Pinterest is a social network to share images or videos, one at a time. Users can comment, like, or re-pin. In order to sign up, you’ll need either a Facebook login or a Twitter login. Pinterest doesn’t have its own login option at this time. “Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard.” from http://pinterest.com/about/ Pinterest consists of: …
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What is Pinterest? How to use Pinterest
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Online Marketing and Advertising – Comprehensive Glossary
http://www.slidedeck.com/blog/73-must-measure-metrics-for-your-online-business/ Thanks, SlideDeck!
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YouTube Analytics – Audience Retention (Drop-Off) Metrics
YouTube’s been rolling out a lot of great new features in the last few months, but YouTube Audience Retention (i.e. Drop-Off) metrics was my favorite pseudo-enterprise-level-service addition. It lets you see where viewers stopped watching. For example, within the first 10-seconds, 30-seconds, or 60-seconds (common drop-off points in online video). You get to watch your …
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Annotate websites and share your edits (Freebies)
Publish annotations for any website Markup any website and share your annotations: http://markup.io/ Allow Screenshot-ed Feedbacks on your own Site Add a magical “take a screen shot, annotate it, and submit it” button to your own website: http://www.jotform.us/wishbox/ Why? Showing is better than telling. A picture is worth a thousand words. It improves communication. What …
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DIY iPhone Videos for Real Estate
We here at TourKick provide professional-quality, High-Definition (HD) videos and other techie services. For those Realtors out there who want to discover (and possibly master) DIY Video, it doesn’t get any easier than using an iPhone, because it’s always with you. For step-by-step instructions, along with how-to videos, check this out: http://next.inman.com/2011/11/super-simple-tips-for-getting-started-with-video-on-your-iphone/ And when you …
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How to Create Video for Real Estate, a Free Realtor.com PDF
Realtor.com released a PDF to provide a brief introduction into video for Real Estate. There aren’t any “do this and kabloom” amazing tips or anything, but it’s straight-forward. Highlights 82.5% of Internet viewers watch video online…and it’s getting even bigger. (comScore Online Video Rankings, February 2011) 75% more videos were viewed in December 2010 than …
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Video from The Ticker Show: Think Outside the Business Card
The Ticker Show is a Real Estate and Technology vlog (i.e. video blog) that has provided some great content on YouTube. A recent episode titled Think Outside the Business Card (September 6, 2011, video below) addresses the issue of Realtors saying, “I work for XYZ Realty,” when they get asked what they do. Essentially, it’s …
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REALTORS: Video marketing facts you need to know!
Facebook dominates video sharing! Videos posted on Facebook are shared 218% more than Twitter and Email combined. Don’t just upload the video to YouTube share it to your social networks. People with money watch videos Pew Internet & American Life Project reported that 78% of respondents with an annual income of $75,000+, consumed videos online. …
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Word Count and Character Count Tools
In the phrase “I do” there are 2 words and 4 characters (the space counts). If you can read, you know what a word is. But do you know what a character is–it’s anything, including spaces, ENTERs / line breaks, letters, and punctuation. For example, an ellipsis “…” has 0 words and 3 characters. Word …
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YouTube linking to a specific time position
Our example/typical YouTube video link for this tutorial is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69hADT4pWWc Link to a video – Start at any time position Start playback at time position 1:20 (1 minute and 20 seconds into the video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69hADT4pWWc#t=1m20s Add #t=1m20s after the video’s URL FORMAT: t=XhYmZs –> X hours, Y minutes, Z seconds NOTE: If there’s already a …
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Create an “Add to Google Calendar” button for a single event — Eventbrite & Facebook Too!
Purpose Google Calendar is widely used You don’t have to be a GCal user yourself Avoid typos from someone adding an event manually Just share 1 event — we’re not trying to create an entire calendar — just sharing 1 event at a time But, yes, you can create an entire calendar / list of …
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TourKick is a REALTOR.com Authorized Partner Featured Tour Provider!
TourKick has become a REALTOR.com PicturePath Authorized Partner for providing REALTOR.com Featured Tours! We’re so excited that we’re providing this service (posting the link to the video tour) FREE OF CHARGE to REALTORS with Showcase/Enhanced Listings! For agents without Showcase/Enhanced listings, there is a charge. How does TourKick leverage Showcase Listings? http://marketing.realtor.com/showcaselistings/ and http://solutioncenter.realtor.com/findvtprovider.aspx detail some benefits …
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