Specific Advertising & Marketing

Advertising & marketing exclusive to Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands, Inc. is highlighted in green

Placement Within ColdwellBanker.com Our listings are advertised locally, regionally, nationally and internationally via our head organization Coldwell Banker Residential Affiliates, Inc., as well as through the over 3,332 Coldwell Banker Residential Affiliate Brokerages nationwide, (like us), using all sorts of advertising mediums including our own web sites, newspapers, magazines, radio and television.
 
Placement Within Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands Own Web Page, Sanjuanislands.com  This is the largest, most informative real estate web page in the San Juan Islands. Our web site is most heavily trafficked due to our extensive marketing and many of the other things listed below. They revisit our site because we show all available listings, we provide all sorts of other relevant and interesting information and it is updated daily.
 
Placement Within The Northwest Multiple Listing Service. We immediately submit listings in the NWMLS so that all NWMLS members in San Juan County and all of western Washington can know the property we just listed is available for sale.
 
Placement In The Prominently Located Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands Real Estate Display Case.  We have the largest, most visible real estate display cases in Friday Harbor with the most viewers.
 
Full Color Brochures. We have very high end Xerox copiers so that we can offer the best in printing quality for our listings. We print as many full color brochures as we need, in-house, whenever we need them for distribution to our customers, other real estate offices and elsewhere.
 
Placement Within The Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands Spring/summer Real Estate Showcase. Our 2007 Showcase features 80 full color, glossy pages of real estate listings and other interesting and relevant information including photographs and profiles of each island. It is a table top quality keepsake produced exclusively for Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands listings only and is the most substantial, informative and widely distributed real estate catalog in the San Juan Islands. It is considered by many to be one of the best real estate catalogs produced in the nation.
 
Placement Within The Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands Fall/winter Showcase Update. This is for new listings and price changes only so that it can be sent out as an update to supplement our annual Spring/Summer Real Estate Showcase.
 
Distribution Of Our Showcase And Other Advertising Materials. Mail outs to thousands of our customers. Hand outs to thousands of people who visit our office and other locations. Over 5,000 delivered to Journal subscribers. Distributing about 5,000 per month on the ferry in the summer alone.
 
Placement Of The Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands Real Estate Sign On Our Listings. Signs do make a difference, especially when they are signs from a reputable real estate organization. Coldwell Banker is one of the most reputable real estate organizations in the world and Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands is the most reputable real estate organization in the San Juan Islands.
 
Placement In The Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands Full Color Journal Ad. Our listings are advertised weekly in the most prominent advertising position of the Journal, the most widely read local newspaper.
 
Placement In “Real Estate In The San Juan Islands”. Our listings are advertised in prominent advertising positions in this monthly publication, distributed by the Sounder.
 
Real Estate Information Updates. When there is a price or other information change, our team of the island’s top sales associates let our customers know what’s new via advertising, email, fax, phone, voice mail and letter.
 
Placement Within Full Color Ads On The Back Page Of The Springtide, the most widely distributed tourist publication in the islands during the Spring and Summer.
 
Placement Within Full Color Ads On The Back Page Of The Book, the most widely distributed tourist publication in the islands during the Fall and Winter.
 
Placement Within Full Color Ads In At Home Magazine, the most widely distributed monthly real estate publication in the islands. At Home’s are strategically placed in racks at numerous real estate brokerages and other businesses locally and at many other points across western Washington. They are also sent to subscribers and mailouts to customers. Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands was the company that helped At Home become a magazine.

Other Publications We Advertise In.

The Official Washington State Visitors Guide to the San Juan Islands. Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands is the only San Juan Island real estate organization represented in this publication. We also have one of the most prominent ads.
The Official Visitors Guide to Washington State. This is the state wide visitors guide and we are the only San Juan Island real estate brokerage listed, again with a prominent ad and a banner ad on their web site.
The San Juan Community Theater Magazine. We have a full page color ad in the most prominent position of each playbill distributed during each event.
The Westcott Bay Institute and Cultural Art Center. Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands is a primary sponsor and advertiser.
Distribution of the Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands Real Estate Showcase in the seat backs of each Kenmore Air Sea Plane.
Weekly advertisements in The Weekly, distributed to box holders across the county.
Distribution of our Showcase and maps at Roche Harbor. 
Exclusive real estate ad in the Mass Marketing Map, the large free map distributed in numerous locations around the county.
Video Kiosks in various Seattle locations including ferries and airports.
Large ad in the Century Tel San Juan Islands phone book.
Large ad in the MacGregors San Juan Islands/Anacortes phone book.
Exclusive full color real estate ad in the San Juan Island Bed and Breakfast Association Brochure.
Exclusive real estate ad in the Lakedale RV Park Map.
Ads and sponsorships of numerous school events and the high school yearbook.

Other Internet Marketing

(besides sanjuanislands.com and coldwellbanker.com).
* Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands advertises our web site on and has links to numerous other web sites locally, regionally and across the nation.
* Many Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands Sales Associates have their own web sites that generate a great number of inquiries.
* Our web hosting company spends a great deal of effort and money strategically placing us on a variety of popular search engines.

Publications We Advertise In On Occasion

There are dozens of high profile magazines and newspapers we have experience advertising in such as Seattle Times, Wall Street Journal and Unique Homes.

In summary, we serve our customers with the best sales associates, staff, management, history, reputation, marketing tools and advertising programs in the San Juan Islands. This allows us to put more buyers and sellers together than all of our competitors and more importantly, it enables us to provide the highest possible level of customer service. That is why buyers and sellers should choose Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands to handle their real estate needs.