WGAN-TV Podcast

WGAN Founder Dan Smigrod Chats About Helping Members Succeed Faster with Essential Tools

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Staging Guidelines, License Agreement, Property Release Form, Non-Disclosure Agreement, More

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Access to the We Get Around Network Forum Sample Forms Library is free for WGAN Forum Members.  Simply contribute at least one of your business forms – any language – to the WGAN Forum Sample Forms Libraryto receive the password. The WGAN Sample Forms Library includes 50+ Forms (in English), plus additional forms in other languages, as of today (Monday, 25 June 2018) We Get Around Forum Sample Forms Library ✓ Aerial Pre-Flight Checklist ✓ Agreement Between Photographer and Client ✓ Agreement Between Photographer and Client (Event) ✓ Blog Post ✓ Calculator ✓ Invoices (many) ✓ Job Check List ✓ Licensing Agreement ✓ Marketing Plan ✓ MatterTag Order / Instruction Form ✓ Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) ✓ Person Release Form for Photography ✓ Presentation Deck ✓ Property Release Forms for Photography ✓ Quotes (many) ✓ Real Estate Photography Contracts (various) ✓ Service Level Agreement ✓ Staging Guidelines (many) ✓ Terms and Conditions ✓ Video: 'Walking Around' Tips ✓ Virtual Reality - VR User Instructions Languages | (All Languages Welcome) ✓ Arabic ✓ English (most of the Forms) ✓ French ✓ Portuguese ✓ Spanish Please Private Message (PM) to say that you would like to email me one of your forms to get the password to the WGAN Forum Sample Forms Library. Best, Dan

Are you looking for a Matterport alternative? How CUPIX Compares to Matterport

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Hi All, Are you looking for a Matterport alternative? How does CUPIX compare to Matterport? CUPIX enables you to create 3D Tours with any 360º Camera and processing the images using computer vision technology to create a 3D walking experience like a Matterport 3D Tour. It's free while it is in Beta. On WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm EST | GMT -5) today, Tuesday, 21 November 2017, CUPIX Director of Sales Scott Anderson will demo and discuss CUPIX for Newbies (and share some new features). Plus, I will ask Scott how CUPIX compares Matterport. I anticipate that Scott will use the 360º photos that I shot at a hotel on Friday with an Insta360 One Camera to show and tell how to create a tour with CUPIX. CUPIX will be targeting these markets: ✓ Real Estate Marketing ✓ Construction Sites The CUPIX Marketing Video says: ✓ 20x Cheaper to start [than using a 3D scanner [like Matterport] ✓ 10x faster to capture Features include: ✓ overlays (annotation such as measurements) ✓ viewers of the model can make their own measurements How CUPIX Works (from the CUPIX website): Shoot 360º Photos – Take photos of the interior of a building with [any] off-the-shelf 360-degree camera. It only takes about 2~10 seconds at each location. Upload – Upload 360-degree photos to our cloud server, and then you are done capturing the scene. It sorts out camera locations and computes the 3D geometry. Customize – Finalize the 3D virtual tour to make it best serve your business using our Online Editor. You can custom brand the Web Player with your company logo. Share – Share the 3D virtual tour with collaborators and publish it to the world instantly. Allow viewers to measure actual dimensions in the Web Player. In addition to asking Scott – CUPIX versus Matterport – what else should I ask @scott_cupix ...? Best, Dan P.S. Here are WGAN Forum discussion tagged: CUPIX

Real Estate Agent and Brokers: DIY Website Creation in Minutes via Templates

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Hi All, KoaWare co-Founder Kristyn Roth with demo and discuss bldr on WGAN-TV Live at 5 (pm ET today, Wednesday, 30 August 2017). bldr is new platform from KoaWare for easily, quickly and affordably creating real estate agent websites. Today's program will view bldr through the lens of real estate agents. WGAN-TV will be doing a separate episode looking at bldr through the lens of photographers/3rd party developers that provide websites for real estate agents. Join the Virtual Studio Audience to join the discussion. Best, Dan ---- More about bldr below ...

Check out the [b]bldr full press release here!

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  KoaWare is excited to officially announce bldr, the most easy to use agent & broker website building platform specifically built for real estate. bldr focuses on instant customization through it’s directly editable, drag + drop platform; as opposed to rigid template based designs, and the constant back and forth between account managers, bldr provides a library of individual sections to custom create a great looking agent/broker website. The KoaWare team worked incredibly hard to create a fast, intuitive, and powerfully simple platform. We conducted an in-depth beta phase where we collected feedback, encountered issues, found opportunities, and channeled all of those learnings into building a bigger-better-faster-stronger platform. bldr allows agents and brokerages to take control of their brand and make changes in real time, as new business opportunities develop. It allows users to focus on creating original content and building their own personalized, digital branding. People visiting agent and broker websites are there to do their research. They want to find out who you are, what you do, and see your successes. Tell your story, share your message, and prove your worth to incoming leads. To learn more, visit learn.koaware.com! To schedule a demo please [Private Message @KoaWare

Using Video to Get Real Estate Agents as Clients; plus, camera gear for video shoot and post

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@GlennTremain writes:

All the equipment a real estate agent would have to buy, then the $$$$ spent on training, etc.

Its something you need to bring up. It IS a value that no one talks about and if you don't then the negotiation goes to price between providers. This is no different than when you go and buy a car. You just want their best price but they show you the features and things that the other car doesn't have.  If you bring your equipment let them see it and touch it and talk about what each does. That adds value that shows you have craftsmanship and not just a button pusher.  Great closing tool as part of your presentation is you ask me. Thanks @GeorgeK

Round-up of all the 360º cameras announced at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show

Hi All, Thinking about buying a 360º camera? All Things 360 Cameras at the 2018 Consumer Electronic Show, is the topic for WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm EST | GMT -5) on Thursday 1 February 2018 with 360Rumors.com Expert Mic Ty. (Mic owns and uses 40 360º cameras and panoramic heads). Mic has written over 1,800 articles on 360 cameras and VR on his blog 360rumors.com, which is known for its in-depth hands-on camera reviews. If you are thinking about buying a 360º camera, you'll want to watch on WGAN-TV Live at 5 before you do. Join the WGAN-TV Virtual Studio Audience to ask Mic questions directly. Learn more about Mic, his blog 360Rumors.com and 360º cameras below. Best, Dan About Mic Ty and 360Rumors.com Mic Ty is an experienced 360º shooter and is a consultant for: ✓ 360 camera manufacturers ✓ 360 accessory manufacturers ✓ 360 software developers Mic has written over 1,800 articles on 360 cameras and VR on his blog 360rumors.com, which is known for its in-depth hands-on camera reviews.  Mic currently owns and uses 40 360º cameras and panoramic heads and uses his extensive experience to: ✓ recommend 360º cameras ✓ give tutorials on 360º camera techniques ✓ help his readers with their 360-related questions Sampling of Recent 360Rumers.com Articles ✓ Kandao Qoocam, a unique 360 camera that converts to a 3D camera  ✓ Hands-on analysis of Insta360 Nano S  ✓ GoPro Fusion review  How to connect with Mic Ty and 360Rumors.com | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | 360 Camera Facebook Group

Single Property Website templates with Lead Generation; 1-Click Brochures, Flyers and Post Cards

Hi All, Are you a Matterport Service Provider searching for a lead generation, Single Property Website white-label platform for Matterport 3D Tours (and photos, videos and floor plans) that doesn't require Wordpress and can also (easily) generate flyers and brochures to help you differentiate your business? Rela Single Property Websites and 1-Click Flyers Platform is the topic for WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm EST | GMT -5) on Thursday, 8 February 2018.  Our guest on the show will be Newport Beach, CA based Rela CEO @MikeLand whom will demo and discuss the Rela platform with a focus on how Matterport Service Providers like you can differentiate your service provider business and make money by offering the white-label version of the Rela platform. ✓ Demo Style 1 ✓ Demo Style 2  ✓ Demo Style 3 ✓ Demo Style 4 ✓ Demo Style 5 ✓ More Demo Styles RELA Features ✓ Single Property Website templates with Lead Generation ✓ Marketing tools such as: 1-Click Property Brochures ✓ Mobile friendly ✓ Real-time analytics and lead management ✓ Automated Reporting (send scheduled visitor reports to clients (or team Members) ✓ Lead Capture built-in CRM for tracking and managing leads ✓ Option to purchase vanity URLs built-in ✓ Use your domain name ✓ Advanced analytics (pave views, visitor counts, social referrals) ✓ Unlimited photos ✓ Unlimited videos ✓ SEO built-in ✓ royalty free music  ✓ Cloud Hosted (does not require Wordpress) ✓ Google Maps integration Best, Dan P.S. Join the Virtual Studio Audience to ask Rela CEO Mike Land questions during the show. | Rela Website | Linkedin | Twitter | Facebook | WGAN Forum @MikeLand | Rela is a WGAN Premium Member |

Split Screen: Compare 3D Tour to the BIM Model; 3D Tour Compared to 3D Tour (progress visualization)

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Hi All, I had a chance to preview a new CUPIX solution for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) space this week. In one word, I describe it as "Magical" ...  ✓ 3D Tour with integrated, interactive floor plan ✓ Ability to compare 3D Tours in a split panel at two different points in time ✓ Ability to compare 3D Tour vs Revit 3D BIM model in a split panel. Learn more on WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm ET | GMT -4) on Thursday, 19 April 2018[/b]. with CUPIX Director of Sales Scott Anderson (@scott_cupix) - whom has appeared on WGAN-TV twice before (see above videos) - and CUPIX Head of Product Strategy Paul Collart (@pcollart) whom together will demo and discuss this unique new - "Magical" - CUPIX solution. This is a "must watch" WGAN-TV show for: 1. Matterport Service Providers – seeking additional ways to leverage your expertise in 3D Tour capture 2. Google Street View Pros – seeking additional ways to leverage your expertise in 3D Tour capture 3. AEC Executives – seeking solutions to making money, saving money, time and improving workflow 4. Anyone thinking about buying a Matterport Camera specifically for AEC opportunities "In order to showcase the new feature, we've collected 360 photos over 6 weeks at a construction site to create virtual tours which can be compared against each other and against the 3D BIM (Revit) model," said Scott in an email to me this week offering the preview. I could imagine that when CUPIX presents this solution at the 2018 SPAR3D Expo & Conference (June 5-7, 2018 in Anaheim, CA) that CUPIX will WOW the AEC audience (whom will immediately want to find 3D Tour photographersthat can deliver this solution). If you are in the AEC space - Join the Virtual Studio Audience – to join the discussion and ask Scott questions. Thanks for tuning in. Best, Dan P.S. This demo on WGAN-TV Live at 5 will be the first public dedicated demo on AEC with CUPIX.

What's it like to use the BLK360 with Matterport? Learning curve? Capture Workflow? Demo and discussion

Hi All, ✓ What's it like to use a Leica Geosystems BLK360 Imaging Laser Scanner mashed up with Matterport? ✓ What's the learning curve for a Matterport Pro to use the Leica BLK360? ✓ What's the capture workflow of BLK360 + Matterport? These are some of the questions that I will ask @Metroplex360 Founder Chris Hickman on WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm ET | GMT -4) on Friday, 20 April 2018. Chris has a BLK360 on loan and is taking it for a spin this week and next week and sharing his Matterport + BLK360 experience with us. If you are shooting Matterport for Architects or Engineers in the Construction (AEC) Space - or want to - you will want to watch this episode of WGAN-TV Live at 5. Better yet: Join the Virtual Studio Audience to join the discussion and ask Chris your questions. When Matterport completes its beta testing of Matterport + Leica BLK360, will you be ready to leverage your Matterport expertise to scale your business in the AEC Space? I could imagine that it will take just one or two large-scale AEC projects to pay for investing (or renting) a Leica BLK360 camera. Leica Geosystems and Matterport announced their partnership on 26 September 2017. There have been many discussions in the We Get Around Network Forum about the BLK360 Camera since then. Can't watch the show live or join the virtual studio audience? What questions should I ask Chris? I could imagine that Matterport and Leica will complete their beta testing in time for the 2018 SPAR3D Expo & Conference (June 5-7, 2018 in Anaheim, CA).  I could imagine that Matterport and Leica will WOW the AEC audience with a demo and presentation (whom will immediately want to find 3D Tour photographers that can deliver this solution). I will be reporting for WGAN-TV from SPAR3D. Best, Dan

Subject Matter Experts on BLK360 and Multivista take us through the Matterport Integration in the AEC Space

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Hi All, Want to learn more about: ✓ Leica Geosystems BLK360? ✓ Multivista construction documentation services (include using Matterport and the BLK360) ✓ BLK360 + Matterport + Multivista Leica Geosystems and Multivista are both divisions of Hexagon AB. ✓ Matterport and Hexagon’s Multivista Partner to Introduce Next Generation of Immersive 3D Media in Construction Documentation And,  On WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm ET | GMT -4) on Friday, 27 April 2018, our guests are: ✓ Brian K. Smith, a Subject Matter Expert on the BLK360 (Product Manager of Emerging Technologies for Multivista and Technologist of Leica Geosystem) ✓ Zamon Kingi, Director of Franchise Sales for MultiVista Brian will be speaking about the BLK360, Matterport and MultiVista integration. Zamon will be speaking about MultiVista. In August 2017, Matterport announced:  ✓ Matterport and Hexagon’s Multivista Partner to Introduce Next Generation of Immersive 3D Media in Construction Documentation And, just recently (April 2018), Matterport announced a public beta testing of Leica Geosystems and Matterport I encourage you to Join Virtual Studio Audience to ask your questions for Brian and Zamon directly. Best, Dan