Verizon and YouTube, sitting in a tree… K-I-S… well, you get it. After endless rumors, it’s official- starting next month, Verizon users (with compatible phones) can upload video from their phones directly onto You Tube. Simply modify your YouTube account to accept this stream, then text “YTUBE” for videos to instantly populate from your phone to the ‘net! Yeah, it seems a little Back to the Future to me too. Hello… McFly!?!?!?
VCast owners know you can already view YouTube material with your phone and will delight in being able to share your videos from anywhere! Verizon has contracted with Veoh to create a mobile video-swapping network, so I suspect this is just the beginning!
What does this mean to Real Estate? Virtual tours may be grainy, but your phone can instantly show clients what you’re seeing. Inspections can be attended vicariously, tours can be done from afar, and best of all- your out of town clients can have instant proof that yes, the sprinkler heads were in fact fixed and you can get your butt over to the closing table.
Or, if you’re more like most of the public (or like me), you’ll film a hampster, instantly upload it to YouTube and be famous in 30 seconds. We’ll see if this is a productive tool, but it sounds like it could at least be entertaining!
