tour in the marketplace!
Sincerely,
Kris Cone
by chrisdrayer | Jun 7, 2010 | Real Estate Info, Real Estate News
The New FloorPlanOnline FPO 2.0 Product launch has generated interest from Jacksonville to Chicago, From Tech Forums to Green Living Groups! Here are some of the most recent News Articles and blogs that talk about FloorPlanOnline Real Estate Marketing.
Thanks to these respected publications for helping share the FloorPlan Online growth and development story.
FPO in the News
http://atlanta.daybooknetwork.com/story/2010/05/26/32181fpo.shtml
http://www.greenbuiltblog.com/floorplanonline-offers-unique-virtual-tour-tools-507/
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/innovative-virtual-home-tour-website-launches-upgraded-version,1310750.shtml
http://www.atlantarealestateforum.com/floorplanonline-launches-version-2-25731/
http://jacksonvillerealestateforum.com/2010/05/26/tour-homes-online-with-floorplanonline%C2%AE-virtual-home-tour-website-launches-updated-site/
http://www.carolinarealestateforum.com/agents-need-floorplans-323/
http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/05/26/web-site-upgrade-makes-virtual-home-tour-better-than-reality/
by Kris Cone | May 28, 2010 | Listing Tools, Tour Updates
Want to really be a local area expert? Try creating an Area Tour for the subdivision, community, town, or city you service. Once you have the Area Tour, you can use the new Additional Resources linking tools to add it to each of your listings.
You can easily showcase an area just with photos, or if you have a map you would like to use, you can make it an interactive map tour. Click Here for an example of an Area Tour created by the first official customer of FloorPlanOnline in the US, Linda Cone of the Cone Team. See more of Linda at www.KansasCityLifestyles.com. Note – we provide both a widescreen version of the tour and a portrait version. By default people get the widescreen – except some users with a very narrow screen will get the portrait version. In this case, I think the portrait version works good for a map tour…so I used that. Just change the 1 to a 0 to see and use the portrait version at the end after ws= http://www.seetheproperty.com/presentation_v2/presentation.php?order_id=8606&mode=branded&ws=0 We will be adding some Map tour types in the future…but for now, you can work the system this way.
To see a tour with the Area Tour (and a lot more Additional Resources), click here.
How do you add an Area Tour to your tours? It is simple. First, just create a new tour for the area you would like to showcase. To create a self service Area Tour with photos, it is just $29 for a year of hosting. Just select the tour option for Photos only. To add a Map, select the FloorPlan and Photos option. That is just $59 for the first year to create the map and tour, and then $29 a year thereafter.
One you have the Area Tour, just login, go to Manage Orders and then click the Edit link under Order Form (or Edit Tour then edit Property Details). Scroll down to the section where it says Content Display Options. Under the Additional Resources column, select the +Add Custom Resource button. Then just type in text for how you want it to show on your tour, and then the link to the Area Tour, such as www.floorplanonline.com/8606 (or www.seetheproperty.com/8606 works too). Then select the button to add it. Just make sure the box is checked for this Area Tour, go to the bottom and save. For your next tour, this resource should be checked.
If you service different areas, you can add multiple area tours, and just select the one needed for your particular listing.
Also, you can use the Additional Resource tools to add links to your website, your blog, your MLS search page, and more. The more you put links back to your website, the more “Google Juice” you get…and we both get. Just check out the link above to the listing with the Area Tour for an example.
by Kris Cone | May 25, 2010 | Real Estate Info
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the third largest base in the United States welcomes home this summer 18,000 troops at roughly the same time from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Homecomings are special, especially for the moms and dads walking into the arms of their families. But for 7,500+ single soldiers, often their first night home is inside a bare, bleak barracks room. With combat stress and other mental pressures, sometimes this is a recipe for disaster.
The Fort Lewis Chapter of the Association of the United States Army plans to change that by raising enough money and supplies to give each returning single soldier a welcome home basket in their rooms. We want to make up their beds, give them snacks and water, stock their bathrooms and provide as homey a homecoming as we can. These are mostly teenagers and early 20-somethings with big appetites arriving home late at night when the chow halls are closed. We need snack and microwavable products, non-perishable with expiration’s good through August, 2010.
Any cash donation or product donation goes a long way. You can imagine the support we need to fill 7,500 barracks rooms with the love our returning heroes deserve. Please give generously. You will be recognized for your contribution in a special edition of the Ranger and Airlifter newspapers publishing June 3, 2010, AND in an insert going inside each barrack’s basket.
The Association of the United States Army – Fort Lewis Chapter is a 501(c)3 so the donation is tax deductible. You can send the money to AUSA Fort Lewis, c/o The Ranger newspaper, P.O. Box 98801, Lakewood, WA 98496. Any questions, and to coordinate delivery of items, please contact Denise Dhane at (253) 686-1505 or denisedhane@yahoo.com, Carlene Joseph at Carlene.Joseph@Harborstone.com, or (253) 312-9279, or Ken Swarner at (253) 584-1212 or publisher@ftlewisranger.com. We hope to hear from you soon. Our soldiers start returning home at the beginning of June.
Sincerely yours,
Ken Swarner
Publisher
The Fort Lewis Ranger/NW Airlifter/Weekly Volcano/NW Veteran/Swarner PR
253.584.1212
northwestmilitary.com
weeklyvolcano.com
by chrisdrayer | May 19, 2010 | Real Estate News, Technology, Tour Updates, What's New
FloorplanOnline® version 2.0 provides Buyer, Seller and Agent valuable resources
ISSAQUAH, WA –FloorPlanOnline® (FPO), an interactive floorplan website that offers buyers and real estate agents the ability to virtually tour properties online announces the launch of FPO 2.0, a redesigned and upgraded version of its interactive online floorplan tour.
The new version includes a more user-friendly integrated website that consists of upgraded navigation with different property content and multiple tour customization options. The advanced site presents the consumer with a myriad of Media options; including a Floor Plan Viewer with zoom-ability and full screen, Photo Viewer with large, high quality photos, WalkThruTM Video, and the new RoomPlanner that allows the user to drag and drop furniture onto the floorplan to experiment with furniture placement and design. The site also allows the listing agent to perform search engine optimization (SEO) on individual properties and do their own tracking via Google Analytics (or other tracking programs).
“FPO 2.0 brings a new, high level of information to the home buyer about a listing. Our goal is to provide the most robust content platform for properties online,” said Kris Cone, CEO of FloorPlanOnline®. “To be able to see the floorplan of a home, click on a room and see the photo of that room – it’s a powerful tool. To then further make it your own with the RoomPlanner gets the buyer interested and engaged. We are taking great care to offer this premium service affordably and efficiently through full or self service options.”
FloorPlanOnline® launched in 2005 to provide home buyers with an accurate depiction of property online including big crisp photos, video, disclosures and floorplans. The new and upgraded version of the original floorplan website builds upon the success that FPO has already established, including being mentioned by real estate guru, Barbara Corcoran on the Today Show in 2009.
Research completed in 2009 by the California Association of Realtors showed that 20 or more photos online reduced the time a home is on the market up to 50 percent. Other independent research has shown that floorplans were second to photos when buyers were asked what they wanted to see when looking for a home online. FPO provides both.
Top agents and companies like Shea Homes know how important statistics like these are and have called upon FloorPlanOnline to help them market their homes. Recently, universities like UCLA have also asked FloorPlanOnline to build interactive campus and building maps for new and prospective students.
About FloorplanOnline
FloorPlanOnline created the Interactive FloorPlan Tour to fill the gap in the market created by traditional virtual tour services – namely, the inability to see the property layout before an actual site visit. FPOs products can save the Buyer, Seller and the Real Estate Agent valuable time while providing them key information that has been requested for years. FPO can be used for residential or commercial real estate listings, leases, retail centers and land development.
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