Marketing

As Cyprus joins the United Kingdom and most of the world’s property and financial markets downward slide, we are beginning to experience the effect of the current crisis. The word in Cyprus until recently was that the problem will not have an effect or very minimal effect on Cyprus. People in the business of finance, property sales, developers and tourism - basically Cyprus’s whole economy - started to...

Until recently, writing or the need to write was never a significant part of my life. Before I began working on my first website, the need to write even a letter or email was not necessary. There was about 20 plus years of the occasional note or filling out a form or taking some kind of exam and that was the extent of it. Everything changed the day I purchased a domain name and began working on my website...

This financial crisis is sweeping across the globe and it is becoming clear that most continents will be affected in one way or another. It is fair to say that we are already experiencing a downturn in the economy here in Cyprus. The extent of what will happen will surely shake things up and just about everyone will feel it in their pockets, bank accounts, and retirement accounts. Certain areas and...

The Cyprus news media just published the median house price figures for November 2007. The source of this information comes from one of the larger marketing companies that operate as an estate agency but are not a licensed estate agency. This company arrives at data from the houses they sold during this same period. There are numerous marketing agencies, developers and estate agents all selling homes so I...

I want to write about Open Houses, an old method often used in the USA to sell homes.  To my knowledge, open houses are not currently or ever been used in Cyprus or in the UK (tell me if I’ am wrong). An Open House is exactly what it says, we open a house and invite anyone to come and view the home during a designated time period usually on the weekend when families are together and are likely to go...