Marketing Plan
Michael's marketing plan has been named to be the best in the United States and has won several other luxury home marketing awards. The following is a fluid list that Michael pulls from to market a home.
- Place a prestigous Sotheby's International Realty signage on your property
- Personally show your home and not use an assistant as the primary showing contact, review the pros and cons of using a lockbox and offer our white glove service
- Utilize as an option, electronic signature gathering through www.Docusign.com The first agent in the area to use technology for contracts to save clients time and paperwork hassle
- Placement into the Sotheby's Auction House Network locations around the world Sample Auction House Brochure
- Placement among other unique properties at www.SothebysRealty.com
- Placement through the Sotheby's International Realty offices in over 41 Countries and Territories, reaching in excess of 10,000 agents
- Advertising in the Tacoma News Tribune search engine, www.HomeFinder.com and www.SouthSoundHomes.com
- Strategic placement on www.Realtor.com with expanded listing photos and banner ads for certain zip codes
- Brand your property with a website and promote that website Sample Website
- Placement to over 130 online newspapers, Miami, New York, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Tacoma and more etc.
- Placement into the Northwest MLS (Local MLS)
- Placement to other brands that subscribe to IDX(Internet Data Exchange) Including but not limited to ReMax, John L Scott, Windermere, Keller Williams and Coldwell Banker Bain
- High end photo shoot of your property with props as needed (Michael personally attends photo shoots and helps direct shots that will help sell your home)
- Utilize a graphic artist as needed
- Have a floor plan rendering done as needed. Sample Floor Plan
- Produce high end and full color marketing pieces for your home Sample Flyer Sample Booklet
- Market to target high producing agents
- Hold a broker's open to producing agents of the Area
- Post Open Houses to www.OpenHouse.com when held to the general public
- Direct mail marketing pieces to potential buyers of your home
- Review your home at our weekly focus group meetings of agents
- Post to Wall Steet Journal www.WSJ.com
- Post to International Herald Tribune www.IHT.com
- Post to Google
- Post to www.NWCoast.com (Out of Area, Saltwater and Upper End Buyers)
- Post to Yahoo
- Post to Trulia
- Post to www.OverStock.com
- Post to Zillow
- Post to Facebook
- Post to www.FrontDoor.com (Owned and operated by HGTV and promoted on that TV channel)
- Issue email alerts to those in Michael's database including prospective buyers that have requested email alerts