| Latest TV show goes live |
 Our real estate TV series has had over 85,000 views since it went live a few months ago, with the latest episode (#6 in the series) already attracting 6000+ viewers. It's free to view, you can watch as many times as you like, and catch up on our previous 5 episodes. 7 more episodes will be aired before the calendar year is out.
In episode 6, we feature Gary and the team from Blue Jay Media, Phil explains why 'wages are not enough', and Rob Druitt is this week's 'Insider', answering the same 11 questions we put to a real estate agent every time. We then show a clip of May's social media bootcamp and finish off in Attadale & Bicton, with Shobana Patrick from Ross & Galloway featuring. Do drop in and watch the ONLY locally produced real estate show - and if you have ideas for future shows, please contact us. |
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| Social Media gains mainstream status |
Sick to death of hearing about facebook and twitter yet? Well, get used to it - cos we are on a never-ending mission to get the media power back into your hands!  Last Saturday's West Australian newspaper had a typical article on Twitter (see opposite, and click here to read) with mainly negative views, but it also featured aussiehome.com, our Twitter courses and MD Charlie Gunningham.
Photos of our Twitter Course from last month (can be viewed on our Facebook Business page) with some great feedback from participants. We'll be repeating our facebook and twitter courses next month - so look out for these. For more on how to get your own Facebook Business Page going (free to do this!) DOWNLOAD A FREE e-BOOK here (pdf) - written by Peter Fletcher from The Real Estate Marketing Maven. A FREE e-book on using Twitter in real estate is VIEWABLE HERE.
How to use BLOGS? CLICK the Audio Stream '>' Play button BELOW to listen to Charlie's talk (20 minutes... so make a coffee first)
or (if you cannot see the toolbar) click the link below:
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| Google Real Estate |
 As we announced on 13th July, Google launched its own real estate site last month, and we have uploaded all your listings to the site from aussiehome.com. Many other sites have done likewise, except for realestate.com.au and domain.com.au... interesting. Google is simply a search destination to find information, linking back to the web site that provides the full information (yours), giving free traffic to aussiehome.com and your listings. Google Real Estate is not a portal like the others, and is free to upload to, and a free site. As we've ALWAYS SAID, it's YOUR SITE that is the most important one. ONLY ON YOUR SITE are your listings shown exclusively, and can you BRAND YOURSELF against your competition. Now, with Google Real Estate, we can also upload your listings FROM YOUR OWN DOMAIN (not just aussiehome.com) - giving YOUR WEB ADDRESS the chance to show in the results, and giving YOUR SITE direct traffic. We've already trialled this with some clients, and it seems to work well. The cost to upload from YOUR SITE (as well as aussiehome.com) is a once off $150 coding fee (it's a few hours works for us to get this happening for each site). No ongoings though. Remember, your properties are already on Google Real Estate because of us, but what we're offering here is another chance to be there, this time with YOUR OWN WEB ADDRESS as well. CONTACT CHARLIE to have YOUR OWN SITE featured on Google Real Estate HAVE YOUR SAY on our BLOG! |
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| Announcing the aussiehome.com Leadership Circle |
Dear Real Estate Principal/Manager, There's a lot going on in the world of internet, marketing, media, networking, PR and IT systems... How are you going to find out about the latest methods? How do you get higher on Google? Should you use or ban twitter and facebook in the office? What IT systems are available? Should you be using enewsletters? .... and who's going to tell you all about this? ....aussiehome.com 'Leadership Circle' THURSDAY 20th August, 1-3pm, Champions Club, Challenge Stadium with handouts, presentations full of practical advice specifically tailored for you. It's FREE - but places are limited - CONTACT CHARLIE to reserve your spot.
We look forward to seeing you there! If you can't make it, please send your PA or Manager in your place. P.S. We'll repeat our popular facebook and twitter courses in computer labs in September |
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| GOLF DAY! and other stuff... |
aussiehome.com GOLF DAY! Thurs 3rd September, Wembley Golf Course Registration from 11.30am, tee off 12.30pm 4-ball better ball - get your teams together! Diairise Sep 3rd for our inaugural golf day. Going to be great fun - don't miss it. Only 4 weeks to go - more information will be posted to all clients soon. Get your team together, and for more information, contact SARAH at aussiehome.com PLUS aussiehome.com 10th Birthday Party Fri 3rd December it's gonna be huge! You're all invited. Fri Dec 3rd. Probably involve some bowling too - lock in the date for now... we can't believe we're gonna to be 10, double digits, the big 'One Oh'... for a dotcom, that's like 75 years in normal years. Don't Forget! Only 2 ways to differentiate yourself on aussiehome.com 1. You can BUY A SUBURB (some core suburbs are receiving over 20,000 searches a month, and you can feature in EVERY ONE of them) by contacting SARAH ASBURY at aussiehome.com. Buy a suburb for $110 inc GST a month - amazing branding. 2. There are only THREE Properties of the Week every week on aussiehome.com - $176 inc GST, and you can pretty much guarantee it will raise your traffic tenfold for that particular property. CONTACT SARAH for bookings on these, and also for more info on our Golf Day and 10th birthday party. |
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| Latest Perth market Stats |
 Where's the real estate market at?
Many of our clients are saying it's a normal market (have your say on on BLOG about this) and that's good, or so we hear. The Australian sharemarket is at new 9 month highs, interest rates have been kept on hold at 3%. Some research is now showing that the property market has picked itself off the the bottom (which was around March 2009). Building approvals have surged 21 per cent (ABS), and ABS, REIWA and RP Data all have the Perth median price rising in the June quarter, in line with all major cities around Australia. Across the country, median prices rose 2.7%. Listings have fallen significantly in the past few months to a steady level. Properties for sale on aussiehome.com, for example, are down to just over 5000 for sale in Perth (it was up at 7500 2 months ago). Overall? We've probably seen the bottom of the property market in this cycle. No one is expecting fresh lows, although no one is expecting a sharp rise either (which is probably good, as we want the next growth phase to be sustainable and not leave us in a crash again.) [Disclaimer: This article is not financial advice, but merely a commentary - aussiehome.com.] |
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