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Introducing Mediamax Brochure Services!

You asked and we listened! We are now offering custom brochure services! You already love the gorgeous photography from the talented Mediamax crew, now adding brochures makes marketing your listings even easier.  Choose from four specially designed templates or we can even create your own custom design to go with our outstanding photography.  And, for the […]

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How Many Photos Should You Order? Casting Your Listing In Its Best Light

How many photos should you take for a listing? Is it dependent on the size of the house or the features? While I’m sure everyone approaches their marketing a little differently, we thought we’d give you our thoughts on how to approach your listing photography and factors to consider. According to Mediamax Master Photographer John Koliopoulos, there

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Real Estate Photography, Architectural Photography, Real Estate photographers in Denver Colorado, photography by John Koliopolous

Photographer Spotlight: John Koliopoulos

The first thing people say upon meeting Mediamax Master Photographer John Koliopoulos is that it’s very obvious that he cares. While that may not be the first requirement you think of when considering hiring a real estate photographer, it turns out it may just be the most important. John has been shooting real estate photography

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Presentation Matters: Selecting a Tour Design That Helps Buyers Fall in Love With Your Listings!

All virtual tours and single property sites are not created equal!  Your Mediamax photography, 3D immersive images and video can be displayed within a wide variety of designs.  The two most important things to consider when choosing a virtual tour design are easy navigation and mobile responsiveness.  In other words, make it easy for consumers to

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Doing It Right The First Time: Why Jerry and Debbie Ballard Treat Every Property Like Luxury

We all understand the concept of doing things right the first time, but in real estate that philosophy couldn’t be more true. Being a real estate agent means getting things done quickly, and getting them done right. There’s little time for do-overs, and delays in any part of the marketing process can have major consequences.

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Referrals Rule: Building Those Ever-Important Relationships

As market trends change and home prices go up and down, one thing remains constant in the real estate industry: the importance of relationships. Brandon Doyle recently published an article on inman.com entitled “4 reasons to focus on relationships over sales in real estate”. Brandon says that instead of thinking about profitability and numbers, agents should concentrate

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Neutral But Not Boring: Adding Interest To Your Marketing Photos

Recently, we published an article on keeping wall colors neutral in the properties that you are marketing, and encouraging sellers to see the property from the buyer’s perspective. This is definitely still the best way to sell a property, but may leave you wondering how to make your marketing photos stand out. Inman recently published

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Give Your Online Marketing A Boost With Aerial Photography

You’ve probably seen listings online that include the use of aerial photography, or perhaps used it yourself on a listing here and there. But you may still be wondering what listings benefit the most from this unique viewpoint. The short answer is that any listing can benefit from using aerial photography for one simple reason.

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Keeping It Neutral: How Paint Color Affects The Sale Of A Home

There are many factors involved in the sale of a property including the location, price, and age of the home. In addition, staging and de-cluttering can increase what buyers are willing to spend. But did you know that something as simple as the color of the paint could be affecting how fast and for how

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‘Tis The Season for Giving at the Annual SMDRA Holiday Toy Drive

This year, we had the pleasure of sponsoring the South Metro Denver Realtor Association Holiday Brunch and Toy Drive.  The event was held on Dec. 2 and raised over $8000 in toys, gifts, and donations! Over 140 attended the event, and even Santa Claus himself made a special appearance! Sponsoring this event was truly a great

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Let It Snow! Capturing Colorado’s Winter Wonderland

Now that winter has officially arrived, we wanted to share some of our favorite photographs that highlight Colorado during this unique season.  The winter weather can bring challenges to photographing real estate, but can also bring out the exclusive features of a property, casting it in its best light and showing off its unique Colorado location.

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Maximize Your Online Visibility With A Google Tour By Mediamax

Here at Mediamax, we’ve experienced firsthand the impact that professional photography can have on, well, everything. We’ve shared stories with you of how our professional photos have sold properties sight unseen using only an online gallery, and how utilizing unique techniques such as twilight and aerial photography can make an enormous difference in your marketing

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When Views Sell The Property, HDR Makes The Difference

Some of our recent blogs have highlighted the advantages of HDR photography on interior photos of your listings, but using HDR photography makes a big difference on exterior photos as well. What HDR photography does best is to combine the brightest parts of a scene with the darker parts into one photo, creating an end

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From Colorado Springs To Fort Collins, We’re Experts at Capturing Colorado

Most of you know that we have expansive coverage of the Denver Metro area, but you may not know that we also have local photographers in the foothills west of Denver, Colorado Springs, Ft. Collins, Loveland, Salida, Buena Vista, Summit Count and many areas in between.  What this means is that no matter where your listing is,

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Home Sold Sight Unseen Using Professional Photography By Mediamax

A few weeks ago, I received an email from one of our clients.  Sue Lindh, RE/MAX Professionals, was writing to let us know that she had just sold a home without her buyers having seen the property in person.  They looked at the photos online and immediately wanted to put an offer in on the

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And the CAR Convention Drawing Winner’s are . . .

We had a great time at this year’s Colorado Association of Realtors Convention and Expo! It was awesome getting out and connecting face to face with our clients, as well as introducing our services to those we haven’t met before. We enjoyed getting to chat one on one with everyone who stopped by the booth.

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Colorado Kitchen - Photo by John Koliopoulos

Preparing For Your Photography Appointment: Remove the Clutter

So you’ve scheduled your professional photography appointment for your listing. But is the property photo ready? Here’s how to know. First, try to think of the overall picture. Mediamax Master Photographer John Koliopoulos suggests, “Put yourself in the shoes of the home buyer.” Do they want to see your personal belongings sitting around?  Often there

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The house that Helton built is up for sale!

Who can forget the 2007 Colorado Rockies and Todd Helton’s bottom of the 9th walk off home run to sweep the Los Angeles Dodgers.  I watched that game and Helton’s home run that set in motion one of the most memorable winning streaks in Major League Baseball history.  That win over the Dodgers was the

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It’s about time! The FAA approves sensible regulations for commercial drone operations!

This is HUGE!.  After holding our breath for many months, hoping for some commons sense rulings from the FAA, many businesses owners, like me, can finally exhale! Unbelievable as it seemed to many of us, in a June 21st Press Release the FAA FINALLY approved new commercial drone operational rules due to take effect in late August 2016.

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