Tag Archives: Real Estate

Four Seasons Private Residences: Seattle, WA

by Alex Beattie Posted on September 21, 2011

  For those in search of downtown luxury real estate in beautiful Seattle, Washington, look no further than Four Seasons Private Residences in the heart of the Pacific Northwest’s premier metropolitan hub. A Featured Listing in the duPont Registry of … Continue reading →

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Chatham/Cape Cod, MA

by Alex Beattie Posted on September 12, 2011

  THEduPONTRegistry of Fine Homes is featuring the perfect luxury real estate property for those looking to own a beautiful retreat in charming Chatham-Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a mere 90 minute drive from Boston. This historic area has long been a respite … Continue reading →

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Blogging for advertising

by Alex Beattie Posted on August 2, 2010

Blogging as an advertising medium? It’s obvious that the internet and the marketing of real estate (including luxury real estate) have merged. You might be slightly out of touch to believe otherwise. It’s also okay if you do. If what … Continue reading →

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Marketing and real estate in times of change

by Alex Beattie Posted on June 8, 2010

After thinking a little bit more about the last post on luxury marketing… then, I read Clay Shirky (again). Or, at least I read this article of his in the WSJ.com—a newspaper, ironically enough. The point was not to call … Continue reading →

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The most luxury photos on flickr

by Alex Beattie Posted on May 19, 2010

What are the best social media luxury blogs according to google? If you clicked the above link, it is interesting to note—mostly because it was unintentional. It’s interesting because this blog is about (more often than not) how you can … Continue reading →

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LuxuryRealEstate.com | 8th Annual Spring Retreat

by Alex Beattie Posted on April 29, 2010

LuxuryRealEstate.com is a network of real estate professionals that has cornered the market on affluent memberships. They have a few annual conferences a year that literally span the globe. To name a few places where their loyal members have been … Continue reading →

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Scale, luxury markets and the future

by Alex Beattie Posted on April 11, 2010

This was the first post for the New Press Model: It makes more sense today than when I first wrote it. (I think anyway.) Luxury is not a bad thing. These things remain true in the luxury market: The affluent … Continue reading →

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Competitive Advantage

by Alex Beattie Posted on March 23, 2010

(In Real Estate) Don’t. Of course, getting the deal and negotiating a contract is always a win. It’s what pays the bills and puts food on the table. But this idea of “crushing” the competition is part of the old … Continue reading →

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Domain knowledge and marketing luxury homes

by Alex Beattie Posted on March 19, 2010

Wikipedia, currently ranked number 6 on Alexa.com defines domain knowledge as this: If the concept domain knowledge or domain expert is used we emphasize a specific domain which is an object of the discourse/interest/problem. The wiki goes on to explain … Continue reading →

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Real estate agents need a new job description

by Alex Beattie Posted on March 15, 2010

If the point of social media is to completely blur the previous solid wall between our corporate presence and our personal selves, then it is not the immediacy of sales that is involved. The long tail approach is exactly that: … Continue reading →

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The cheapening of an exquisite medium

by Alex Beattie Posted on March 9, 2010

There are plenty of luxury real estate blogs worth reading. Most of them, however, are written. It sounds silly, but it’s true. People actually write them. Of course, the craft of blogging has been bludgeoned to death by the ‘old … Continue reading →

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The marketing message comes from "us"

by Alex Beattie Posted on March 3, 2010

the artificial line that used to divide our personal from our corporate lives is gone. It’s a holistic model of business/life, now. “All” of us is required to be at the table. With both time and geography having been erased by the Internet, we are now communicating in real time with people from all over. Continue reading →

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A Wealth of Opportunity

by Alex Beattie Posted on February 5, 2010

Times have changed in the world of publishing, marketing and luxury advertising. It’s safe to say that we are all aware of the way marketing and advertising seems to work or ‘not work.’ This being said, there is still a … Continue reading →

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How luxury real estate can recover tomorrow

by Alex Beattie Posted on February 3, 2010

Hint: Chasing waterfalls is not the answer I‘m not trying to sell you an iPad. Steve Jobs nailed that in his keynote. I am trying to convey, (and have been for the past 4 months) that it is frightening to … Continue reading →

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The connection pipeline

by Alex Beattie Posted on February 1, 2010

Any event or issue in the 21st Century becomes a polarizing moment. Welcome to the connection pipeline. Those for and those against materialize, opinion flys, there is a debate on merits of whatever it is. There it is again, the great … Continue reading →

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