LaVaWorks, LLC

Your Property Marketing Experts!

About Tour Grand Traverse

About LaVanture and Blue

In this challenging real estate market, the proper presentation of listings has become increasingly more important. With 85% of home shoppers turning to the Internet before they pickup the phone it is now more important than ever to increase your reach online and deliver a lasting impression. Please allow us to introduce ourselves on behalf of www.BlueLaVaMedia.com, Northern Michigan’s property marketing experts.

Whether you are a listing agent or an owner of a local business large or small our services are just what you need to turn heads and make you look your very best. Our wide variety of services include state of the art interactive 360 virtual tours, professional photography services, powerful slideshow presentations, interactive 2d and 3d floor plan services, 3d walkthrough video presentations, colorful and vibrant listing flyers, panoramic sign riders, single property websites, listing syndication services, professional voice talent and so much more!

Our virtual tour exposure engine is currently something that no other virtual tour company in northern Michigan offers. We distribute real estate listings and virtual tours to over 100 portal sites world wide. Listing syndication just makes sense. You know that when you generate more exposure for your listings, they are likely to sell faster and for more money. If you are a real estate agent or a business owner we can also show you how to make your website receive more traffic.

www.BlueLaVaMedia.com is a locally owned Traverse City, MI virtual tour company with team members Jason LaVanture and Jim Blue. Jason LaVanture is the founder and Vice President of www.realtourvision.com, the # 1 ranking virtual tour company and virtual tour software provider in the World. Jason brings nearly nine years of internet savvy and expertise to the table. With Real Tour Vision servicing over sixty thousand real estate agents world wide and over 1500 virtual tour providers in his network, he knows what services and functionality are needed on a local or national level.

Jim Blue has nearly 35 years of professional photography experience. He has designed and taught independent photo classes in both silver-halide and digital imaging for over 20 years. Jim was the former owner of Blue Photo Co Inc, a retail camera store and photo-finishing lab. Jim was responsible for managing employees, sales strategies, developing ad campaigns, marketing and distributing advertising to many types of media outlets. Here are some of Jim's photos of Traverse City

Together LaVanture and Blue’s talents come together to create Northern Michigan’s premiere virtual tour company and property marketing firm. Give us a call today and let us help you and your company look your very best online.

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Tour Preparation

Virtual Tour Preparation

Getting setup and ready for your interactive 360 virtual tour is very important when marketing properties online. Remember that a 360 virtual tour will filter out many home shoppers and unnecessary cleanups so doing a great job on the first pass will certainly pay off in the end.


BlueLaVaMedia offers an online and toll free “virtual tour readiness” message for you to give to your clients prior to the scheduled date of your shoot. Whichever method is the easiest for you to use, we highly recommend that you do choose one as our photographers will have limited time at each location since several tours are scheduled daily. Remember that our interactive 360 Tours will make your property look amazing online but our photographers are not able to stage or clean for you.

Virtual Tour Preparedness Suggestions:

Outdoors:

Spruce up your garden and lawn; trim shrubbery if necessary.
Yard and patio should be neat; outdoor furniture should be in good shape.
Mow the lawn; make sure the driveway & entryway are free of clutter (toys, bikes, etc.)
Winter - keep the sidewalks cleared of snow.

Living Areas:

Remove clutter and tidy up the shelves.
Move excess furniture out of rooms. You want the space clean, open, and clutter-free
(dog crates, tray tables, etc.).
Replace burnt out light bulbs (the photographer will need light in most rooms).

Kitchen:

Clean off kitchen counters; remove any clutter.
Make sure dirty/clean dishes are out of the sink & put away.
Empty the garbage can.

Bathrooms:

Put essential items used daily in a small box that can be stored away.
Close toilet lid and empty the garbage.
Clean mirrors & glass surfaces.
Hang towels neatly from towel bar.

Overall/General:

Check the basics around the house (indoors & out). It takes just a minute to make sure the
house is clutter-free and all is in order.
Turn on as many lights as you can when the photographer arrives.
Try not to be in the room the photographer is photographing as you may end up in the photo.

The photographer cannot:

Move furniture
Clean or dust
Move garbage
Pick up/move clutter (toys, dirty dishes, dog toys, etc.)

The home MUST be ready for the photographer when he/she arrives. Upon arrival our photographers can wait no longer than 5 minutes for additional home preparations. If a wait longer than this must happen we will have to move on to our next scheduled appointment and the virtual tour will be rescheduled. If this happens a rescheduling fee of $20.00 will apply.


If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at 877-941-8687 or e-mail us via info(@)BlueLaVaMedia.Com