http://thomassu.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:23:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here are some key strategies we have assisted our real estate clients to promote their projects to Asian investors which are known to be some of the most active real estate investors in today's market. First, understand Asian investors' behaviour! There are 2 types of Asian real estate investors, and they are ... http://thomassu.com/index.php/2010/08/promote-real-estate-projects-to-asian-investors/ One common issue I have been asked a lot when clients from North America or Europe ask about setting up a Chinese language website, they often encounter problems in China, as it is a controlled environment; and getting a hosting account or even registering a domain name in China can ... http://thomassu.com/index.php/2010/08/asian-marketing-strategy-choose-your-hosting-location/ Huh? What kind of comparison is this? How can the 2 cities be put together as comparison? As a regular visitor, and also someone who had lived in LA before, I feel the general perception about LA is really wrong. Yes, the city is big, massive, lots of traffic, but there ... http://thomassu.com/index.php/2010/08/los-angeles-vs-sydney/ Another 2 cities that I have both lived in, I have basically lived in all capital cities in Australia..Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, even Hobart in Tasmania. Are the cities really different in Australia? Not really. Brisbane and Melbourne "pair" offers an interesting comparison, one is located at the north while ... http://thomassu.com/index.php/2010/08/melbourne-vs-brisbane/ HST was recently introduced in Canada and it had raised a lot of criticisms..GST was introduced in Australia a decade ago and to be honest, a lot of people including myself think it was grossly mismanaged which started the long Living-Cost climb in Australia. GST vs HST 1. When GST was introduced, ... http://thomassu.com/index.php/2010/08/gst-vs-hst-tale-of-2-tax-systems/ As we have made our decision moving from Sydney to Toronto (it was a hard decision between Toronto and Vancouver); and since a number of followers have been asking Toronto vs Sydney vs Vancouver; I thought I will run a quick comparison between the 3 cities. Toronto has edge over Sydney ... http://thomassu.com/index.php/2010/08/sydney-vs-toronto/ I see that my several articles relating to Asian Marketing Strategies have attracted some readers, here are some more we would like to share. My media marketing companies, Quarter Media (in Australia) and Money Cat (outside Australia) specialize in multi-cultural marketing, so if you are interested to know about our ... http://thomassu.com/index.php/2010/08/asian-marketing-strategysocial-media-marketing/ Just came back from Downtown in Toronto. It's an interesting feeling, when I first arrived at Union Station (really nice train service, by the way, I took bus in and took the train out, the bus is like a those tourist coach!). My first impression about Toronto Downtown is, this is ... http://thomassu.com/index.php/2010/07/toronto-is-a-mini-world-of-its-own/ We have read hundreds of articles about real estate price is overpriced in Australia, and people are sick of it, renting is expensive, rate is expensive..etc. As I have lived around Australia for more than 20 years plus I have lived around different places, here are some comparisons I have ... http://thomassu.com/index.php/2010/07/the-real-estate-price-in-australiathe-truth-and-the-myth/ Finally able to get up this morning after 30 hours of illness, perhaps it was due to too much travelling last 3 weeks, those long flights certainly did not help my health, why is Australia so far away? And why can't we fly through South Pole? I always ask these questions ... http://thomassu.com/index.php/2010/07/another-busy-day-in-moving-around/