| End of year sundowner |
 Thanks to everyone who attended our sundowner at Steve's last Tuesday - an excellent turnout.
Amid massive cries of "Redraw!" (ignored by the aussiehome.com team), the following won prizes on the night -
- Porter Matthews Metro - won a hamper for entering the 70,000th property on aussiehome.com
- Jackie Ryan, Acton North - won 3rd prize: an aussiehome.com shirt
- Peter Hunt, Dee Seed Real Estate - 2nd prize - 2 bottles of Goundrey
- Irene Reading, of Clark Reading Real Estate, won 1st prize - the Reegen 17-inch flat screen LCD monitor
Irene told us "...I was thrilled, thrilled, thrilled, winning this prize - thank you all so much... I've been meaning to get one all year!"
Thanks too to Netway Computers for donating the monitor. |
| Over 2 millions visits to aussiehome.com! |
 With another 190,000 visits to aussiehome.com in June, the total visits in the 2004/05 year passed 2 million (2,159,319 in fact). Page views for June were over 9 million.
This puts aussiehome.com as not only one of the top 3 real estate sites in WA, but also a major site nationally.
The subscription price for agency offices on aussiehome.com has stayed the same since January 2002 (3.5 years ago) - yet during that time we have more than quadrupled our visitor traffic, initiated feeds to other portals and totally upgraded our 'Client Zone' system.
Thank you for your support - we continue to grow, and have exciting plans for the new financial year. |
| Australia is e-business ready |
 Australia has made the top 10 most e-business ready country list, according to a recent survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
The most e-ready is not the USA (who is 2nd) but Denmark, who also topped the chart last year. Australia has beaten Singapore, Canada and Germany into the Top 10 with a score of 8.22 (out of 10).
For the past six years, 65 nations have been rated by The Economist as to their Web-readiness.
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| aussiehome.com features in BRW |
 In a follow-up article to aussiehome.com making the BRW Upstarts List, an article by Craig Roberts on 'angel funding' featured the company as a rare example of a privately funded emerging company.
The reasons angel funding is relatively low in Australia:
Australia offers no tax breaks or other government incentives to encourage angel investment in early-stage, high-risk ventures.
Professional angel investors network informally and rarely advertise their presence.
Angel investors are a rare breed, with a high propensity for risk.
Only one in 20 would-be entrepreneurs approach the angel finance market properly prepared, according to some market participants.
Far too many business plans are prepared without a full understanding and valuing of the market and the business opportunity.
Read the full article here...
May we wish all our clients the very best for the new financial year, and if there is anything we can do for you, please do not hesitate to contact us...
Charlie, Nick, Phil, Amit, Toni, Christian and Cathy. |
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