Royal LePage launched www.royallepagetv.ca, a web portal of instructional/educational videos for real estate consumers to watch and learn more about the buying/selling process. From my initial look, the site looks great. It is great to see a Canadian real estate company stepping up and investing to become Web 2.0 friendly in this ever changing business.
One big complaint is that they did not make the videos embeddable. Lately widgets have become all the rage. An embeddable widget would allow users to spread a message. Why not let anyone embed the videos on their website or blog. They have Royal LePage branding so all it could possibly do is help spread the message about the company and get ten times more exposure.
I’m sure the team over at Royal LePage has heard of www.YouTube.com or maybe even www.wellcomemat.com. Both services have embeddable features for their video platform.
Maybe they allow Royal LePage agents to embed videos with a username and password……. I hope that it is something that is in the pipeline and that they will be releasing shortly. The power of the internet is immense if you embrace it.
10/10/2007 at 10:02 am
As a Royal LePage agent I was wondering the same thing and the answer was in my inbox this morning. We are able to download the videos from the Royal LePage agent website. I am uploading one to Wellcomematt right now. When its done I’ll put it on my website here: http://www.604homes.com/realestatevideo . I hope that URL is right.
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10/10/2007 at 3:20 pm
Hi Matt,
You would think that Royal Lepage would do that for you. They should put them on YouTube for Google exposure and Wellcolematt. Why allow agents to download them, just so that they can be uploaded to the internet? They might as well do the work for the agents and make it as easy as possible to spread the word.
Just my 2 cents. 🙂
10/10/2007 at 3:49 pm
Stephen, You would think so, but I won’t get into the bigger issues of Royal LePage and technology. I did get the 1st 5 up on my website today. The URL was wrong earlier, it is:
http://www.604homes.com/Real_Estate_Video/page_1941706.html
I was really impressed with WellcomeMat. Would you suggest putting them on YouTube too?
10/10/2007 at 10:13 pm
youTube will give you the exposure that Google provides. Google is indexing YouTube videos right into their regular search results.
10/11/2007 at 1:06 pm
All,
Say the word if Team WellcomeMat can be of help along the way. Also, Stephen, I am seeing some issues with your “Leave a Reply” form here: in FireFox, the fields are misaligned. I’ll send you a screen shot right now.
Christian Sterner | WellcomeMat.com
10/11/2007 at 2:37 pm
Thanks C.
I’ll get the guys to check it out.
Steve
11/7/2007 at 7:03 am
All these videos have been on youtube since the launch.
Home Buying Series
Episode 1 of 5 – Helping You with Financing Your Home Purchase
· Provides your clients with tips on organizing their home finances so they are prepared for their home purchase.
Copy the HTML link below and send it to your web provider, or, if you have access to edit your site, paste the HTML code in the back-end:
Episode 2 of 10 – Helping You Determine Your Needs and Wants
· Explains to your client how you can help them assess their needs and wants so they can purchase the right home at the right price.
Copy the HTML link below and send it to your web provider, or, if you have access to edit your site, paste the HTML code in the back-end:
Episode 3 of 10 – Helping You with Your Home Search
· Outlines to your client how you can help them find the perfect home.
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Episode 4 of 10 – Helping You Make an Offer
· Provides your client with an overview of how the offer is made.
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Episode 5 of 10 – Helping You Close Your Home Purchase
· What your client should be prepared for on moving day and how you can help manage them through the process.
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Home Selling Series
Episode 6 of 10 – Helping You Prepare Your Home for Sale
· Outlines how your client should prepare their property to make it ready for sale.
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Episode 7 of 10 – Helping You List Your Home
· Provides an overview of the listing process and how you will help your client determine the right asking price for their home.
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Episode 8 of 10 – Helping You with Your Home Sale
· Explains to your client how you will design a marketing plan to ensure their home gets the maximum exposure required.
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Episode 9 of 10 – Helping You Negotiate Offers
· Tells the client how you will help them negotiate to get the best possible price for their home.
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Episode 10 of 10 – Helping You Close Your Home Sale
· Outlines what your client should know about the closing process and how you can help guide them through this process.
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11/7/2007 at 7:06 am
All these videos have been on youtube since the launch.
RLP Network users can access http://docs.rlpnetwork.com/RLPTV/RLPTVEmbeddedLinks.doc
to find all the embedded links you need.
11/7/2007 at 7:19 am
Thanks for the note Patrick.
I could not find them when I wrote the post. Thanks for the follow up. I’m sure our readers will take advantage of the embed feature.