SO WHY SHOULD YOU INVEST IN 360° PHOTOGRAPHY?
RECEIVE MORE ENQUIRIES
We all know that first impressions count. 360° Virtual Tours allow your customers to “preview” your business ahead of your competitors. By allowing them to take a look around, they are more likely to contact you to enquire or book!
BOOSTS WEBSITE SEO
When you add your virtual tour images onto Google, it can triple the amount of image views that your business receives. This helps you to increase your visibility on Google, and allow more people to find your business.
VALUE FOR MONEY
Businesses tend to pay hundreds if not thousands of pounds a month on advertising. When I provide my clients with a bespoke virtual tour it is a one off payment with no ongoing monthly fees
STAY OPEN 24/7
360° photography means that your business is always open for people to take a look around. This is especially beneficial for retail stores, estate agents and the hospitality industry eg Hotels, Wedding Venues and Event Spaces
HOW CAN A VIRTUAL TOUR BENEFIT YOUR BUSINESS?
Imagine being able to offer your potential guests the opportunity of looking around each of your room types, as if they were standing in the room themselves. Or taking a virtual walk around the restaurant, spa or wedding and conference facilities? This will greatly increase the chance of them booking with you, as opposed to the place down the road. Click here to see an example!
Getting married is one of the most exciting times in our lives, but organising the wedding can be quite the opposite! With SO much choice out there, it can be hard to make a decision on a venue, and sometimes the venue may be quite far away from where the bride and groom live. If the they are able to take a look around a wedding venue online, then they can see what the interior and grounds look like, view potential seating plans, sample menus, photo galleries, entertainment, and MUCH more!! After seeing all of this on your virtual tour, they are almost guaranteed to call you! Click here to take a look at an example tour that we shot for a beautiful venue in Sussex.
Restaurants & Bars spend thousands of pounds making their interiors look inviting, and because we live in such a digital age nowadays… First impressions count! A bespoke 360° virtual tour will give people a chance to take a look around your restaurant as if they were there. You can even add a pop up sample menu into your tour, so they can see what you have to offer, or they could book their favourite table from right within the tour!
The potential of 360° photography within retail stores is endless. Imagine giving your customers the opportunity of walking round your shop and buying items, even when you are closed!!! By creating links to items on your website within the virtual tour, all it takes is a couple of clicks and you have made a sale! Also, imagine how many people will be wowed by this, and then share it with their friends and family? Click here to see an example!
Beauty salons are places that people want to visit to feel pampered and relaxed, and salon owners invest heavily in interior design, to make sure that their business looks like a sanctuary! If someone is able to take a look around your salon, and see what treatment rooms you have available from their phones when they find you online, then you just need to wait for the bookings to come flying in. Click here to see an example!
Choosing a place for our loved ones to retire to is a very difficult decision, and it is important to put as many things in place to make this experience as easy as possible for them. Investing in a bespoke 360° Virtual Tour for your care home will enable people to take a look around the home, and find out what facilities you have to offer, as well as viewing sample food & activity menus. Click here to find out more.
When parents are looking for a nursery or school to send their little ones to, they are faced with a huge choice, and generally don’t have the time to visit as many as they would like. Giving them a way to take a look around your school or nursery, enables them to get a feel for the layout, and also see what facilities you have to offer. Click here to see an example of a nursery tour!
There is nothing better than taking a walk around a fantastic gallery, and admiring the artwork that they have on show. But what if the gallery is closed… What if you want to view their work, but live far away? A Bespoke 360° Virtual Tour will give people the chance to take a virtual walk around your gallery, and if you are a retail gallery, they could even purchase artwork directly from the tour!! Click here for an example.
Buying a car is one of the most expensive investments that we make, and there is A LOT of choice on offer out there! 360° photography will give customers a chance to look around a car showroom, and even take a virtual look around the interior of the cars. You can highlight different features of each vehicle, and even add a button for someone to book in a test drive!!
GET YOUR BUSINESS SEEN ON GOOGLE
Adding your 360° virtual tour onto your Google My Business page gives customers the ability to take a look around before they even visit your website. This has been proven to not only increase traffic to your website but also increase bookings and enquiries, as it encourages people to click through from your Google listing. But don’t just take my word for it, take a look at this video and see for yourself just how effective this can be!
THE STATS BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF 360° VIRTUAL TOURS
SOME KIND WORDS FROM MY CUSTOMERS
Testimonials
JAKE SKINNER
OWNER - BRIGHTON ROAD RECORDING STUDIOS
LUCIE WALKER
DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER
BETH
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When I design a bespoke tour for my clients, they get the Rolls Royce of 360° tours! Not only will you be guaranteed the best image quality and colour reproduction, I am also able to add any of the following into the tour to make it even more engaging!
- Company Branding
- Videos
- Music and Audio Sounds
- Before & After Examples
- PDF Downloads
- Information Boxes
- Google Maps
- Purchase Links to Website
- and MUCH more!
I want as many businesses to benefit from 360° photography as possible, and because of this I offer a very competitive pricing structure. Price however depends on many different factors, for example how many 360 images you require for your tour and whether you want a tour for your website and also your Google Maps and Google Business pages.
I would be more than happy to give you a quote, and think you will be very surprised by how little it costs to get a virtual tour in place for your business, so please get in touch with me and we can have a good chat about your requirements.
The on site photography will take between 1 and 3 hours depending on the number of photos required. The tour itself will be delivered to you within 14 days from the shoot date depending on how busy I am at the time, but I will always aim to get the tour up and running for you well within the 2 week timescale.
I will happily send you the code required to embed your virtual tour on your website, but it depends on how you want your customers to view your virtual tour. I normally recommend adding a button on your website, and then just link to the tour from there. But don't worry... I will guide you through all of this every step of the way, to make sure that you get the best results.
I pride myself on providing virtual tours of the highest quality, and only use the highest quality equipment. Many 360 photographers will use what are called “One-Shot” cameras, which are a quick and easy solution, but most only provide half the resolution. This can make the images look blurry & grainy, and on larger screens… almost unviewable.
I use a full frame Sony A7iv camera with a 12mm fisheye lens attached, which in turn is all connected to a professional 360 tripod head. 8 photos are then taken which are exposed manually, edited, stitched together and then finally imported into the 360 software to complete your tour.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to email me on info@nickpowellphotography.com or call 01903 905212
