Luxury Real Estate Marketing: Things Are Looking Up/Good News from our Clients

As 2011 comes to a close here is some exciting news from some of our clients at Napa Consultants, International:

Mary Lou Castellanos

Congratulations to Mary Lou Castellanos, of Sotheby's for selling the highest priced property listed on the San Francisco MLS in 2011. Situated on one of the largest parcels on San Francisco's "Outer Broadway, also known as the 'Gold  Coast', this treasured landmark combines grand historical architecture with magnificent formal gardens and a backdrop of dazzling San Francisco Bay Views. This grand Tudor revival mansion is known as "The Crown Jewel of Outer Broadway.  The property was offered at $33,900,000

 Yvonne Jaramillo Ahearn

Congratulations to Yvonne Jaramillo Ahearn for winning the Aloha Aina "People's Choice" Award for 2011 from the Honolulu Board of Realtors (award program is sponsored by First Hawaiian Bank and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser).  Yvonne, the broker/owner of Home Shoppe Hawaii, also won this award in 2010.

The Aloha Aina People's Choice Award recognizes REALTORS who have gone "above and beyond" for their clients. All honorees must show the highest ethical standards, extraordinary professionalism and expertise, and dedication to their clients and the communities in which they live and work.

Ten Aloha Aina winners were selected from 436 individual REALTORS nominated and 868 total nominations, from a total membership of over 5000 REALTORS.

  Sharyn & Vicotoria Crown

 Congratulations, to Sharyn & Victoria Crown, Pacific Sotheby's International Realty in San Diego for closing 8 escrows over the Holidays! The Crowns specialize in marketing luxury real estate in San Diego, Mission Hills, Point Loma, Coronado, and Downtown San Diego

Language of Luxury Welcomes New Media Partner

Published bi-monthly by RMS Media Inc., Ocean Home puts the luxurious lifestyle of oceanfront living into the palms of your hands. From high-end developments in the Caribbean to private beachfront estates in California, Ocean Home not only unveils the dream homes of the world’s wealthiest real estate investors, but also reveals the best travel destinations, the top designs for your ocean home, and interviews the key players in the next generation of luxury oceanfront living.  www.oceanhomemag.com

Luxury Real Estate Blogging Featured in Arizona Realtors Magazine

Ron and Alexandra are featured in the July issue of Arizona REALTOR® Magazine.Arizona  on luxury real estate blogging.

Follow this link to read the article:

http://www.aaronline.com/azr/2011/july/luxury-real-estate-blogging.aspx

LOL on Linked In Surpasses 2000 Members!

LOL on Linked In Surpasses 2000 Members!

Over 225 New Members Join in 3 Weeks

Thanks to the support of participating members of the LOL Team of Experts we exceeded our March 31^st goal of 2000 members by 22days!  We are, indeed, the fastest growing luxury real estate professional network on social media, today.

If you are not yet an LOL Member on Linked In we encourage you to join us there as well.  Click here to join LOL on Linked In:  http://linkd.in/e1B8xZ 

Congratulations to our 2000^th LOL Member on Linked In, Christina Phillips of Sotheby's International Realty in Princeton, New Jersey!  Check out her blog post on LanguageOfLuxury.com:

http://bit.ly/iaet1X

Napa Consultants, International Introduces a New Service that Makes All Real Estate Website Slideshows and Videos Visible to iPad and iPhone Users

Santa Barbara, CA, February 22, 2011 – Real estate agents and brokers are losing potential business to their competitors because the Flash slideshows and videos on their websites are invisible to iPad and iPhone users;  Napa Consultants, International now offers a quick fix solution in a their new service offering.

Market Analyst Maynard Um of UBS Investment Research forecasts that Apple could sell 28 million iPads in 2011, and warned this figure could be “conservative”.   Apple's total iPhone user base may reach as high as 100 million users by the end of 2011, according to Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty

Napa Consultants, International provides alternatives to Flash that can display the same elegant effect for slideshows and also offers video conversions.  Agents and brokers can now take care of this immediately before hearing complaints from your clients. 

An example of an iPad and iPhone compatible homepage slideshow can be viewed at www.MaryLeePresentsOceanReef.com, a luxury real estate website design produced by the firm.  Video examples that are compatible with Apple mobile devises can be viewed at http://www.maryleepresentsoceanreef.com/blog/category/stories

According to Ron Seigel, managing partner at Napa Consultants, International, “We help real estate professionals out-think (not out-spend) their competition and become the "breakaway" brand in their marketplace. With a 20 year background as broker/owners of a commercial real estate firm in Beverly Hills, CA, our expertise is providing strategic insight, creative instinct, and artistic flair to those professionals who are interested in gaining or sustaining market leadership in their area and/or niche.”

To set up a complimentary consultation, go to www.NapaConsultants.com  and contact Ron Seigel,

About Napa Consultants, International | Agents and brokers around the world turn to Napa Consultants, International for expert advice on luxury real estate marketing, personal and company branding and luxury real estate website design.   Ron and Alexandra Seigel, the firm’s managing partners, are the community founders of the Language of Luxury, which is one of the fastest growing luxury real estate professional networks on social media today.