Do 360 Virtual Tours Work?

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Dec 302011
 

Hi,

As it approaches the end of the year, we have been looking back over 2011 and looking at what has been achieved. It is always easy to sit back and congratulate yourselves on a job well done, but in the end it is not what we think that matters, it is what the property owners think.

So with this in mind I took a little peek at the viewing statistics on The Virtual Cottage Company, which as you know is part of the 360Virtual-Tours family of websites. Do 360 Virtual Tours work?

This chart make some interesting viewing, and demonstrates the value of having a virtual tour on your website. (The property Number is the Listing number as shown on The Virtual Cottage Company )

Average Monthly Viewings

As time goes by The Virtual Cottage Company increases in its visibility, via Facebook, Twitter as well as organic Search Engine optimisation. We are already on page1 Google for a number of search criteria. Viewings will continue to increase and with more viewings come more bookings.

As someone once said, having a website, without promoting it, is like having a fancy TV advert, without buying “air time”. So it is with Holiday Cottage owners. If you have a website, HAVE A 360 VIRTUAL TOUR and have it listed on The Virtual Cottage Company to help in your cottage promotion and gain more bookings.

With that in mind may we take this opportunity to thank our customers for Virtual Tour commissions in 2011, and wish you all a prosperous 2012.

360 virtual tours 48 hours a day?

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Aug 292011
 

Hi Readers,

So much to do, so little time. If only we could have 48 hours a day….

In addition to www.360virtual-tours.net we also run www.360virtual-tours.co.uk, www.simplezwebdesign.co.uk and www.virtualcottagecompany.com.

The SEO for all these takes its time, but we are also expanding our services to our Virtual Tour clients.
Smart Phone /iPhone/iPad virtual tours are available, so are tours compatible with Facebook. Video versions of Virtual Tours for YouTube are just about ready for launch, and we have a new website under development. We are also looking into a new area which is under wraps for the moment.

Mind you, its still just the background work we have to do in addition to our main activity in providing quality 360 Virtual Tours at extremely competitive prices, for our growing list of clients.

Thank goodness for caffeine…. roll on 48 hours a day.

Calling ALL 360 Virtual Tour Photographers!

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Jun 172011
 

Hi,

As Im sure many of you fellow Virtual Tour Photographers have provided 360 Virtual Tours for Holiday Cottages, Bed and Breakfast, Guesthouses Hotels etc, please take a look at The Virtual Cottage Company.

Someone once said “Having a website and not promoting it through Search Engine Optimisation, is like having a fancy TV Advert produced, without purchasing “air time” – How true is this. So many Holiday Cottage or property owners have a website, but without promoting it, it simply sits there on the web, with few hits.

The Virtual Cottage Company is a directory of UK holiday accommodation providers where EVERY property has a 360 Virtual Tour, thus making it quite unique.
Since starting in March 2011 we have already reached page 1 on Google.

The concept is to help independent owners to get their website and properties greater exposure, and consequently more bookings. With combined Tweets and Facebook posts our cottage owners are now receiving up to 100 viewing per month and in time this will continue to grow.

Whilst at present all the virtual tours have been provided by 360virtual-tours.net it is not exclusive, and we welcome ANY virtual tour providers to invite their clients to advertise their properties on The Virtual Cottage Company. In encouraging your clients to advertise, you will also be in effect advertising your own business for free, and will become a contributing Virtual Tour photographer, listed on a new page on the Virtual Cottage Company of Recommended Virtual Tour photographers.

Don’t be shy, contact The Virtual Cottage Company and let us discuss how we can work together.

Busy, Busy, Busy

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Mar 242011
 

Hi Friends,

We have been busy adding listings to our new website The Virtual Cottage Company. Spring is here, and here we are at the computer. Such is life.

We now have 80 listings, and more are being added almost daily.

We have always said Virtual Tours are a great way to showcase your properties, but if your website is not seen that much, then as someone once said regarding Search Engine Optimisation, “if you dont do SEO, its like paying for a fabulous TV Advert, without buying “air time” … How True!!! So that is why joining the fellow advertisers on The Virtual Cottage Company, and letting us worry about the SEO, is a great way to get your property seen.

Bye for now.

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