I was on ActiveRain recently and saw Tim Maitski displayed as a featured member.  He was billed as the “Video Agent Guy”, and I wondered what that meant.  So, I visited his ActiveRain profile.   Tim is branding himself as the Video Agent Guy for several reasons.

For one thing, he has a website called VirtualBuyersAgent.com.  He sells himself as the agent who will do a video tour of any home a buyer is interested in and displays it on a web page just for that buyer. 

For another thing, he has a website called VideoAgentGuy.com.  That real estate website is a blog that Tim uses as a video blog.  He tapes videos while he’s driving around Atlanta and posts them on this blog. 

You need to remember that Tim lives in Atlanta, and given the traffic situation, I know he probably spends quite a bit of time in the car – perhaps even stuck in traffic.

Take a look at that video blog.  The first thing you will notice is that each blog post contains a video and a summary of the video content.   He’s doing the right thing from the perspective that the summary will be used by the search engines, and it’s also useful for people who don’t want to spend the time watching the video.

What do you think?  It’s a very unique approach.  To do something like this, you’d need to be very comfortable talking on camera.  You’d need to find a way to rig the camera in the car.  And, you’d need to be sure you could talk and drive at the same time.  Tim seems to do quite well doing both. 

On one hand, it does make good use out of the time you spend in the car.  On the other hand, I’m not sure I wouldn’t kill myself.  Would you do something like this? 

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