Did you attend the Florida Apartment Association (FAA) tradeshow this year? It was held from August 26th -28th at the Caribe Royale Orlando All-Suites Hotel in Orlando, Florida. This year was a huge success as the Florida Apartment Association (FAA) conference opened its doors to more than 450 multi-housing professionals. The conference encouraged attendees to “Catch the Next Wave” of industry innovations. Multi-housing professionals learned more about technology, customer service, green initiatives, marketing, and training. Check out this 2009 Florida Apartment Association Conference and Trade Show highlight video which captures moments from the successful education conference and trade show!
And of course, you know your friendly For Rent Media Solutions staff was there representing! Corporate and Florida employees were decked out in bright colored t-shirts with icon graphics to include ways we reach consumers: text, mobile, social media, video and much more!
Listen to a testimonial from one of our clients Lori Donnelly, VP CFH Group with For Rent Media Solutions to Dori Rones, South Florida GSM of For Rent Media Solutions.
Industry Leader is now the largest source of apartment videos nationwide
For Rent Media Solutions, the largest source of apartment videos nationwide, and a division of Dominion Enterprises, is proud to announce the beta launch of AptsVideo.com, the multi-family housing industry’s first video sharing Web site. AptsVideo.com is the premier destination for apartment renters to watch and share apartment community videos nationwide.
“AptsVideo.com brings a video sharing site, with qualities similar to YouTube, to the multi-housing industry,” says Brock MacLean, vice president of national sales and development and Internet operations, For Rent Media Solutions. “As an added value service, this site expands the reach of our clients’ Community TheaterTM videos and helps drive more traffic to their property listings on ForRent.com. Our goal is to provide property management companies and owners the tools needed to successfully market themselves through the use of video. We are excited to be the largest source of apartment videos nationwide.”
Currently, AptsVideo.com features all of the more than 1,300 videos found on ForRent.com. AptsVideo.com enhances the apartment shoppers experience by allowing users to view each apartment community’s most sought after units and amenities as well as the surrounding city where it is located. Users can search AptsVideo.com for the apartment of their choice by selecting their desired city or apartment community name. Users have the ability to contact the property directly, map out directions to the property, rate videos on a scale of one to five stars, email the video to a friend, send the video’s information to a cell phone or embed the video on a Web page.
“Not only do we want to make the jobs of apartment community professionals easier,” says Terry Slattery, president, For Rent Media Solutions, “we are also here to revolutionize the apartment search process. Apartment seekers will enjoy having the ability to go directly to the Community Theater video for the apartment community of their choice.”
Online video is becoming increasingly popular among Internet users. According to a recent Kelsey Group study, out of the 55 percent of people who view a video on a Web site; 30 percent visit a physical store; and 24 percent make a purchase as a result of watching. While watching a video, a user can see the overall rating which other users have given the video and also add their own rating, giving the users control.
AptsVideo.com complements the already established For Rent Media Solutions video syndication network, which consists of more than 10 different video sharing and social networking sites. AptsVideo.com will also become the “go to” source for a variety of apartment tips videos about apartment living, decorating, lifestyle issues and more. In addition, the site will house user generated content video submissions from the ForRent.com video contests. To visit the Web site, go tohttp://www.aptsvideo.com/. The site is also accessible on Internet capable phones.
We will faithfully execute the leading position of apartment rental providers, and will to the best of our ability, supply listings of apartments for rent and resources for apartment living to the renters of the United States of America.
Today is Inauguration Day! It’s the day where President-elect Obama will be sworn in to become the 44th President of the United States. This is the day where our new President will make an oath and take his place in the White House; with the expectations of turning our country and our economy around. So, in commemoration of this day’s historical significance, we, at ForRent.com, want to make an oath to our clients and to renters all over the United States. We will continue to provide you with outstanding solutions to meet your apartment rental needs. We will continue to out pace our competitors, to have more resources at your disposal and to be your one stop shop in the multifamily industry. This is our promise to you; this year will be an even better year than the last!
The results are in and we’re number 3! Realty DataTrust, makers of VaultWareTM, the multifamily industry’s leading online availability and reservation system, released the rankings of the ten most popular apartment search websites for the 4th quarter of 2008. The rankings are based on the number of times renters “check availability” online per property. And ForRent.com is number 3 beating out many of our competitors! Take a look….
The ranking for the top apartment listing websites Q4 2008:
Given the state of the economy, advertisers want a company that will provide results for their business. There is no surprise that ForRent.com is in the top of the top 10 apartment search websites. It just confirms that we’re working hard to provide the best marketing solutions for our clients needs! Way to go team!
