Encouraging good use of the network
I am starting to see too many users clogging up the site with solicitations and even listings. When Active Rain started they had such issues and made a similar pleas to members to help clean up specific groups that were subject to solicitations and listings. They succeeded and I hope we can. After all, advertising in this manner is (a) not common sense and (b) not within the guidelines of Property Owl.
I am just trying to keep a lid on this early on and trying not to be a dictator so please let’s all work together to make this the best network in the UK. If you want to advertise let me know and give me some cash, it will benefit you more in the long run, I promise 
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Google advert for real estate down under
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Twire
Twire is a function within the community that allows one to write a wire (short message – basically a tweet) and then post it up to one’s twitter account, hence ‘Twire’. It may be a fad, but I am finding it pretty cool at the moment. It means I can live my life within the property owl community
Anyway, trying to cobble together a video to show you how to set it up. Very straightforward really. Go to >My account. Go to > Settings. Go to >Twire. Enter your Twitter username (NO @ sign) and password.
The prefix box is confusing. Whatever you type in here will appear before your text on your tweets. The system lies when it says leave blank and will enter some strange text (we are working on this). As a temporary solution just type in : or -
Happy Twires
from mobile
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Cricket
Hi all
This is blog post that I am writing in my blog. Yes, I can write what I ever I like as can anyone in their blog, but what I want to highlight is the importance of avoiding the temptation to use a blog as an advert.
Lisiting Property
I shall not labour the point as so many of you already know this, but I do want to point out that listing properties within a blog and thus this network is just not cricket. It serves absolutely zero purpose. This is not a free portal! You all know this so please avoid the temptation.
Links
By all means put a link to your own blog, site, sub domain and the like, but this is not an area to try and have numerous links all to your site. Again this is just plain old common sense and not only will links be voted down in such situations, but they may be removed. There are already good examples and bad examples within this site.
This network is for all and as you know I am passionate about letting the community get on with it, without too much regulation/rules/control and I would never dream of telling someone what to write on their own blog, but there are just some things I believe none of our members want to see too much of so please have a little thought for others.
I know I also owe you all more guidance and help about the new system and this is coming very soon.
Cheers
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Robin Hood Tax
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What’s in a network
Linkedin says it all really. Connect, stay in touch, power your career, new business opportunities, get answers, share advice.
Take a look at this video and just replace the words linkedin with property owl.
Joining Property owl allows you to build a profile that portrays your professional achievements and your company’s strengths. You can then form connections with contacts and like minded professionals. Your network is based on your connections and as linkedin says, your connections’ connections and the people they know. Which means you can:
- Manage the information that’s publicly available about you and your company as a professional
- Find and be introduced to potential clients, service providers, and subject experts who come recommended
- Create and collaborate on projects, gather data, share files and solve problems
- Be found for business opportunities and find potential partners
- Gain new insights from discussions with like minded professionals in public and private group settings
- Discover inside connections that can help you land jobs and close deals
- Post and distribute job listings to find the best talent for your company
- Build effective blogs that generate interest in you and your business
Why would you not want to be in such a network?!
I am trying to find time to tackle the mass of information to send to you guys, video tutorials etc. If anyone has time and fancies a bottle of champagne I would be grateful for some help. A few lines about how to use the site effectively, what is good about blogging, why this site is the bees knees (or the owls – do owls have knees?) would be wonderful.
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Best Blog 2010 – property owl blog is runner up
Far be it for me to congratulate myself, but the Property Owl blog was voted best blog 2010 runner up in the primelocation.com blog awards.
Congratulations to the winner A Little Drop of Cognac
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Welcome to the Community
Welcome to the updated community.
I will be posting more from the heart stuff here, more ranting and more rough and ready than over at the Property Owl blog. Incidentally, I have been nominated for the best blog awards by primelocation.com which was a huge surprise.
Anyway, I hope you are all getting settled in. I have spent the last two days trying to prepare video tutorials but for the life of me I cannot get a screen recorder to work on my mac, no sound, poor image, it is driving me mad. Anyone wiser out there share any tips?
Enjoy the site and check back for rants.
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AIG – what really happened
Great spoof video based on TV series Dragon’s Den.
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Urban Spaces
Just what we like to see, good on Urban Spaces. Let’s see some more.
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