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5 Cool Australian Property Blogs

Published on September 20, 2012 in Cool Websites and Blogs. 1 Comment Tags: Australian Property, Australian Property Blogs, Property In Australia.

Before you buy or sell or invest in properties in Australia, it’s a good idea to look at the many blogs and sites that discuss the overall market, as well as specific tips and issues you should be aware of. This is equally important if you are considering a domestic purchase (within Australia) or if you’re based overseas.

Local laws and by-laws, loan offers, tax rates, environmental factors, and neighbourhood cultures are but a few of the issues which could be of interest to you as a property owner or investor. Below we list 5 blogs to get you started. If you come across other worthy sites, please let us know!

HomeSales.com.au

The HomeSales blog is part of a larger group in Australia, launched in 2009 for information on and sales of residential properties. Hundreds of thousands of properties are searchable on the site, and the blog includes a wide range of topics such as: “Interest Rate News – September 2012″, “Unions take on property developer Grocon”, “The Suburb of the Month”, etc. You can get great houses to look at from real estate in Melbourne to Sydney so check out the fab site and blog and see what’s around.

blog.commbank.com.au

James White is Senior Analyst in Investment Markets Research at the Commonwealth Bank Group in Australia. He argues here that while property prices in Australia are currently high, that good deals can still be had. City living, in particular, comes with a premium price tag, but still leaves room for both sides of buying and selling properties. He believes that prices will remain high, and perhaps climb even higher.

House Search Australia blog

This blog discusses issues primarily for those wishing to purchase residential properties in the Sydney area. Since they represent only buyers, the advice here is single purpose. Recent topics include: “What Do Buyers Really Want?”, “Land Tax and Investment Properties”, and “Selecting the best Property Managers”.

21 Century Property Direct

This blog by Konrad Bobilak is updated often, and covers topics such as “Australians Love to Renovate”, “Australian Housing at Most Affordable Level”, “Census Data is Gold for Investors”, and “10 Ways To Invest Like The Rich”. Mr Bobilak has wide experience in property investing, risk insurance, commercial loans, and is a financier and advisor to major banks. His blog relates his experience and advice for the Australian market today.

IPG Investment Property Group

This blog includes monthly articles on property and investment. One recent title for the Queensland area is: “Population Growth Drives Housing Demand”. In this blog post, the growth of Queensland and lack of housing should create a property boom here. A 13% increase in immigration from 2010 is driving this demand, and they believe this is a long term trend.

$500 Groupon Credit To Be Won

Published on July 27, 2012 in Cool Websites and Blogs, Fun and News. 1 Comment Tags: $500 Vouchers, Contest, Groupon Australia.

Recently, during their big office move, Groupon staff cleaned out their cabinets and found this ancient looking voucher valued at $500 in Groupon credit!

Naturally their first thought was to give it away. But they want their Groupies to do a couple of things to truly test their Groupon love and dedication!

Consider it an online ‘Creative Treasure Hunt’ of sorts… All that is required for entry is to write a blog post about what you would use the voucher for if you were to win.

The top 5 will then be voted off on the blog. Click on the Groupon logo below to enter!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TO WIN $500 IN GROUPON CREDIT

Computer Recycling

Published on June 22, 2012 in Cool Websites and Blogs. 4 Comments Tags: Electronics Recycling, Recycle Your Computer, Recycling.

I don’t know about you, but I am a big fan of anything to do with recycling. Today’s post is a site that recycles computers. I haven’t used them (yet), but that doesn’t mean you can’t give it a go and let me know how it worked out.

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The Breathing Earth Website

Published on May 28, 2012 in Cool Websites and Blogs. 3 Comments Tags: Breathing Earth, Global Warming.

Today’s blog post is from Bree Robbins, owner of Queensland’s #1 Doggy Day Care, Paddington Pups. It’s a website that shows the impact we’re having on the earth. Click on the link to be amazed and humbled at the same time.

Wags Day Out

Published on April 24, 2012 in Blogging Ideas, Blogging Tips, Branding, Cool Websites and Blogs and SEO. 3 Comments Tags: Cesar Millan, Dog Day Care, Dog Whisperer, Paddington Pups, Wags Day Out.

I recently came across a cute blog post published by Paddington Pups about Wags Day Out…

It’s a great way to tell a story of what is special about your Dog Day Care in Southwest Brisbane.

Because the fact that Cesar Millan, The Dog Whisperer visited recently only goes so far…

Australia keeps up with accelerating technology

Published on March 9, 2012 in Australia's noisiest bloggers, Australian News, Blogging Ideas, Blogging Tips, Cool Websites and Blogs and News. 2 Comments Tags: Australian Synchrotron.

The pace of technology is certainly daunting. Which always raises the issue of how to keep up with it especially when you only want information about specific aspects and niche subjects.

This is one area where blogs can really excel. Picking the right blog to subscribe to can provide you with a stream of useful and targeted information that you can’t get from just searching the web each day.

A great example of this can be found at the Successful Endeavours’ blog where author Ray Keefe recently brought our attention to the Australian Synchrotron, a remarkable piece of high tech equipment that can be used by Australian businesses to create breakthrough technology.

The incredible thing is that the $300 Million Synchrotron is available for a mere $400/hour!

The Top 10 Blog Posts of 2011

Published on December 27, 2011 in Australia's noisiest bloggers, Blogging Ideas, Blogging Tips, Case Studies and Cool Websites and Blogs. 0 Comments Tags: Best Blog Post 2011, Top 10 2011, Top 10 Posts.

There are a lot of blogs out there that publish so much bland content that it’s refreshing to come across a collection of blogs that are interesting and intriguing.

Today’s post is a list of the Top 10 Blog Posts of 2011 published by The Exponential Growth Strategist, Dr Marc Dussault.

Listed in no particular order since each one has its own merit based on who you are and what your area of improvement (focus) is, this short list of the best blog posts of the year will inspire you to get started on your New Year’s Resolutions for 2012 right away!

Don’t forget 2012 is a leap year, that means you have an extra 24 hours to realise your dream(s)!

How To Find Hidden Assets In Your Business

Belief Builders and Credibility Creators

Can one idea be worth $50,000?

Why spruikers will never go away

Mentor or Motivator?

Facebook Wall Of Shame Infographic

The more you do, the more you can get done

From ‘Just A Job’ To Finding Your Calling

Cinemagraphs: “Stills” that move

2011 Australian Masters Games Gold Medallist

Everydaysale: Your Voucher Codes Expert!

Published on October 21, 2011 in Cool Websites and Blogs. 0 Comments Tags: bargains, discount codes, discount vouchers, online shopping, promotion codes, voucher codes.

We’ve all heard of the Groupon ‘deal of the day’ phenomenon. Here in Australia we have Scoopon, Streets and handful of others.

There’s a new twist in the UK… everydaysale.co.uk is one of the UK’s leading independent discount voucher code websites with a unique ratings system and a large, ever-growing consumer audience. They offer amazing free discounts codes across dozens of categories, including computers, electronics, fashion, home and garden and health products.

Whatever you are shopping for, you can check out the hot deals at http://www.everydaysale.co.uk/.

To use a voucher code or promotional code, simply go direct to the stores website, once you are finished shopping and at the check out point, enter the voucher code into the “voucher or promotional code” box and you could save up to 50% on your bill.

They give you a complete online shopping directory based on our unique online retailer rating system. They will also recommend to you the best online retailer in each category in terms of site usability, customer service, delivery options, as well as price.

By visiting everydaysale.co.uk before you shop, you can ensure you will find the most reliable shops and the best discount offers.

Pretty cool stuff don’t ya think?

Opera House Cake

Published on July 1, 2011 in Australian News, Blogging Ideas, Cool Websites and Blogs, Fun and YouTube Videos. 0 Comments Tags: Opera House Cake, Sydney Opera House Cake, Time Lapse Video.

As Australians we are proud of our landmarks – especially the Sydney Opera House.

Here is a time lapse to give an insight into the incredible week-long construction of the Opera House cake. Watch as the monolithic, chocolate-brown structure transforms into the alabaster iconic Opera House. Like little worker bees inside a hive, this glimpse inside the Planet Cake kitchen shows how hard Paris and the volunteers worked, every step of the way. I

t is incredible to see a weeks worth of work in a short snapshot like this. It is a privilege to get a behind the scenes look inside Australia’s Number One cake kitchen, Planet Cake.

Fluoride: Good Or Bad? You Decide

Published on June 2, 2011 in Australian News, Blogging Ideas, Cool Websites and Blogs, News and Research. 0 Comments Tags: Cavities, Clean Water, Fluoride, Safe Water, Toxins.

We’re not taking sides, but this is an interesting debate . As a blogger, you want to pick sides (or not) when there is heated debate. That means there’s interest and traffic – INTERESTED people. In this instance, we’re staying out of it, We decided to post it because it’s obviously an issue of interest to many!

Clean Up Day Australia Is March 6, 2011

Published on February 24, 2011 in Cool Websites and Blogs, Events, Fun, General and News. 0 Comments

We all need to do our share of keeping this beautiful country clean. Clean Up Australia Day is a great initiative that you should seriously consider participating in.

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How To Get More People To Read Your Blog

Published on July 23, 2010 in Blogging Ideas, Blogging Tips, Cool Websites and Blogs, Exponential Mindset and Fun. 0 Comments Tags: First Page news, Front Page News.

I’ve blogged about this before. The only way you can get more people to read your blog is to keep giving them value. Today’s post was sent to me by Doggy Day Care Owner, Bree Robbins of Paddington Pups. You judge for yourself how totally cool this is…
Continue reading ‘How To Get More People To Read Your Blog’

Wordle Analysis – Add It To YOUR Blog!

Published on May 12, 2009 in Blogging Ideas, Blogging Tips, Cool Websites and Blogs, Exponential Mindset and Fun. 1 Comment Tags: Blog, Blogging, Blogging Idea, Blogging Tip, Fun Blog Idea, Marc Dussault, Wordle, Wordle.net.

If you’ve never seen this before, boy are you lucky you’ve subscribed to this blog! Wordle is one of the coolest things on the Internet – it’s self explanatory so I’ll just show you want the Wordle of this blog looks like..

Australian Blogs Wordle

And then this WORDLE – which compares

President Obama’s Inauguration Speech to Bush’s

Blog Branding

Published on April 17, 2009 in Blogging Tips, Branding and Cool Websites and Blogs. 0 Comments Tags: Blog Branding, Blog Like A Pro, Blog Tips, Blogging Tips, Branding Your Blog, Internet Marketing, Marc Dussault, Professional Blogging Tips, Professional Blogs.

If you’re blogging as part of a corporate strategy, you need to make sure you are consistent with your branding, otherwise you will lose credibility, preeminence and yes sales. As an Exponential Growth Strategist, I help people get extra-ordinary results by doing out-of-the-ordinary things leveraging exponential marketing strategies on the Internet as well as in business.

Blog Branding: How Important is it?

That depends. It depends on why you are blogging in the first place. If it’s just a fun thing you’re doing, then it doesn’t much matter, but if it’s to make money or reinforce a service or product you’re selling then it is VERY IMPORTANT.

Without spending heaps, you can get really cool stuff done by professional web designers like KillerCovers.com.

I guess the only point I want to make today is that if you want to be taken seriously, you just have to LOOK the part.

The reason I say this is because without proper branding, you’re going to lose people ONCE they get to your blog – within seconds, people get a feel for it and either stay or click away.

You only have seconds to make that FIRST impression.

Make sure it’s a good one!

Having Difficulty Writing All Those Blog Posts?

Published on April 6, 2009 in Blogging Ideas, Blogging Tips and Cool Websites and Blogs. 0 Comments Tags: Blogging, Blogging Tips, Marc Dussault, Writer's block.

Today’s post is for you if you’ve ever had writer’s block. You know that awful feeling when you KNOW you need to write something, but nothing’s coming… Guess what? The ‘Internet’ has come to your rescue AGAIN! Someone’s figured out how to MOTIVATE you to write those blog posts…

It’s called Write Or Die and if you don’t reach your target, all your text is DELETED!

How’s that for an INCENTIVE?!?! Click on the hyperlink or here >> to get rid of your writer’s block! <<

Cool Websites: TimeTicker.com and TimeZoneConverter.com

Published on February 15, 2009 in Cool Websites and Blogs and Fun. 0 Comments Tags: Cool Sites, Marc Dussault, Time Zone Converter, Time Zones, TimeTicker, TimeZoneConverter, Useful Sites.

I remember when I first moved to Australia and needed to call back ‘home’ how tedious it was to figure out timezones… Now the situation is reversed, Sydney is home with friends and clients all over the world, but the time zone challenge remains – Here is a GREAT website that INSTANTLY solves the challenge!

TimeTicker.com

Need to know INSTANTLY the time somewhere else in the world? Well, just go to www.timeticker.com, click on any area of the world voila! you get the local time right now

It’s also handy for figuring out that pesky “Greenwich Mean Time” you keep seeing on Bloomberg, BBC and CNN but have no clue how it relates to your particular time zone.

TimeZoneConverter.com

www.TimeZoneConverter.com is ideal when you need to know the time it’s going to be IN THE FUTURE for your colleagues and friends overseas. It helps make sure that your conference calls and webinars can be attended by people at ‘reasonable times.

If you have other helpful and cool sites like these – please share them with me and I’ll make sure you get FULL CREDIT!