Grant Wiebe

MARKETING YOUR HOME

Here are some of the key aspects of our marketing system which is designed to give your property maximum exposure to the buyers who are looking for homes like yours.  This is not an exhaustive list of our marketing activities, but we figured we would bore you if we talked about the things that all REALTORS® do (putting up signs, posting on MLS®, etc.).

1. A Targeted, Multi-Level Web Presence

Nowadays, pretty much every REALTOR® has a website; but not every REALTOR® has an INTERNET MARKETING STRATEGY.  Grant Wiebe's strategy begins with the "hyper-local" and stretches all the way to the global.

RutlandHomes.ca

The overwhelming majority of people who live in the Rutland area absolutely love it and because of that, they often move to a more suitable home within the Rutland, Ellison, Black Mountain or Joe Rich areas.  That's why Grant Wiebe's RutlandHomes.ca marketing strategy is not only totally unique but very effective.  Many buyers are looking specifically for a home in these areas and they look to Grant Wiebe and RutlandHomes.ca to find it.  This is an advantage that no other REALTOR® offers to sellers.

Rutlanders.ca - Rutland's Community Website

Founded by Grant Wiebe as way to "shine light on the culture, business and people of Kelowna's friendliest community", Rutlanders.ca has become a popular online community where residents go to find out about the great things that are going on in the Rutland area.  Aside from just generating local web traffic to your property, this can benefit you as a seller because Grant has developed a huge network of Rutland area residents that look to him for Rutland real estate info.  This is an advantage that no other REALTOR® offers to sellers.

GrantWiebe.com

GrantWiebe.com is Grant's general Kelowna real estate site where he promotes all his Kelowna area real estate listings to buyers from around the world. Another big part of the site is Grant's popular Kelowna real estate video blog, where Grant highlights interesting real estate related topics in short online videos.  As a potential seller, you may find the "My Solds" page interesting, where you'll see all of Grant's sales in his time with Century 21.

Century21.ca

Century 21 has left all the competition in the dust with the industry leading Century21.ca.  Your home will be promoted on the websites of nearly 8,000 Century 21 agents across Canada through the powerful Century 21 network.

KelownaForeclosureList.ca
This site is designed strictly to provide information make connections with interested home buyers.  Many buyers explore the possibility of buying a foreclosure property when in reality they will likely end up buying a typical "non-foreclosure" property.

2. Professional Photography

With almost all buyers visiting your home online before they choose whether or not they to visit it in person, a large number of professional photos of your home are a must.  Never before has a first impression been so important.

3. RutlandHomes.ca Property Info Cards

Grant Wiebe's exclusive RutlandHomes.ca property info cards are distributed throughout the Rutland area at numerous area businesses and high-traffic location and by mass mail to Rutland area residents.  This is an advantage that no other REALTOR® offers to sellers.

With our large-scale internet marketing system, we expose your home to online buyers on sites like Twitter.com, Facebook.com, Castanet.net, Craigslist.com, OpenHouseKelowna.com, YouTube.com, & more.  We also have pay-per-click property advertising campaigns on Facebook and Google.

5. Open Houses

Some agents will tell you that open houses are not effective in selling homes.  There are always buyers who don't feel comfortable shopping for homes with a REALTOR® and see an open house as a non-threatening way to view a new listing.  We're happy to do open houses for you when your listing is new and after significant price changes.

6. Designer Property Brochures

By sending buyers home with a colourful souvenir of their visit to your property, we ensure that they retain the fond memories of your property, even after they have viewed other homes.

7. Feedback on Showings

We understand that it's an unsettling feeling to put your property "out there" and have people come and look at it.  We find that one of the hardest things for sellers is when they don't know what buyers really think about their home.  We make a significant effort to provide you with honest showing feedback from the buyers and agents who view your home - each time your property is shown.  This gives us the opportunity to address aspects of your property that buyers don't like and it helps us to know how we stand up to the immediate competition in the marketplace.

This is not an exhaustive list of my marketing services but we hope it gives you an idea of how seriously we take the marketing of Rutland area properties and the many competitive advantages we offer.  We'd be happy to meet with you to discuss our services in detail.