360 Virtual Tours UK

Calling ALL 360 Virtual Tour photographers! Latest

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:15:00 +0000

Hi Readers,

As you will recall, we recently invited fellow 360 virtual tour photographers to join us at The Virtual Cottage Company

Well, Welcome to Alba Virtual Tours. who have just joined us, and posted their first clients listing in Scotland. Briar Steading at Lochearnhead We are sure this will be the start of a long and mutually beneficial relationship. Welcome Alistair.

Now, all other fellow Virtual Tour Photographers, dont be shy. Contact us at The Virtual Cottage Company for more information.
You have nothing to lose.

Calling ALL 360 Virtual Tour photographers!

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:58:00 +0000

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.

Bunkhouse Accommodation Virtual Tours

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Mon, 09 May 2011 14:33:00 +0000

Hi.

As I mentioned in my last posting, we were down in Wales again the other week. I had the opportunity of photographing 3 more Bunkhouses in and around South Wales and The Brecon Beacons.

With all the financial news, doom and gloom merchants and those with their glasses half empty, perhaps we should consider Bunkhouses as a way of getting away for an inexpensive holiday.

They are great places to stay, in beautiful locations, run by lovely people and provide the opportunity of meeting other people in a relaxed and sociable atmosphere.

Gone are the days of basic "subsistance living" in a bunkhouse, with little more than a "bothy". Bunkhouses these days can be really lovely places, well equipped and comfortable.

Have a look at these 3 Bunkhouses we did the other week. You will see what I mean.

Hardingsdown Bunkhouse, Gower Penninsula

Glynmeddig Bunkhouse, Near Sennybridge

Absolute Adventure, Nr Abercraf

Why not give a bunkhouse a try....

Still here!

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:13:00 +0000

Hi Friends,

Yes we are still here, although it has been a while since our last post.
With more "mouths to feed" in the family of 360 Virtual Tours, it is keeping us busy.

Since our last post we have completed another school "Whitstable Church of England Aided Primary School" , Low Penhowe Bed and Breakfast and its two Holiday cottages, Hatfield House Bed and Breakfast in Llandudno as well as several holiday cottages for North Wales Holiday Cottages. In addition we have been busy adding more holiday cottages and Bed and Breakfasts to the new directory. The Virtual Cottage Company as well as frantically working on its search engine optimisation.

Never a dull moment in this business.

So sorry if you have missed us, but often at the end of the day, I simply forget to BLOG...

Off to Wales again this coming week, more Bunkhouses, cottages etc... no peace for the Virtual Tour Photographer......

Bye for now.

Still Busy

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:32:00 +0000

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.

Busy Busy Busy

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:30:00 +0000

Sorry readers,

Been rather busy on a couple of projects and just have not had the time to update our blog.
Whilst it would be wrong to say too much at this stage on one of the projects, the other is developing Virtual Tours for iPhones, iPads etc.

I must admit, I was rather sceptical as to the suitability of virtual tours for such devices, but I must admit, they are coming out rather well. We hope to be able to offer this additional virtual tour service in the near future.

Watch this space.

From 360virtual-tours.co.uk

More Cottage Virtual Tours on the way.

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:02:00 +0000

Hi,

Had a busy 24 hrs in the Lakes at the weekend, and now processing the 7 virtual tours that we photographed.

They should be ready today, and we will put the links up for you to see. So "Watch this space".

From 360virtual-tours.co.uk

Connections Made

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:08:00 +0000

Hi,

Sorry for all the testing, but have finally managed to get the Blogs on our two sites to feed through to Facebook and Twitter....

360 Virtual Tours - New Addition to the family.

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:57:00 +0000

Test Posting to ensure connection is made through Twitter and Facebook.

Sent from our new blog on www.360virtual-tours.co.uk

Virtual Tour Benefits

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:57:00 +0000

Hi
As businesses compete with each other in the promotion of their businesses, its imperative to make your presence online as memorable and inviting as possible.

Virtual Tours offer a perspective that potential customers enjoy using.

So the benefits?? Well here are a few ........

WYSIWYG - A complete, un-edited view of your business facilities, whether it be a hotel, mode of transport, cottage or gym, your customers can see exactly what they are getting.

No language problems. A picture paints a thousand words and international customers can confidently view your facilities / venue.

Interactivity - customers can view virtual tours at their leisure and concentrate on what part of your business is important to them.

Accessibilty - a Virtual Tour is available 24/7, 365 days a year all over the world. A Virtual Tour can be sent out as a link to email advertising, much cheaper than producing and posting brochures.

Virtual Tours give customers the confidence that your business is using the latest innovative marketing facilities and therefore shows you are on the ball.

Demonstrates to your customer your willingness to be as helpful and open as possible in providing a good service to them.

Retains the attention of potential customers, they will stay on your website longer and enjoy the interactivity your website offers.

There are many more benefits a Virtual Tour provides, these are just a few and we go the 'extra mile' to offer everything that our client wishes to convey.

Keep One Step Ahead

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:49:00 +0000

Hi
We now work with several Holiday Cottage companies and provide Virtual Tours for them, as well as the hundreds of individual cottage owners who have bitten the relatively inexpensive bullet (shop around! though we are confident in our quality versus low cost and so have 700+ clients been) and decided to invest in a Virtual Tour.

Hats off to all of those clients for recognising that A) online bookings will increase, and yes! we have evidence of that, but also B) it shows that cottage owners / businesses are not complacent in their marketing and promotion and want to keep one step ahead of the competition.

" we have thought about it but we are doing all right at the moment" oh how many times have we heard that? Is that the way to progress your business?

What has always worked in the past won't necessarily always work in the future, and the competition are gaining that extra ground!

Consider a Virtual Tour as a business investment that will repay itself with ONE extra booking.

Just a thought .........