Australian brands spent $9bn dollars on digital advertising in 2019. Yes… you read that right… $9bn (with a capital B). Online advertising spend has exploded since the very first banner ad appeared almost 25 years ago but in recent years,…
Marketing online is harder (and more expensive) than it’s ever been. Advertising costs are only going up, reach is constantly declining and the competition for attention has reached a point where real estate agents are resorting to all sorts of…
The pathway home sellers take to select an agent has dramatically changed and evolved since the 1980/90s. In the olden days, consumers only had the newspaper, radio and TV to rely on for information. Today, before buying anything, people want…
The Facebook merge has started. The social media giant’s move to integrate its trifecta of apps — Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram — is beginning with its rebranding in Google Play and Apple’s app store. The new app names? “Instagram from…
After reading the headline, I know what you’re thinking… “we don’t have near the budget to compete with the portals. You must be smoking something!” Well, you’re probably right (except for the smoking part). In 2019, our two major portals…
How important are online reviews? More than 80% of people trust them, according to BrightLocal research. Another study by Jay Baer and co-author Daniel Lemin, in their book Hug Your Haters, found that online reviews rank second—behind only friend and…
Live chat has become the communication method of choice for business enquiries during COVID-19. With face to face customer service restricted, or on pause in some areas, and many large businesses’ phone lines struggling to cope with the huge call…
Anyone under the age of about 25 would likely be confused when someone mumbles the words ‘MSN Messenger’. But for those of you of a similar age to myself, it likely conjures up feelings of nostalgia – late nights talking…
I’ve spent the better part of the last five years telling any real estate business owner or agent who would listen that marketing isn’t really that complicated. We’re very fortunate to, publicly and privately, work with some of Australia’s leading…
In the early 1990s, marketing and advertising in real estate looked very different than it does today. No online property portals. No Facebook. No ratings and reviews websites. Agents used mainly offline channels to market their properties and services to…
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