Hydradirect.com Changes To Meet New Demands From Visitors & Island Businesses
Real estate has moved & visitors will be able to get in direct touch more quickly with businesses
Hydradirect.com has been running for 25 years now, and sometimes even I can't find what I'm looking for because the site is huge.
So for my own sanity, because I have expanded my real estate work to include the other Saronic Islands as well as Hydra, and to make Hydradirect.com easier for visitors and businesses to use, I have started to split the content in two.
Hydradirect will continue to develop as a tourist and visitor source of information and a great place for Hydra's businesses to showcase themselves. And everything to do with real estate I have moved into my new site called www.Saronic.Net.
My new company, SaronicNet IKE PC is a Greek registered, private limited company, but it's still just me! Now I have a registered address in Athens, a super accounting team and best of all a terrific technical team who will automate a lot of the really boring stuff I used to get buried with.
This means, now it's all set up, I'll be able to get out and about hunting down property for sale, writing news stories, helping the new generation of business men and women on the islands to get started with their promotion and of course offering even more personally verified insights.
An Aside: Rather amusingly, while I was searching for something completely different, I came across a couple of screenshots online that came from 2002 when Hydradirect started but with the name Saronicnet.com - it was a bit of a blast from the past for me, and I laughed to see such a basic, minimum of about 20 pages. At the time, it was the height of sophistication, technically advanced and the only website on the internet for Hydra. It goes to show that I always had plans to expand my reach. Honestly though, I didn't expect it to take 25 years!
Of course you've guessed, I will be using the revamped, streamlined Hydradirect.com as a template for the new direct sites I'm launching for Aegina, Poros and Spetses.
The 'Direct' sites will have essential information in the form of fact pages, 3 different types of adverts for the islands' businesses to choose from to show on the category pages and editorial posts from me with my insights and results of fact-finding that I think are worth sharing.
From my new Saronic.Net website for real estate, I showcase the locations I operate in now. For each location, there will be a link to that location's Direct site. I won't have advertising on Saronic.Net but will maintain a list of reliable lawyers, engineers, notaries, etc for my sellers and buyers. It will be more appropriate to have construction, trades and home service suppliers on the Direct sites for each location, so the 'Property Marketing' category will be expanded.
So, for the next four weeks, please don't be worried if you see lots of changes. If you find something I've accidently 'broken' something, please email me just in case I haven't picked up on it.
I wish Hydra's visitors, businesses and Hydradirect users all the very best for the summer season. And thank you all for your support and encouragement.
Warm regards, Kelsey
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