Marketing Calendar

Pre-MLS:

  • Informal staging with Kricket and Mike
  • Formal staging with our professional stager*
  • Professional photographs taken
  • Virtual photo tour set up
  • Measure house
  • Marketing questionnaires completed by sellers
  • Disclosures completed by sellers

Pre-MLS/Active on MLS:

  • New list e-mail sent to CBB agent network
  • New list e-mail sent to our agent network
  • New list e-mail sent to our “sphere” network
  • Point of Interest cards created for the home
  • Marketing flyers created
  • Master binder created (including local community information)
  • Brochure box with flyers on main sign (if sign allowed)
  • New listing sign in the front yard
  • Directional arrows placed

Coldwell Banker Burnet Technology Marketing:

  • HomeInfo Sign with immediate link to our e-mail
  • LeadRouter – instant notice via cell phone and e-mail for property inquiries
  • Enhanced listings on Realtor.com
  • Distribution through Trulia.com, Google.com, OpenHouse.com, Yahoo!RealEstate and FrontDoor.com (powered by HGTV)

Active Listing on MLS:

  • Placed on all real estate websites with “broker reciprocity,” through MLS (Coldwell Banker, CBB, Edina Realty, ReMax, Realtor.com, etc.)
  • Listing added to the Star Tribune website
  • Marketing captions added to pictures listed on MLS
  • Enhanced listing on Realtor.com (extra headline, scrolling banner)
  • Placed in featured homes on KricketandMike.com web site
  • “Just listed” postcard*
  • First or second Tuesday after we’re on the market: Broker Open House*
    • Marketing e-mail for open house will be sent to CBB agent network, and advertised on MLS and real estate websites
  • First public open house on the first or second Sunday after we’re on the market:
    • CBB and Realtor.com website open house ads
    • Online listing on StarTribune.com
    • Where appropriate, Sunday Open House Showcase*:
  • Full color picture ad
  • Open House directory ad
    • Online listing on StarTribune.com
  • Open house plan: two-hour open house every second to third Sunday (if you want)
  • Advertised through:
    • Realtor.com
    • CBBurnet.com
    • Edina Realty
    • ReMax
    • All other MLS brokers’ websites
  • Home featured on monthly “Kricket and Mike” e-newsletter (500+ pieces)
  • Home featured on monthly Beachside neighborhood real estate flyer
  • Listing syndicated to multiple websites (using V-Flyer) like Zillow, GoogleBase, Trulia, Oodle, Vast, Geebo, OLX, Dot Homes, Hot Pads, Front Door, Yahoo, Backpage and craigslist

Ongoing:

  • E-mails and follow-up phone calls to all showing agents
  • A weekly report sent to you that details any marketing activities, showings, showing feedback, open house feedback and current market data relative to the home/competition
  • New photographs taken when applicable (season changes, changes to the interior)
  • New marketing e-mails, flyers, potentially another Broker Open House, etc., for any price changes

* Where appropriate