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Using LinkedIn for personal use…
A spiffy profile 1. You can customise your profile URL to make it easier for people to find you and make your profile look more professional. 2. Add a background image to your personal profile. In 2014, LinkedIn allowed you to upload and use your own cover photo. Give your profile more personality by adding a professional background photo. This should be relevant to your industry, but you can also be creative with it. 3. Take advantage of the blog and website links within your profile. LinkedIn not only allows you to promote a website, but you can also add lots more information about yourself that will help you to promote your content online. Add links to your social media profiles, company profiles and links to your work online to show what you have done. 4. Optimisation isn’t just for search engines You can optimise your profile for relevant keyword terms by including them within your headline, summary or work experience sections on your profile. Using the right keywords is the difference between being found and being invisible. 5. Find new connections To start building up your connections, you can connect with colleagues, suppliers and anyone you know within your…
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Potential buyers priced out of the market
Kate Faulkner says, “Despite better volumes and faster selling times, prices aren’t showing much movement. Improved transaction levels typically mean price rises – but not in this market.”
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Disturbing story of fake letting agency that cost landlord £15,000 told in TV show
Channel 5's Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords show lifts lid on problems faced by landlords when faced by tenants who refused to move out.
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Americans Trump other foreign buyers for London super prime property
US buyers create surge in London super prime property sales with an average purchase price of £7.3m, and beaten only by the Chinese.
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Free property data service for agents launches after three years under wraps
New player Homesearch is offering agents data on all of the UK's 28.5 million addresses without charge until early next year.
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Speakers’ notes: Frank Webster reports on his Kiwi adventure
Frank Webster, Property Consultant and former Vice-Chairman, Finders Keepers, shares his experience following a recent trip to speak at property conferences and meet industry counterparts in the southern hemisphere.
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Brighton’s first build to rent scheme is approved
Legal & General’s plans to develop the Longley Industrial Estate into Brighton’s first Build To Rent (BTR) scheme have been approved.
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Software – hard choices
Choosing a software package to run your entire business is probably the most critical decision an agent can make, says Joanne Christie. So how do you approach it?
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168 new flats in Brighton
168 new build apartments are available to buy or rent off-plan in Edward Street Quarter...
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Money matters
“Money…” How would you complete the sentence? Money makes the world go around? Money is the root of all evil? What is your instinctive answer? And why is this important? says Adam Walker.
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