So here's a list of comparisons
--------------- BCI-----THEM
- Easy online scheduling? ------yes -----No
- pix ready next morning? ------yes ---maybe
- Certified Drone Pilot? -----yes ------maybe
- 360 Virtual tours ------yes -----maybe
- Floor plan for every HOUSE------yes ------no
- mls certified?--------------yes ---------no
- Zilllow Boost? ----------yes ------------no
- upload to mls for you?-----yes--------no
- virtual staging? ------------yes --------maybe
- professional appearance? -----YES------no
- rainy day help? ---------------yes ----------no
- tv screens replaced? ------always -----maybe
- genuine twilights? -----yes -------no
- Virtual twilights? -----yes ---------no
- blah SKy SWAps for you? -------yes -----no
- same day shoots? ----yes (just call us) ---no
- social media posts for you -------Yes ----no
- websites of your listing?---------yes -----no
- premade flyers for you -----------yes --------no
- TOTAL MARKETING kit? ------------yes ---no
- ACTUAL VIDEO ------------------------YES-------- NO
- GENUINE TERMINOLOGY...WHEN WE SAY A VIRTUAL TOUR, OR A VIDEO, ITS NOT JUST A SLIDESHOW. ITS A REAL 360 VIRTUAL TOUR, OR ITS ACTUALLY VIDEO ITS NOT JUST A SLIDESHOW.
- 30 YEARS PRO EXPERIENCE? ----------YES ----NO
SO WHAT DO ALL THOSE BENEFITS EVEN MEAN FOR ME AND MY SELLER?
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. WHATS IN IT FOR YOU RIGHT? WELL IN REALITY, ANY ONE SINGLE FEATURE OR BENEFIT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A DECIDING FACTOR IN CHOOSING YOUR REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER. THE TRUTH BE TOLD, IT IS ACTUALLY THE TOTALITY OF ALL WE BRING TO THE TABLE EVERY DAY, EVERY SHOOT, EVERY EDIT, EVERY TIME THAT MAKES SELECTING BCI REAL ESTATE PHOTO KIND OF A NO BRAINER OF A DECISION. CHOOSING BCI, BRINGS SO MUCH MORE BENEFITS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM THAN ANY OTHER "PHOTOGRAPHER' ON THE TREASURE COAST. HERE'S A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES:
I'LL GO RIGHT DOWN THE ABOVE LIST.
ONLINE SCHEDULING...SO WHAT? SO THAT WAY YOU CAN ORDER YOUR SHOOT 24/7 WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT TO HEAR BACK FROM ME....IF THAT DATE/TIME IS AVAILABLE. IT'S ALL RIGHT THERE. CONSIDER THIS SELLING SITUATION YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF IN. YOU ARE SITTING WITH A PROSPECTIVE SELLER, AND TRYING TO GET THEIR LISTING OF COURSE. (YOU AND ALL YOUR COMPETITION,) SO, YOU HOP ON TO OUR ORDERING PAGE....AND NOW YOU HAVE MY COMPLETE SCHEDULE OF AVAILABILITY. SO YOU CAN SAY, MY PHOTOGRAPHER CAN BE HERE TUESDAY AT 11AM OR WOULD BE 3PM BE BETTER? EITHER WAY YOU JUST GOT THE LISTING. :-)
PIX READY THE NEXT MORNING. OUR PROFESSIONAL TEAM OF EDITORS ACTUALLY WORKS OVERNIGHT SO WE ARE ABLE TO DELIVER THE FULLY EDITED IMAGES TO YOU. NO RUSH FEES, THAT IS JUST OUR NORMAL OPERATING SCHEDULE.
CERTIFIED DRONE PILOT. DID YOU KNOW THE PENALTY FOR USING A NON FAA CERTIFIED PILOT FOR ANY COMMERCIAL ENDEAVOR IS $11,000? WE DO THIS EVERY DAY. WE KNOW THE ANGLES TO SHOOT...AND THE REGULATIONS. WE HAVE ACCESS TO INSTANT FAA WAIVERS TO FLY....LEGALLY. SURE YOU CAN BUY YOUR OWN DRONE AND TRY TO DIY IT. BUT YOUR TIME IS MORE VALUABLE THAN THAT. LOOK AT OUR PRICING STRUCTURE AND DO THE MATH LOL.
360 VIRTUAL TOURS. THE FASTEST GROWING FEATURE IN REAL ESTATE ACROSS THE NATION. BUYERS LOVE THESE. NOT ONLY THAT, THEY SPEND 6 TIMES AS MUCH TIME VIEWING (PLAYING) WITH THEM. THEY ARE TRULY THE BEST WAY TO EXPERIENCE ANY POTENTIAL HOME. PLAYING FOR LONGER...MEANS CONNECTING WITH THAT HOUSE MORE EVERY EXTRA MINUTE. OUR NEW INTERACTIVE FLOOR PLAN AND 360 TOURS EVEN MAKE THAT MORE "FUN" AND THUS MAKE THEM MORE EFFECTIVE.
FLOOR PLAN WITH EVERY HOUSE. YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT. EVERY PHOTO SHOOT FOR A LISTING NOW COMES WITH A 2D FLOOR PLAN AT NO EXTRA COST. FLOOR PLANS ARE THE QUICKEST AND EASIEST WAY FOR A BUYER TO GET TO KNOW YOUR SELLERS HOUSE.
ZILLOW BOOST...WHAT IS THAT ANYWAY? THE SHORT VERSION IS THIS. YOU GET ALMOST DOUBLE THE VIEWS ON ZILLOW AND TRULIA FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS. SOUNDS AMAZING RIGHT? OF COURSE WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT TO REACH MORE POTENTIAL BUYERS. ZILLOW GIVES YOU THAT, JUST FOR USING THEIR INTERACTIVE FLOOR PLAN AND 360 TOUR COMBO. WHICH...OF COURSE WE PROVIDE. AND IT'S INCLUDED IN A LOT OF OUR PACKAGES INCLUDING OUR MOST POPULAR PACKAGE, THE FULL MONTY.
MLS CERTIFIED....NOT ONLY DOES THAT SPEAK VOLUMES ABOUT OUR CREDIBITY, BUT ENSURES OUR PROFESSIONALISM, AND YES WE CAN ACTUALLY UPLOAD YOUR IMAGES, VIDEO AND VIRTUAL TOURS FOR YOU TO BEACHES MLS. SO YOU JUST SAVED EVEN MORE TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY DAY. ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST PHOTOGRAPHERS.
VIRTUAL STAGING...AND DECLUTTERING. WE CAN NOW TAKE ANY VACANT HOME, AND REALLY PAINT THAT WARM COZY FEELING OF A LIVED IN HOME SO YOUR BUYERS CAN ENVISION THEMSELVES IN IT. REALLY HELPS THE VACANT SPACE "MAKE SENSE" WHEN THEY CAN SEE IT WITH FURNITURE...AND ART, AND IT LOOKS COMPLETE. SURE YOU CAN SPEND $4K ON ACTUAL STAGING LIKE ALL THE HOUSES YOU SEE ON HGTV SHOWS WHO DO THIS EVERY FLIP/SALE. BUT WHO HAS THAT KIND OF BUDGET? NOW YOU DONT HAVE TO. FOR A MERE FRACTION OF THE COST OF ACTUAL STAGING, YOU CAN DELIVER THE SAME END RESULTS TO EVERYONE THAT SEE'S YOUR LISTING..NOT JUST THOSE THAT ACTUALY VISITED, SO YOUR STAGING DOLLARS GO SO MUCH FURTHER. ALSO GREAT FOR TENANT OCCUPIED HOMES THAT MIGHT NOT BE SO PRESENTABLE AS WELL. HAVE A MESSY ROOM? NO PROBLEM. OUR TEAM OF EDITORS CAN VIRTUALLY "CLEAN" THE ROOM FOR YOU AS WELL.
PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCE...WHO CARES RIGHT? OH...WAIT. YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER BECOMES AN EXTENSION OF YOU AND YOUR BRAND. MANY SHOW UP IN FLIP FLOPS AND A T SHIRT. WHILE THAT'S PROBABLY OK FOR A VACANT HOUSE, IT DOESN'T SCREAM "I'M A PROFESSIONAL" TO YOUR SELLER IF THEY HAPPEN TO BE HOME. YOU WANT YOUR CLIENT...THE SELLER TO KNOW YOU ARE A PRO, AND SO IS THE GUY YOUR JUST HIRED TO PHOTOGRAPH THEIR HOME.
RAINY DAY HELP? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL IT MEANS JUST AS IT SOUNDS. IF IT LOOKS LIKE ITS GONNA RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON....AS IT DOES SO OFTEN HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, AND YOU HAD A SHOOT SCHEDULED FOR 3PM, BUT IT'S LOOKING LIKE THUNDERSTORMS FOR AFTERNOON. WE TYPICALLY WILL REACH OUT AND GIVE YOU THE CHANCE TO MAYBE HAVE US COME AN HOUR EARLY TO GET THE SHOOT DONE. OR MAYBE TOMORROW LOOKS TO BE THE BEST CHANCE OF SUCCESS. WE WANNA HELP YOU GET THIS LISTING TO MARKET AS MUCH AS YOU AND YOUR SELLER DO. SO WE WORK TOGETHER WITH YOU TO TRY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. DOES YOUR CURRENT PHOTOGRAPHER OFFER TO SHOW UP EARLY FOR YOU? NO I DIDN,T THINK SO.
TV SCREENS....UGHHHHHH. ONE OF MY PET PEEVES IS TV SCREENS THAT ARE FULL OF NASTY REFLECTIONS WHICH BECOME A DISTRACTION. WE DEAL WITH THESE EVERY TIME. WE DO SO IN ONE OF A COUPLE WAYS. FIRST, WE CAN REPLACE THAT REFLECTION FILLED MESS WITH A BLACK OR BLACK GRADIENT WHICH LOOKS NATURAL, AND DOES NOT DRAW ATTENTION TO ITSELF. OF COURSE WE CAN ALSO REPLACE THE TV SCREEN WITH AN IMAGE. WE PREFER TO USE ONE OF THE AERIALS OF THAT SAME HOUSE TO FILL THE SCREEN SO AT LEAST IT'S A RELEVANT IMAGE ON THE SCREEN. WE NEVER USE SOMEONE ELSES PICTURE (THEY ARE COPYWRITTEN AFTER ALL) FOR THESE, AND WE NEVER DO SOME IRRELEVANT IMAGE LIKE A HAWAII SUNSET WHICH IS NEITHER OUR IMAGE NOR A RELEVANT IMAGE TO THE HOUSE BEING SOLD. IF YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE, JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'LL DO YOURS HOWEVER YOU PREFER.
TWILIGHTS FOR REAL ESTATE? SURE NO PROBLEM. SEE OUR TWILIGHT PAGE FOR OUR OPTIONS. EITHER GENUINE OR VIRTUAL, THE CHOICE IS YOURS. BUT REGARDLESS THEY DO COMMAND ATTENTION.
SKY SWAPS. THOUGH NOT THE SAME AS A FULL ON VIRTUAL TWILIGHT, WE CAN OFTEN DO A BASIC SKY SWAP FOR YOU IF THE DAY WE WERE SCHEDULED DIDNT HAPPEN TO PROVIDE US WITH AN INTERESTING SKY. THESE ARE ALL ABOUT GETTING YOUR LISTING NOTICED AMONGST THE SEA OF THUMBNAIL IMAGES PRESENTED TO SELLERS AT ONCE ONLINE. BE IT ZILLOW, REALTOR.COM, REDFIN, OR EVEN MLS SEARCHES, THE VIEWERS ARE INNUNDATED WITH PICTURES. SO...OFTEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE A SKY SWAPPED LOOK AT THE FRONT ELEVATION TO HELP YOUR LISTING SHINE IF MOTHER NATURE DIDNT GIVE US ONE LOL. HERES ONE.
SAME DAY SHOOTS? YES, MANY TIMES WE AN ACCOMMODATE THESE REQUESTS WHEN ASKED. OUR ONLINE SCHEDULING SYSTEM DOESNT TAKE THEM FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. SO IF YOU NEED ONE JUST TEXT ME. IF I CAN, I WILL. I PROMISE.
SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS....YES WE LIKE TO SHOW OFF TOO. AND OUR SHOWING OFF ALSO BRINGS YOU BRAND AWARENESS AS WELL AS MORE EYES ON YOUR LISTING ARE ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA. EVEN IF ITS JUST OMG LOOK HOW BUSY BILLY IS, OR OMG LOOK WHAT A GREAT HOME THAT IS. SO WE TRY TO SHOW YOU OFF AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE, AND TAG YOU AND YOUR BRAND ALONG THE WAY. (MORE OF THAT PARTNERING THING AGAIN LOL)
PROFESSIONAL WEBSITES FOR YOUR LISTING. THESE ARE GOOD IN MANY WAYS BUT APART FROM THE OBVIOUS MARKETING OF THAT HOUSE. CONSIDER AGAIN THAT ABOVE SCENARIO WE SPOKE ABOUT. ITS YOU VS THE REST FOR THE LISTING. YOU AND THEY...HAVE THE SAME GREAT CREDENTIALS LETS SAY. BUT NOW YOU ARE NOT ONLY BRINGING TO BEAR ON THEIR BEHALF A PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER, BUT NOW ALSO YOU ARE CREATING ON THEIR BEHALF, A DEDICATED WEBSITE JUST FOR THEIR FANTASTIC HOME. IT CAN EVEN HAVE A UNIQUE URL IF YOU PREFER, SO FOR EXAMPLE IT CAN BE 123YOURSTREETADDRESS. COM WITH NO OTHER BRANDING. THIS WEBSITE CAN BE USED IN A GREAT VARIETY OF WAYS AS WELL. YOU CAN OF COURSE SHARE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, OR ANY OTHER ADVERTIESEMENT. YOU CAN EVEN CHOOSE TO EMBED THIS WEBSITE INTO YOUR OWN, OR WE PROVIDE YOU WITH BOTHA BRANDED VERSION AND A NON BRANDED VERSION TO USE AS YOU WISH ON MLS OR OTHERWISE. BOTTOM LINE...WE MAKE IT AN EASY DECISION FOR YOUR NEXT SELLER TO LIST THEIR REAL ESTATE PROPERTY WITH YOU.....AND NOT THE SCHMO DOWN THE ROAD WHO PROBABLY TAKES IPHONE PIX AND CERTAINLY DOESNT BRING ALL THIS TO THE TABLE. AGAIN...MORE OF THAT PARTNERING STUFF AGAIN LOL.
STILL WITH US? GREAT. HERES SOMETHING ELSE THAT COMES ALONG WITH THAT WEBSITE AND ALL THE MARKETING MATERIALS. YOUR WEBSITE BUILDS A PRINTABLE, DOWNLOADABLE PDF FLYER OF THE PROPERTY FOR YOU. NATURALLY THE VIEWER CAN PRINT OR DOWNLOAD IT. BUT....YOU CAN AS WELL. HERES A TIP. PRINT OUT A BUNCH AND BRING THEM TO THE OPEN HOUSE FOR THAT HOUSE. ITS QUICK AND EASY FOR YOU SINCE ITS ALREADY MADE FOR YOU. BRANDED TO YOU...AND EVEN HAS A QR CODE ON IT BRINGING THE BUYER BACK TO YOUR WEBSITE WITH A QUICK SCAN ONCE YOUR OPEN HOUSE ATTENDEE GETS HOME AND STARTS CHATTING ABOUT IT WITH THEIR SPOUSE. THE SALES DATA YOU SPENT ALL THAT TIME DRAFTING FOR MLS....WE ACTUALLY IMPORT FOR YOU, SO IT APPEARS ON THE WEBSITE OF COURSE, BUT IS AUTOMATICALLY POPULATED RIGHT TO THE FLYER AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PIECES FOR YOU...SAVING YOU MORE TIME...YEAH MORE OF THAT PARTNERING THING AGAIN LOL. HERES ONE OF THE PDF FLYERS RIGHT HERE. (YOU CAN SELECT WHICH TEMPLATE USED BTW)