Note to clients. We’ve updated the method for creating website footer social links. Links are now created when defining industry association, AFCA, and other logos in Yabber. Once updated, changes take effect on your website immediately. A driver for the change was a request to include a ‘Rate My Agent’ icon, so a build was necessary to support various social
The original City Bank of Sydney, located on Pitt St, Sydney, c1873. Built by George Arthur and Ralph Mansfield in 1873, it was destroyed by fire in 1890 and then demolished. The bank relocated to Strathfield on the Boulevarde as “Holyrood”. Fire broke out at 2am on 2 October 1890 in the premises of Messrs. Gibbs, Shallard and Co, a
Note to clients: We’ve updated the relatively new Video Slider to include custom playlists created in Yabber (the same system is used to create ‘Related Posts’ panels). The facility to include YT Playlists into the slider is forthcoming.
Note to clients. The next plugin update is devoted purely to small bug fixes and enhancements. One of those updates is a fix to the custom Wistia video thumbnail. The Wistia block is the only integrated Elementor Wistia block on the planet, and it seamlessly integrates with Yabber. A reminder that any ‘known’ client (a client that has had an
ES&A Bank Limited, George St. West and City Road, 1913. English, Scottish and Australian Bank Limited, George St West & City Rd (southeast cnr). Description as provided by Cty Sydney Archive: Two-storey brick and slate building with arched doorways and entrance, adjacent to a barbers shop (left) which has the name Bill Cupitt on its awning. Premises have multiple chimneys
Advertising compliance isn’t hard. Here’s another advert that wouldn’t withstand the legal scrutiny of ASIC is they actually had the resources do scrutinise it. RG 234.47 The more that a qualification is required to balance the information contained in the headline claim, the more prominently placed the qualification should be. The headline claim must not itself be misleading. RG 234.51
Shad of the Day, 31st January 2023. When you advertise 3.5% and 5k cashback, you had better provide qualification details. A recap on some very basic principles (virtually all text sourced from ASIC). RG178.23 “An advertised comparison rate must be identified as a comparison rate and the comparison rate must not be less prominent in an advertisement than any interest
Our opinion of Lead Generation charlatans is very clear: it’s a business debilitating exercise. It is truly staggering that brokers will pay a premium to be represented by illegal advertising when they can take control of, and have complete ownership of, their own amazing experience. Our disdain for ‘Mortgage Magnet’ isn’t because they stole the name and logo of our
Delivery of Chubb safe for Commercial Banking Co., Sydney, c 1922. Fitted with the ‘Circular Strongroom Door’.
Commbank, Hobart, 1914. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Cook’s Buildings, General Banking Department, 13th May 1914.
Shad of the Day, 30th January 2023. The scale and scope of Compare-1’s illegal practices’ is staggering. Because of the multiple breaches, we’ve selected just a few. Violations should be obvious. Almost without excepting, you cannot purport to provide a financial service as a leadgen company. Despite claims that this mob is “regulated by the ASIC”, they are operating illegally.
Shad of the Day, 29th January 2023. Our efforts to name and shame are usually directed at leadgen companies, and we generally don’t like calling out individual brokers. We understand that it’s bad representation introducing compliance issues into your business. In this case, however, it presents an opportunity to make a few points. Not unlike Joust’s blatantly illegal use of
