Video Killed the Radio Star

When I read in my daily news email that MTV was 40 years old recently, my husband and I had a great time reminiscing about the 80s. That decade is known for some great music, but when video was added, it was even better. It doesn’t seem that long ago since I was a teenager in the 80s! Music and entertainment and everything else has changed since then. 

Video and photography have changed every industry, as well as our everyday personal lives. Sometimes technology changes everything quickly, like in the past 18 months, and sometimes we are a little slower to adopt. Video, and video chat services, are integrating into new areas of our lives every day.

Video Chat in Business

As a small business owner, I went from panic to pivot in the spring of 2020. My in-person Staging Consultations went virtual, and I learned how to use Zoom to see into homes across town and across the country! Video chat is not a new way of working with business clients, but it used to be reserved for larger corporations trying to communicate across the world. People have adopted the technology in droves now, and it has changed the way businesses in every industry work with clients and collaborate among employees. Video based meetings via our phones, computers, and specialty devices, such as Portal, are easy and common for us all.

Real estate as an industry has changed radically over the past 20 years. Electronic signatures became legal in 2000. Zillow started at the end of 2004. The iPhone was launched in 2007, putting immediate access to the internet in everyone’s pocket. These 3 technologies have transformed real estate and today’s buyers and sellers have more information than ever. Firms are in a battle for their client’s attention with companies like Zillow.

Technology will continue to change real estate

How will real estate change in the future? Technology will lead the way in all areas of the real estate business.

New Buyer and Seller Consultations happen via Zoom. Showings happen through FaceTime or Google Duo. Matterport and Drone photography give buyers a view into homes like never before.

Virtual Staging Consultations

Staging Consultations at UpStaging Designs have primarily returned to pre-pandemic methods, but the way of video-based staging consultations will remain. This type of meeting is effective, efficient, and economical, and open to sellers in every market across the country.

Video-based Staging Consultations are not just for those far away from a professional stager, or those concerned about Covid variants. They are easy, flexible and more cost efficient than a traditional consultation. Have you seen it? Tried it? Considered it?

Are you curious about it?

At UpStaging Designs, we even offer a video-based photo prep ensuring no detail is missed and those MLS photos are top notch. No buyer can see every detail of their home when preparing for the MLS photos, especially when they’ve worked so hard to get all the big stuff done in time for marketing.

Schedule a Virtual Staging Consultation or Virtual Photo Prep for your clients now! Or let me know if you have questions.

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