Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Collaborative Marketing

[Elizabeth Magill (pastorliz]

Here at Sawyerhill we are still on the first round of sales, not  
resales, but I'd imagine the goals for collaborative marketing are  
the same.

Coho.org has been a steady source of interest for us, as has ic.org.
We also get hits off google ads very regularly. Those link to your  
website, so it helps if that is in good shape first. It should have a  
link to the homes for sale on the front page and the prices and  
details about the homes. Don't forget the equal housing logo.

Despite advice to the contrary, we have found that the local  
classifieds brings people out. Advertise the community, and then we  
rotate which specific property.

Flyers in places that match your demographic are also effective for us.

The other thing that helps us, once people arrive, is to be very  
clear on what are the distinctive benefits of each different  
property. How are they different from each other, and how are they  
the same. If you have only different sizes that won't matter as much,  
but if you have a few the same size its good to be able to explicitly  
say "this one has this good thing and that one has that good thing".

-Liz
(The Rev.) Elizabeth M. Magill
www.sawyerhill.org
We'd love to have you as a neighbor!



On Jan 29, 2010, at 11:20 PM, PattyMara Gourley wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Karen Kudia <kkudia [at] peoplepc.com>  
> wrote:
>
> > Patty
> >
> > Sure are pricey, given the recession and 33% loss in residential  
> > market
> > value. How come so many for sale?
>
> Hi Karen, thanks for your comments.  Our homes are priced  
> competitively for
> the current California beach market.  To help with affordability,  
> many of
> our homeowners have chosen to rent portions of their homes.  It has  
> proven
> to be very successful.
>
> To answer your question why 'so many are for sale':  mostly. lifestyle
> changes, including an elder couple who moved to residential care, a  
> family
> of four who need a larger single story home to care for their disabled
> daughter, a single woman who misses her friends in a nearby town.  My
> husband and I are retiring to where we can fish for trout every day.
>
> Tierra Nueva is experiencing a turnover, yes, but also a  
> renaissance of
> participation and commitment.  It is a perfect time to enter the  
> community
> now in this time of flux to re-energize and create new bonds of  
> friendship
> and cooperation (very close to the beach!).
>
> PattyMara
>
> --
> Our cohousing home is for sale:
> http://bigbrick.com/52510
> http://tncoho.com/available/1742
>
> www.pattymara.1000markets.com
>
>
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