THE Incredible Embeddable Tour for Your Social Networks

Hey!

I have a new address on the web-just click and bookmark below!

Steve Stearns

Anyone. Anywhere. Anything.

Experienced Social Network Building

Content Creation for Commerce, Creatives and Citizens

shsworks@sbcglobal.net

920-691-6030

http://realestateisreallycrazy.blogspot.com

http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenstearns

See you there!

Steven

(Click on the pic to see it in action at Activerain!)

Obeo Adds Social Media Feature to HomeSite Product Toolbox Users can share, embed, link and e-mail HomeSite virtual tours with others

(SALT LAKE CITY, Utah) – Obeo, a leading provider of full-service residential real estate online marketing products in North America, has added a new social media feature for users of its HomeSite product.
Obeo HomeSite is a unique online marketing tool created with the customer in mind. Potential buyers can view the home through photos and panoramas, click and drag furniture onto an interactive floor plan and "virtually" customize the home, creating an engaging, personalized experience.
The new social media feature added to the HomeSite Tools section allows users to add their HomeSite virtual tour to dozens of social media Web sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn or MySpace. They can also share and bookmark it through StumbleUpon, Digg or Delicious, some of the latest social media bookmarking Web sites.
"This new social media feature allows Obeo clients to promote their listings like never before," said Andy Evans, Founder and Director of Product Strategy. "With just a few clicks, our client's listings are instantly promoted to friends, family and thousands of potential buyers on the Web who are looking for a new home."
Users also have the ability to send their HomeSite virtual tour via e-mail as well as link to the tour from their personal/company Web site or MLS system, customizing the settings to have the link appear and function in whatever way desired.
Embedding the HomeSite tour right into a Web page or blog is also offered, making it appear as if the tour is running right on the Web site rather than linking out to another site or launching in a pop-up window. Most people are familiar with this concept because of YouTube videos. The HomeSite tour can be set to automatically play as a slide show and adjusted to fit into the user screen space available directly within the blog or website it is posted within.
The new social media feature is another additional tool to engage consumers and real estate professionals alike. As a part of Obeo's included services, when a home is listed on Obeo HomeSite, the listing is automatically syndicated to many of the top listing services, including Yahoo! Real Estate, Zillow, Trulia and Google Base Real Estate, giving the listing maximum exposure.
With offerings such as the social media feature, along with virtual tours, customized printing and professional photography, Obeo is paving the way in customizing the world of real estate for its consumers.

About Obeo:

Since its inception in 1999 and its evolution from 360 House to Obeo in 2004, the Salt Lake City, Utah-based company has become the largest preferred supplier of full-service residential real estate online marketing products in the United States and Canada. The Latin word for "to go to" or "to encompass," Obeo provides REALTORS®, homebuilders, land developers and property managers with customized online marketing solutions and offline sales tools. To find out more, go to www.Obeo.com.

Have fun and grow your business with it, gang!

Steve

Obeoman

262-325-8687

Obeo National: 800-729-6236

Dodging bullets, blizzards and the blues...

First, I just wanna say

I am SO glad

my blog did not wind up on this list,

and out of gratitude, we are offering discounts

on all Obeo marketing packages- the promo code is below!

(...dodged that one...!)

(...if you would like to nominate me next time,

well, that is up to you.)

Huge obvious update:

The market is a little chilly.

That kind of chill can make you blue.

Obeo says so what-let's turn up the heat:

Promotion Dates: Dec. 8th - 31st, 2008

To order your Obeo tour,

please call our toll-free number (1-800-729-6236)

to take advantage of the extra discount on multiple tours.

Simply mention the 'Obeo Christmas Gift' to your Obeo customer service representative to receive your discount.

Agents!: President of RE/MAX Preferred Dennis Midthun approved this offer!

Even though Winter may be back-

(and my back is out-a little...)

snowy mornings are beautiful,

as long as the snowblower starts when you want it to!

(Old Faithful-Thanks, Dad for moving to a condo!)

Let's all dig out!

Steve

Obeoman

steven.stearns@obeo.com

262-325-8687

Obeo National:800-729-6236

Clients for life...why not?

Are you a client for life?

Think about it-you probably have a favorite brand or two;

some boots, clothing, apparel, auto or an appliance you just will not do without.

Now-what about YOUR clients-

Think about them.

How are you making them yours?:

It's easy.

Give them a reason-a good one-and they will stick with you.

Sounds like a win-win!

Thanks for stopping by,

(by the way, you can play with the StyleDesigner here!)

Steve

Obeoman

262-325-8687

steven.stearns@obeo.com

Obeo National:800-729-6236

WOW-WRA! What a day and a night and a morning......

Speaking easy comes naturally to Realtors, I think.

There sure were some fancy dancers!

...and all that leads to WOW!

Off the golf course and outta the classes.

Get a thousand Realtors together and stand back!

You might even do (a little) business while you have fun.

There was no prohibition on either at the Roaring 20s Icebreaker.

A lot of people dressed to the nines or better,

getting reacquainted, introduced,

hugged, laughed at and with.

A whole lot of joy.

Add some good food and drink...

...for some people this morning it was a little more like

.0w

Present party included.

If you would like a free tour,

come see me in booth 65,

and say:

"Ow."

It won't hurt.

I promise!

Thanks for stopping by,

Steve
steven.stearns@obeo.com
Obeoman
Obeo WI:262-325-8687
Obeo National:800-729-6236

WELCOME TO THE WRA FALL 2008 CONVENTION!

REALTORS ROCK!

Welcome to your YOUR convention!

Your time to get some CE done,
get reacquainted with your friends from across the state,

stay up a little too late,
(get up WAY too early;)

and celebrate another trip around the sun.

The past year?

Incredible:

-nearly a third of the state is a FEMA disaster area touched by flooding and storms,

-nationally, 500,000 Realtors made no money last year-

and the market is being eaten by the Bear(s)(!)

But you are still here.

Celebrate it-

REAL ESTATE IS CRAZY, BUT YOU'RE NOT!



(Check back here every day during the convention.)

To help out the celebration,

Obeo will be giving away free Obeo tours and StyleDesigners

EVERY DAY-STARTING SUNDAY, SEPT. 7th

Just find the magic words at this blog, come see me at our booth,

-and they are for the first two Realtors there-first come, first serve:
one free Obeo Bronze HomeSite and one free Obeo Styledesigner!

(I'll be at the booth 4 p.m.on Sunday.)

...Oh, the magic words for Sunday are:
REALTORS ROCK!

And Obeo wants to keep you rolling-

Follow this link to our Microsite for info and to demo our products:
Homesite, StyleDesigner, SpaceDesigner and ObeoConnect.

...and this link to great videos about how Obeo works for you!

See you at my booth at 4 p.m. on the 7th!

Steve
Obeoman
steven.stearns@obeo.com
262-325-8687
www.obeo.com.

Green. Fresh. Open. Recycled. Now: The Wisconsin Trend Home-Take a look INSIDE!

...and besides saving all that water and energy,

the Wisconsin Trend Home features

universal design with lower light switches,a walk-in shower
and
a digital control system.

...affordable? Yes.

Take a look inside!

Special thanks to Aaron Haug of Exit Realty Horizons,

who thought of us to show off the home!

And hats off to the

Wisconsin Builders Association Foundation and the Metropolitan Builders Association

for paying it forward-money from the sale of the home will be used to provide a grant to La Casa De Esperenza, to help train low-income workers in the construction industry and some funds gifted to the WBA foundation placed in a scholarship fund for trades careers.

And over 100 other sponsors pitched in, too!

Community. Wow.

Steve

Obeoman

Obeo WI: 262-325-8687-Obeo For You: 800-729-6236

http://www.witrendhome.com/

Lather, Rinse, Repeat!: New RE Marketing Basics

Eight out of ten buyers are on line.
Buyers are looking for 4-6 months before they buy.
Buyers will tend to work with the first Realtor that is on line in their area and KNOWS the area.
More photos in your virtual tour on line means fewer DOM.

The rest is in the video-lather, rinse-repeat!

THANKS to the crew at http://www.realestatewebmarketing101.com/ for the nice tutorial!

...I am STILL making phone calls-where are you people?

Steve

Obeoman

steven.stearns@obeo.com

Call Obeo at 800-729-6236.

Realtors wanna have FUN!

And Obeo...the experts in buyer behavior...invites them to play!

EXCLUSIVE TO REMAX FOR A LIMITED TIME-THROUGH JANUARY 21st!

Obeo StyleDesigner and Obeo HomeSite take virtual tours to next level.

Don’t like the exterior paint you’re viewing on line?

Obeo StyleDesigner changes it with just the pick of a color
-and a click of your mouse!

Interiors- change carpet, hardwood, linoleum to tile floors-or swap counter tops.

..and change paint color on walls and trim-just pick and click!

Obeo HomeSite has all the great features and tools of an Obeo virtual tour in a freshly designed, easy-to-use format.

The new tool bar lets you choose what you want do as you mouse over the icons:

View a full-screen tour, email the tour, print brochures or schedule a showing

-just a few of all the Obeo options.

and The Home Theater feature

...is a great way for buyers to dream their way into their new home!

Obeo HomeSite goes active January 21st nationally- with no price increase.

Add on the Obeo StyleDesigner - the first two scenes $39.95.

Each additional scene is $19.95.

LINKS:

Obeo StyleDesigner

Obeo HomeSite

Contact your Obeo Consultant:

Minnesota and Western Wisconsin

kiki.wanshura@obeo.com
612.599.5642

Eastern Wisconsin

steven.stearns@obeo.com
262-325-8687

Obeo Customer Service, Orders and Tech Support
800.729.6236

Real Estate Video is NOT the consumer choice.

I hope this real estate video works...hope the lighting is ok...it costs a lot...

where does it go?...who is seeing it?...does this really work?

(clipart courtesy of clipartheaven.com)

Sellsius offers up a late serving of turkey with a video from Brian Copeland , a Realtor in Nashville. (His blog, Nashville and Beyond, has decent content and some pretty funny and fun things things to know about the area.)

Even though the market forces have virtual tours as the leading form of RE marketing-over a million buyers a month visit Obeo-once more we have to hear how RE web video is the way to go.

My reply at Sellsius:

Brian,

Virtual tours are the most widely used form of web RE marketing; this is what the consumer wants because this is where the consumer money is being spent.

Video tours do not work for most listings because:

-Video tours are not aggregated or distributed effectively on the web.
-Video tours lack visual quality: most RE video is poor to average.
-Video tours are not cost effective for most listings.

Obeoman
steven.stearns@obeo.com

Virtual tours are the leading form of marketing properties on the web:
Sellers list with Realtors who sell,and Realtors who sell are using millions-perhaps billions, worldwide - virtual tours to market listings.

Because it is cost and labor intensive, RE web video remains a niche tool for luxury listings, unique locations and as a marketing tool for funny, charismatic or extremely dynamic Relators or agencies.

By the way, keep an eye on the blog here - in the coming weeks, Obeo will be showing you why virtual tours are and will remain the best way to market any property on line or anywhere. How buyers love virtual tours, and sellers love them, too.

Buyers want to own their home when they see it on line.

Obeo will help them do that, and more.


I gotta go sell something!

Obeoman

steven.stearns@obeo.com

Oh, yes - really crazy...

...isn't it? Just think about the human factor, and forget the (springy) market. Or mortgages. Or the currently popular short-sell. Or the global market.
You own a home. You have an opportunity. Wow. A BETTER job! You have to move-gee, someone just has to come up with, oh, say, between 180k to oh, 1M+ so you can move, and they can move, too - depending on where you live and what your equity situation is. And how much the kids cry. People with more money than that can pay someone else to move there for them.
And what your spouse expects to move into, of course...
Oh yeah - don't forget leaving your house on sudden notice in your Sunday best sweatpants so strangers can troop through it and judge you on your home hygienics, and whether or not they like the neighbors; and the neighbors kids and three or four large dogs, or the fact that you are NOT a vegetarian.
And this can go on for one, two or three months? Longer? Or until your spouse finds a job halfway across the country, too? Why does anybody even move out of their recliner, let alone a place where their kids, pets and in-laws can eat over the sink if they feel like it?

(Bear, our canine companion, and a tasty treat.)

A while back, and likely it still is the case, in Japan a small rambler-type home was a million dollars. Who is ever going to pay that mortgage off? Only love can bear a burden like that - maybe these homes will remain in families for generations.
Even in our 100+ year old pile of bricks and boards near the Rock River in the Midwest, it could happen - not flooding -we are WAY out of the flood plain - I mean moving. But only if I get to retire when we get to our new place.

But I suspect this home will (lovingly) fund a reverse mortgage for my spouse, Theresa.
When they finally come to move me-in my recliner-to a place where she doesn't have to listen to me snore so much, or watch me eat over the sink.



Thanks for stopping by,
Steve
steven.stearns@obeo.com