INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATE PROGRAM
A MESSAGE FROM MICHAEL MARQUETTE FOUNDER & CO-PRESIDENT OF MARQUETTE TURNER LUXURY HOMES Thank you for your interest in becoming a Marquette Turner Luxury Homes International Affiliate. We are currently in the most rapid period of change in the history of the World. The last 50 years has provided greater technological advancement than the entire sum of all years prior. The emergence of wealth in countries throughout Asia is creating enormous opportunities for companies selling Luxury products and services around the World. We recognize that opportunities exist well beyond traditional borders and where you are physically located matters less and less. This rapid and unprecedented pace of change requires a commitment and willingness from all those wishing to maximize their success. We can never rest on our past victories, simply expecting those to continue. We can be certain that the World will not stand still as we grow into the new decade. What is common place today may be obsolete tomorrow. At Marquette Turner Luxury Homes we are committed to constantly innovate, develop, create, change, listen and lead. We are looking at tomorrow, next week and next year whilst keeping a firm grip on today. We have embraced opportunities throughout Asia and around the World. We are utilizing the power of social media through tools like Facebook, Twitter, A Small World, Ushi, Four Squared and You Tube. We have moved to translate our website and property listings into languages such as Hindi, Mandarin and Spanish to increase our reach in emerging markets. At Marquette Turner Luxury Homes we believe that success leaves clues. To succeed and thrive both today and tomorrow we need to be willing to shift and change. If you share our beliefs, values and fierce desire to innovate and lead well into the future we look forward to welcoming you as an Exclusive International Affiliate.
Michael Marquette Founder & Co-President
MARQUETTE TURNER LUXURY HOMES INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATE PROGRAM The Marquette Turner Luxury Homes International Affiliate Program provides an amazing opportunity for real estate businesses large or small. It provides the marketing resources of a global organization whilst ensuring each member retains their uniqueness and individuality. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia and with the world’s biggest and fastest growing markets on our doorstep, such as India and China, we are in a unique position to connect our Luxury Affiliates to Asia. Asia is now home to the highest number of High-Net-Worth Individual’s (HNWI’s) and whose combined wealth is the greatest on the world.* MarquetteTurner.com is one of the fastest growing and most viewed luxury real estate websites in the World, with enormous readership throughout Asia and is available in multiple languages. Becoming a Marquette Turner Luxury Homes International Affiliate will put you at the front of the pack in embracing the opportunities that Asia is bringing. Asian buyers are purchasing property both at home and abroad, and Marquette Turner Luxury Affiliates have the opportunity to benefit. You can appeal to both Asian investors in your local marketplace and also take advantage of the opportunity to sell the real estate developments within the region and around the world that Marquette Turner have reached agreements on. After all, whilst all real estate may be “local”, not all buyers or owners are. The importance of Asia cannot be underestimated, and those that fail to dip their feet in the water will very quickly be envious of those that seized the opportunity.
* High-Net-Worth Individual’s - individual’s with in excess of $1 million USD in assets in addition to their primary residence.
THE IMPORTANCE OF ASIA No business can afford to ignore the relevance of Asia. Its size, its potential and its opportunity is undeniable. Asian buyers are increasingly choosing to purchase property and invest their growing wealth outside of Asia.
Facts & Figures - General - 60% of the World’s population live in Asia. - Of the ten most populous countries in the World, six are located in Asia. There are 3.9 billion people living in Asia. - Asia has the highest number of English speakers in the world. - in India 750 million people use English in some form, with 232 million fluent speakers. - in China there are 10 million fluent speakers and more than 300 million people learning English. - Countries such as Singapore, Philippines and Malaysia have English-speaking heritage. - English is widely spoken throughout Australia and the Pacific.
Facts & Figures - Wealth & Opportunity - Asia is the World’s second-largest economy after the European Union. - By 2050 three of the four largest national economies in the World will be Asian (China, India and Japan alongside the USA). - Asia’s High-Net-Worth Individuals possess the World’s greatest combined wealth ($9.7 trillion USD in 2009, beating Europe’s $9.5 trillion USD). - Asia has the most number of millionaires in the World (in excess of 3.4 million). - China has the highest percentage of “young” millionaires (under 45) in the world at 30%. In the USA, for instance, only 18% are under 45. - Asia possesses the top two markets in the World for luxury goods (Japan and China). - Asian investors are the most prolific investors of real estate outside of their own continent. - in 2009, 49% of all real estate purchased in Central London was purchased by Asian buyers. - Asia was the least affected continent by the Global Financial Crisis and contains many of the fastest growing economies. China, Taiwan, Indonesia, South Korea and Australia were all very impressive during the downturn. - The two countries with the fastest growing number of High-Net-Worth Individuals are in Asia (India and Singapore). - The number of Indian households described as “rich” will have risen from 3 million in 2003 to 11 million in 2013, and the number of middle class “aspirers” will rise even more dramatically from 46 million to 124 million. - Asia represents the greatest opportunity for development. In China alone, 8.5 million new residential units were sold in 2009 compared to 500,000 in the USA. - Asian immigrants and expatriates are a tour de force throughout the World. - in the USA, Asian people have the highest educational levels, the highest personal income and the highest median household income of ALL racial demographics. - there are approximately 12 million people of Asian heritage currently residing in the United States.
MARQUETTETURNER.COM The pace of technological change is quicker than at any other time in history. Web design companies, real estate portals and real estate agencies are finding the constant “change� all but impossible to keep up with. Marquette Turner Luxury Homes has developed a forward-thinking, holistic IT strategy, that focuses both on technological development as well as a broad selection of content that provides people, regardless of where they may be located, with a reason to regularly return to the site.
FEATURES: - Multi-lingual - MT tv - property videos and interviews - Country resources - Free downloads, such as e-books - Global property search - Digital books - Podcasts (also available via iTunes) - Social networking - Thousands of articles of interest - Individual Property websites - Real time currency conversion
MARQUETTETURNER.COM FACTS & FIGURES MarquetteTurner.com is the fastest growing luxury real estate website and has quickly become one of the most viewed luxury real estate websites in the world, receiving in excess of 30 million hits every month. With a global focus and available in multiple languages, we are constantly looking at ways to improve the site, and this is reflected by its ever-increasing popularity.
WEB RANKING Alexa is the premier internet ranking service. Statistics given are current as of June 2010 (NOTE: the lower the ranking, the more popular the site).
Website
Rank
SothebysRealty.com
36750
LuxuryRealEstate.com
38100
MarquetteTurner.com
137692
LuxuryPortfolio.com
137955
LuxuryProperty.com
156347
LuxuryHomes.com
204438
ChristiesGreatEstates.com
192699
LeadingEstatesOfTheWorld.com
2506612
MayfairInternationalRealty.com
2675972
TOP VISITING COUNTRIES - Australia
- Costa Rica
- India
- Lithuania
- United States
- Romania
- Indonesia
- Canada
- China
- Italy
WEBSITE STATISTICS HITS
PAGE VIEWS
VISITOR SESSIONS
DAILY
1028685
55895
3500
MONTHLY
31282310
1699766
106435
Source: Site data analysis and independent rankings/statistics from Alexa.com and Google Analytics June 2010.
PROPERTY MICRO-SITES Making your property listings more visible to the World is vital for any real estate professional. Every property featured on MarquetteTurner.com is provided with a personalized website to showcase the listing to its maximum potential. Featuring the property address as the domain name to assist search engines, the micro-sites are a fantastic point of difference for both brokers and property owners alike. Each Luxury Affiliate will receive a number of complimentary micro-sites per month (depending on their membership level), with additional sites able to be purchased for a low fee, which of course can form part of vendor-paid advertising at market-value and thus provide the Luxury Affiliate with a revenue stream.
FEATURES: - Translatable into 39 languages
- Fully search-engine-optimized
- Real-time currency conversion
- Property description
- Image slideshow
- Spam-free contact form
- Video embedding
- Digital brochure embedding
- VOIP capability
- Broker details
AFFILIATE WEBSITES Dedicated exclusively to each Luxury Affiliate, these websites, inclusive with membership, provide detailed information about you, your company, your market and conveniently cross-listed to all of your properties.
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MARKETING eMAGAZINE The Marquette Turner Luxury Homes eMagazine is released each week to High-NetWorth Individual’s and other subscribers throughout the world. As a Luxury Affiliate you will enjoy full syndication of the eMagazine. This will enable you to send copies to your database or Marquette Turner can assist to personalize a version for you.
“LUXURY IS...” THE MARQUETTE TURNER MAGAZINE “Luxury is...The Marquette Turner Magazine” is released four times per year to High-Net-Worth Individual’s throughout the world in print, as well as being made available in electronic format for internet readers. Featuring property listings and interesting articles from MarquetteTurner.com, “Luxury is...” is a true coffee-table, lifestyle magazine. Luxury Affiliates are encouraged to market both their properties and themselves in the magazine. In line with our Asian focus, plans are afoot to release the magazine in Mandarin and Hindi, in addition to the English language edition.
PUBLIC RELATIONS Through working with some of the most prestigious clients all over the world, the Marquette Turner Luxury Homes team continues to engage with High-Net-Worth Individual’s and the aspirational. We have excellent relationships with international newspapers and consumer press magazines, and recognize the equal importance of both our English and non-English speaking audience. We are bursting with energy, ideas and enthusiasm, and we will provide the necessary professionalism, resources and commitment to handle the public relations and marketing campaigns for each Luxury Affiliate.
PRESS RELEASES Luxury Affiliates will receive complimentary, fully search-engine-optimized press releases in both English and additional languages, such as Mandarin or Hindi. This is a great opportunity to promote your successes to the World. The releases will also be added to the Press section of MarquetteTurner.com, be available as a feed, and you are of course free to utilize them as you wish.
MULTI-LINGUAL As well as all Marquette Turner websites being translatable into multiple languages, we also offer a translation service. Furthermore, Marquette Turner Luxury Affiliates will be able to increase their global presence and credibility by embracing the benefits of multi-lingual marketing.
PROPERTY EXPO’S Property Expo’s are a great way to market yourself, your properties and connect with investors. “Going it alone”, however, particularly in a foreign country, can be daunting, challenging and expensive. In recognizing this, Marquette Turner Luxury Homes will provide it’s Luxury Affiliates with the opportunity to join us at Expo’s and use the combined forces of knowledge and resources.
COLLATERAL Marquette Turner Luxury Affiliates will have at their disposal all marketing resources, logos, co-branding materials and more. We also have extremely high quality presentation and gift products. The product list is rapidly growing and will soon be available via our online store. PRESENTATION - High-quality bound, silver embossed folders - A3 and A4 sizes - Coffee table, hard-cover presentation book - Cardboard folders - Stationary - Key-rings
GIFTS/PRODUCT PLACEMENT - Coffee table “HOME� photography book - Marquette Turner recipe book - Wine - Wine packaging with Vino-Globe (mini-decanter) - Granite chopping boards - Luxury cosmetics - Hampers - Luggage - Home-wares
PARTNERS Marquette Turner is keen to ensure that Luxury Affiliates are able to maximize every opportunity. We will continue to seek out partners throughout the world that share our vision and enhance the group.
ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAMS We will present you with additional revenue streams which range from receiving commission on your client’s foreign exchange transactions, to having the opportunity to sell many real estate developments throughout the world, including some by the world’s most luxurious hotel and resort brands.
LUXURY PORTALS Marquette Turner Luxury Affiliates will benefit by being featured on The Wall Street Journal Asia and Prop Go Luxury websites.
GLOBAL GREEN INITIATIVE Clear the Air is the not-for-profit environmental initiative from Marquette Turner. It’s aim is to provide useful and informative articles to assist with the promotion of sustainability. At a time when the “green” credentials of businesses are highly valued by clients, Clear the Air will be a prized addition to your repertoire.
COMING SOON... Marquette Turner continues to evolve and innovate. It is in our nature to improve and advance, and our Luxury Affiliates will benefit greatly from such an ethos.
Below are just some of the current projects that we are currently working on: - iPhone (and other smartphones) and iPad applications. - Luxury Homes of Asia web portal. - Growing our global network of “hub� offices. - MTLH Village. - Affiliate networking portal. - MTLH Success Machine. - Affiliate resources, education and information site. - eStore. - Purchase gifts for your clients with great discounts. - Improved technological functionalities to all websites, including human multi-lingual translations and multi-lingual service centre.
THANK YOU
Thank you for your interest in becoming a Marquette Turner Luxury Homes International Affiliate. I very much look forward to speaking with you about the Program and to very quickly see you reaping the rewards. Please feel free to contact me at your convenience. I do hope that you enjoy our company! Kind regards,
Michael Marquette Founder & Co-President Telephone: +61 433 170 170 Email: michael@marquetteturner.com
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