The steps in selling a luxury home include many of the same steps needed to sell any other home, except that your audience may be very different and the level of expectations may vary greatly.  In addition to the usual preparation, the following recommendations can bring a better price and a faster sale:

Pretend your home is a model home.  How does it compare? 

Does the entry to your driveway and entrance look impeccable?

Do you have color brochures (preferably books) available in a "Marketing Center" of the home for buyers to see and take with them?

Do you have a virtual tour and/or a video of the home and grounds for buyers to preview?

Is your home readily available for viewing at all web portals?

Do you have a website for your property (i.e. www.123Paradise.com)

To view marketing ideas for your luxury home go to www.SellThisLuxuryHome.com  or visit www.DavidOrmonde.com

 Also, see related information below:

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=MfdCzE2KhQIC&dq=luxury+homes&printsec=frontcover&source=bll&ots=p6M8cCiy5K&sig=Ip6FF_3WwPnlHyUG1Kf0O184zK0&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=11&ct=result#PPP1,M1

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=4zmr6Hl14AQC&dq=luxury+homes&printsec=frontcover&source=bll&ots=qPm4-Iv0L1&sig=r3kvC9T2t6mzBzXOm-tNj6XXvog&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=12&ct=result

http://www.luxuryhomemagazine.com/index.cfm