Bonnie Wright-Norton of Keller Williams Legacy One in Mesa, AZ created this week's tour of the week. When someone says Arizona you don't usually think of lush greenery, but when you look at this tour you will see you were wrong. Bonnie has had her VisualTour account for about two months. Great panoramas Bonnie!

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If you have a tour that takes advantage of available features like scrolling photos, hotspots, banners, your agent photo, and voice, why not submit it for tour of the week? We would love to see it and share it with the world. Just email us a link at real-estate@VisualTour.com.

"Bad habits are like chains that are too light to feel until they are too heavy to carry."

Warren Buffet, Businessperson

As all of you know, the perfect way to make people feel at home is to make them comfortable with their surroundings. What better way to accomplish this than to create a neighborhood tour? Tell them in words and pictures about the shortest line at the grocery store and where to get the best pizza. Help them locate the schools, churches, and medical facilities by providing pictures and directions within your tour. Let prospects know about the proximity of these to the property, by including phrases such as, "Only 6 minutes from the Lake!" or "With XYZ factory nearby, your commute will be only minutes to and from work." These will make really great selling points.

Maybe it's time to set up a second account so that you can separate your "For Sale" listings from your "For Lease" listings? Glen Gill has done exactly that. On his home page at http://www.houstonhometours.com you will find three separate links to his VisualTours. The one on the left is sales and the one on the right is for lease properties, and should you still be confused he has provided you with the opportunity to look up any tour by just entering the tour number into the third section.

There are still other ways to use VisualTour. A prime example is Guerry Norwood, who has made several tours of the St. Simons, Georgia area with some fabulous panoramics. He has taken his tours one step further by creating a tour for a local charity event. The function he highlighted in the tour is called Super Dolphin Day Race 2003, and Guerry has managed to capture the faces of several of the participants as they crossed the finish line. What a fabulous way to highlight functions within your community. See Guerry's tours on his webpage www.atlanticcoastgeorgia.com

Excerpt from The Brunswick News. "The Super Dolphin turns 25 years old next Saturday. Originally started in 1979 to promote children's fitness and to raise funds for the St. Simons Elementary PTA, the race now has turned into a rite of spring that turns the St. Simons Island village into a festival.

The number of participants tops 1,000, and last year runners from Illinois, Ohio, New York, California, Washington and Canada were in the field."

We are pleased to be exhibiting at the National Association of REALTORS® Mid Year Convention, May 14-16, 2003, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D. C. Stop by and say hello to the Vivacious VisualTour Sales Team in booth #607.

We are pleased to be exhibiting at the National Association of REALTORS® Mid Year Convention, May 14-16, 2003, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D. C. Stop by and say hello to the Vivacious VisualTour Sales Team in booth #607.

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