Posts by Christopher Walkey
#PropTech encourages another £45 million investment:
Once again we see that #PropTech is attracting investment with both Yopa and Habito rasing £27.6 million and £18.5 million respectively. Announced in the national media to include Telegraph on Staurday, fundraising within the property technology sector is still moving fast attracting investment from both within the industry and those outside following its progress. Both…
Read MoreAre you confused with #PropTech enough to dismiss it?
So we have #PropTech and also #RealEstateTech and it is all rather currently busy with these words in this multi billion pound UK property industry, but is it all just a bit too confusing? When you start investigating things we also have #FinTech, #FoodTech, #AgTech, #FashionTech, #SustainableTech, #WineTech, #CarTech, #ConstructionTech and many more besides which all…
Read MoreTop Social Media Marketing Mistakes made by Estate Agents
None of us like to be told about things we are doing wrong, but sometimes it does not hurt to read up on mistakes that are generally made – So read the selection of mistakes which are usually made and pick out a couple that you have been doing and remove them from your social media…
Read MoreHybrid Estate Agent eMoov raises a further £9 Million. We interview Founder Russell Quirk:
For sure the estate agency space is changing rapidly and the likes of hybrid and online estate agencies are making a big entrenchment in the industry and many are here to stay for good. Just recently, eMoov secured a further £9 million of investment to bring the total invested into this hybrid estate agency to…
Read More#PropTech now an option with UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD:
Following a phone call from an interested start up #PropTech company looking to pitch at #PropTechDen in January 2018, I was enlightened that they were considering a placement at university regarding the study of property technology. A quick research on Google and yes indeed there it is, at Oxford University of all places “A knowledge…
Read MoreSleeping rough…. I haven’t told Mrs Q yet says Russell Quirk of eMoov:
A very recognisable character and one that usually causes many a stir in the industry, Russell Quirk is trying to help re homelessness in the UK, and I am sure that this time round we can all agree on the positives of this incentive – Sleeping rough by Russel Quirk: Sleeping rough…. I haven’t told Mrs…
Read MoreSweeping #PropTech under the carpet…
Well, putting the title in to action certainly evades the issue for a short while and gets it out of the way, but just for how long can you keep ignoring the subject until it comes back to haunt you? We all know that anything swept under the carpet is still there and will at…
Read MoreRemember that just like Rome, your blogging success can not be built up in one day:
I would not even attempt to share with you the amount of content that sits online today for us to find let alone guess what new content is hitting the internet daily from blogs to videos, news updates to photos… it is just filling up like endless stars in the galaxy. Just to give you…
Read More#PropTechDen October 2017 – All Pitching slots already booked!!
Following on from the success of #PropTechDen August our proposed next event in October has already been fully booked with those wishing to pitch – Check who will be showcasing their start-ups in London here: https://eauk.rdtsystems.co.uk/proptechden-october-2017/ #PropTechDen is a unique dedicated event for #PropTech start-ups to showcase their businesses to a selected panel of property professionals…
Read More#PropTechDen doubles in size and attracts international attendees in London:
A very big thank you to all those who pitched, judged and came to watch #PropTechDen August which was double the size attendee wise and alive and kicking across social media spreading the good word of Proptech towards the industry nationally and internationally. The format for #PropTechDen is to both highlight and help find partners/investors for…
Read More10 Great Blogging ideas for Estate Agents
Most times you will have the clouded view that as an estate agent you should only really be blogging about property as 99% of your business is in fact that and surely this gives you the best SEO results for you and your estate agency? Well, though some of this is quite true, it is…
Read MoreHow powerful is your voice on Social Media?
What is the purpose of social media for you business? Is it to build brand awareness, maybe to build your personal profile, are you looking to sell more, what about building better relationships in your community, you could have a point to prove or an opinion to share… Well, whatever it is you have in…
Read MoreA Marriage Of Inconvenience – Estate Agents & Property Lawyers
You can’t live with them and you can’t live without them – property lawyers. Clients instruct estate agents to ‘sell’ their property and yet the closest that any estate agent is able to get to fulfilling their client’s need is to ‘offer accepted’. You will never see an estate agent advertising ‘We can get an…
Read More3 Tips to Successful and Profitable Blogging:
Without doubt, if you are running your own blog then, you are doing so for a reason. This reason can be varied from someone simply sharing their love for a particular subject to someone looking to make money. Bloggers and their websites come in many different forms from part time to full time, professional to…
Read MoreeasyProperty marries up with The Guild of Property Professionals
As reported in the Daily Telegraph, easyProperty and The Guild of Professional Estate Agents are going through another hat in to the ring of online estate agencies by joining forces. Though stated at 5,000 members in the article which is not really the case as The Guild is more at 500-800 members, easyProperty can be…
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