vFlyer Blog » Watermark Plus http://www.vflyerblog.com Online Marketing, Websites, and Social Media Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:31:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 vFlyer Image of the Week: Before and After http://www.vflyerblog.com/2008/04/12/vflyer-image-of-the-week-before-and-after/ http://www.vflyerblog.com/2008/04/12/vflyer-image-of-the-week-before-and-after/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:15:31 +0000 omuoto http://www.vflyerblog.com/blog/2008/04/12/vflyer-image-of-the-week-before-and-after/ Here is a great marketing idea that involves images enhanced with Watermark Plus and flyers: Creating a set of before and after images and including them in your vFlyers as an effective way to show-off your business skills.

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A growing number of small business owners are using vFlyer to promote their businesses. Whether you are in the construction, home staging, health care, landscaping or provide other professional services to consumers or business, using before and after pictures helps communicate qualities that are otherwise difficult to “illustrate”, things like attention to detail, quality of work and the ability to deliver great results to prospective customers – try it today.

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]]> http://www.vflyerblog.com/2008/04/12/vflyer-image-of-the-week-before-and-after/feed/ 1 vFlyer Image of the Week: Automobiles http://www.vflyerblog.com/2008/02/19/vflyer-image-of-the-week-automobiles/ http://www.vflyerblog.com/2008/02/19/vflyer-image-of-the-week-automobiles/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:49:36 +0000 omuoto http://www.vflyerblog.com/blog/2008/02/19/vflyer-image-of-the-week-automobiles/ This week’s Watermark Plus image of the week comes from John Baker of the Lithia Internet Sales Center. Like other Internet-savvy auto dealership marketers, John uses Watermark Plus to add sales information to images that could help take them off the lot! It’s no surprise that Watermark Plus is so popular with auto dealers! Image merchandising has been used by auto dealers in automotive classified advertising magazines such as AutoTrader, Trade Magazine, Dupont Registry and Zoom Photo Ads. Watermark Plus takes the process online and allows car dealers to merchandise photos for free in a few simple clicks and then use them in online classifieds!

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]]> http://www.vflyerblog.com/2008/02/15/vflyer-image-of-the-week-photolistingmessage/feed/ 0 There’s more to vFlyer than Just Flyers! http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/10/21/theres-more-to-vflyer-than-just-flyers/ http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/10/21/theres-more-to-vflyer-than-just-flyers/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:14:38 +0000 omuoto http://www.vflyerblog.com/blog/2007/10/21/theres-more-to-vflyer-than-just-flyers/ I always like to remind users about the many different services vFlyer has to offer to online sellers and real estate professionals. While most people know about our distribution platform that pushes listings and flyers to leading online marketplaces, some are unaware of the many of the other complementing services available including Watermark Plus (image enhancement), Domain Plus (single property websites), vFlyer Team and Agency (collaboration and sharing), Mobile and SMS (mobile distribution) and Widgets.

One of the goals of our blog is to continually remind and educate users on how they can make the most of our marketing and distribution platform to more successfully promote their listings, products and services.

It’s always encouraging to see users put some of this information into practice! For example, a couple of weeks ago we talked about using Watermark Plus to enhance photos of yourself and as a result a growing number of real estate professionals are using Watermark Plus for just that purpose!

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I would encourage all vFlyer users to check out the vFlyer Blogregularly to find out how to get the most out of our platform, to learn and capitalize on online selling trends and technologies (such as podcasting), and to better market their listings, products or services!

]]> http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/10/21/theres-more-to-vflyer-than-just-flyers/feed/ 0 Some Great Property Photos http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/08/29/real-estate-photography/ http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/08/29/real-estate-photography/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:43:22 +0000 omuoto http://www.vflyerblog.com/blog/2007/08/29/real-estate-photography/ It has often been said that a picture is worth a thousand words and there isn’t anything nicer that a flyer or listing with a great property photo (obviously a great price is nice too!)

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I have always been impressed by the number of quality photos I continue to find on vFlyer! Here are some of my recent favorites:

More and more real estate agents are opting for professional photos as it is becoming easier to find reasonably priced photographers. For those who choose to take their own photos, here is a great resource (Photography For Real Estate) dedicated to covering tips and techniques for real estate photography – that is worth checking out! So whether you choose to to take photos yourself or you prefer to hire a professional photographer – remember – make every pixel count!

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]]> http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/08/29/real-estate-photography/feed/ 0 Plain Old Image Hosting http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/08/27/plain-old-image-hosting/ http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/08/27/plain-old-image-hosting/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:45:39 +0000 omuoto http://www.vflyerblog.com/blog/2007/08/27/plain-old-image-hosting/ Some people don’t realize you can use Watermark Plus for plain old simple image hosting. Simply upload your photos and make sure Graphic Type is None and the Text field is left blank! We’ll upload your photo and host it for you (for free) – another great use of Watermark Plus.

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You an access the hosted image by clicking Get HTML and using the URL in your IMG (image) tag. So for example:

Uploaded photos are stored in PNG format. Unlike JPG, which is a lossy compression technique, PNG uses lossless compression – meaning no data or quality is lost – and as a result you get a higher quality photo with only a slight increase in size (5%-25% more than a GIF file).

Here are some image hosting examples:

Note: Photo uploaded by subscribers don’t have the “Image Enhanced by vFlyer.com” branding

]]> http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/08/27/plain-old-image-hosting/feed/ 0 vFlyer Image of the Week: Enhancing Photos of Yourself! http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/08/07/bling_personal_photos_watermarkplus/ http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/08/07/bling_personal_photos_watermarkplus/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:56:21 +0000 Aaron Sperling http://www.vflyerblog.com/blog/2007/08/07/bling_personal_photos_watermarkplus/ Most people use Watermark Plus to enhance pictures of items for sale such as homes and cars, but recently I have noticed more and more people using Watermark Plus to enhance photos of themselves. By adding a marketing, sales or personal slogan, these pictures can you show you in your best light! Online sellers, especially real estate professionals, know that personal photos can be a powerful marketing tool!

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Try it today! simply upload a photo of yourself and add your personal marketing or sales slogan (or your contact information) and make your photo even more powerful! Here are some other great examples:

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]]> http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/08/07/bling_personal_photos_watermarkplus/feed/ 4 Using Watermark Plus and vFlyer http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/07/12/add_bling_to_pictures_flyers_plus/ http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/07/12/add_bling_to_pictures_flyers_plus/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:06:14 +0000 Aaron Sperling http://www.vflyerblog.com/blog/2007/07/12/add_bling_to_pictures_flyers_plus/ A growing number of vFlyer users are using their Watermark Plus images in their flyers to achieve great results! We designed Watermark Plus to work well both as a stand-alone service for enhancing and merchandising images as well as in combination with flyers as part of our vFlyer platform!
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As a result we made it very simple to combine the two. To add Watermark Plus images to a new or existing flyer, go to the Photographs section. Next, add a main or gallery photo. Then select Image Gallery as the source and pick an enhanced image from the drop down list.

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Here are a couple more examples of how users are combining the two unique services together:

]]> http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/07/12/add_bling_to_pictures_flyers_plus/feed/ 0 Images of the Week – More Photos, More Quality http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/07/10/watermark_images_for_free/ http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/07/10/watermark_images_for_free/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:01:22 +0000 Aaron Sperling http://www.vflyerblog.com/blog/2007/07/10/watermark_images_for_free/ Since the launch of Watermark Plus, the quality and number of images enhanced and merchandised by the service has been on the rise! This week’s images are a great example of the quality photos users are uploading and enhancing! If you haven’t tried Watermark Plus, try it today. You don’t even have to register to use it.

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]]> http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/07/10/watermark_images_for_free/feed/ 1 Image of the Week – Cindy Jones of REMAX Allegiance http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/06/28/image-of-the-week-cindy-jones-of-remax-allegiance/ http://www.vflyerblog.com/2007/06/28/image-of-the-week-cindy-jones-of-remax-allegiance/#comments Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:42:28 +0000 Aaron Sperling http://www.vflyerblog.com/blog/2007/06/28/image-of-the-week-cindy-jones-of-remax-allegiance/ This week’s Watermark Plus image come from Cindy Jones of RE/MAX Allegiance
of Burke, VA. I choose simply because of its quality, simplicity and the clarity of the message! More and more real estate and auto professionals are using Watermark Plus to embed important sales and product information into their photos.

If you haven’t used Watermark Plus yet, here are some great examples and ideas of what you could be communicating about your listing: Price Reduced, For Sale, Pending Sale, 2 Tee Ptarmigan, Easy to Show, Just Listed, Front View, $199900 3/2/2, Rented, Sold, Open House, Your Relaxing View, Ocean View Acreage, Great Ocean Views, 2 Family Rental Income, Make Offer, and Gas Saver.

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Here are some previous posts on Watermark Plus:

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