Our team wants to set you up for success. Working as efficiently as possible requires good prep work. It's our goal to minimize as much work as possible for you in the process, so we've gathered our best tips, tricks, and requirements to prepare your business for a Google virtual tour.
download the virtual tour preparation pdf documents in the links below
You've booked a Google Virtual Tour. Great! But now what do you do? Planning for a Google Virtual Tour photographer to come to your business (or visit all of your locations) might sound overwhelming, but Advanced Online Insights makes it simple and straightforward to present your business in the best way possible.
One of the most important benefits we offer our customers is exceptional project management. Whether you are planning for a virtual tour of your 2,000 square-foot business office or 500 tours of your company's offices across the country, we will handle the process from the beginning to end.
Planning your virtual tour requires a bit of knowledge and insight from our team. To put together your estimate and proposal, we research your geographic location, sunrise/sunset times, distance between one location and the next, traffic flow, surrounding streets, and more. We plot out the plan so you know exactly what needs to be done and when. We will ask the right questions to get the information we need, and we'll minimize your time investment in the planning process.
There are always a few key pieces of information that the majority of our clients ask before a tour. Here are some of the good-to-know details we find most helpful for our clients preparation best practices.
It is best to have your business clear of all people during the 360° photo shoot. If people are present they will need to remain motionless for the duration of the virtual tour capture process. Google mandates that all faces are to be blurred for privacy and that no people are to be present in imagery for any type of medical practice. In most cases, we prefer to shoot during non-business hours to accommodate these best practices.
Our goal is to tell the story of your business through a virtual tour. We mainly shoot areas of the business that are open to the public and all images must connect through line of site between shots.
Exterior Entrance
Lobby and Waiting Areas
10'+ from entrance
4' from entrance
4' inside entrance
Meeting Rooms
Activity Centers
Hallways & Walkways
Areas of various business types
Retail space
Exam rooms
Private dining rooms
Service departments
Office stations
Art exhibits
Etc...
Restrooms
Private Offices
Breakrooms
“Employees Only” areas
Our team will work with you to determine the best point of contact for each location that we visit. Each onsite contact will be responsible for the following...
Arriving 15 minutes before scheduled shoot time
Having keys, access cards, and security/alarm codes for the facility
Working knowledge of all lights and electronic signage
The day of your photo shoot has finally arrived! Here's how a typical virtual tour photo shoot usually plays out.
Upon arrival, the photographer will walk through the facility and choose the best location to setup and capture each room and the best connection points to create a fluid path for the virtual tour. They will help to remove any items that do not need to be in the photos and straighten any areas that may need attention.
When we capture the 360° imagery for the virtual tour, the onsite contact will need to stay out of site. Most customers spend time in a break room or a private office. In the case of multiple locations being shot in the same day, we will call the next location's onsite contact once we finish the previous tour.
Our photographers respect all of our customers' offices and spaces, and we do our best to return furniture and any items we may have moved for the tour back to their original location. It's advised to allot 5-10 minutes after the photo shoot for final adjustments once our team has finished. We always leave our clients spaces as clean, if not cleaner, than we found them!
After the session is complete, each tour requires hours and hours of editing and “stitching” together. We provide a timeline and an estimated completion date for every project, and we do our best to honor that in every way. You can always plan to hear from our team if there's any need to adjust deadlines based on the scope of the project. Our production process lasts anywhere from two weeks to several months. We will do our best to accommodate important dates and deadlines on your project.
Our team is honored to have your business and we work hard to make the process as easy as possible for our customers. If you are interested in learning more about having your office, place of business, or multiple locations photographed for a virtual tour, connect with us! You can reach our sales team, via our primary email address: sales@advancedonlineinsights.com. We look forward to working with you!
download the virtual tour preparation pdf documents in the links below