Happy September everyone,

First, let me say that I am so glad that our record-breaking summer heat is really over. We shattered most every heat record there was and the cool air this morning was so welcomed!!

This summer was certainly a busy one for us as we captured over 48,000 images and that is certainly a record for us. Plus, the demand for Zillow and Matterport 3D Tours has been far greater than expected. This demand required us to purchase an additional Matterport Pro 3D Camera so that we and accommodate your needs.

This September newsletter brings some great news and some really exciting news. At the end of this newsletter, you will find our September Monthly Special.

The great news is that we are thrilled to announce that Kaitlin Kent has joined Snap2Close as a photographer. Kaitlin received her Bachelor of Arts in Magazine and Visual Journalism and her Masters in Journalism from the University of Georgia.  While working as a graduate assistant at the university, Kaitlin developed and taught classes to undergrads on the basics of DSLR cameras, the possibilities of new 360° video concepts, drone photography, and emerging media technologies.  Needless to say, we are thrilled that she is now a team member at Snap2Close.

Now for the really exciting news. Snap2Close has added multiple enhancements to our already Enhance Matterport 3D Tours.  

We have now taken the boring, traditional Matterport 3D Tour and have made it more entertaining, educational, and enticing to homebuyers. 
Our Enhanced Matterport 3D Tours now include:

1. Background music (Don’t worry, we also added a mute icon to the screen in case they don’t want to hear the music.) We even offer you a voice-over service that allows you to add a voice introduction to the tour.

2. An Interactive image-based floor plan (homebuyers can see exactly where they are on the floor plans as they move throughout the home.)

3. A View by Room Tab. A quick and easy way to identify and jump to any room in the house.

4. Room titles displayed at the entry point of each room. We can also add complete text captions describing the room at any scan point you want.

5. Calibrated compass. Now homebuyers can see exactly what direction they are viewing.

6. The ability to hide or show Mattertags/Tag Circles. (Since most people don’t even know what Mattertags are, we have renamed them Tag Circles. We have created a special tab that shows each tag circle and allows the homebuyer to immediately jump to the location of the Tag Circle by simply clicking on it. We can even organize Tag Circles by room, or other categories of your choice. This is really cool so check it out!!)

7. Speaking of Mattertags/Tag Circles, we have also added an icon at the bottom of the screen that gives the homebuyer the ability to hide or show the tags at any time on either the 3D view, the floor plan view, or as they walk through the home.

7. We added a small camera icon on the screen that allows the homebuyer to capture photos of the room they are viewing and to do so at 10 different image sizes allowing the homebuyer tremendous flexibility.

8. Our Enhanced Matterport 3D Tour now includes your broker logo on your branded tour. (By the way, each tour comes with a branded and MLS compatible unbranded version.)

I would like to invite you to view two versions of our Enhanced Matterport 3D Tours. The first link below is to a listing for Lorrie Feld & Joe Kaminsky at 8400 E Dixileta Dr. Lot 155 in Scottsdale. https://mpembed.com/show/?m=VPdG5wxQMLo&mpu=653

The second example is a sample with a voiceover introduction. https://mpembed.com/show/?m=36pxzM4KpjA&mpu=653

If you have the time, then I invite you to watch this 10-minute video about all of the enhanced features:  https://www.screencast.com/t/w477qdLPE

To help introduce this service to you, our September Special will be the free upgrade to our Enhanced Matterport Tours on every basic Matterport 3D Tour ordered.

Stay safe,

Charlie