Facebook, Myspace, YouTube, Twitter, and the list goes on. How do you rank when it comes to leveraging the power of social networks to spread your listings, brand, real estate virtual tours, and services? At Snap Tours, we’ve taken great strides to provide you with the tools you need to take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity to share your real estate virtual tours with an unlimited audience. I know a lot of Realtors® and real estate professionals have yet to embrace this technology but I ran across some facts that might peak your interest in the power of social networking:

96% of Generation Y have joined a social network. (most commentators use birth dates ranging somewhere from the mid 1970s to late 1990s)

1 out of 8 married couples last year met on a social network.

It took the television 13 years to reach 50 million people. Facebook added 100 million people in less than 9 months.

If Facebook were a country, it would be the world’s 4th largest. (1. China, 2. India, 3. USA, 4. Facebook)

YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world, surpassing Yahoo! last year.

34% of bloggers post opinions about products and brands. Do you like what they’re saying about you?

78% of consumers trust peer recommendations while only 14% trust advertisements.

70% of 18-30 year olds have watched TV on the web while only 33% have ever viewed a show on a DVR/TiVo

25% of Americans, in the past month said they have watched a short video…on their phone.

24 of the 25 largest newspapers are experiencing record declines in circulation

More than 1.5 million pieces of content (web links, news stories, photos, videos, blog posts, etc.) are shared on Facebook daily.

Social media isn’t a fad. It’s a fundamental shift in the way we communicate. As a realtor or real estate professional, what do some of these facts mean? Who could you be reaching by embracing the next wave of communication?

At Snap Tours, our development team has created a cutting-edge technology that allows you to share your real estate virtual tours on over 39 social networking sites with one click. That’s right, directly from your distribution portal with your Snap Tours account, you’re able to share your Snap virtual tour on social giants like Facebook, MySpace, Linkiedin, Digg, and many others. Once the viewer clicks on your link through these social sites, they’re able to view your Snap virtual tour as well as access every detail about your listing such as view/print your listings custom designed brochure, view detailed listing information you’ve entered, send your listing to a friend who might be interested in the property, view your listing on Google Maps, contact you directly through the contact the realtor form, as well as share your real estate virtual tour on their social networking accounts. Snap Tours virtual tour engine and marketing system harnesses the power of the social networks and makes it easier than ever for you to share your listings.

Aside from the social media giants like Facebook and MySpace lie video sharing sites like YouTube and Vimeo. YouTube surpassed Yahoo! last fall and became the world’s second largest search engine. Wouldn’t it be amazing to be able to leverage this power as well? After all, we’re all trying to obtain the best search engine optimization possible for our sites and since Google owns YouTube, don’t you think that would be a tremendous asset? Well, you couldn’t be more correct. That’s why we’ve integrated a one-click option to convert your branded (contains your picture, logo, and color palatte) Snap virtual tour to a video file where you can upload to any video sharing site on the web. This will allow you to greatly enhance your search engine rankings as well as begin to dominate your local market when it comes to real estate searches online. Not to mention, this video file is formatted so it’s ready for easy transfer to your portable video devices like an iPhone, iPod, Blackberry, and many more.

Visit www.mysnaptours.com today and sign-up for this revolutionary service. The cost is less than a cup of coffee per day. At only $39.95 per month, you’re able to create a feature-rich real estate virtual tours for each and every listing you have, distribute those virtual tours and listing stats to an unlimited number of websites, share your real estate virtual tours on social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, and convert your branded real estate virtual tours to a video file for upload to video sharing sites like YouTube and Vimeo as well as portable devices like your iPhone, iPod, or Blackberry.

At Snap Tours, the customer experience is top priority. Our desire if to provide you with the latest cutting-edge tools to become a force in your market. You and your listings deserve to be on social networking sites and Snap Tours is your quick and easy vehicle to harness the power of the internet. Sign up today.