Our Wisconsin water-ski team wins! Mad City Ski Team first at Nationals, not bad for living on the frozen tundra: http://ping.fm/2BIQR

About Whirligig's Corporate Office...

So where is the "corporate" office of WhirligigHD? I bring this up because I just got asked TWICE today! It's not the first time I was asked this, either...I hear it every couple weeks or so.

Maybe it's a credit to some decent brain-storming trying to come up with a name that sounds larger than it's place of "birth"? Well, as cool as it would sound, the big office building above is NOT the corporate office. The messy office is more like it. 

The name, brains, operations, hardware, etc. were all born in my head and home office (which is not as messy as the one shown!). I was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin and know the area very well. My primary focus is on Dane County and surrounding and I have built this business on dedication, quality, service, and all of you.

Did you know we even have our own software, too? We have built it from scratch with you in mind. We are not restricted by the corporate office that some believe exists!

Did I mention that we only work with Realtors? A very important distinction when shopping for a tour provider.

Photography, videos, panoramas, cutting-edge virtual tours. Locally grown, locally focused, local for over 7 years.

Check out the golf swings - good and bad at last week's outing!

Here is a link to all the fun videos from the golf outing!

Click here for our video channel

Thanks to all my Realtor friends...get a full-motion video tour/photos for $99. Details here: http://ping.fm/Yqjs2

Fun with golf today!

Enjoying the day taking group photos and video of everyone's swing!
What happens here gets shared on YouTube!

Blog by Mobile

With the increasing popularity of high-tech phones, did you know you
can update our blogs with your upcoming listings or news right from
your phone?

So Why Video?

We have shot over 50 videos like this in the Dane County area already.

Agents, buyers and sellers love our photos and virtual tours...video is sure to impress! We have been doing photos and panoramas for over 7 years now and have kept ahead of the curve each year.

Check out what you get at www.whirligighd.com We include professional voice over and syndication to major Video portals.

We think the video replaces the panoramas. The original idea behind the panoramas is to give you a feel of the layout of the room. Video can accomplish that even better - we don't only show you the layout of the room by panning side to side, video shows the layout of the HOME as we walk into each room and pan it.

It's like you're on a showing - you look around the neighborhood, you walk in the front door and move around the house to see it.

Don't get us wrong - we are STILL doing panoramas, we have just offered this great service to go along with it.

What else is the big deal? Well, do you currently syndicate to all the major video sites out there like YouTube, HDHatHomes, WellcomeMat, Onestopview, Zipvo, and Viewr? Chances are you don't - we'll do all that for you.

It's a whole other level of syndication to showcase your listings!

Vet or Injured Kid?

Snapped this shot over the weekend of my son - who recently broke his leg and is in a cast for the next 4 weeks...thought it was good imagery with the flags in the background. It was taken at Navy Pier.

Realtor.com Syndication

Did you know that your virtual tour can be linked on Realtor.com? Why would you do this? More exposure! Realtor.com’s syndication partners spread the listings out to over 100 sites now!

More exposure, more traffic…simple. Show them the best that you have to offer.

How much? if you are a current Realtor.com “showcase” member, it’s FREE! If you are not, it is a $24 fee for us to load it.

Bringing you the power of the spinning red house!

It's all about you, Realtors

Did you know we only service Real Estate agents? Except for the occasional friend that just won't take our advice, No FSBOs or flat-fee customers…we strongly believe in the efforts and dedication of full-time (and part-time!) Realtors.

We only wear one hat - with two bills - one bill for awesome photography, the other for marketing. Nothing else. What we do full time is help you get listings and present the home professinoally so you can get people interested. It’s why we can help you when you need us.

From staging to choosing the right photographer, and handling all of the showings, paperwork, and playing mediator…greater rewards come from greater efforts all while you provide realistic pricing and unrivaled marketing that makes the sellers wish they would have started with you to begin with.

Other national chains occasionally creep into markets and typically cater to the FSBO or flat fee market - or are owners of such companies in Dane County.

We have been local and full-time for over 7 dedicated years.

Take Control of Your Tours!

This latest edition of Virtual Tours from Whirligig allows you to take more control over your listings…this brief write-up explains how to login and edit property information (price, description, etc.) and edit your personal information, and even re-arrange photos or add/delete photos, add a video…etc.

Don’t have a Video? Embed one in there!

Visit the site here: www.whirligighd.com/admin

To get your username and password, simply enter your email address in the last box to have the system send you your username and you can reset your password to whatever you wish.

In the admin section, you can see where you can edit your personal information - such as your photo, site link, blog link, blog feed (just use the RSS feed URL for that), and several other items you can update. Coming soon - a way to embed more graphics so this looks and acts more like a regular web site! Not all items are currently live, so most of what you have in there we did already. Currently just edit the testimonials, web site link, and information about you. We are working on the rest.

In the admin section, you can also edit your listings. Click “edit listings” and in there you will see that you can edit the information. You can also edit the photos by adding, deleting, and even adding Captions for each photo. Under each photo, you will see a box that says “Caption”. Fill in what you wish for this and that caption will appear under the photo in the virtual tour.

Check it out! You can even upload associated documents to each listing - those will show up in the Tools section of the virtual tour. Upload Word or PDF brochures or other documents you wish to share.

What about Video? Did you know we do complete full-motion video of your properties? If you have us do them, we will take care of that for you. However, let’s say you do the video yourself or you have another video you want to display…you can! As long as you can pull the “Embed” code, you’re good to go. Simply copy and paste the Embed code (from YouTube or other video site) and it will be in the tour.

Don’t have a video of the property? Maybe there is a video of the neighborhood or City that you found online that you want to share…as long as there is embed code for that video, you can use it in the tour.