Patent AU-2020101404-A4 (AU)
Title: Designed specifically for the Real Estate Industry, The Digital Agent Finder is a digital Chatbot questionnaire that shortlists the ideal real estate agent/s for the client. By answering seven simple questions, the Digital Agent Finder will shortlist the most suitable agent/s for the client and his/her property, producing a minimum of one and a maximum of three agent/s. The Digital Agent Finder has been divided into three carefully considered categories to ensure accurate matches: (1) about the client’s ideal agent, (2) about the property, and (3) the clients’ interests.
Inventor: SHISLER ROSEMARY HELEN
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2020-07-18
Granted: 2020-08-20
Abstract: The Thesis Abstract 
Digital Content Marketingfor Luxury Services: 
A Case Study of a Luxury-Branded Real Estate Service to Identify the Factors that Enhance 
the Role ofDigital Content Marketing in the Generation of Sales 
The thesis aimed to identify the factors that enhance the role of digital content marketing (DCM) 
in the generation of sales of a luxury-branded real estate agency by conducting a case study. The 
objective was to make recommendations of changes to the DCM program to enhance the return 
on investment (ROI). This required the completion of five steps, to: (1) determine the 
brand/service was a luxury one; (2) identify the demographic characteristics of the target market; 
(3) evaluate the effectiveness of the DCM program; (4) determine the volume of client-program 
engagement; and (5) assess the significance of the elements in the Theory of Reasoned Action 
(TRA) associated with intentions to recommend the company. The literature review identified 
and defined the elements of DCM, the factors which made it effective for its target audience, the 
concept of luxury and the elements of the TRA. A case study pragmatic methodology adopted a 
positivist paradigm to complete the first four steps and included a constructivist ontology within 
the final step. Research tools included conversational interviews, review and analysis of existing 
reports, analysis of existing databases, and a telephone interview survey of 50 clients. The 
findings demonstrated that: (1) the company met all the criteria for a luxury-branded service; (2) 
the clients interacted with the company's DCM; (3) the company's audience consumes its DC 
via email primarily, with a quarter of its clients subscribed to its electronic direct mail (eDM) 
and social media, with Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn being the key channels; and (4) the 
vast majority of clients were positive about the company's services, with the key factor being the 
client-agent relationship. It was concluded that the ROI on the DCM program justified the 
expenditure on it, but that it could be enhanced: (1) the company should introduce a digital agent 
finder onto its website to facilitate the client-agent matching, as well as other agent-centric DCM 
and retargeting; and (2) the website search engine optimisation (SEO), both on and off page, 
should be enhanced to attract more website traffic and rank higher in search engines. The TRA 
could not be tested due to the strong positive skew in the dependent variable. The steps adopted 
to describe and evaluate the DCM program of this company could be employed to assist other 
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companies improve their ROI on their DCM program or develop a DCM program for a new 
product or service.  
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Patent Application Drawings: Digital Agent Finder 
Table 1: The K&B Digital Agent Finder 
Q No. Question Answers 
About Your Ideal Agent 
Q1 Gender Al-i Male Al-3 No Preference 
(select one) Al-2 Female 
A2-1 20-29 A2-4 50-59 
Q2 selectione) A2-2 30-39 A2-5 60+ 
(eetoe |A2-3 40-49 A2-6 No Preference 
A3-1 Dominant (results, A3-4 Steady (sincere, 
direct, competitive) patient, modest) 
Influential 
Selling Style A3-2 (enthusiasm, A3-5 No Preference 
Q3 (select one) friendly, 
optimistic) 
Compliant 
A3-3 (accurate, cautious, 
contemplative) 
About Your Property 
Approximate A4-1 Bayside A4-6 Mornington Peninsula 
Property A4-2 Boroondara A4-7 Port Phillip 
Location A4-3 Glen Eira A4-8 Stonnington 
Q4 (select one - A4-4 Melbourne A4-9 Yarra 
If not listed, 
select nearest A4-5 Monash 
council) 
Approximate A5-1 Under IM A5-4 5M to IOM 
Q5 Property A5-2 IM to under 3M A5-5 Over IOM 
u(seletone) A5-3 3M to under 5M 
A6-1 House A6-6 Acreage 
A6-2 Apartment A6-7 Rural 
Q6 Propety A6-3 Townhouse A6-8 Block of Units 
(select one) A6-4 Villa A6-9 Devectment 
A6-5 Land 
About You 
Your A7-1 Architecture A7-7 Music 
Interests A7-2 Art A7-8 Sport 
(Please select A7-3 Cooking A7-9 Stock Market 
Q7 up to three A7-4 Design A7-10 Theatre interests that A7-5 Fashion A7-11 Travel 
match your 
own from the A7-6 Health & Fitness A7-12 Wine 
list) 
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