The Luxury Property Blog

The Luxury Property Blog is a global luxury real estate source not only for buyers and sellers of luxury real estate, but also luxury property investors and real estate professionals from around the world. World-wide, the luxury property market has been seen to be more robust than any other real estate market, and Luxury Property Dot Com sees the need for a dedicated resource, dealing solely with luxury real estate.

For Enthusiasts - Celebrity Property, News, Luxury trends, investment advice and much more. If you are interested in the world of luxury, this is the place for you. Whether you are looking for the most luxurious bedroom suite, news of the latest Rolls Royce, or where to buy a private jet, we have the answer for you.

The Luxury Blog features selected videos of luxurious properties for sale around the world, taken from the parent site, along with selected high-quality marketing videos from a wide variety of other industries. Sit back, and from the comfort of you own home, browse through a gorgeous array of luxury video.

For Professionals - As a luxury real estate professional you will know that the luxury market is radically different to the base market and a different approach is needed. The usual marketing rules do not apply. The Luxury Blog professional section features marketing ideas, tips and advice, plus an opportunity to meet and interact with other luxury real estate professionals from around the world.

Video Marketing Using online video to market luxury properties is clearly the way forward and Luxury Property Dot Com understand this. Unlimited hosting and creative use of the internet to provide a peerless experience for your clients.

Defining Luxury

According to Answers.com, luxury means spending more than one needs to, and, in the view of some who concern themselves with the matter, more than one ought to, on comforts and pleasures. “Le superflu, chose si nécessaire,” “The superfluous, a very necessary thing” is Voltaire’s the paradoxical definition of luxury in Le Mondain, a poem published in 1736. Whether or not luxury is necessary to individuals, it plays a crucial role in human society, making the distinction between haves and have-nots, identifying social classes and setting targets for the ambitious.

The dictionary definition of luxury is:

n. pl. lux·u·ries

1. Something inessential but conducive to pleasure and comfort.
2. Something expensive or hard to obtain.
3. Sumptuous living or surroundings.

The Team

Mark Knowles is the Luxury Property Dot Com Executive Blogger, and the world’s foremost authority on international luxury property. To paraphrase Douglas Adams, “The Internet is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to the internet.”

It is Mark’s job to shrink the internet, bringing considerable influence to bear with the selective use of guest bloggers, creative social media and search engine optimization techniques. Attracting well-targeted, motivated traffic to both the blog, the parent site, Luxury Property Dot Com and our sister sites, Luxury Soiree Dot Com and Fairway Properties Dot Com. You may also be able to tell, he has a sense of humor

Disclaimer - The views expressed in this dissertation Blog are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force, U.S. Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government Luxury Property Dot Com.

Mark’s current favorite past time is ridiculing crappy real estate videos on youtube. And in Mark’s own words: “If I have made fun of your crappy youtube real estate video, feel free to contact me and ask me to remove it. Depending on how much money you have and how good your lawyer is, I will happily take it down. Or tell you to politely get lost – Depending

Mark is also active in other places on the Internet and can also be reached through these networking sites:

• Mark Knowles on facebook
• Mark Knowles on Digg
• Mark Knowles on active|rain
• Mark Knowles on HubPages
• Mark Knowles on StumbleUpon
• Mark Knowles on del.icio.us
  

These, and other resources, are available for use as promotional tools for Luxury Property clients.

Contact Mark Knowles

Becky Scott is a professional writer with a somewhat well-developed nose for celebrity real estate happenings. Some would call this an obsession (or at least Brad Pitt’s lawyers did) but it’s a healthy obsession as far as her readers are concerned. When she’s not snarking about celebrity antics, Becky Scott writes about, well, writing, on her professional site Becky’s Corner and just about everything else at her personal blog Miss Priss. She’s a writer and editor with experience in technology, software development, telecomm, SEO, social marketing, higher ed, parenting, and of course, blogging. She got her degree in English and actually uses it, contrary to popular belief about English majors. Becky moonlights as an amateur photographer, taking advantage of photographic opportunities in picturesque and celebrity-filled San Diego. The recent addition of a 1000mm telephoto lens takes care of the restraining order restrictions Just kidding. She lives there with her husband and son.

World Wide

The Luxury Property Blog is very much an international event, with a number of foreign language versions of the blog, offering an opportunity for advertisers to reach an international audience, in their native tongue. All these blogs are stand-alone venues available to advertisers either individually, or as part of your Gold Collection package. All with local domain names, all human translated and local promotional programs. Luxury Property is also building a network of international real estate bloggers, with local news, market trends, and information.

Hong Kong

Robert Diefendorf was born in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States,. He grew up there and in New England, and as an adult, grew up once again in New York City. According to Bob, “Having married late, I am growing up a third time in Hong Kong.“ Robert attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Boston University and to his surprise and despite his best efforts, was awarded diplomas by both institutions.

Robert is now a professional real estate agent in Hong Kong, although in a previous life his profession was confusing children at the piano for the past 20 to 25 years ( he lost count after the first 10 or so) . Robert also helped build/direct Westminster Conservatory’s gifted program, which he never would have gotten into himself. As a way of making himself seem more important, he started a nonprofit, The Small Miracles Foundation, and in his own words,

“It was here that I could really make a mess of things - convincing high school aged musicians that they were teachers, disadvantaged kids that they could play an instrument, and donors that I was actually accomplishing something. Despite my deceptions, or maybe as a result, it has been incredibly rewarding. Not being satisfied with simply mystifying people in person, I wrote a book on education. This enabled me to muck up exponentially greater number of minds, some on whom, to solidify their confusion, visited me in Princeton. Completely by luck, I invested in two houses in NJ and watched them appreciate by over 600%. I bought in the worst neighborhood that is now the hottest. Go figure.

We are now in Hong Kong as of Summer, 07. After realizing I’ve spent a quarter century having a great time with students, colleges and nonprofits, I decided to actually accomplish something. I have started my own company, Global Welcome. As the name suggests, we welcome people from around the globe and help them find the most expensive, er, the most appropriate digs for their family. Investment opportunities are also our specialty (remember my great luck in NJ???). ”

Robert is a gifted writer, a talented real estate agent, and perhaps more importantly, has a sense of humor. He also welcomes the opportunity to confuse even more people in his current occupation. Robert can be reached at - Robert Diefendorf

China

iHaozhai is our first foreign language real estate blog. Chinese. Using a Chinese domain name, local translators and a strong program of promotions and link-building within the Chinese internet community.

France

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