Archive for the ‘New Features’ Category
SEO Friendly URL’s
Posted by James in New Features on May 20th, 2009
Tired of having long urls’s for your virtual tours? Check out our new shorter and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) friendly url for your virtual tours. Some URL examples are below:
Branded Virtual Tour:
http://www.firsthometour.com/497/branded
http://www.firsthometour.com/virtualtour/497/branded
Branded virtual tours follow the format of “http://www.firsthometour.com/” followed by your virtual tour number, in the above example 497. The last part of the URL can be anything that you want as demonstrated below:
Custom Branded Virtual Tour
http://www.firsthometour.com/497/firsthometour
http://www.firsthometour.com/497/my virtual tours
Non-Branded Virtual Tours (IDX Compliant):
http://www.firsthometour.com/497
This format is very simple, its our domain name followed by a slash and your virtual tour number.
Using these shorter virtual tour urls will make it easier for your users to remember and for search engines to index the content.
Enjoy,
The FirstHomeTour.com Support Team!
Impress your clients with Custom Videos from FirstHomeTour.com
Posted by James in New Features on May 12th, 2009
Your virtual tours can now be converted to videos! The videos will be added to the FirstHomeTour.com video channel on YouTube, the video tab of your virtual tour and will be syndicated out to sites like Google & AOL! Intersted in finding out what your converted video will look like? View our FirstHomeTour.com video samples here:
It is important to note that when you send the video conversion request to FirstHomeTour.com any tours who have High Definition images uploaded will automatically have High Definition YouTube videos created (below). If you’ve uploaded standard images for your virtual tour, a High Quality YouTube video will be created (right). FirstHomeTour.com will automatically use the virtual tour title and description found in your virtual tour for your YouTube videos. The map location in YouTube will show the Geo-Coding used in your virtual tour as well. If you would like your contact information to be a part of the video description – don’t forget to put that into video description section!
Requesting a video conversion is as easy as logging into your account, selecting Manage Multimedia in the dropdown list next to the virtual tour you would like converted and filling out your customized video settings.
Have Your Heard of Microsoft Photosynth?
Posted by James in New Features on April 27th, 2009
Microsoft has released a free technology called Photosynth that takes a series of photos and “automagically” stitches them into one interactive 3D experience that you can embed in your virtual tour with FirstHomeTour.com. Creating a photosynth is as easy as taking the pictures and choosing what photos you want synthd! I have read that people don’t like how long it takes to create a synth. However, I have found when you click the start synth button the reality is you are done after you click the button… pretty simple and quick (and free!).
In order to get a good synthy turnout make sure to overlap your pictures. We used a tripod in the examples below and took about 5 minutes to take all of the pictures. The end result is a cool product that doesn’t take too much extra effort. Creating a synth isn’t for everyone but it does add a lot of fun factor to an otherwise boring experience. Subscribe to our feed on details of how to create a quality synth without taking hundreds of photos!
Social Networking for You AND Your Listing
Posted by kate in New Features on April 13th, 2009
Social networking isn’t just for yourself anymore! You now need to start networking your listings! Now it is even easier to share a listing with your friends in your networks! FirstHomeTour.com has included a send to a friend feature which allows viewers to send the virtual tour to websites like: Facebook, Buzz Up, Digg, Twitter, Delicious, Stumbleupon, Reddit, Blogger, Wordpress, MySpace, FriendFeed and SO many more! Share your virtual tour today to try it out!
We have also included the functionality on your Finish Tour page to send your newly created virtual tour to Facebook!
JUST RELEASED! Facebook and so much more added to your Finish Tour Page!
Posted by kate in New Features on April 13th, 2009
FirstHomeTour.com New Management Console!
Posted by kate in New Features on March 24th, 2009
FirstHomeTour.com has moved into the future of Real Estate Marketing with our TotalListingSystem®! Using our TotalListingSystem® you can now access your property options even faster with our new Property Centric Interface! With the single click of a mouse you can Edit your Virtual Tour, Copy Your Virtual Tour, Download your Virtual Tour, Mange the Domain Names of your Properties Custom Website, Mange the Floorplans for your Property, Manage your Properties Images, Mange Videos, Market Your Property, Order Print Materials for your Property and of course View and Delete the Virtual Tour created for your Property.
We look forward to growing with you as we continue on this journey of new and exciting releases! If you are new to FirstHomeTour.com and haven’t tried us out yet start creating your free virtual tours today! You will enjoy full use of FirstHomeTour.com during your free trial period. We are so certain that you will like FirstHomeTour.com a credit card is not needed unless you would like to join after your free trial period. For questions please do not hesitate to email, call, facebook, twitter, chat or find us on linkedin!
- Your FirstHomeTour.com Team
Toll Free: 888-675-4528 
FirstHomeTour.com Partners with ExpressCopy.com
Posted by James in New Features, Partnerships on March 12th, 2009
FirstHomeTour.com is excited to announce their partnership with ExpressCopy.com adding professional print services to a great product! Using ExpressCopy.com, our users will be able to create flyers, postcards, just listed mailers, business cards and many other products from professional or custom templates (ExpressCopy.com Samples). In addition to adding professional features to your listing, ExpressCopy.com is offering 50% off your first order when you create your account through FirstHomeTour.com
ExpressCopy.com is Located in Portland, OR and has over 10 years of experience in quick- turnaround digital printing. Their unique combination of quality, service and price has led to unparalleled success within the real estate industry and other vertical markets. We are very excited to offer such an outstanding product to our customers. If you are not already a customer of FirstHomeTour.com start your free trial now!
Just Released! Add Floorplans to your Virtual Tours…
Posted by kate in New Features on January 8th, 2009
Have a floorplan and not sure what to do with it? We can help! Our TotalListingSystem® now provides you with the ability to upload your floorplans at no additional charge! Once the floorplan has been added, you can use the pictures already uploaded for your virtual tour and place them on the actual floorplan!
Just Released! Add Videos to your Virtual Tours…
Posted by kate in New Features on January 8th, 2009
Need to market the videos you have already created? Now you can add your custom videos to your virtual tour! We support videos from YouTube, WellcomeMat, Google, Blip.tv & Yahoo! Add up to 12 custom videos to your virtual tours. You will then have the option to submit the virtual tour to our marketing affiliates to market yourself, the listing and the area even more effectively!
Just Released! Add Custom Domain Names to your Virtual Tours…
Posted by kate in New Features on January 7th, 2009
Our Total Listing System® now provides you with the ability to create custom domain names for any of your listings! For $9.95, you can create a domain name catchy enough for advertising anywhere!