Author: Marci Sepulveda

VHT Studios Partners with AgentEDU to Offer Real Estate Agents Best-in-Class Online Real Estate Photography Training Course

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Real estate professionals seeking to learn about photography or sharpen their skills can subscribe to a new online class offered through AgentEDU.com, a growing national training platform for real estate agents, in partnership with VHT Studios, the nation’s leading real estate photography and visual marketing company.

AgentEDU and VHT Studios are rolling out the course, “How to Take Real Estate Photography,” to provide agents of all levels with direct online instruction on how to take gorgeous, high quality real estate photography so their listings stand out from the competition, attract more buyers and sell faster. The course is available with a subscription to AgentEDU.com. See an intro video to the course, here.

“We are turning to VHT Studios for the company’s unmatched expertise and deep commitment to serving the real estate community,” said Anne Hartnett, AgentEDU’s Managing Partner. “Agents know that quality photography for their listings is essential to grabbing a buyer’s attention, contributes to a shorter market time and helps get the best price for your listing,” she added.

AgentEDU is an online video training platform designed to help real estate agents at every level advance their skill sets, expand their industry knowledge and become better agents. AgentEDU lets agents access valuable learning resources anytime and anywhere so they become top producers with increased earnings and a plan for continued growth.

The partnership solidifies VHT’s position as the real estate agent’s primary resource for real estate photography while adding to AgentEDU’s extensive library of courses designed to help agents hone their skills and build a successful real estate career.

“We are proud to partner with AgentEDU and their parent company, Agent Publishing to provide this convenient and easy-to-access educational resource to real estate professionals,” said Sarah Anderson, Vice President, Marketing, VHT Studios.

“Over the past 20 years, we’ve proven that stunning real estate photography is the most effective way to attract buyers’ attention and sell homes. Yet, many real estate professionals don’t include high quality photographs in their listings, web sites, advertising and other real estate marketing materials. An online photography course offered through AgentEDU now makes it easy for agents to elevate their marketing expertise, attract new clients and grow their brand and business,” she added.

View this introductory video of the course, “How to Take Real Estate Photography.”

About Agent Publishing
As a leading trade publication with more than 15 years covering residential real estate, Agent Publishing’s influence extends to agents across the country through print and digital magazines, live events and career development.

Agents, brokers, builders, developers, lenders, appraisers and other real estate professionals rely on Agent Publishing for a cutting-edge mix of fresh local reporting, detailed analysis of major national trends and profiling of top industry professionals. Agent Publishing is unmatched in helping residential real estate professionals better serve clients and stay on top of ever-changing industry trends and news. Learn more at http://www.AgentPublishing.com, AgentEDU.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

About VHT Studios
VHT Studios celebrates 20 years of delivering excellence to top real estate professionals who rely on VHT Studios for stunning professional photography, virtual tour videos, virtual staging, drone photography and video, interactive and standard floor plans, 3D home tours, and image management services.

VHT Studios’ broad range of visual marketing services ensures properties get seen more, sell and rent faster and at a greater price, which also helps real estate agents attract new clients and grow their businesses. A full-service partner to leading agents, brokerages and businesses, the VHT Studios team delivers the most powerful marketing and selling tools – starting with high-quality photography — through creation and final display. For more information, visit us on VHT.com, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Instagram.

AgentEDU® is a platform where agents at every level can come to watch 10-minute video courses for the many situations that successful agents must master. From essential to advanced level and everything in between, AgentEDU® courses help agents become top producers with increased earnings and a plan for continued growth.

AgentEDU® is an Agent Publishing brand. For nearly two decades, Agent Publishing has been committed to providing residential real estate professionals with the information and training required to build successful and meaningful careers in their local markets. Agent Publishing’s influence extends to every career stage and reaches agents across print, digital, events and online learning.

5 Tech Tools for Real Estate Team Productivity | AgentEDU.com

5 Tech Tools for Real Estate Team Productivity

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Keeping a team of real estate agents organized and on task can be a difficult and thankless endeavor. Luckily, there are many technologies available to help real estate teams work together, giving team leaders one less thing to worry about. Here are five tools that can help your real estate team collaborate and stay productive.

#1. Internal Communication: Slack

Slack is internal communication for the modern team. Team members can organize projects into channels where they can instant message, share files, chat, and make calls. Slack allows users to simply drag and drop files of almost any kind into a channel to share with a group – for real estate teams, that could include Excel files of listings, as well as contracts in PDF format.

Useful features:
Customizable notifications – receive alerts only for important events
Comprehensive search – pull up every channel, message or file related to a client
App integrations – Slack can be integrated with other apps you may already use

#2. Proofreading On-the-Go: Grammarly

Grammarly is an extension that can be an add-on for browsers, platforms and apps – anywhere team members need to write and edit text. It flags spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, and problems with sentence structure as users type. According to a study by Redfin and Grammarly, 43.3 percent of respondents said they would be less likely to tour a home if its listing contained spelling errors or incorrect grammar.

Useful features:
Wherever you need it – add Grammarly to your Chrome browser, and use it in Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Gmail, your desktop, and many other places
More than spellcheck – prevent usage, grammar, and contextual spelling errors
Grammar for everyone – plans are available with group pricing

#3. Electronic Document Signing: HelloSign

HelloSign is eSignature software that agents can use to gather legally-binding signatures on documents like listing agreements, contracts, and offer letters. HelloSign’s interface is simple, and brokerages or teams can sign agents up to share branding, coordinate documents, track document status and more.

Useful features:
Track progress – monitor the status of documents sent out for signing
Efficiency en masse – request signatures from up to 20 people simultaneously
Secure and seamless – integrates with popular apps like Dropbox, Google Drive, and Evernote

#4. Organization: Evernote

HelloSign is eSignature software that agents can use to gather legally-binding signatures on documents like listing agreements, contracts, and offer letters. HelloSign’s interface is simple, and brokerages or teams can sign agents up to share branding, coordinate documents, track document status and more.

Useful features:
Smart search – search text within images and documents, including handwriting
Digitize contacts – build up your contacts by scanning and digitizing business cards
Share and collaborate – share files and edit together with other users

#5. Social Media Marketing: Buffer

Agents active on social media will like Buffer, which is a social media service that distributes content across social media platforms and optimizes posting times to reach to as many followers as possible. With one click, agents can use Buffer to post on all of their social media accounts, including Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Useful features:
Create optimized images – make and share custom images within Buffer that are optimized for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest
Get ahead – schedule posts ahead of time
Queue as you go – through Buffer’s browser extension, agents can add content to their posting queue as they browse the Web

AgentEDU® is a platform where agents at every level can come to watch 10-minute video courses for the many situations that successful agents must master. From essential to advanced level and everything in between, AgentEDU® courses help agents become top producers with increased earnings and a plan for continued growth.

AgentEDU® is an Agent Publishing brand. For nearly two decades, Agent Publishing has been committed to providing residential real estate professionals with the information and training required to build successful and meaningful careers in their local markets. Agent Publishing’s influence extends to every career stage and reaches agents across print, digital, events and online learning.