Step 1: Who buys this home?
Before any photo is taken, we build an ideal buyer profile. AI helps us sort through who has been searching, clicking and buying waterfront in and around Greece. For this home, five buyer types rose to the top:
Lifestyle seekers
People who want the lake to be part of every day, not a weekend drive.
Second-home buyers and snowbirds
A summer base on Lake Ontario, a winter somewhere warmer.
Investors
Waterfront is rare inventory, and rare inventory holds attention.
Boaters and sunset lovers
Buyers who measure a home by the water access and the evening light.
The fifth group cuts across all of them: buyers chasing experiences instead of square footage. Every word of the marketing is written for them.
Step 2: Why local matters on the water
We didn’t learn Edgemere from a map. I grew up in Greece and we owned a waterfront home on Edgemere ourselves, and we still have family, friends and past clients along the shore. That shows up in the marketing:
- We know the lifestyle and the waterfront culture, so the story rings true to locals
- We know the seasonal buyer mindset, so the timing and the message match
- We know what this exact stretch of shoreline means to people who grew up here
- We know what waterfront buyers are actually searching for, so the ads find them
Step 3: The marketing plan
Every channel has one job: make buyers feel the property before they book a tour.
| Channel | What we produce |
|---|---|
| Photography | High-end HDR interiors, golden-hour waterfront shots, twilight photos, lifestyle images, and drone aerials that show the shoreline and Long Pond in context |
| Cinematic video | A property film, vertical short-form clips for social, drone footage and sunset lifestyle clips. The focus is the feeling, not the room count |
| AI-targeted ads | Meta and Instagram campaigns aimed at waterfront, second-home and lifestyle buyers, plus Google ads on waterfront and Lake Ontario searches, and relocation and investor audiences |
| Retargeting | Anyone who engages with the listing sees it again: more video, more sunset imagery, open house invitations and showing offers |
| Social media | Custom content for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and YouTube Shorts |
| AI concierge | Buyers can ask questions and request details 24/7 through our AI concierge, so no lead goes cold at midnight on a Sunday |
Step 4: Hyperlocal storytelling
Generic listing copy doesn’t move waterfront buyers. Stories do. The content calendar for this home was built around themes only a local can tell well:
Growing up near the lake
What summers on the Greece shoreline actually feel like.
Edgemere life and history
The road, the cottages and the people who’ve stayed for generations.
Long Pond culture
Kayaks, birds and quiet mornings on Long Pond.
Entertaining at home
The deck, the dock, the long evenings when the sun sets late.
Belonging to the place
Content that speaks to locals coming home and transplants looking for roots.
The principle
Buyers don’t just want a house. They want to belong to the place.
Step 5: A sunset event instead of an open house
A standard Sunday afternoon open house misses the best hour on the water. So we planned a twilight event instead:
- Tours timed to sunset, so buyers see the house at its best
- Waterfront ambiance and elevated presentation
- Moments built in for guests to share on social media
- Invitation-driven, which creates urgency and fits event-style pricing
Step 6: Private exposure
Some of the best buyers never see a public ad. Alongside the public campaign, the home goes to our database, private buyer networks, agent-to-agent marketing, our sphere and local waterfront connections.
Step 7: What the seller sees every week
Plus our read on what the market is telling us, and what we’d adjust.
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