Video is the next frontier, or so they say. I have been wracking my brains for a way to utilize video on my Riverside real estate website, but since I am handicapped by not having any listings, I couldn’t do a listing tour.

I decided that since my website emphasis has alway been on the home buyer, and providing photos and information about Riverside, that I should do the same with video. Drop the straight hard pitch of real estate and go to the soft pitch of providing community information. My fiance recently was given a 10 mega pixel Camera, so I decided to try and use that to take my video…and ran into what was at first a major setback. We don’t have a video card for the camera, so at most I can only take 20 seconds of video! Not to be daunted, I decided to form the entire concept around that limitation instead of letting it stop me. I created 9 videos around different spots in Riverside. Of course, I had to download each video off the camera on the fly before I could start the next one, so it was a bit inconvenient.

Looking online, I wanted to get my video out on the most effective platform, and so I chose Vimeo.com as the platform to host my videos. I started uploading the videos, adding tags, and descriptions of the videos, when I discovered a really neat option.

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You have the ability to make a “channel” for your videos. I know that’s not ground breaking, but I think that the other features on the page make it worthwhile. It has a built in shout box, a mini blog feature, a forum, a calendar, and all of it is subscribe able via RSS. I setup a channel just for Riverside — http://www.vimeo.com/Riversideca. Of course, the project is just in its early stages; as I continue to add more videos, we will see if it’s a successful adventure.