We decided to take the plunge and go for the 360 tour that Google is promoting. We used Google My Business to research the different businesses that offer the service to take the 360 photos of our store Parcel Room. I contacted four different companies to get their take on the service. I chose Curtis Lloyd of CJL Photography http://www.cjlfotos.com/
Curtis came to the store and did a walk thru, we discussed what we did, what set our store apart from other stores. The day of the shoot we opened the store early and Curtis came thru and did the entire process in about 3 hours. We have the standard version of the tour as seen on Google Maps, but Curtis also created some special setups, different shots, additional shots. He also took several hundred photos of the store to create a full album of what we have to offer.
Here is the link to the standard Google Maps tour as we process the new photos and tours we will update our posts. I encourage all the stores to look at your own store on Google, on Bing, on Yahoo, search and see what you find. Clean up your online presence, if you like this store tour idea look into and see if it is a good fit for you.
Thank you
Jeff Ballantyne
Source: AMBC Blog