Savannah, GA 路 Member since 2016 路 86 posts 路 11 votes
I finally got my first direct mail campaign done. Looking to see what response I get. I did make a personal call to one of the property owners on list. Didn't say yes, but didn't say no either. Well, waiting for the others. Until then, going to start working on the next group of yellow letters.
@Bruno C.@Marilyn Mike You might want to check out Agentpro47, its a great tool to obtain lists for direct mailing campaigns. Its ridiculously cheap for the benefit it offers.
@Account Closed I have a buyer in place that we've talked about what he wanted so didn't do any marketing strategies. I focused on absentee owners n abandoned properties to mail to.
@Marilyn Mike out of curiousity (I'm looking to do a direct mail campaign soon as well) where did you get your list? Did you use listsource or something different?
No. Drove for dollars to start out. Going to try one next go round ( probably list source) as heard and read here that persons got good results. Were you thinking of any specific to find? I'm fairly new and just trying what I'm learning to see what works best! Pray things work out for you. If I can help, shout out. Will share little that I know馃槉.
Marilyn Mike way to take action! Keep it up and remember, even if you don't get many responses from the first go round it may take several letters for them to call.
I went through the process of creating a list on listsource, but never actually purchased. I was simply looking at information and learning. There are tonssss of filters that you can narrow down on list source with, which is super cool. I built a list for 4 zip codes, have a mortgage from $1,000-100,000, total assessed value between $35k-125k, and a few others. Seemed real cool. Once I built the list but never purchased, they actually emailed me with a sample of what the excel sheet looks like when you buy. They gave me 3 local properties that would have been on my list. It had a ton of valuable info, really cool stuff.
Hi @Christos Philippou did they supply the list upon you giving zip codes and is it on monthly basis fee? Wouldn't want to do n don't get creditable leads. How do you get yours at this point? If you don't mind sharing that. Thx.
@Marilyn Mike it was super easy. 1 time fee. If I remember correctly, it was like $200 say for 500-1000 leads? I can't remember but I can double check. The list that they then provide you shows the address of the subject property, owner(s) name(s), mortgage amount left, the address the owners currently reside/get their mail at.. etc... whatever criteria you chose to get the leads by. To me, it seemed as credible as you can get. Haven't done it as I don't have any money at all to invest right now because I am developing a 2-unit bldg and purchasing my primary residence. But I am SURE I will be using it by the end of the year.
@Account Closed I have a buyer in place that we've talked about what he wanted so didn't do any marketing strategies. I focused on absentee owners n abandoned properties to mail to.
Great. I did mean how did you market for your first properties? Anyway how do you find you abandoned properties? I used to drive for Dollars....is that what you do?
In any case I personally stopped doing that, and I market straight to vacant house leads. Check out the link below. It could save you a lot of time and headaches. I will gladly send you a sample of vacant house leads in your area.
Way to go! Sounds like you are headed in the right direction! Keep us posted about the results you receive from your campaign. I'd love to follow your success!
@Account Closed I will be glad to check out the link to see what it looks like. Thanks for sharing that. I love BP for that reason. Persons giving valuable info to others.
@Bruno C.@Marilyn Mike You might want to check out Agentpro47, its a great tool to obtain lists for direct mailing campaigns. Its ridiculously cheap for the benefit it offers.
@Sentel Mays Thanks so much for that!! It's so good to have options. Will check this one out as well. Quite sure all of these suggested sites will beat DFD. Eventhough, I make the time and get to meet and talk to neighbors about questioned properties.
@Marilyn Mike Congratulations! You are no longer a direct mail virgin.
Of course, a campaign typically consists of multiple letter drops, perhaps in sequence with a strategic message and multiple touches, maybe using other media such as Mail >Call > Knock.
Marketing is a year-round effort and should not stop now, think through how you want your targets yo respond to you, how you will capture theit contact info, and what you wish to determine in a phone call.
Don't forget yo measure and test the results.
"Plan your work and work your plan but don't plan the results!"
Great news! I'm exactly where you are, I just dropped my first postcard mailing this week to absentee owners. I got the list from Listsource. It feels good to be doing something!
Congratulations!! On getting it done. Did you find Listsource to be pretty good with leads? I think I might try them out. So many persons on here have mentioned them.
I found it a little confusing at first but I followed a tutorial I found on here. I only had about $150 so my list is fairly small, maybe 400 people? So far nothing but it's only been a couple of day!
@Rhonda Shrum Ok I can handle that. Can you tell me where you went on here to find tutorial and were the leads in just your city and/or surrounding areas? Gearing up for me trying馃槉. This will help me. I would love to know how you turn out!!