Further to discussions about Seek Commercial making their way into the business for sale field, i thought it was time to write about a few observations I’ve made in the last 18 months as a budding internet marketer and entrepreneur. Whilst there are major competitors in each field in the business portal industry we are [...]
Is the Business Portal Industry Consolidating?
A news property website launches in Australia – Property Observer
Not to be confused with another property portal website – this is actually a real estate industry news website and I must admit it is very impressive. Property Observer is headed up by well known property journalist Jonathan Chancellor who was previously at The Sydney Morning Herald for the last 25 years in the capacity [...]
RE BarCamp the “Unconference”
The inagural Australian RE BarCamp kicked off with a bang at the Loft Bar on Tuesday. Given the event fell the day after the AREC conference it was well received because of the relaxed and “Unconference” structure. As discussed in this post RE BarCamp coming to Australia the day is all about sharing information, discussing experiences, [...]
Does Ozhomevalue.com.au breach vendor’s privacy?
OzHomevalue is a Realestate.com.au owned website for property vendors providing them with sales data information in relation to the suburb where the vendor’s property is located. From their homepage: OzHomeValue provides a comprehensive property report to help find the value of your home. Try our easy to use, obligation free system and receive your FREE [...]
Lock – up stage and moving into your online business – Stage 3
. For new subscribers to Business2 – here are the previous stages. Diagnosing your online position (warts and all) – Stage One Constructing your perfect online real estate media platform – Stage Two Without a doubt from my experiences real estate agents have little to no – understanding about what exactly defines an online business. [...]
Is the NSW State Government the new Greece?
When you hear the words “quietly” and tax in the same sentence you know what you are about to hear is going to be bad! And that is exactly what has happened in the last 24hrs in NSW politics and the real estate industry. Yesterday Premier Keneally quietly introduced a new property tax, being referred [...]
After it all settles down……
Anytime you get a press release from a company touting ‘a revolution’ in anything you can be pretty sure it is going to be a disappointment. For the most part agents have liked it, however I really feel that the majority of consumers I have spoken to have not liked the new site and this [...]
How do you Feng Shui Pauline Hanson?
Along with real estate, travel has always been a passion of mine. The diverse cultures of the world are always a source of inspiration but more and more this travel has come to serve me well in selling real estate. I woke up to the news this morning that Pauline Hanson will not sell her [...]
Constructing your perfect online real estate media platform
Video Tutorial: How to Create a Free Real Estate Blog in 25 minutes
The word Blog is short for the word “web log”. Blogs first started in the late 1990′s but really became popular around the year 2000 and today there are hundreds of millions of blogs around the world. You are even reading a blog right now. Social Networking followed blogs by about 5 years and started [...]
What are the alarm bells in your business that alert you to a changing market?
Agents are generally optimistic people. A quiet month is just that, bound to be better next month. But what if your quiet month is the first indication of changing market conditions? What are the alarm bells that ring to alert you to it? Whilst some of us are great at monitoring the monthly KPI’s (and [...]
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Beating realestate.com.au, and other fantasies
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The True Impact of the Internet on Holiday Rental Property Management
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Rent.com.au grows 300%
January 30, 2012
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Why SOPA / PIPA matters to us all
January 23, 2012
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Realestate Commercial.com.au succeeds in fundraising
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Realestate Commercial.com.au succeeds in fundraising
February 9, 2012
- Ray White Offices Delivered a Sucker Punch by ex-Agent? **updated** February 2, 2012
- Real Estate Group Blocks Syndication to National Property Portals January 30, 2012
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Rent.com.au grows 300%
January 30, 2012
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Why SOPA / PIPA matters to us all
January 23, 2012
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The True Impact of the Internet on Holiday Rental Property Management
January 16, 2012
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Thoughts on Realestate.com.au’s dominance
January 13, 2012
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Beating realestate.com.au, and other fantasies
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