tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45701045916102827612024-03-13T21:24:04.641-07:00My Visual Listings ProviderAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-15367452903301867582016-02-18T21:44:00.001-08:002016-02-18T21:44:21.331-08:00Business Owner Area: Logging In and Getting Started<p>After you have the proper equipment, we will set up a MVL Business Owner account. <em>Still need to get equipment? <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/virtual-tour-photography-equipment" target="_blank">See here</a>.</em> Use the Business Owner area to setup your contact information, generate business card designs and flyers, create a Test account…also use to create client Realtor accounts, add funds to order tours, upload tours, edit tours, upload custom client videos, request any new brokerage designs for Realtor’s company, etc. URL to login: <a href="http://bo.myvisuallistings.com/index.php#" target="_blank">bo.myvisuallistings.com/index.php</a> You’ll receive this URL in an automated email as well as a username and password to complete the login. Note: What email should you use? You can either use your own business email if you have one, or we can set up a business email using @MyVisualListings.com (let us know).</p>
<h4>Getting Started:</h4>
<ol>
<li>Update your profile information
<ol>
<li>After you login, click “Real Estate Virtual Tours” photo<a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real_estate_virtual_tours.png" rel="attachment wp-att-638"><img class="alignright wp-image-638 size-medium" src="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real_estate_virtual_tours-298x300.png" alt="real estate virtual tours login" width="298" height="300" /></a></li>
<li>Scroll and click “My BO Profile”</li>
<li>Click “Create My Profile”</li>
<li>Add your work phone number and other info, Title can be: Virtual Tour Provider</li>
<li>Note: All this information will be used on marketing materials</li>
<li>Click "Save my Profile"</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Request Marketing Materials design
<ol>
<li>After you login, scroll and click on "Marketing Center"</li>
<li>For each marketing material, check off the box and click "Send me PDF File" - this will request designs for Business Card, Flyer and any other designs in the Marketing Center area</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Create a Test account for Test tours - This will be used to upload your free test tours that will be reviewed, not to be used for clients!
<ol>
<li>Note: Before a test tour is uploaded, review the <u><a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/set-up-the-nodal-ninja-for-panoramics" target="_blank">required shooting settings for panoramics</a></u> and the <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/uploading-panoramics" target="_blank">panoramic upload process</a>.</li>
<li>After you login, scroll to "Real Estate Agents"</li>
<li>Click on "Create Real Estate Agent"</li>
<li>Fill out the fields. All you need is a first name (John), last name (Doe) and your email.</li>
<li>Click "Create Member's Account"</li>
<li>Note: this is the Test agent you will use to upload all Test tours</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
These are the main steps to getting started in your MVL Business Owner area. Please contact us first before you do test shoots so you understand the process and proper settings in order for the panoramic shots to be accepted for stitching.
<p>The blog post <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/business-owner-area-logging-in-and-getting-started">Business Owner Area: Logging In and Getting Started</a> was first seen on http://www.myvisuallistingsprovider.com</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-59334402040365317832016-02-04T16:23:00.001-08:002016-02-04T16:23:26.410-08:00Guidelines: Walking into a Property for Photography<p>When you first get to a property for photography, homeowners should have the home all set up for you right? NOT NECESSARILY! Unfortunately, the inconvenient truth is that homeowners need help with what will be potential eye sores in their real estate photography. Here is a list of helpful to-do's when you enter a home for photography... QUICK FACTS for home photography prep:</p>
<ul>
<li>Turn on lights to front of house. It's a nice glow for front shots.</li>
<li>Hide any large outdoor trash receptacles that would show in photos</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>Turn on all the lights, including side lamps (Fans OFF). Put the homeowners or Realtor to work and have them start while you photograph the front (even over the stove lights!)</li>
<li>Open blinds slats or open completely to see backyard or pool through living room (ask homeowners to help)</li>
<li>Hide obvious personal photos/frames</li>
<li>Hide shoes and jackets into a closet</li>
<li>If something looks cluttered, let the homeowners help you hide objects</li>
<li>No pool toys in the pool</li>
<li>No animals in photos!</li>
</ul>
KITCHEN -
<ul>
<li>Hide all trash cans...kitchen and bathroom</li>
<li>Removed all refrigerator magnets (looks cluttery!)</li>
<li>Remove cluttery kitchen such as a lot of small appliances on counters and hide Paper Towel Rolls!</li>
</ul>
BEDROOMS -
<ul>
<li>Make sure all the beds are made and pillows look neat (nothing strewn about)</li>
</ul>
BATHROOMS -
<ul>
<li>TOILET SEAT DOWN!</li>
<li>Hide trash cans</li>
<li>Hide toothbrushes (yuck!)</li>
</ul>
Our job isn't to clean or stage a home, but at the same time, there is some effort we can do to make our products stand out other than how we shoot photography. That means being prudent with items in the list above and going above and beyond. Realtors look to us to encourage unknowing homeowners to move or hide objects that just don't look appealing in real estate photos when potential buyers see their home. A lot of the above list can be sent to the Realtors ahead of time in their Estimate for Services. They can relay a lot of the prep that can be done before you arrive. Inevitably, there will be homes that still need a little attention to detail. Remember, if you miss something, it can always be edited out! For example, some Realtors are particular about cracks in driveways - that they are distracting even if they are a part of the home. Still, you can remove or soften the looks of the cracks.
<p><a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/guidelines-walking-into-a-property">Guidelines: Walking into a Property for Photography</a> is courtesy of www.myvisuallistingsprovider.com</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-89621152319807206832016-02-02T16:45:00.001-08:002016-02-02T16:45:59.009-08:00Uploading Panoramic Shots to MVL<p>When uploading a tour for a client that has panoramics, make sure you choose "360 Panoramic Scene" under Select Tour Package AND "Premium Skin" under Select Tour Skin. The system includes 4 panoramics to be stitched. If clients want more than four, select how many extra panoramics under Extra Pans dropdown. <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/My_Visual_Listings_-_Premium_Panoramic_Tours.png" rel="attachment wp-att-610"><img class="alignnone wp-image-610 size-large" src="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/My_Visual_Listings_-_Premium_Panoramic_Tours-1024x320.png" alt="My_Visual_Listings_-_Premium_Panoramic_Tours" width="940" height="294" /></a> The next page you select the Realtor and input the property information such as address, city, state...number of bedrooms and bathrooms...the property type and style. Check off "Set music as Random and skip the "Select Music" step." Now you can upload your still shots in the Stills folder. Must be in order. For Panoramics, highlight the folder by clicking once, then select "New Folder" and fill out the label for the room. This is where you upload each set of panoramic shots by clicking on Add Files button and selecting your 11 photos of that one room. <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Virtual_Tour_Panoramics.png" rel="attachment wp-att-612"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-612" src="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Virtual_Tour_Panoramics-1024x308.png" alt="Virtual_Tour_Panoramics" /></a> Here's what one set of panoramic photos look like. Shot in manual mode, with manual flash, checking the exposure throughout each shot (no blown out windows). All photos are consecutive 11 shots (1 shot is an overlap). This would be added to the Living Room folder: <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_01.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-598"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-598" src="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_01-199x300.jpg" alt="real estate professional photography_01" /></a> <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_02.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-599"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-599" src="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_02-199x300.jpg" alt="real estate professional photography_02" /></a> <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_03.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-600"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-600" src="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_03-199x300.jpg" alt="real estate professional photography_03" /></a> <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_04.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-601"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-601" src="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_04-199x300.jpg" alt="real estate professional photography_04" /></a> <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_05.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-602"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-602" src="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_05-199x300.jpg" alt="real estate professional photography_05" /></a> <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_06.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-603"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-603" src="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_06-199x300.jpg" alt="real estate professional photography_06" /></a> <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_07.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-604"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-604" src="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_07-199x300.jpg" alt="real estate professional photography_07" /></a> <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_08.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-605"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-605" src="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_08-199x300.jpg" alt="real estate professional photography_08" /></a> <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_09.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-606"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-606" src="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_09-199x300.jpg" alt="real estate professional photography_09" /></a> <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_10.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-607"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-607" src="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_10-199x300.jpg" alt="real estate professional photography_10" /></a> <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_11.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-608"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-608" src="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/real-estate-professional-photography_11-199x300.jpg" alt="real estate professional photography_11" /></a> Once all the files are added to both the Stills and Panoramics folders, you can then click "Start Upload." Make sure you verify that the upload has completed and nothing was stalled during upload.</p>
<p><a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/uploading-panoramics">Uploading Panoramic Shots to MVL</a> is courtesy of http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-21356908545583315112016-01-26T05:21:00.001-08:002016-01-26T05:21:21.786-08:00What skills are needed to becoming a successful entreprenuer<p> Becoming successfull takes many skills. Skills that you have been picking up over the years whether you know it or not. Here is a good list of traits that will seperate you from your competition this year. Do you have all of these? "The first skill is <em><strong>FOCUS</strong></em>: Understand there will be numerous things that need to be done on a daily basis so the key here is pinpoit specific tasks at specific times and get it done. The second skill is <em><strong>RESILENCE</strong></em>: You can give up when things get tough. As an entrepreneur things will get cray cray but you have to keep moving forward. The third skill is <em><strong>MANAGEMENT</strong></em>: As a successful business owner having the right people in place and knowing how to properly management will allow you to have a successful business. The fourth skill is <em><strong>LONG TERM VISION</strong></em>: If your striving for real success in your <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/real-estate-photography-mvl">business</a> your not only planning for those short term goals but your able to map out a whole year ahead of time. The fifth skill is <em><strong>SALESMANSHIP</strong></em>: Now this skills requires you to put yourself on the line. You must be able to sell YOU, INC. You must be able to get your vision across to others. The sixth skill is <em><strong>SELF RELIANCE</strong></em>: This skills requires that you can depend on YOU. The seventh skill is <em><strong>SELF REFLECTION</strong></em>: This skill requires you to learn from your mistakes and move forward in the right direction. The eighth skill is LEARNING: This last skill is simple….<em><strong>NEVER STOP LEARNING</strong></em>. You will find as your on this journey that you will be constantly learning something new everyday. Take it all in and implement the hell out of it." Source: <a href="http://shawneperryman.com/skills-needed-becoming-successful-entreprenuer/">shawneperryman.com</a></p>
<p>The blog post <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/what-skills-are-needed-to-becoming-a-successful-entreprenuer">What skills are needed to becoming a successful entreprenuer</a> is available on http://www.myvisuallistingsprovider.com</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-83801871784674291362016-01-03T06:22:00.001-08:002016-01-03T06:22:51.147-08:00Using External Flashes<p>This video explains how to use two external flashes when shooting <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/real-estate-photography-mvl">real estate photography</a>. This is based on trying to achieve the least amount of post-shoot editing possible by properly lighting a room and adjusting the shutter with the flashes to expose for both the interior and exterior through windows.</p>
<h3>Tips:</h3>
<ol>
<li>Set Flashes to Manual</li>
<li>Set your Exposure then use Flash power between 1/64 - 1/4 based on room size and desired brightness of room</li>
<li>Don't over flash the room, especially watch out for washing out detail with too much light (Always easier to brighten the shadows than to darken with post-shoot editing)</li>
<li>Use one flash mounted on the camera, the other in your hand</li>
<li>Watch out for shadows caused by the flashes (Ex: Ceiling fans, Angled walls, Decor). Try two different positions with the hand-held flash.\</li>
<li>Windows: Under-expose the shot by increasing the shutter and using the flashes to properly expose the interior, while achieving the desired look of seeing objects through the window. Note: Increasing the shutter too much can have a negative effect on the warm look of the shot.</li>
<li>Too fast a shutter (usually over 1/200) will not sync with the flash. If at 1/200 and it's still not enough to get through the windows, may have to then adjust Aperture to get desired look through window.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Watch the Video Tutorial on Using Flashes in Real Estate Photography</h3>
[embed]https://youtu.be/9t03a4oe29s[/embed]
<p>The following post <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/using-external-flashes">Using External Flashes</a> is available on MVL Virtual Tour Photography</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-50751155849468835502016-01-02T14:49:00.001-08:002016-01-02T14:49:13.775-08:00Using Real Estate Flashes | My Visual Listings<div style="width: 480px; height: 270px; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" seamless="seamless" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitAllowFullScreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" id="okplayer" width="480" height="270" src="http://youtube.com/embed/9t03a4oe29s" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 480px; height: 270px;" name="okplayer"></iframe></div>
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Watch video on YouTube here: <a href="http://youtu.be/9t03a4oe29s">http://youtu.be/9t03a4oe29s</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-59807035624400297652016-01-01T10:37:00.003-08:002016-01-01T10:37:13.890-08:00Auto Exposure Bracketing during Shoots<h3>Use Auto-Bracketing on your Camera for High-Light Situations</h3>
[gallery size="full" link="file" ids="554,553"] <strong>The Problem</strong>: Over-exposed (blown-out) windows when the interior is properly exposed. Two flashes and faster shutter are not enough to <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/real-estate-photography-mvl">properly expose</a> outside the windows (Ex: see the foliage). <strong>OR</strong> The sun is hitting your lens outside, making the front of the house improperly exposed for both the sky and the house. Instead of trying to get one poorly exposed shot, use bracketing to get three (3) different exposures (Normal, Dark and Bright) and blend them together in post-shoot editing.
<h3>How to get bracketed shots during the shoot:</h3>
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/embed/uXInETObaoI[/embed]
<p><a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/exposure-bracketing">Auto Exposure Bracketing during Shoots</a> Find more on: Real Estate Virtual Tours by My Visual Listings</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-56700083529756345792016-01-01T10:37:00.001-08:002016-01-01T10:37:13.420-08:00Set-Up the Nodal Ninja for Panoramics<p>[gallery type="square" link="file" columns="2" size="large" ids="562,561"] Use the correct brass detent ring that allows for helpful 'click-stops' every 36 degrees (for a total of 10 shots to make 360 degrees around the room. Take an extra 11th shot for overlap). <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/360-panorama-photography-what-you-will-need">Still need to get a Nodal Ninja? See what to get here.</a></p>
<ol>
<li>Properly mount the NN to the Tripod thread (The NN Base has a second hole to insert some tripod's metal bump to help secure NN)</li>
<li>Camera is Vertical (Only time MVL shoots with the camera vertical)</li>
<li>Flash points to ceiling (Rotate the flash)</li>
<li>Ninja is level</li>
<li>The vertical arm and horizontal arm on the Nodal Ninja (NN) are perpendicular to each other (at 90 degrees)</li>
<li>Lens points to "crux" or the 90-degree bend of the Ninja</li>
<li>Focus is manual set to infinity, 10mm wide angle zoom (cropped frame cameras)</li>
<li>Set flash power based on room size (1/16 - 1/4)</li>
<li>Expose manually for each shot</li>
<li>Check each shot for good lighting and exposure. You can take more than one shot at each click-stop.</li>
<li>Carefully rotate the camera COUNTER-CLOCKWISE, making sure the tripod pistol grip doesn't accidentally add rotation)</li>
</ol>
<strong><em>FOR MORE HELP: Read the <a href="http://www.nodalninja.com/Manuals/NN3_USER_MANUAL.pdf" target="_blank">Nodal Ninja PDF Manual</a></em></strong> The Nodal Ninja (NN) Camera Plate can remain on the camera at ALL TIMES. When shooting regular still shots on a tripod, just insert your tripod thread into the NN Camera Plate for mounting on the tripod for horizontal still shots. Then when you want to use the Ninja, just unscrew the tripod thread and mount the Camera Plate onto the Nodal Ninja's horizontal bar. [embed]https://youtu.be/eRUOgmxVWpU[/embed]
<h3><em>Other <a href="https://www.google.com/#q=how+to+set+up+nodal+ninja+panhead&tbm=vid" target="_blank">Videos on Ninja Set-Up</a></em></h3>
<p><a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/set-up-the-nodal-ninja-for-panoramics">Set-Up the Nodal Ninja for Panoramics</a> was originally seen on MVL Virtual Tour Busines Blog</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-78789380467022346712015-12-29T18:44:00.001-08:002015-12-29T18:44:01.822-08:00Are You Living Your Life or Someone Else’s?<p>This is a great article that has some simple but powerful advice: trust your instincts. Lets make 2016 the best year ever for personal growth, <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/real-estate-photography-mvl" target="_blank">business</a> and happiness! "My parents worked for decades at jobs they hated. They were miserable. It was painful to watch and even more painful to experience every day of my young life. Naturally, I grew up knowing that, whatever I did for a living, it would have to be right for me. It would have to be fun and rewarding or I simply would not do it. That would not be negotiable. Nobody had to tell me that. I learned that lesson the hard way, through first-hand experience. And staying true to that course has served me well. The career path I chose – every decision, every twisty turn, every step of the way – turned out to be perfect for me. The question is, are you living your life that way – in a way that’s best for you and no one else – or are you following what others say you should do and how they say you should do it? In other words, are you living your life or someone else’s? Every day you’re bombarded with unsolicited advice telling you how best to live your lives: How to succeed and how to fail. Which traits are good and which will come back to haunt you. Why you should be a morning person and take naps. How to behave, how to eat, how to sleep, how to be productive, how to be inspired, even how to be happy. Since that can be overwhelming, I’m going to do you a big favor today. I’m going to lift a giant weight off your shoulders by telling you exactly which of that advice you should listen to and which of it you shouldn’t. That way, you never have to think about it again and can go about your life more focused and certain that you’re on the right track. Ready? OK, here goes. Ignore all of it. And yes, I do mean all of it. The reason is simple. Your own experience, instincts, and common sense will inform all your important decisions. Granted, you will occasionally need advice from others who have more experience than you, but that’s not unsolicited advice. That’s advice you ask for. Look, everyone who’s pushing unsolicited advice on you has a vested interest in you reading it, hearing it, or acting on it. One way or another, they all have skin in the game. In other words, their actions are driven by self-interest, not your interest. They do it to benefit themselves, not to benefit you. So you can’t trust it. And you can’t trust them. What you can trust is yourself: your experience, your gut, your thoughts, your feelings, and those you choose to ask for help. How your life turns out is entirely based on the choices you make. Those choices, those decisions, should always be in your hands. And that includes whom you choose to listen to when you need advice. If that sounds a bit scary, let me set your mind at ease. You actually have a built-in system for that sort of thing. It’s a pretty effective system that’s evolved over millions of years. It’s where epiphanies, critical insights, and flashes of inspiration come from. It’s called your brain. And through a complex set of mechanisms, it’s always there to help you turn your own knowledge, experience, and instincts into answers that are right for you. The problem is that too many of you are choosing not to use that built-in system. Instead of getting out and experiencing the world, listening to your feelings, and figuring things out for yourself, you’re letting others who are only out for themselves tell you how you should run your life. Frankly, that’s just nuts. Every decision you make that way is a bad decision. Don’t get me wrong. Information can be good. Communication can be good. But there is such a thing as too much information and too much communication and we reached that point long ago. It’s become easier to search online for answers than to get out and experience and think things through. It’s easier to blog, post, or message than to sit quietly and listen to your feelings. It’s become so much easier to simply Google it and follow the crowd than to actually experience, think, and feel for yourself. It’s just so easy. Every day I see people make critical personal and business decisions based on what others tell them to do. Every day I see enormous amounts of content that contradicts what I’ve experienced, learned, and determined to be true. And every day I feel concern for every one of you who follows that nonsense instead of living your own life, as only you should." Source: <a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/253994" target="_blank">www.entrepreneur.com</a></p>
<p>The following post <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/are-you-living-your-life-or-someone-elses">Are You Living Your Life or Someone Else’s?</a> was originally published to MVL Provider</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-33930108569577277342015-12-29T03:51:00.001-08:002015-12-29T03:51:57.420-08:00How I Created A $350 Million Software Company Knowing Nothing About Software<p>When I read this it reminded me of some risks that I have taken in the past, that have paid off. Its a motivating article about entrepreneurial spirit! Please read on.... "I’ve always wanted to make a lot of money, have people pay a lot of attention to me and do a lot of exciting things. I just never knew how. Many of my friends who are founders of their own companies tell me how they exhibited the entrepreneurial spirit as a kid — they sold candy out of their backpacks, had a landscaping business during the summer, etc. They <span class="il">created</span>value and learned the virtues of hard work early on. But that wasn’t me. I <span class="il">created</span> a horse-racing simulation game in Applesoft BASIC in Manhattan Beach Middle School’s computer classroom and ran a small gambling operation. I mean, who could blame me? The teachers left that class completely unattended during recess and lunch, as if they couldn’t fathom how any kid could get into trouble playing with those large calculating typewriters. However, making a few dollars to buy an endless stream of Atari games and learning how to collect from the bigger 8th graders didn’t teach me anything about building a tech<span class="il">company</span>. By the time I decided to move to San Francisco, I was completely and totally clueless. Just as bad was my sense of timing. By the time I entered the job market the dot-com bubble had burst, leaving scores of smart people unemployed and a wave of VC firms bust. A lot of people were leaving the Bay Area to go back to wherever they had come from, but I was too stupid to know anything about the logical decisions people made. The discount brokerage firm where I clerked gave us all two weeks of training in how to execute online stock trades at one of their call centers in San Diego. That’s when I had my brilliant idea (except it didn’t turn out to be brilliant until I changed it a few times). The call center manager who monitored our training was in his late twenties and had a smug grin on his face all day, every day. “This call center system I’m teaching you costs $30,000 a person,” he mentioned, several times. He smirked a lot and I despised him. It struck me that if I could build cheaper call center <span class="il">software</span>, I could make my own <span class="il">software</span><span class="il">company — a</span>nd have revenge on The Smirker. The stars must have been aligning for me because shortly thereafter, my college roommate, who I nicknamed “The Fro” (I give nicknames to everyone for whom I have a deep affection), called to tell me (brag) that the call center <span class="il">software</span> startup he worked for had been acquired by Cisco. He hadn’t made much as a late-stage employee, he admitted, but he had a taste for what could be, and encouraged me to fly to Boston to discuss creating our own startup. “After all,” he said, “you’re good at selling shit.” I wasn’t sure that was a compliment, but I bought the plane ticket. After a weekend of discussing dreams and man-feelings, we got each other excited enough to decide to quit our jobs the following Monday. I gave my two weeks notice.</p>
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Then something odd happened. The Fro wouldn’t answer my calls all day that Monday. <span class="aBn"><span class="aQJ">On Wednesday</span></span> he finally called me and said sheepishly, “Brooo. You know what Bro? I decided that it’s not a good idea for me to quit my job right now. Seriously. I’m so sorry.” I had $5,000 in my bank account, and I seriously thought of spending $1,000 of it just to fly back to Boston to punch him in the face. Instead, I hung up the phone and punched the wall. Maybe a few times. Then I called him back and asked him, as calmly as I could, if he knew of anyone else at his newly acquired startup that might want to create a <span class="il">software</span> <span class="il">company</span> with me. I reminded him that I was good at selling shit. He introduced me to “Tooter,” who, it turned out, was heading my way to go snowboarding in Tahoe. When we met at Heavenly Ski Resort I discovered an obviously brilliant guy who disliked corporate life and had an unbridled affection for activities that may not have been fully legal in the state of California. But hey, we all had issues. He explained to me that he and The Fro had worked at a startup that <span class="il">created</span> <span class="il">software</span> for call centers, an ages-old industry they had revolutionized by adding a .com to the name of the<span class="il">company</span>. Because I was an entrepreneur (unemployed) now, I told him that we should just recreate that class of <span class="il">software</span>, and he agreed. To his credit, and somewhat to my amazement, he sent an email to his boss and quit that night. A few weeks later he sold his house in Boston and bought a new one in the Bay Area. But what made him such a risk taker and brilliant programmer also made him a supreme asshole at times. <span class="il">Knowing</span> <span class="il">nothing</span> about <span class="il">software </span>companies, many of my questions were met with a question of his own, his favorite being, “Are you a fucking idiot?” There were so many depressing nights alone that often I would watch my favorite movie, The Shawshank Redemption, over and over, mindlessly. Maybe seeing Andy Dufresne enduring so much shit made me feel better about my own situation. Clearly, I needed help (therapy), so I asked my former boss at the discount brokerage firm if he knew of any angel investors. Thankfully, he introduced me to his favorite day-trader client and explained to him that I was a promising entrepreneur and that Tooter was an amazing engineer, which he absolutely was. I explained to the investor as passionately as I could that I was going to build a successful <span class="il">software</span> <span class="il">company</span> or die trying, and that I was into self-preservation, so… The day trader pointed to a picture of a small jet on his office wall and said, “I want you to help me buy this.” He then wrote us a check for $150,000 on the spot, and we were officially funded. We then hired “The Machine” (Engineer #2) and I moved in with him into an apartment in the Twin Peaks neighborhood of San Francisco, mostly so I could harass him into programming day and night. And as my two engineers built a beta version of our call center <span class="il">software</span>, I started dialing for dollars and calling call center owners with the pitch and promise of something cheaper.
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After what must have been more than 2,000 cold calls, I finally reached a receptive voice on the other line. Joe owned a small but successful call center in Provo, Utah. He called my bluff and said that he knew we didn’t have anything solid yet, but he trusted we could get it built — but it had to be half the price I quoted him. And that’s the early lesson I learned about entrepreneurship, or maybe it was a lesson in America itself. That after so many rejections, I wanted to reject myself, but then found someone who would mail me a check for $40,000, even during a recession, because they were risk-taking business owners themselves. It made me realize that America was a magical place for entrepreneurs. Even the clueless ones. With that $40,000 check we hired my former boss from the discount brokerage firm, hired a sales rep from the call center startup that had been acquired by Cisco and the five of us went to work in a small office in Walnut Creek. We started shipping Dell machines with a Dialogic telephony board inside loaded with our call center <span class="il">software</span>. It wasn’t sexy, but it sustained us enough to hire a few more people and start growing. Then one day, for some odd reason, I had another epiphany. Instead of building <span class="il">software</span> to load on cheap servers to sell like everyone else, why not build one “mega-server” that we host ourselves and let people rent the functionality over the web? My former boss told me, “No, that’s stupid, that’s killing the Golden Goose.” The engineers told me, “No, that’s going to be a pain in the ass to build.” They sent me all sorts of studies from reputable analysts showing that “ASPs” (the buzzword before it was replaced by “SaaS”) was not a profitable business model after all. I said, “Guys, what’s the alternative? You want to be the low-cost leader for the rest of your lives hustling these shit-boxes?” I pointed to the growing pile of Dell boxes accumulating in our small office. Arguing vehemently with them for a month, I realized that on-demand <span class="il">software</span> services weren’t profitable because everyone had just tried to take traditional client-server <span class="il">software</span>and host it themselves.
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<blockquote class="writerquote">Few others were thinking about multi-tenancy and Voice Over IP.</blockquote>
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They hadn’t thought to build something that was truly multi-tenant, meaning building <span class="il">software</span> that was solely designed to handle multiple clients and accounts as a service. That would be a critical advantage for us, if we could pull it off, as it was significantly less hardware to purchase and much easier to manage customer accounts. But there was another problem. A handful of other startups in this space had collectively raised more than $100 <span class="il">million</span> dollars, compared to our $150,000, and they were pulling ahead. Like, way ahead. Then one day The Machine gave me a Voice Over IP telephony box to play with. We both loved gadgets and we just thought it was so cool to be able to make long distance calls for free over the Internet. And that’s when my Eureka 2.0 moment hit me — our competitors had single-tenant solutions requiring massive amounts of hardware and operational support to service customers at scale, but they also had to double their customers’ long distance bills. Because a SaaS call center product has to have three phone connections ongoing per each call center agent (versus the traditional two in an on-premise model), it ate into much of the cost savings a customer would experience moving to SaaS. A service based on Voice Over IP would give us another tremendous advantage in the marketplace, as customers could actually lower their phone bills. Few others were thinking about multi-tenancy and Voice Over IP, but I was finally starting to buy clues. And I had the good fortune of Tooter, The Machine and my former boss eventually rallying around my vision with their considerable super powers. To this day, I’m so thankful for each of them. That “fateful day” for me was at a Safeway grocery store (where I would often worry about my debit card bouncing) when The Machine called me on my BlackBerry. “Dude, dude, dude. Guess where I’m calling from?” The Machine asked. “Uh, our apartment?” I started reading the cover of People magazine in the checkout line. Brittany Spears was dating someone new. “Yeah,” said The Machine excitedly, “but this is the first call I’m making from our Voice Over IP stack. Sounds fucking good, right?” I dropped to my knees, literally floored. We faced so many obstacles still, I knew that, but at that moment, and for the first time ever, I felt supremely confident that we were going to crush it. The competitors, the doubters, everyone. We were going to destroy the industry, then reinvent it in our own image. And that’s really how the curve in our hockey stick began. We finally figured out a way to deliver a product that was 10x better and 5x cheaper. That Safeway Express Checkout line where I got our first Voice Over IP call reminded me of that scene in The Shawshank Redemption where the main character crawls through miles of sewage pipe before finally being able to break free. Shortly afterwards, we officially launched (built a new website) “The Virtual Call Center” and our business kept growing at an increasingly rapid pace. Our competitors, most of whom had not replied to my previous emails asking if I could buy them lunch in the city, were suddenly stunned at how low our prices were.
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Ironically, we did end up being the low-cost leader, something we could do because our intrinsic costs were so much lower. We got substantial VC funding from great firms who believed in us and, finally, a great office space that impressed everyone except my father — who kept asking me why I wasn’t a doctor yet. The first year we had done $0 in revenues, the next year $900,000 and the next year $3 million. I led the <span class="il">company</span> to $10 million in annually recurring revenues before I departed. The truth was, the <span class="il">company</span> had become its own entity and didn’t need me anymore. Today, the <span class="il">company</span> I named Five9 is traded on the NASDAQ stock market and employs hundreds of Bay Area Californians, with an IPO that gave the <span class="il">company</span> an opening day valuation of <span class="il">$350</span> <span class="il">million</span> dollars. Whenever I call into a corporation’s call center that’s using my <span class="il">software,</span> I can’t help but smile. Until I’m on hold for longer than two minutes. I’m not sure if I have any sage advice for other entrepreneurs, but out of this experience I did learn one important truth. Namely, you don’t have to be an Ivy League graduate (I’m not) or have a lot of money (we didn’t). You just have to believe in yourself against all reasonable logic, as trite as that sounds. Believe that even if you do something stupid like quit your job without a clue, somehow you’re going to figure it out. Believe that after enduring years of the prison-like toil entrepreneurial life can be, you will emerge from miles of sewage pipes to feel the rain wash the crap off your face. And that you will disappear to a beach in Mexico with a bag full of money, meet up with your co-conspirators and have margaritas. Source: <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/26/how-i-created-a-350m-software-company-knowing-nothing-about-software/#.feorh7m:1xVf" target="_blank">Techcrunch.com</a>
<p>The following article <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/how-i-created-a-350-million-software-company-knowing-nothing-about-software">How I Created A $350 Million Software Company Knowing Nothing About Software</a> Find more on: http://www.myvisuallistingsprovider.com</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-91126126214380527102015-12-25T05:01:00.001-08:002015-12-25T05:01:04.268-08:009 Pro Tips – Marketing Ideas for Real Estate Agents in 2016<p dir="ltr">Are you a real estate agent looking for marketing ideas in 2016? In this article Travis Balinas Product Marketing Manager at OutboundEngine puts 9 pro tips together for you. These items combined with the <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/">My Visual Listings virtual tour platform</a> provides killer marketing presentation and technology to assist today's realtors to sell more homes faster! read on...</p>
<p dir="ltr">"I recently put together an infographic that outlines how agents spend their marketing dollars and compared it to where they’re getting their leads from. As I researched this topic, two things became very apparent:</p>
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<li>75 percent of a real estate agent’s business comes referrals and word of mouth.</li>
<li>But agents are still spending way too much money on new lead sources, rather than investing in their existing clients.</li>
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Simply put, if most of your business is coming from your past clients and it costs you six to seven times more to acquire a new customer than it does to retain an existing one, then you should focus your efforts on marketing to your past clients. The post I wrote last year titled “7 Marketing Ideas for Real Estate Agents in 2014” quickly became the most viewed post on our site (over 20,000 unique viewers). So for 2015, I came up with 10 marketing ideas that agents can use to really help grow their businesses.
<h3><strong>1) Be Mobile and Responsive</strong></h3>
In 2014, I stressed that going mobile was important in terms of you posting to your social networks while on the go. This is still true today, but this year, I want to stress the importance of being mobile accessible. You cannot avoid it anymore. Your website and emails need to be designed for all devices and screen sizes and be responsive. Sixty-six percent of emails are opened on a phone or tablet. Facebook has more than 650 million daily active users on mobile devices. And mobile traffic to websites now accounts for almost 30 percent of visits. In short, there are plenty of reasons why you need to be sure that your business is mobile ready. <strong>How It Helps:</strong> Being mobile-friendly ensures whoever reads your emails or visits your website has a good experience and that this experience creates a positive perception of your business.
<h3><strong>2) Use GIFs in Email</strong></h3>
You’ve all seen GIFs before; they’re those soundless graphics that automatically play on a loop. They’re great for getting a quick laugh, but these days, they’re more often used to caption a situation and convey human emotion without using words. For example…if it’s Monday morning, and I’m having a tough time getting motivated, I might text or email this GIF to my friends: <img class="aligncenter wp-image-6448" src="http://3e8srg4b6qwh33x5ic36aap8.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Marketing-ideas-GIF-use-in-email.gif" alt="Marketing ideas - GIF use in email" width="319" height="200" /> Did you know that you can use GIFs in email too? Our friends at Litmus have put together an awesome guide to using GIFs in emails. While you shouldn’t use them in everything you send, they do add a comical element you just can’t get from static images. Even though GIFs have been around since the late ‘80s, they’ve had a resurgence in popularity. GIFs are a fun way to help show off the human side of your business. <strong>How It Helps:</strong> GIFs can be used to give your business a touch of character and personality, and they may actually increase your click rate.
<h3><strong>3) Automate Your Content Marketing and Sourcing</strong></h3>
When crafting the perfect email newsletter and sharing content with your social networks, coming up with topics to write about and things to share can be challenging. You want to send your email subscribers informative/entertaining content with the purpose of helping them, not selling to them, and you want your social feeds to be filled with the same. However, getting this accomplished is no small task. For email newsletter content, there are companies like Scripted and Contently that will connect you with freelance writers to do the writing for you. However, if you want to have the emails written, designed and sent for you automatically, we’re the only company that can do that for you. To find content to share on social media, there are two tools I use: Zite and Flipboard. Both are news and blog aggregators that are topic based. Just plug in what you want to read about, and they’ll display an up-to-date visual collection of articles. Buffer has a great list of newsletters to sign up for and tools to use for content sourcing too. <strong>How It Helps:</strong> Automating some (or all) of your content marketing and sourcing can help free up your time to focus on more important things.
<h3><strong>4) Experiment with Hyperlapse</strong></h3>
Hyperlapse is a new app that Instagram launched this year. Using time-lapse photography technology and impressive image stabilization software, it essentially puts a few thousand dollars worth of video editing software and expertise in a single app on your phone…for free. Hyperlapse’s biggest claim to fame is the image stabilization power it has. Take a look at this quick video that shows the difference:
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I see Hyperlapse as a unique way for agents to liven up the content they share to Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and also as a way to (almost) literally liven up their listings. You can use Hyperlapse for quick home walk-throughs to show off a lot of space in a short amount of time. Maybe use it to do a quick drive through the neighborhood, giving your listing’s viewers an even more in-depth view of the area. Or my personal favorite, if a house you’re selling has a killer sunset or sunrise, take 10 minutes to film it and include it as part of the listing. Here is an example of what this could look like:
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<strong>How It Helps:</strong> Hyperlapse gives your business and listings a little flair and edge that not everyone else is offering…yet.
<h3><strong>5) Avoid Zillow/Trulia</strong></h3>
Zillow’s acquisition of Trulia aside, paying for leads from these websites is expensive and not that effective. On average, agents spend $320 per month on leads from Zillow, and it’s estimated that leads from these websites convert to new business only one to four percentof the time. Not the greatest use of your marketing dollars. Zillow and Trulia provide a service that many casual home shoppers want: a consolidated list of available homes for sale in a centralized location. However, most agents (with good reason) don’t like the idea of their listings being submitted to these services only to then have to pay to be featured as the listing agent. There are some multiple listing services that are now sending limited data to these services to attempt to remedy this problem for their agents too. <strong>How It Helps:</strong> Spending your money on new leads isn’t as cost-effective as investing in your referral business through your existing clients.
<h3><strong>6) Boost Your Facebook Posts</strong></h3>
Facebook has made a lot of changes this past year and the big one was the reduction of organic posts from business pages in the News Feed. (I’ve written about why this isn’t a bad thing for businesses here.) The upside is that they’ve made it very easy to spend a little bit of money to get guaranteed exposure. A few times each month, go to your Facebook Business Page and find a blog post you’ve written, a video you’ve posted or something that is worth making sure plenty of people read or see. For example, our real estate customers might boost their posts that link to their email newsletters. All you have to do is click “Boost Post” and enter your parameters. That’s it! <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6452" src="http://3e8srg4b6qwh33x5ic36aap8.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Marketing-Ideas-for-Real-Estate-Agents-in-2015-Boost-Facebook-Posts.png" alt="Marketing Ideas for Real Estate Agents in 2015 - Boost Facebook Posts" width="650" height="372" /> Start experimenting with $5-$10 boosted posts to your existing Facebook fans. This is a low-cost way to get high traffic from your posts. <strong>How It Helps:</strong> When people like or click boosted posts, it tells Facebook that they’re interested in your brand and posts from your company will appear more often in their News Feed.
<h3><strong>7) Utilize Browser Plugins</strong></h3>
There are some awesome plugins out there that you can use for your business to help automate some of your marketing activities. I touched a little bit on this in my post last year, but I cannot stress enough just how much time these little tools can save. Being on the go a lot, real estate agents can really benefit from using browser plugins to help automate some of their social media. To save you time when looking for things to post to Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, here’s what I would do. Use apps on your phone or tablet like Zite and Flipboard. When you find an article you like, save it to Pocket. From your computer browser, you can open all the posts you bookmarked and then schedule them through Buffer. In less than 10 minutes, you can have a week’s worth of social media posts scheduled and ready to go! <strong>How It Helps:</strong> Being able to find content while playing on your phone/tablet at night or on the go and then having it ready to post from your desktop browser is a huge time saver.
<h3><strong>8) Revamp Your Email Strategy</strong></h3>
In my post last year, I mentioned that you should stay in touch with your past clients through email. This has not changed a bit and should be a foundational element of your marketing strategy. You need to make sure that the content that you’re sending is both personal and something that the recipient wants to read. Good content marketing is meant to help, not sell to, your clients. Send consistently timed emails with compelling content to your audience to brand you as an industry expert and increase your sphere of influence. Earlier this year, I wrote two posts that are worth checking out to help you fully understand how email marketing working and how to make the most of it:
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<li>Building Inbox Credibility: How to Get into Inboxes (and Stay There)</li>
<li>What Is Email Automation and Why Can’t You Do Without It?</li>
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<strong>How It Helps</strong>: Email is the best way to stay in front of your past clients and is a smart investment because they’re your best source for new business leads.
<h3><strong>9) Grow Your Email List</strong></h3>
Sending emails to your past clients is a must. But you can also use those same email newsletters to keep your name in front of potential clients as well. That’s why you should always try to snag email addresses in any situation. The easiest way is to have your lead capture form front and center on your website. Here’s an example from sites we create for our real estate clients: <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6450" src="http://3e8srg4b6qwh33x5ic36aap8.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Marketing-Ideas-for-Real-Estate-Agents-in-2015.png" alt="Marketing Ideas for Real Estate Agents in 2015" width="650" height="384" /> We’ve covered a wide range of ideas on how to grow your email list before. The two big takeaways are: never be afraid to ask for an email address and always work on growing your list, no matter the situation. <strong>How It Helps:</strong> You never know where your next sale will come from, but if you’re continually in front of a large audience, your chances of landing a new client are much greater.
<h3><strong>Wrap-up</strong></h3>
Your time is valuable and limited; embrace marketing automation tools that help offset the amount of work that you have to do. As you make your 2015 plans, remember these three important things.
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<li>Your marketing needs to be less about you and more about your clients.</li>
<li>You need to humanize your brand and make it accessible through mobile.</li>
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<p dir="ltr">And whenever possible, look to marketing automation as a way to help save you time while increasing the effectiveness of your efforts."</p>
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Source: <a href="http://www.outboundengine.com/blog/9-pro-tips-marketing-ideas-for-real-estate-agents-in-2015/" target="_blank">Outbound Engine.com</a>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-13095643639195301892015-12-24T13:13:00.001-08:002015-12-24T13:13:47.341-08:006 Lessons Every Entrepreneur Can Learn From Santa<p>Even you an entrepreneur can learn something new, that's probably why you are successful in this part of your life. You know you don't know everything, you now you can always learn more. This article made me think of this aspect of learning and striving to be your best. We look forward to an amazing 2016 with My Visual Listings virtual tour real estate marketing platform. Enjoy. When you think of history's greatest entrepreneurs your probably includes Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs but if you stop there you’re leaving out a big name: Santa Claus. Since the third century BC the man, myth and legend known variously as Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, La Befana, Yule Tomten and Christkindli has been an amazing entrepreneur each and every startup founder can learn from.</p>
<h2>1. Nobody tops Santa for customer loyalty.</h2>
Mr. Claus certainly picked on large market when be decided to embark on his annual journey. There are approximately 2.2 billion customers in the world. And even though not every child believes in Santa, one estimate was at 1 in 5, that’s still a large market that any entrepreneur would love to have. But, a large market isn’t just enough to justify Santa’s entrepreneurial spirit. He effectively segments his customers between who's naughty and nice. What makes this segmentation so successful is it’s simplicity. If you want to be bad, Santa isn’t going to waste his time on bringing you the toy that you’ve dreamt about all year. As for the children who made the "nice'' list, Santa takes the time to listen to them. Whether it’s a bicycle, game system or puppy, Santa listens to each and every one of his customers and delivers what each one wants every December 24th.
<div id="fsk_splitbox"> Why your business needs to do this: To become a <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/real-estate-photography-mvl">successful entrepreneur</a> you too need to have a large, targeted market that can support your business. Additionally, you should segment your customers so that you can make your loyal customers your first priority. Finally, and most importantly, you should always listen to the wants and needs of your customers.</div>
As CD Baby founder Derek Sivers once said, “The single most important thing is to make people happy. If you are making people happy, as a side effect, they will be happy to open up their wallets and pay you.” And, Santa, has certainly made his customers happy over the years. <strong>Related: What Content Marketers Can Learn from Santa Claus</strong>
<h2>2. He knows the value of diversification.</h2>
One of my favorite holiday films is the “The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus.” The movie documents Santa’s humble start with just one simple toy -- a replica of his pet cat. When the children enjoy the figure, they want other presents. Santa makes good on this suggestion. He begins to diversify his operation so that he can offer children across the world a wide range of presents. Why your business needs to do this: Don’t paint yourself into a corner by only offering one product or service. You don’t want to suffer the same fate as Blockbuster. Instead, look for ways to diversify your business by offering related products, opening up an e-commerce site, or tapping into overseas markets.
<h2>3. He takes breaks.</h2>
After spending much of the year preparing and delivering presents to children all over the world in just one night, Claus takes a much deserved break to recoup and recharge. Don’t be surprised if you spot Santa surfing or relaxing on the beach and spending some quality time with Mrs. Claus following the holidays. The man works hard. He deserves a much-needed break from his workshop at the North Pole. Why your business needs to do this: Entrepreneurs are notorious for working excessive hours and rarely taking any time off. In fact, according to a 2013 survey, 43 percent of small business owners are taking less vacation time than five years ago. It's gotten so bad that even I had to make a New Years resolution to take a vacation. Taking a break from work should become a priority for entrepreneur. Without taking some take off, you aren’t giving your body and brain to recharge. Stepping away from the business can also help you become more inspired and discover new perspectives on problems that have been blocking you from success.
<h2>4. He's recession proof.</h2>
Even turbulent economic times can’t stop Santa Claus - not even the Great Depression. While children may not receive as many gifts as they would like, Santa is still able to give them a present when they wake-up in the morning. It’s the magic of Santa that “keeps them from imagining the worst.” Santa is a necessary part of the holidays, who doesn’t have to rely on huge marketing budgets and is willingly to cutback on the number of presents he delivers when times get tough. Why your business needs to do this: Recession proofing your business is a challenge, but if you want to prevent the economy from impacting your business, you should focus on selling an essential product or service and tighten your budget so that you don’t spend money on items that aren’t needed. You can also embark on a creative guerrilla marketing campaign - just like Jolly St. Nick who doesn’t have to pay for all the free advertising that he is given during the holidays. <strong>Related: How Much Would Santa's Salary Be?</strong>
<h2>5. He's been indispensable for a long time.</h2>
Why has Santa been able to remain relevant after all of these centuries? It’s because Santa makes children happy and inspires them to become better people. Furthermore, children need to believe in Santa if they want to use their imaginations to be creative and solve problems. Jacqueline Woolley, professor and chair of the Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, conducted research that discovered believing in Santa “exercises children's deductive reasoning abilities and their use of evidence.” When it comes to a child’s happiness and imagination, Santa has definitely cornered the market. That will continue to make him indispensable for generations to come. Why your business needs to do this: How is your business inspiring its customers? What are you offering that makes you a part of their lives? What sets you apart from your competitors? Answering these questions will your business indispensable for its customers. Just like Santa has become one of the most important components of the holidays, your business should make it’s way into becoming a part of your customers everyday lives.
<h2>6. Santa built a solid team that stays with him for the long run.</h2>
Santa Claus didn’t become such a legend on his own. He has a skilled and talented team to backing him. There are the elves making the toys. There are the reindeer pulling his sleigh. Santa, like all successful entrepreneurs, surrounds himself with the right individuals to make his operation run smoothly. Additionally, he has a knack for using the unique talents of specific team members -- we all know the story of Rudolph. Without his helpers, there’s no way that Santa could create and manage such an efficient business. And, he also shows appreciation for his team members. He’s known to share his milk, cookies, and carrots with reindeer while making his legendary global trek. Why your business needs to do this: As a business owner, it may feel like the weight or the world rests solely on your shoulders because working alone has several drawbacks, such as decreasing productivity and morale. Having the right team in place ensures that you produce quality content and products, as well as reducing the pressure of meeting deadlines and goal projections. Happy Holidays! Source: <a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/252921" target="_blank">www.entrepreneur.com</a>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-61980315317031392892015-12-23T08:24:00.003-08:002015-12-23T08:24:40.654-08:00Free Software for Editing Photos<p><strong>Windows Photo Gallery</strong></p>
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<li><strong><a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/photo-gallery">http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/photo-gallery</a></strong></li>
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<strong>Gimp</strong> (free photo editing for detailed edits like removing camera in mirrors or auto blending 3 bracketed images)
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<li><strong>Gimp download</strong> <a href="https://www.gimp.org/downloads/"><strong>https://www.gimp.org/downloads/</strong></a></li>
<li><strong>Blending Plugin for Gimp</strong> <strong><a href="http://tir.astro.utoledo.edu/jdsmith/code/exposure_blend.php">http://tir.astro.utoledo.edu/jdsmith/code/exposure_blend.php</a></strong><strong> </strong>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/GIMP/Installing_Plugins" target="_blank">Read How to Install Gimp Plugins to Gimp</a></li>
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<strong>Advanced Renamer</strong> (for Re-ordering images and Re-naming before uploading in proper order)
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<li><a href="http://www.advancedrenamer.com/download"><strong>http://www.advancedrenamer.com/download</strong></a></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-35951596553833155442015-12-23T08:24:00.001-08:002015-12-23T08:24:40.127-08:00Camera Settings for Shooting Real Estate Photography<p><strong>DSLR Suggested Camera Settings for Shooting Real Estate Photography:</strong></p>
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<td width="200">Image Quality:</td>
<td width="468">JPEG NORM</td>
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<td width="468">Image Size:</td>
<td width="468">Medium (3696+ by 2448+ pixels)</td>
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<td width="468">White Balance (WB):</td>
<td width="468">Auto (or set your own each time manually with a white card)</td>
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<td width="468">ISO:</td>
<td width="468">400 (Disable Auto ISO when on tri-pod)</td>
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<td width="468">Focus:</td>
<td width="468">Manual (Infinity at all times)</td>
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<td width="468">Metering:</td>
<td width="468">Matrix</td>
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<td width="468">Auto Bracketing:</td>
<td width="468">As needed for shots with extreme lighting differences (3 shots on a timer)</td>
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<td width="468">Timer:</td>
<td width="468">Set to 3 shots (for exposure bracketing) OR 5-10 seconds to move to light up a dark room using flash</td>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-54216910199104377042015-12-23T08:10:00.001-08:002015-12-23T08:10:08.066-08:00Miscellaneous Photography Equipment<ul>
<li>SD Cards (4-8 GB). Multiple for back-up</li>
<li>Rechargeable AA Batteries for Flashes (Eneloop is good) and Charging station (8-port). Have extras charged and ready.</li>
<li>Equipment backpack</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-88159727512571271532015-12-20T18:19:00.001-08:002015-12-20T18:19:52.050-08:00Own Your Own Business using Real Estate Photography<p>Want to be your own boss? Set your own hours? Work hard and reap the benefits of your own efforts? You've found the vehicle with My Visual Listings. If you don't know photography don't let that be a hurdle, the photography is easy. My Visual Listings has the resources and the knowledge to train you in this aspect.</p>
<h4>Selling and marketing is what is important.</h4>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-12681177083028878592015-12-16T20:22:00.001-08:002015-12-16T20:22:04.081-08:005 Things Your Real Estate Photographer Wishes You Knew<p>We came across another great reference to the importance of professional real estate photography and had to share. Just a great point that things have changed. Prospective home buyers are online, using google, and inspecting homes on the internet. Read more here. Folks, it’s 2016 (nearly!). Contrary to what you might have heard, a buyer’s first impression is no longer that special moment when they first pull up to check out your curb appeal. In fact, more often than not, they’ve already checked out your place from front to back online—and for all you know, they may have decided to cruise right by. Most buyers spend weeks perusing online listings, making Pinterest dream boards, texting must-see homes to their agent, and, well, <em>judging</em>. And what is the key difference between a home deemed a HILF <strong>(home I’d like to finance)</strong> and one doomed to be mocked on social media? <strong><em><a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/real-estate-photography-mvl" target="_blank">Photos</a></em></strong>. <strong>Photos are the curb appeal of the digital age, and those shots have to be <em>good</em>.</strong> Freaking out? Don’t. Check out these pro secrets instead.</p>
<h2>1. It doesn’t matter how many megapixels your (or your agent’s) smartphone has</h2>
To get a good photo, you need the right equipment, including a high-end camera and some full-featured editing software. The bigger sensors of a professional-grade camera capture more information, which results in richer, more flattering photographs. Part of that is the technique: With HDR (high dynamic range mode), the camera takes multiple exposures to maximize the quality of the final photo. Yes, you can do HDR with your cell phone, but trust us—it’s not as good. And the right editing program such as Photoshop will make those photos look their very best. Unless you already have the equipment—and the know-how—it might be more prudent to hire a pro.
<h2>2. Your knickknacks aren’t photogenic</h2>
Prospective buyers don’t give a hoot about your knickknacks. Hide yo’ throw pillows and hide yo’ ceramic pigs. All those knickknacks that make your house feel homey (to you, anyway) won’t translate well online. “Photos tend to look best with the least amount of stuff as possible,” says <strong>Darryl Glade</strong>, CEO- professional real estate photographer. Aim to store away everything personal (even wall art) before your photo shoot—don’t forget the small kitchen appliances and, yes, your shampoo. You want your house to convey a model home feel.
<h2>3. Dirt really shows</h2>
HD cameras pick up all the little stains you’ll try to hide. HDR photos are a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, the camera captures everything. On the other hand, the camera captures <em>everything</em>. A missed stain on the kitchen floor, dust on the mantel, slight discoloration in the carpet—it’s all going to show in the photos. Happily, a pro can edit most of those things out, but your house needs to be as clean as possible before the shoot. Seriously, we want to be able to eat off those floors, soldier.
<h2>4. It isn’t just the weather on the big day that matters</h2>
You’ve had the foresight to check the weather: clear skies on the day of your shoot. But what about the day before? “If your yard maintenance crew comes <span data-term="goog_158817506">Monday</span>, and there is a storm <span data-term="goog_158817507">Monday </span>night, maybe it is a good idea to reschedule your Tuesday photos so that the yard is in perfect condition for the shoot,” Glade says. Wait, is there a house through all that fog.
<h2>5. Little things can make—or break—the photo</h2>
The ceramic pig is in the closet, the house is spotless, and there hasn’t been a windy day in weeks, so you’re ready to go, right? Not so fast. The day of your shoot, do a final sweep and look for anything you might have missed. “During your run-through, pay extra attention to blinds, curtains, bedspreads, and shower curtains, making sure they are in place and smooth,” Glade says. And don’t forget the bathroom. “Make sure the toilet lids are closed. Refresh the toilet paper rolls,” he says. “These little things can make a big difference! Source: <a href="http://www.realtor.com/advice/sell/what-your-real-estate-photographer-wishes-you-knew/" target="_blank">Realtor.com</a>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033267932448134993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570104591610282761.post-85637197348711727792015-12-15T19:46:00.001-08:002015-12-15T19:46:11.559-08:00Look Sharp: Professional Listing Photos Sell For More Money<p>There is really no question that professional photography sells, period. Top agents use professional photography on every listing large or small because it's just good marketing. Agents that consistently use a photographer and virtual tours will just do better than the next agent. They look good, have a better presentation and utilize technology. They have a method, and a big part of that method lies with the technology that My Visual Listings provides. Check out a My Visual Listings Virtual Tour sample here: <a href="http://www.myvisuallistings.com/pfsnb/196431">http://www.myvisuallistings.com/pfsnb/196431</a>. Here is a great article on real estate photography that remains true today. From Instagram to Pinterest to Snapchat, digital photos have become their own mode of online and mobile communication. With 92 percent of home buyers using the Internet as part of their home search, listing photos are a critical factor in the selling price of your home, how quickly it sells, and whether it sells at all. <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-17234" src="https://www.redfin.com/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/12/pro-vs-amateur.jpg" alt="pro-vs-amateur" width="620" height="232" /></p>
<h2>Positive First Impressions Pay Off</h2>
For homes listed between $200,000 and $1 million, Redfin found that homes with listing photos taken with DSLR cameras sell for $3,400 to $11,200 more relative to their list prices. At the high end of the spectrum, <a href="http://myvisuallistingsprovider.com/real-estate-photography-mvl">professionally photographed homes</a> for more than $1 million sold at prices similar to those with amateur photographs. In Los Angeles, Redfin real estate agent Eric Tan says, “professional photography and even photo post-processing are expected on million dollar homes.” While million dollar homes take longer to sell, DSLR photography still helps these luxury homes sell faster than than they otherwise would.
<div id="attachment_17240" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.redfin.com/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/12/sell-closer-to-list-price-with-professional-photos.png" data-wpel-ignored="true"><img class="size-medium wp-image-17240" src="https://www.redfin.com/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/12/sell-closer-to-list-price-with-professional-photos.png" alt="For each price range, the dollar figures indicate how much closer to list price professionally photographed homes sold versus amateur photographed homes." width="525" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">For each price range, the dollar figures indicate how much closer to list price professionally photographed homes sold versus amateur photographed homes.</p>
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<h2>DSLR Photos = More Money, Less Problems (Selling)</h2>
Across all price tiers, homes with DSLR photography were more likely to sell within six months than homes with point-and-shoot photos. In the $400,000 to $500,000 price range, 64 percent of homes with DSLR photos sold within six months, compared to 46 percent of homes with point-and-shoot photos. For those difficult-to-sell million dollar homes, 35 percent of professionally photographed homes sold in six months, compared to 30 percent of homes with point-and-shoot photos.
<div id="attachment_17238" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.redfin.com/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/12/more-likely-to-sell-with-professional-photos.png" data-wpel-ignored="true"><img class="size-medium wp-image-17238" src="https://www.redfin.com/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/12/more-likely-to-sell-with-professional-photos.png" alt="For each price range, the percentage indicates the difference in the likelihood that a home will sell in in six months when shot with a professional DSLR camera versus a point-and-shoot camera" width="525" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">For each price range, the percentage indicates the difference in the likelihood that a home will sell in in six months when shot with a professional DSLR camera versus a point-and-shoot camera</p>
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<h2>Sell Your Home in a Snap</h2>
Since professionally photographed homes are more likely to sell in general, and to sell for more money, it’s not surprising that these homes also sell faster. Because online searching and browsing is such a critical part of the home-buying process, it follows that a better-photographed home will sell faster because more people are enticed to visit the home and people know what they are getting before they even set foot in the home. Across all price ranges, homes with professional photos sold faster. In the million dollar range, professionally photographed homes sold four days faster, and those in the $400,000 range sold three weeks faster than their counterparts with amateur photos.
<div id="attachment_17241" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.redfin.com/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/12/sell-faster-with-professional-photos.png" data-wpel-ignored="true"><img class="size-medium wp-image-17241" src="https://www.redfin.com/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/12/sell-faster-with-professional-photos.png" alt="For each price range, the days indicate how much faster a professionally photographed home sold compared to a home with amateur photos." width="525" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">For each price range, the days indicate how much faster a professionally photographed home sold compared to a home with amateur photos.</p>
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<h2>Look Sharp, Get More</h2>
For this latest study, Redfin dug a little deeper, looking at photo sharpness. Photo sharpness can be thought of as detail added to a picture by using a good camera, lens and lighting. Whether it’s a crisp reflection in a mirror, or bright flowers in the front yard, a sharper picture will show a house in its best light. We used some fancy math and image processing via OpenCV to group our photos by a sharpness percentile. The sharpest 10 percent of photos sold at or above list price 44 percent of the time, while listings with average sharpness sold at or above list just 13 percent of the time.
<div id="attachment_17239" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.redfin.com/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/12/sell-above-list-price-with-sharp-photos.png" data-wpel-ignored="true"><img class="size-medium wp-image-17239" src="https://www.redfin.com/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/12/sell-above-list-price-with-sharp-photos.png" alt="Better looking, sharper photos are more likely to sell above list price" width="525" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Better looking, sharper photos are more likely to sell above list price.</p>
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<h2>Two Professional Photo Success Stories</h2>
If you are looking for a few more examples of great listing photos that sold fast and at a good price, here are two homes listed and sold by Redfin from 2013. This professionally photographed 3-bed, 1.75-bath home in Renton, Washington was listed at $329,950 by Redfin agent Monique Losk. Within five days of coming on the market, the sellers received a $332,450 offer and the home sold nearly one percent above the asking price. <a href="https://www.redfin.com/WA/Renton/927-S-32nd-Pl-98055/home/384847" data-wpel-ignored="true"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-17244" src="https://www.redfin.com/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/12/high-quality-professional-photo-1-300x199.jpg" alt="high-quality-professional-photo-1" width="300" height="199" /></a> <a href="https://www.redfin.com/WA/Redmond/6817-156th-Pl-NE-98052/home/12089984" data-wpel-ignored="true"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-17245" src="https://www.redfin.com/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/12/high-quality-professional-photo-2-300x198.jpg" alt="high-quality-professional-photo-2" width="300" height="198" /></a> This professionally photographed 2-bed, 2.5 bath home in Redmond, Washington, was listed at $449,950 by Redfin agent Loren Ellingson. The sellers had four offers within five days of placing the home on the market, and the 2-bed 2.5-bath home sold for $480,000 which was nearly seven percent above the asking price.
<div> If you’re selling your home, be sure you have professional photos to ensure an ideal home selling process even if you’re selling your own home. And, finally, we’ll take an opportunity to mention that Redfin pays for professional photography for all clients as part of the listing package for selling your home.</div>
<div>Source: <a href="https://www.redfin.com/research/reports/special-reports/2013/professional-photos-2013.html#.VnDXzBorKNY">Redfin.com</a></div>
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