The Onvedeo Blog

Onvedeo had a great year in 2015 and a great debut to 2016. A lot of our work and innovations is being recognized in the real estate industry as we have become a clear leader in video technology. Some of these recognitions of our products and vision can be seen in the commendations received by our CEO and founder Boubou Guiro from industry peers.

Onvedeo’s CEO  among the 2015 Inman 101 Honorees list. 

Inman recognizes 101 real estate industry doers whose ingenuity, outspokenness, strength, conviction, power and persistence are driving change.

http://www.inman.com/2015/12/15/honorees-announced-for-the-2015-inman-101-list/

The Inman 101 includes rebels, CEOs, power brokers, misfits, deal-makers, newbies and innovators whose ideas and actions will influence the way homes are bought and sold. It is a diverse mix of new and seasoned; the high- and the low-profile; small and mega brokers; top producers and everyday agents; old school leaders and entrepreneurs — all of whom never stop doing

Boubou Guiro was also featured in the Swanepoel Power 200, honoring leaders in 2015/2016. Boubou was listed as a Trendsetter which identifies the innovators, dealmakers, and those that are up and coming and are anticipated to make a difference in the Real Estate industry.

https://swanepoel.com/power200/trendsetters

We are looking forward to a great year in 2016, exciting releases in the works.

Planomatic has partnered with Onvedeo to add video marketing to their suite of advanced tools and technology that provides brokers and real estate agents with a unique competitive advantage in marketing their listings. In conjunction with PlanOmatic’s proprietary viewer, PhotoPlan 4,PlanoMotion serves as another channel for potential home buyers to learn everything they want to know and see about a listing in a polished narrated video format.

Like PlanOmatic, Onvedeo provides a platform catered to the goals of real estate agents and brokerages. Onvedeo’s proprietary video generation engine combines PlanOmatic’s professional photos with all of the crucial data home buyers need in order to make a confident purchase; such as local school ratings, Walkscores & stunning video footage of the areas and neighborhoods surrounding the home. The video also serves as an effective way for agents to set themselves apart in this competitive industry with professional and innovative branding.

“Photography and even floor plans have always been the given need for real estate marketing,” says PlanOmatic CEO, Kori Covrigaru. “Onvedeo’s elegant videos allow us to take this real estate marketing strategy one step further and provide our clients with a unique, cost effective tool that complements our existing solutions.”

“At Onvedeo we are redefining what Video Marketing is with our personalized video technology,” says Onvedeo CEO, Boubou Guiro, “Our partnership with the talented team at PlanOmatic will allow us to create engaging video stories from the great photography assets the PlanOmatic team is producing. We believe Onvedeo videos combined with the range of marketing products and services provided by PlanOmatic will make for an unbeatable marketing package for any real estate professional nationwide.”

See press release below

Inman contributor, Kathryn Royster, wrote a great article on why you should be doing video for your listings. Check it out:

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Google favors web pages with video content. But did you know that:

        • Including video on your home page or blog is 53 more times like to show on the first page of Google.

        • Video content is the ultimate marketing tool – increasing website engagement by as much as 75%.

        • Pages with video sell on average 72% more often than with just text.

Start using video as part of your marketing strategy to increase SEO and drive more business.

We’ve re-imagined how video can tell a compelling narrative.  Harnessing the abundance of data, our new Premium Listing Video Theme provides the insights home buyers seek when searching for a home. 

Meshing the home features with additional information such as the property’s Walkscore, nearby school information, monthly mortgage payments using current mortgage rates, local video content based on the property’s address, all overlaid with a natural voice narration creates an engaging video that actually gets watched!

Here is a great article posted on the official National Association of Real Estate Magazine. The first tech tool in the list is Onvedeo! 

Good job Onvedeo team!

We have just released a big update to celebrate the new year. You have now close to 70 tags to choose from when creating your property videos!

Most of these new tags were collected from your feedback and we will keep adding more in the future.

Send us any feedback you might have by writing us a note through the support page.

Onvedeo wants every listing, everywhere, to have first-rate video that's local and beautiful. And it'€™s built an automated video engine to do just that.

Last week, members of the Onvedeo Team ventured down to sunny Southern California to exhibit the latest version of VidGenie videos at AREAA’s national real estate conference. See an article here about the event

Onvedeo was selected to be one of seven finalists at AREAA’s “Dragon’s Den”, a pitch competition for startups to display their innovative solutions. The judge panel consisted of iconic real estate executives and successful entrepreneurs such as Glenn Kelman (CEO of Redfin), Sherry Chris (President/CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate), Brad Inman (Founder of Inman News and successful entrepreneur), and Jennifer Jeng (Founder of MascotSecret).

We’re proud to announce that Onvedeo was able to land first place at AREAA’s Dragon’s Den pitch competition! It was exciting to showcase our seamless video solution for agents and brokers. We’re ecstatic that the judges and audience members (who voted via text for the 2 finalists) shared the same positive outlook for videos in real estate. Videos aren’t the future of real estate, Onvedeo is making it the present. Video Made Easy!

It is apparent that the fluctuations in the economy has had a direct impact on many real estate professionals and their businesses over the past couple of years. However, according to Zoe Eisenberg in his article “How Technology Is Enabling Global Real Estate”, one thing has remained consistent: “Foreign buyers continue to purchase significant amounts of property here. They view it as one of the safest and most secure investment markets in the world and take pride in having a place in the U.S. to call ‘home.’”

We are proud to highlight that, with VidGenie videos, real estate professionals can reach a global audience. With the increase of real estate demand transcending borders, VidGenie videos have the option to be narrated and translated into a variety of languages and accents. The language selection continues to expand with time, with the following languages and accents available now:

English,

English (Australian accent),

French (French-Canadian accent),

Chinese (Mandarin),

Spanish (Latin-American accent)

Korean

Reach an international audience without being constrained by language barriers! We are always working to expand our language options, so be sure to stay tuned to the blog for announcements, or contact us if you have an immediate request for a language!

Over the time spent talking to real estate professionals, we noticed that agents like the option of directing their clients towards a website solely dedicated to the seller’s listing; so we’ve given the property page a makeover. By re-designing the property page, we’re giving each listing its own unique URL for agents to showcase.

Aesthetically, we've also changed the layout of the page. The new presentation shows a giant display of the property’s video. As users scroll down the page, they’ll see more specifics about the property, and agent. The flow of information is presented in a natural, clean manner, and the page is equipped with user-friendly functions.

Over a month ago, the Onvedeo team attended Real Estate Connect 2013 in beautiful San Francisco, California. The team was excited to be a part of a talented pool of exhibitors eager to show off their latest and greatest products and services. At Connect, we launched a video-solution for brokers, VidGenie, and we received much interest in the product’s capabilities.

The team has been working endlessly over the past weeks to improve both the Onvedeo platform and the VidGenie product. After many long days and nights, we’re happy to announce the launch of VidGenie for Agents! The new updates are live, and users have been signing up from across the country to generate video listings.

VidGenie for Agents offers the same convenience as our VidGenie for Brokers product, but we’ve also added the ability to customize your message with an agent spotlight message, a short, personalized HD snippet. In this section, you can tell clients what skills and attributes set you apart from others.

Additionally, a lot of Real Estate professionals are now doing business not only across the United States, but around the world as well. To cater to a diverse audience, we’ve implemented the option to have your VidGenie video listings narrated in multiple languages. All your property information will be automatically translated as well. This way, no matter who is watching your video, your audience can view the property and the local neighborhood without language barriers.

Here are some of the capabilities of VidGenie:

Support for all major social and cloud products: Dropbox, Box, Skydrive, Facebook, Flickr, Google Drive, Picasa, Instagram, Google image search to easily upload your property pictures posted on any of these platforms

Photo tagging to identify bedrooms, bathrooms, living rooms. etc.

The only Smart Video Engine out there with Fully voiced professional narration in multiple languages: English, English-Australian, Spanish, Chinese-Mandarin, and French-Canadian.

Automatic translation of your listing information to any of the languages mentioned above

Dozens of background music choices

Syndication to major Real Estate portals

Ability to add agent photo, bio, and videos as part of your videos

Local video content automatically added to your VidGenie videos based on the location of your property

Easily post your listing to Craigslist through our gorgeous Craigslist template.

Share your listing on Facebook with the click of a button

You can currently choose from 3 different VidGenie Themes to generate your videos.