Beth Cross
www.BethCross.com
"About three months ago, Kathy Goughenour became my Virtual Marketing Specialist. I've been a successful real estate agent for many years and was ready to grow my business even further through marketing. One of the first things Kathy recommended was for me to purchase an ADVANCED ACCESS website. She coordinated setting it up and is in the process of customizing it for me. She also created a brilliant logo for my team which can be viewed on my website. As a real estate agent who had never had a personal website before, I was relieved to find Kathy and turn over the entire project to her knowing she would get the job done."
Cheryl Zeller
"Kathy Goughenour works as both my virtual assistant and virtual marketing specialist. For the past 3 years, she has maintained and updated my ADVANCED ACCESS website at www.KCHome4u.com leaving me free to work on the business of selling real estate. The work she has done includes: creating my link pages and submitting link exchanges, adding new listings including creatively writing the wording for the listing, writing the About Me pages, customizing the home page content including the buttons, customizing and sending out IntelliC@rds, adding names/emails to my AA contact mgmt system, creating pop-up guest books and forms for lead generation, adding favorite links, and making sure all the updates issued by ADVANCED ACCESS are done. Kathy continuously improves the content of my website to draw in more traffic and increase the stickiness of the website. She also creates direct marketing campaigns that promote my website to potential and past clients. Having worked with Kathy Goughenour for over 3 years, I can highly recommend her as a virtual assistant/marketing specialist. She has the knowledge, work ethic and dedication to the job needed to always complete projects on time and the quality is always fabulous. She needs no guidance or supervision and indeed contributes to my real estate group."
Michael K. Perry
www.KCHome4u.com
"Before I was a Real Estate Agent, I was a marketing consultant...and I was pretty arrogant about marketing and marketing "specialists". My broker introduced me to Kathy and I found a marketing kindred spirit... minus the attitude! Kathy multitasks like the pro she is. She developed a marketing plan based on our conversations. She adapted and revised it based on my needs and preferences. It's great working with Kathy... I consider her my marketing manager and I'm excited about a mutually rewarding working relationship. "
Doug Watson
ThinkHomesThinkWatson.com
“I am glad that I found Kathy. She has taken the burden of those unresolved to do lists that just keep adding to themselves off my shoulders. Everytime I opened the marketing tip of the week, I knew that my to do list was growing. ADVANCED ACCESS delivered the hits for me, but nobody contacted me. Kathy has allowed me to take the time to respond to e-mail requests , and I have a bunch of new goals to attain through the internet.”
Ron Barakett
www.heritagebayrealty.com
“The Goughenour Group helped reflect my work ethic into my website by providing effective content and graphics. Their magic seems to work as the hits on my site are up significantly. Having someone else focus on a fundamental component of my business – marketing – has proved to be a very cost-effective business decision, saving me hours of time on an area where I do not excel. Their expertise, patience and flexibility have far exceeded every expectation. They are truly world-class.
Who has time to angst over something they have little familiarity with – not me. The Goughenour Group provides cost-effective web management, marketing ideas and follow-through. To have someone else constantly focused on a critical aspect of my business – marketing, client contact management, etc. – enables me to bring more energy and excitement to the production side of my real estate world.”
Deb Redi
www.YourMaineAgent.com
"Thank you for redesigning the home page of www.KathyHartHomes.com. As a result of this home page redesign, my web stats have shown a significant increase in hits per visitor-- which is exactly what I had hoped for.
You and I spent a significant amount of time discussing options, reviewing various designs, deciding on a design and then implementing it. This fit my needs perfectly because the end result you delivered to me was exactly what I needed.
I also wanted to thank you for other services and advice you provided--your thoughts on marketing strategies and future direction of the business, many of which my wife and I have already implemented.
Overall, Kathy and I are extremely happy with your service and we look forward to working with you in the future!
Kathy and Russ Hart
www.KathyHartHomes.com
"Kathy has enabled me to stop worrying about making my website one of the best in the industry. She offers superior skills and ideas that make sense....not just cost me money and probably won't work. My ADVANCED ACCESS website at www.kengandy.com is now bringing in leads and has a top caliber look! Kathy offers many suggestions for me to decide upon... but in the end, I make the decisions. Also, she is extremely fair in billing time and often makes suggestions at no charge."
Ken Gandy
www.kengandy.com
"Our AA site at www.RooftopRealty.com went live early in 2004 using the basic Template 1 with boilerplate verbiage. And we were getting pretty good hits but not really any leads. We knew we needed to make changes but didn't have the time or expertise to do it ourselves.
We tried one VA who just didn't work out so we agreed to part as friends. Luckily, we were referred to the Goughenour Group. Another agent told us that Kathy and company were simply the best. That if we wanted our website to soar, we needed to let them work their magic.
Kathy only works with one agent in a particular area and we figured she was already sewed up for our part of the world, but again we were in luck. We set up a conference call to talk about what we wanted, how we wanted it done, the time frame and the dollars we wanted to spend. Everything was discussed and agreed to up front - no surprises.
It has been so easy to work with Kathy and her associates. We communicate easily; she quickly understands what we are trying to do and makes excellent suggestions as to the best way to achieve our goals. We are so fortunate to have her.
Our website is still a work in progress but the changes she has made are already resulting in a big increase in traffic and leads. We know our website will only get better, and our leads continue to grow, as Kathy and the Goughenour Group complete their tasks.
Don't wait - contract with the Goughenour Group today!"
Andi Durbin
www.RooftopRealty.com
"I've been very pleased with my choice of virtual assistants since settling on Kathy of the Goughenour Group. I started my Web site investment with two assistants as I was reluctant to put all my trust in one vendor and preferred to see their performance side by side. I soon made a final decision after evaluating work quality, follow up skills, minimal direction required, and stuck with one provider; Kathy from the Goughenour Group. I made a major investment in my Web presence as I understand the importance for leads, client resources, and to free my time to focus on prospecting face to face. Kathy and her group were key in realizing that vision. Thank you Kathy for your efforts and guidance!"
Eric Harrison
www.brentwoodcaliforniarealestate.net
"Kathy is the best!!! My website actually looks put together instead of thrown together, thanks to Kathy. I have gotten 4 listings so far this year from my website and all are looking to purchase a home too."
Patti Irwin
www.PattiIrwin.com
"Kathy Goughenour is a true professional who has a clear understanding of the real estate industry's business challenges and issues. Her breadth and depth industry experience, combined with her strong work ethic and business acumen, are a powerful combination that produce significant and immediate results. She provides Homes In Stockton Inc. with quality work and comes in at or under budget From day one she understood our business, helped us to clarify our messages and enhance our website that resulted in real ideas that produced profitable results. She also helped us to target our efforts in the most important areas in which we needed improvement. Her advice has proven itself time and time again."
Pat Holkesvig
www.Homes-in-Stockton.com