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combined the best of Thai and Balinese living with Western Building standards, the result is a truly magical architecture that is distinctly Phuket.www.12property.com) has extensive experience and exposure in Phuket property which is the fastest growing second/home resort destination in Asia. Phuket offers a ROI on residential  property purchase of 9-13% a year. Voted by many as one of the most beautiful islands in the world, there is no doubt about the scenery or the unique lifestyle.  The local development has

The One-2-Property (www.12property.com) has been found by Buzz Inc, a listed USA company looking to join the Hong Kong Exchange in the future (ww.12buzz.com). One-2-Property acts as a Developer, an Agent and a Marketing Partner in Phuket and Bangkok and as an Agent and Marketing Partner in Thailand, Australia, USA and Europe. www.post.12buzz.com www.bangkok.12buzz.com www.spain.12buzz.com etc

One-2-Property and the Real Estate News Network are outperforming any Phuket publication locally and internationally. With the parent’s company www.12buzz.com, the technology company as it is, One-2-Property is aiming to dominate the Internet in the property sector.

Phuket is now one of Asia’s most sophisticated and certainly best established property markets. For the past twenty years developments have been springing up around the island, encouraging a large influx of investors. At present, there is an increasing demand for new luxury developments in areas such as Laguna, Bang Tao Beach, Mission Hills, Surin, Cherng Talay and Layan, as well as the southern coastal areas of Nai Harn and Kata. The traditional areas, such as Patong, are mostly overdeveloped and priced at a premium, but there are still bargains to be had.

Phuket also boasts a full range of property choices: condominiums, apartments, houses and luxury villas, so there is no shortage of options. There are many area’s in Phuket that offer superb value on an international standard, on the beach however, for the most part it is strictly for the wealthy. Residential property away from the lovely west coast bays is affordable but certainly not the cheapest in Asia.

Buying property in Phuket

Real estate in Phuket is, in many respects, a lot more established and sophisticated compared with other coastal regions, like Pattaya, Krabi and Koh Samui. Phuket real estate is now seeing a large influx of European and American buyers competing with the Singaporeans, Japanese and Chinese who have favored Phuket for sometime, which fits perfectly with the One-2-Property approach to marketing, using technology to reach the clients before they arrive.90% of western property research is done online amd well before a visit.

The common price tags for properties ranges from 4 million to 14 million baht, largely depending on location and size, with beachfront and sea view properties going for significantly higher prices.

Buying Distressed Assets

Like many locations around the world Phuket does have many owners and developers that are now forced to sell and sell quickly. One-2-Property is happy to work on a % of discount to market price. Contact sales@12property.com

Finance in Phuket

Most foreigners can not arrange local finance in Thailand, however,One-2-Property has a number of finance options available on selected properties. Contact sales@12property.com

Buying condos in Phuket

Although villas are the most desired property choice for some, others prefer the easy living resort condos have on offer. Resort Condo buildings are concentrated in developed tourist areas such as Patong, Laguna, Karon and are now back in vogue. Only Thai nationals have a right to own land, therefore foreigners are limited to buying condos in buildings that are at least 51 per cent Thai owned. Some companies use complex company structures or long term land lease to overcome this, but condos present a much safer option. Condos also offer all sorts of shared amenities such as pools and fitness centers and are generally more centrally located.

Buying villas in Phuket

For high-flyers and those can afford a second home, luxury villas are a popular choice in Phuket and are offered by numerous developers who have seen the demand in this sector. Mostly, they are super-luxury property options, serene and sophisticated set in tropical Asian contemporary landscapes, with good seafront locations and big price tags. Some are sold as stand alones, but mostly they are offered as part of an exclusive resort project. Since the land they are built on cannot be owned by foreigners a round-about ownership structure is created.

Investing in Phuket properties

Phuket property market has also proven popular with investors’ who see the potential and low risk in this lovely tropical location that is increasingly becoming a jet set hotspot. Good infrastructure and demand from the wealthy, makes Phuket a good option for investing in Asian property and making guaranteed profitable gains in the mid or even short term.

Living in Phuket

Phuket has long been Asia’s most popular destination for holiday makers because of its tropical climate and fantastic beaches. Located in the pristine Andaman Sea, Phuket is seen by many in Asia as a desirable and central home away from home. Relocation to Phuket has been made more convenient by its well established infrastructure, international airport and quality services: yacht marinas, golf courses and shopping malls, all of which draws the attention of holiday makers the world over. A large expatriate community has continued to grow over the past 10 years, with two international schools available on the island and an extensive support network of clubs and societies.

Phuket offers an impressive range of services which include an international standard hospital, english speaking lawyers, extensive estate agent services and even a local english newspaper. Undoubtedly the tropical, scenic backdrop of the island encourages foreigners to invest in property and developments. Phuket, is a large island and has many tourist areas, such as Patong, Kamala, Karon and Kata. They all have vibrant nightlife scenes, with a combination of great discotheques, bars, restaurants and nightclubs, making Phuket, a ‘foreigner friendly’ destination for foreigners.

For more information on the property/financing/mortgage or viewing please email sales@12property.com or One-2-Property Hotline +66 080 700 7900

Why is SEO necessary for a successful business? Your customers are searching for you, being easy to find will mean more people visiting you. Combining that with Ecommerce expertise means more of those visiting will use your services.

Over 90% of tourists do at least some research online before departing, this research greatly influences what they do, where they stay, where they go and what they eat. Competition for this market is fierce; to be successful you need a plan that includes your services being promoted constantly.

Unlike traditional media advertising there are no size limits, set dates, issue dates, the internet represents a constant battle for the consumer’s attention, that’s where Buzz makes the difference; we know how to target in on your market.

Planning & Keywords

As the initial step of SEO, one of our analysts will review your website and identify which areas need optimization to make the site search engine friendly. Often, sites may have duplicate content, session ID numbers, flash content, dynamic content, and other such problems, which prevent WebPages from being indexed. In addition, we will review your keywords and use keyword research tools to create a list of the most searched terms for your website or industry. Most importantly, we will identify your market and how to put you in front of customers.

We have our own software that measures your sites effectiveness and produces a report on what needs changing. The software automatically finds and evaluates your competition.

Content Writing

Buzz employs professional copywriters to create content that is not only well optimized and grammatically correct, but also is appealing to your readers and potential customers. Keywords will be integrated in your content using proper SEO keyword densities. Our writers will consult with you to ensure that the essence of your website is not compromised and that you are happy with the content we create. For sites with very little content or a greater degree of industry competition, we can also write original, 300 to 600-word articles, which are keyword rich and related to your products or services. The articles would then be posted on your website to increase its content.

Website Optimization

Our optimization engineers are well experienced Web developers and programmers who have knowledge of all kinds of website technologies such as PHP, ASP, JSP, ColdFusion, etc. The optimization engineers will take care of the technical parts of your optimization and tweak the backend of your website to make it search engine friendly. This process will include creating or modifying Meta tags, title tags, and alt image tags, internal linking structures, site maps, duplicate content, flash content, and session ID problems, dynamic content and shopping carts.

Link Development

The development of incoming links from well-established websites is one of the major variables in attaining high search engine rankings. Link development is essential to your website’s success and is a major part of the optimization service that we offer. A high quantity of quality links can be developed through a variety of means, including:

• One-way links from directories and other related sites
• Links with related sites through news
• Fee-based directory submissions

We may also offer the following services on a case-by-case basis:

• Article writing and submission to article directories
• Blog postings and/or creation
• Press release writing and submissions
• Social Media Optimization (SMO) and postings

Submission

After the optimization process is complete, we will submit your website to all the major search engines and directories, including Buzz, Google, Yahoo, and MSN. In addition, we will submit your website to fee-based directories such as Yahoo Directory, Best of The Web, GoGuides, Business.com, and others. We will also manually “hand submit” your website to 300 to 500 directories that we have researched and found to help in developing link popularity. Lastly, if your website has indexing issues, we will create and submit sitemaps to both Google and Yahoo via their respective programs.

Reporting

We provide a baseline ranking report before we start work to show you how you rank prior to optimization; additional reports are then provided on a monthly basis. Our staff will monitor your results to make sure you are on the right track. To ensure your satisfaction, our staff will periodically be in touch with you via phone or email and provide you with project updates.

Foreign Language SEO (Search Marketing)

We offer foreign SEO in the following languages: Thai, Chinese, German, Spanish, French, and Russian. We employ in-house copywriters in all the mentioned languages. We also offer translation services for all of the above. For all other languages, please contact us as we work with several partners that could help us in other languages.

Price: 200,000/URL USD$5750 Our SEO services can deliver the equivalent of over $50 000 in online ad spending for under $5800.

Campaign Period: 6 Months (Minimum)

Buzz Inc’s 12buzz.com and One-2-Property have been offering highly advanced Property marketing services in Thailand since the launch of their search engine in mid 2008.

In response to the government’s new incentives, property firms should introduce more activities and launch attractive promotional campaigns to spur homebuyers to make a decision, said Housing Business Association (HBA) secretary Wasan Kiangsiri.

“The private sector should also help stimulate homebuyers’ decisions after the government announced the new incentives related to the property sector,” he said.

“Market sentiment has recovered and developers see positive signs, apparent in fully booked booths at the fair and even higher rental rates,” he said.

Advertising Property Property advertising on the internet is extremely competitive and a serious strategy needs to be properly in place for the best positions to be reached on the Google and other search engines. The property market is tough and recently more people have developed websites in the anticipation of reaching the top placements to get all the traffic that are looking for property from all over the globe.

Advertising Property with Pay per Click Advertising in the property market using traditional pay per click advertising is a very risky and expensive venture. Due to the high level of competition for the business the cost per click is substantial and the sites are consuming a large advertising spend a month with no problem. The advantages are that with one sale in the property market an advertiser could pay for an entire year advertising using ppc on an ad network as the profit margins are high per property sale. The main advantage with ppc is that you are able to take premium listings under your chosen key search terms and gather qualified leads that are searching for your services the instant you place your bid. However people seem to be increasingly aware these are in fact ads and not search results and tend to disregard them.

Property Advertising with Banners Banners are a popular way to get branding out there and with the right graphics can influence an end user to remember your company and use your services as opposed to the competitors to purchase their property. Banners provide the added branding benefits.

Advertising Property with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) The best way to advertise property on the web is to get your property site on to the 1st page of the search engines in the natural listings with Buzz’s search engine optimization. The reason is obvious. The best locations on a page of natural listings are used 90% by the end user looking for the property sales as opposed to any paid sponsor listings and there are no costs attached with visitors clicking through to your website. The Phuket property market is extremely aggressive and competing against the long standing websites is difficult - but we make it possible!

It is essential that you have a clear strategy in place when taking on advertising property on the internet. The first thing to do is decide which key phrases you want to target in the property market and then make sure you know which pages are going to target which phrases. You must avoid repetition in all your web pages and ensure your metas are unique page to page. Your Phuket property website must be ’squeaky clean’ to stand any chance of reaching 1st page on Google. You must ensure page layout is correct so the search engine spiders understand what you are wanting to advertise and do not participate in any link farms on the internet. Call 0807007900 for more information or advice on advertising your property website with search engine optimization (SEO).

Buzz Marketing for Properties offers attractive options for getting quick cash for property you are looking to sell.

Bangkok

The Thai stock market has finished higher now in four straight sessions, collecting more than 10 points or 2.5 percent in the process. Off since Tuesday on holiday, the Stock Exchange of Thailand is testing resistance at 450 points, and investors are optimistic that the market will cruise through that level when it kicks off trade on Monday.

The global forecast for the Asian markets is laced with optimism at what for many is the start of a fresh trading year - and 2008 couldn’t end fast enough for most of them. Commodities are staging a mild rally, thanks to a bit of a rebound in the price of oil, while the volume is expected to climb back to normal following the year-end holidays. The European and U.S. markets were broadly higher on Friday, and the Asian markets are tipped to follow that lead on Monday.

The SET finished modestly higher on Tuesday, thanks to strength among the energy stocks. For the day, the index added 3.26 points or 0.73 percent to close at 449.96 - but the market was still down 47.6 percent for the year. Among the gainers, energy giant PTT was up 1.2 percent and subsidiary PTT Exploration and Production added 3.9 percent.

The lead from Wall Street is broadly positive as stocks ultimately ended Friday’s trading substantially higher after showing some initial uncertainty. Investors shrugged off negative economic news and picked up stocks at reduced levels following the considerable weakness that was seen last year - although the strength in the markets came on below average volume, which may have exaggerated the extent of the upward move.

In economic news, activity in the manufacturing sector contracted at an even faster than expected pace in the month of December, with the Institute for Supply Management’s index of activity in the sector falling to its lowest level since June of 1980. The ISM released a report showing that its manufacturing index fell to 32.4 in December from 36.2 in November, with a reading below 50 indicating a contraction in the sector. Economists had been expecting the index to slip to a reading of 35.4.

On the corporate front, the completion of a pair of high profile mergers marked the passing of an era on Wall Street and underlined the challenge the financial industry faces as it looks to rebuild after coming close to collapse just a few months ago. Bank of America (BAC) completed the purchase of Merrill Lynch, ending Merrill Lynch’s 95-year existence as an independent company. Separately, financial services provider Wells Fargo (WFC) announced that its merger with Wachovia had been completed.

Bangkok Nightlife

Travel agents and tourism officials expect bargain prices in coming months as Thailand scrambles to salvage its peak tourist season after anti-government protests shut the country’s two main airports for a week and stranded thousands of visitors.

The Bangkok closures cost Thailand about $3.7 billion, and up to 2.3 million tourists may cancel plans to visit, according to reports.

Prakit Chinamourpong, president of the Thai Hotels Assn., called the turmoil economically worse than the 2004 tsunami that devastated Thai resorts. “We already have . . . hotel occupancies down from a usual high-season 90% to a mere 10% to 15%. Layoffs, or in many cases, shorter working hours have already been introduced,” said Tom Bishop, owner of DTC Travel in Bangkok.

As the “Land of Smiles” struggles to rebound, Bishop and others said travelers might find some good discounts. Phornsiri Manoharn, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, announced a plan for promotional campaigns.

Among recent deals on the tourism website, www.tourismthailand.org, were free second or third nights at hotels and special fares on Bangkok Airways.

By Dec. 5, all airlines had resumed operations at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, and the number of flights was approaching the usual 547 per day, local media reported. Although a recent State Department travel alert urged Americans to avoid demonstrations, and political instability remained, the capital was calmer last week. “The positive is that while there was mass inconvenience during the demonstration, no tourists were hurt, and there was no vandalism or damage of any kind left by the demonstrators,” Bishop said.

He added that he hoped would-be visitors would focus on Thailand’s beaches, cultural sites, cuisine and golf courses rather than what he termed “a week of indecision.”