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Top 10 People to Follow on Twitter for Australian Real Estate Agents – 2010 Q3
This list is the third in the series and just squeaks into the third quarter on time! If you have not…

Real Estate Online Statistics & Demographics – Portals
The Google Adplanner service allows advertisers more information on popular websites including demographic and traffic information. Now whilst I don’t want…

PropertyScope – Real Estate Agents & Salespeople Get Rated!
Over the past few years there has been a huge increase in the number of social websites allowing visitors to publicly…

Client and Customer Feedback – Are You Really Satisfied?
I think every real estate agent finds out in their first week in the industry that client testimonials are gold. Client…
New Realestate.com.au Statistics on the way
The new web design from Realestate.com.au was built from the ground up. Of course when you do such a major rewrite…

They are at it Again! – Realestate.com.au Price Rises 01/08/2010
The new realestate.com.au website rolled out in April this year. Reception by the industry was pretty mixed and there was certainly…

CBA Combine Realestate.com.au Data into iPhone Augmented Reality Solution
Augmented Reality is when you combine a live view with a computer generated view in real time. The concept itself will…

Realestate.com.au V2 – Are Some Cracks Starting to Show?
Pretty much everyone hated the realestate.com.au House Hunter videos when they were released but it seems that the launch of their…
Top 10 People to Follow on Twitter for Australian Real Estate Agents – 2010 Q2
I was running a little late with the first quarter Top 10 people to follow on Twitter for Australian Real Estate…
RealEstate.com.au Show Real Estate Agents How to Handle Twitter and Facebook Complaints
The recent relaunch of the RealEstate.com.au website created a real buzz of activity on Twitter and Facebook the likes that we…

The Empire Strikes Back: The Print vs Internet Battle Heats Up!
Just as RealEstate.com.au complete the launch of a new web design News Limited are putting the final strokes on a strategy…
The New Realestate.com.au Website Goes Live
We recently had a look at the realestate.com.au BETA but when that was turned off at 5:00pm last Friday it sent…
Top 10 People to Follow on Twitter for Australian Real Estate Agents – 2010 Q1
There are quite a few lists out there of people you must follow on twitter if you are a real estate…
So can Simon Baker’s Nestoria.com.au out-Google Google?
Simon Baker, the ex-CEO of REA has invested in bringing the Nestoria property portal to Australia. Nestoria.co.uk is the 4th most…
Is 2010 the Year for Women in Real Estate? The REIA Awards Say So!
I have just got back up from Adelaide where we attended the REIA 2010 National Awards for Excellence. I am very…

News Limited Now Using Google Real Estate Instead of Realestate.com.au?
Although the Gold Coast is not a capital city it is still the 6th largest city in Australia. The Gold Coast…
Realestate.com.au Slip in the Google Rankings
Back in August last year Google allowed the public to take a peak at the upcoming changes to their search engine…

First Impressions of the New Realestate.com.au Website Currently in BETA
RealEstate.com.au have a new website in the works about to be released to the public. They have been been running a…
10 Things I Absolutely Positively Love about Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
Just to provide some balance to the Hate Article. There is absolutely nothing in this world like Facebook for connecting with all your…
10 Things I Absolutely Positively Hate about Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
I will not join your mafia, tend to your crops, find your lost puppy or swap aquariam fish with you. Can’t…
Can The Apple iPad Save Real Estate Newspaper Advertising
Newspapers are on the decline! A very fast decline. Readership and revenues are down and profits seem very hard to find…
Real Estate Portals Costs – It Could Always Be Worse!
In the past month I have purchased a new Subaru Liberty 3.6R MY10 model and I took some time out during…

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…
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