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- Updated skies for Virtual Twilights & Timelapse options<\/li>\n
- New Virtual Twilight Shoot addon<\/li>\n
- Animated Video Clips addon<\/li>\n
- Coming Soon<\/em> – Virtual Staging on the order form and a new lower price of $35\/image.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
We added some new Service Provider addons for select markets as well, including:<\/p>\n
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- Agent Cameo & Voiceover for any video (select markets)<\/li>\n
- Updated GLA Reports for precise square footage calculations with updated report options<\/li>\n
- Tweaks to some video options and the Zillow 3D Home addon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
We go into more detail on some of these things below.<\/p>\n
We also have created a more integrated Knowledge Base<\/a> <\/strong>with instant search that highlights your key terms.\u00a0 In addition, we have a new Order Satisfaction survey, new text capabilities and more, so see the bottom for more on the customer support tool changes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Virtual Twilight Skies<\/h2>\n
We are using a new editing process for the virtual twilights which creates some really amazing images.\u00a0 Many times you can’t tell they are not real twilight images, like you see in the below examples.\u00a0 Along with it, we have updated our sky library, so you can pick from various “twilight periods” as well as sky colors – pink, gold, purple or natural.\u00a0 Below are several Before and After examples –\u00a0 just move the slider to see the difference, or see more on our Virtual Twilight page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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New Ulm, Texas ranch listing for sale<\/p>\n
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Bainbridge Island, Washington Real Estate Listing<\/p>\n
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Alki Beach, West Seattle, Washington Condo Listing<\/p>\n
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Kirkland to Bellevue, Washington Aerial view for the Kirkland Condo Listing<\/p>\n
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Aerial photo converted to twilight for a Connecticut Listing<\/p>\n
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Virtual Twilight Shoots<\/h2>\n
This new addon is available for any photo option (full service where we create the photos for you, or self service where you upload the photos) and it transforms your daytime photos, both interior and exterior, into amazing twilight images.\u00a0 Add it to any one of our videos, including the Cinematic Video that is made completely from photos, and you have amazing marketing content that can literally save you $500 on every order.\u00a0 We did this addon in part because not every photographer, or agent, wants to spend their time at a property until 10 pm after a long day, and it also just adds to the cost of creating listing content, which we know in these rough real estate times, is an issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now, for $100 we will convert sets of 10 interior and exterior photos into virtual twilight images.\u00a0 You can select up to 50 photos and pick the kind of sky you want, then the images are delivered with your regular order.\u00a0 That is 50% of our typical twilight shoot price (our Twilight Shoot price this price pretty consistent among our competitors, but some can be over $300 for a twilight shoot) and it is also a huge discount off our single Virtual Twilight Photo addon, normally priced at $35.\u00a0 So this addon can save you $250 if you ordered 10 virtual twilight images!\u00a0 So buy in bulk and wow your clients, customers and leads you get from our tour.<\/p>\n
Below are a few examples of the before and after views, along with a Cinematic Video made completely from daytime still photos.\u00a0 It’s an amazing new addon that is capturing people’s attention. As one Windermere broker said after seeing this content for the first time:<\/p>\n
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Seeing the Cinematic Video<\/strong> with the Virtual Twilight Shoot<\/strong> addon created by the HomeDiary Team for a recent listing for Philip Heier<\/span><\/a> was like seeing a color television program air for the first time in 1951.\u00a0 What a game changer!<\/p>\n
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Below are images from Philip Heier’s recent Seattle, Washington area listing.\u00a0 It showcases million dollar views for this over $1 million condo on Alki Beach in West Seattle.\u00a0 \u00a0It just went pending this week after less than 3 weeks on the market.<\/p>\n
For more info, contact:<\/p>\n
Philip Heier<\/strong>, Managing Broker, Windermere Real Estate \/ Capitol Hill, Inc.
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A Long Lake, Washington Listing featuring the new virtual twilights as well.<\/p>\n
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Cinematic Video with Virtual Twilight Shoot<\/h2>\n
This is the Cinematic Video created for Philip Heier’s listing that features the Virtual Twilight Shoot. Professionally edited by the HomeDiary Production team, set to music and hosted on Vimeo with branded and unbranded links, so you can use it as another virtual tour link if your MLS supports more than one tour link.\u00a0 If not, just use our virtual tour, because with Brandkeepr<\/a>, we can automatically convert that unbranded tour back to branded on select top sites like Zillow to get you more free Seller and Buyer leads.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Animated Video Clips<\/h2>\n
We can also virtually stage your videos, add cool animation effects or even drop in a pool to showcase the “what if” for a bare backyard.\u00a0 The Animated Video Clip addon can leverage any photo to make it an engaging video, like you see in the below example.\u00a0 We will also provide you with the virtual twilight and virtual staging photos as well.\u00a0 5 clips for $100, available for any tour option.<\/p>\n
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Agent Cameo & Voiceover<\/h2>\n
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In select markets (Seattle, Austin, Raleigh to start), we can also do agent cameos with any video.\u00a0 \u00a0We will be adding more markets down the road.\u00a0 It’s a $100 addon and can include you introducing the property (an intro), you talking about the property as the video plays, and the closing (an outro).\u00a0 We’ve even created a handy script you can use to help guide the dialog. Check out the Storyboard Template<\/a> here.\u00a0 We are working on some more automated ways to add a voiceover, including cloning your voice and creating the voiceover from a text script, so stay tuned!<\/p>\n
Check out the Social Media Reel that incorporates the Agent Cameo & Voiceover here, shot by Drake Binswanger, our Austin Area Manager and Lead Photographer.<\/p>\n
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New Area Report<\/h2>\n
We are the only virtual tour platform with their own robust 2D\/3D floor plan tool that can be used to convert any original source floor plan or 3D scan into a interactive floor plan for a listing, that can be passed on to the buyer via our Claim Home menu option right on our tour, and that can be used by any homeowner via our HomeDiary.com consumer site.\u00a0 Everything is real-time editable, and it now includes robust area calculations to get the living area, garage, non living areas, etc.\u00a0 In some markets we can also create a Certified Square Footage Report where we certify the square footage to be at least 99.5% accurate.\u00a0 \u00a0We just added Raleigh in addition to Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Boston, Philadelphia, New York\/Long Island, Seattle, and Portland.\u00a0 \u00a0This addon requires the use of either the Matterport Pro camera or the iGuide camera, as both create highly accurate floor plan layouts AND room dimensions.\u00a0 This Certified Square Footage Report is different than the standard area report, which is something that will be coming soon for all floor plans we create, except for those where we converted a hand drawn sketch. This report we did in North Carolina recently was 30 sq ft off from an appraisal, and we believe ours is more accurate as it more correctly detailed the stair area which should count as livable square footage.\u00a0 \u00a0You can download this area report here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n
We recently added the iGuide camera system to our services in Dallas, Long Island and Raleigh.\u00a0 You can see how accurate the iGuide is compared to Matterport (Pro and 360 cameras), hand taken laser measurements, as well as other methods in our demo house benchmarking for room measurements and square footage.\u00a0 Click here to see the detailed analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Note, Zillow is the least accurate, off OVER 13%<\/strong>….and it is not just the overall square footage.\u00a0 The room dimensions are also off.\u00a0 So Zillow really should not be used for anything other than maybe the layout without dimensions…but then what’s the point?\u00a0 Buyers want accurate square footage AND room dimensions, they want to experiment with furniture placement, and they want an interactive floor plan for their home when they buy it so they can use it as a tool for home improvement.\u00a0 So rather than risk misrepresentation, just have us do the complete, robust HomeDiary floor plan and get tied to it for life.<\/p>\n
Here you see the area calculation that is build-in to every floor plan we create, but it is only good as the input.<\/p>\n
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New Updated and more integrated Knowledge Base & Care Tools<\/h2>\n
We have been using Hubspot for many years, but it’s a very expensive system, so we switched to Salesforce recently, which is about 1\/5th the cost, but perhaps not as robust. This created a great opportunity to update the knowledge base on our website and integrate it better so the content lives natively on the HomeDiary.com\/pro website. This helps for SEO purposes and it also makes the Knowledge Base more robust as there is better instant search to find what you need help on. We also updated our phone system by switching to Zoom Phone. As part of this we will have better integration of text messaging leveraging our main number, 206-384-4400. Because of this, and the fact no one pays for long distance anymore, we are eliminating our toll free number in April. So please update your contact info to just use our main number, 206-384-4400<\/strong>. You can call or text this number to get help.<\/p>\n