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Step-by-step instructions for Virtual Tour Linking:
The more places you advertise your Tour Now Virtual Tours, the more people will see them. Our system is built so that you can quickly and easilly link your tours to a number of high traffic Real Estate websites, which will help you generate leads and gain exposure.
Manual Linking:
REALTOR.com*
Microsoft Home Advisor
Homes.com
Your Personal or Brokerage Website
Automatic Linking:
FeaturedTour.com
Like our tours, our links are customizable. You can select from a text link, several pre-made link buttons (like the ones below), or have our custom shop design a tour link button specifically for you.
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REALTOR.com:
If you have an Agent I-Lead* account on REALTOR.com*, you will want to place a link to the tour on that site. Tour Now makes it easy to link your tour to any website, including Realtor.com*.
Here are the steps for linking your tour to REALTOR.COM*:
- Log into your Tour Now Agent Administration site and click on Edit My Virtual Tours.
- Click on the 'Generate Links to my Tours' button.
- Use the Pulldown menu marked 'Select a Tour' to select the tour you wish to link, Select REALTOR.com Image Link and click the generate button.
- Now that a link has been generated in the window at the bottom of the screen, click the select all button to highlight the link, and select Copy from your edit menu.
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5. Go to REALTOR.COM* homepage and click iMarketing from the For REALTORS menu on the left.
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6. Select, "Login Now to Manage Your Account" from the left side of the screen.
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7. Select your local MLS, and enter your REALTOR.com ID and Password.
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8. Select Enhance My Listings from the left side of the screen.
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9. Now click the Select a Listing option.
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10. Select the listing to which you wish to link the virtual tour.
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11. Select Edit Text Descriptions from the menu.
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12. Put your cursor in the REALTOR.com Description field, and select 'Paste' from your Edit menu. Select the REALTOR.com radio buttons to make your tour appear on your REALTOR.com listing, and on the search results page. Click Save Changes.
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13. Your virtual tour will be linked to the REALTOR.com search and detail pages that correspond to the listing.
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Microsoft Home Advisor:
You can link your tours to Microsoft's Home Advisor if you have a opened a free BrokerDirect account on homeadvisor.com. Here are the steps:
- Log into your Tour Now Agent Administration site and click on Edit My Virtual Tours, and click on the 'Generate Links to my Tours' button.
- Use the Pulldown menu marked 'Select a Tour' to select the tour you wish to link, use the radio buttons to select the Plain URL link, and click the generate button.
- Now that a link has been generated in the window at the bottom of the screen, click the select all button to highlight the link, and select Copy from your edit menu.
- Log into your BrokerDirect account at http://brokerdirect.homeadvisor.com. You are taken to a page with all your current listings.
- Click on the listing to which you would like to add a virtual tour link, or click "Add Listing" to add a new listing.
- Toward the bottom of the listing information edit screen, locate the box labeled "Web page for listing." Click inside the box and click paste.
- Click the button labeled Save Changes
Microsoft advises people that changes may take 24-48 hours, but once the change takes effect, whenever that listing is brought up, you will note that in the Details section, there is a link that says "Listing URL: Click for details." Your tour will pop up when people click that link.
Homes.com:
You can link your tours to Homes.com if you have a opened an AgentAdvantage account. Here are the steps:
- Log into your Tour Now Agent Administration site and click on Edit My Virtual Tours, and click on the 'Generate Links to my Tours' button.
- Use the Pulldown menu marked 'Select a Tour' to select the tour you wish to link, use the radio buttons to select the Plain URL link, and click the generate button.
- Now that a link has been generated in the window at the bottom of the screen, click the select all button to highlight the link, and select Copy from your edit menu.
- Now log into your Homes.com site.
- Click Control Panel, and enter your password.
- Next click Edit My Listings.
- Select the listing from the drop down list and click Change. You will be brought to the Edit Listing screen.
- You will see a lead in box and a caption box. Click inside the caption box to place your cursor after the existing text (if any) then right click and choose Paste. The text you copied from the Tour Now Link Generation page will appear.
- Lastly, click the button to Proceed and Save This Listing. That is all there is to linking to a site hosted by Homes.com.
Your Personal or Brokerage Website:
You can link your tours to your personal website very easilly:
- Log into your Tour Now Agent Administration site and click on Edit My Virtual Tours, and click on the 'Generate Links to my Tours' button.
- Use the Pulldown menu marked 'Select a Tour' to select the tour you wish to link, use the radio buttons to select the HTML Image style, and click the generate button.
- Now that a link has been generated in the window at the bottom of the screen, click the select all button to highlight the link, and select Copy from your edit menu.
- Now open your webpage files, and place your cursor where you would like the link to appear.
- Click paste, and the text that you copied from the Tour Now Link Generation page should appear.
- Click Save in your File Menu, and re-upload your website.
*REALTOR.com and Agent I-Leads are registered trademarks of Homestore.com, Inc.
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