Direct Mail is Not Useless! 16 Examples That Are Working Now In Actual Property

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Junk mail is just not lifeless; it simply must be reimagined. I interviewed 10 brokers and business consultants to establish 16 examples of junk mail items which might be constructing manufacturers and producing outcomes proper now. 

The next examples embody Simply Bought letters and postcards, letters and postcards for geographical farms, expired campaigns, and traditional brand-building campaigns with up to date twists.

These first 4 examples embody variations of junk mail campaigns from Tom Ferry and Jimmy Mackin, co-founders of Itemizing Leads. The remaining are examples from brokers actively utilizing junk mail of their companies now.

When you’re trying to improve the usage of junk mail in your small business, that is the article for you.

Simply Bought story mailer, Noah Escobar

Noah Escobar, out of the 30A market within the Florida panhandle, put a spin on a reimagined Simply Bought marketing campaign from Ferry and Mackin. They shared that the common Simply Bought postcard says issues like bought in three days, a number of affords, and bought above listing value.

They went on to say that sharing these bullet factors can lead householders to assume the method is straightforward and that actual property brokers are overpaid or, in some circumstances, not even wanted.

They steered sharing the story of what the agent did to get the house bought rapidly, how they generated a number of affords and the way they negotiated for the best value doable for his or her shopper. Primarily based on that suggestion, Escobar created the letter beneath.

He additionally carried out one of many ideas Mackin made about creating curiosity by way of the headline of the letter. On this mailer, Escobar begins on the prime of the web page saying. “Did you hear about your neighbor?” That is the highest fold of the letter, and it’s positioned within the envelope the place it jumps out on the house owner as quickly as they open it.

He then creates a storyline that goes over the method from the house owner initially reaching out to him to the advertising course of he used and the method of negotiating a better value and nice phrases for his vendor. The usage of a QR code to point out the standard of his video advertising is an instance of exhibiting his advertising as an alternative of simply telling about it. 

It is a nice instance of the best way to reimagine your Simply Bought campaigns.

Simply Bought with a twist, Collins Group Realty

The following instance comes from Chip Collins of Collins Group Realty, serving the Lowcountry of South Carolina. That is an instance of a extra conventional Simply Bought card with a number of trendy upgrades. He utilized one other suggestion Mackin and Ferry manufactured from utilizing an incorrect Zestimate from Zillow to seize the reader’s consideration. 

On this instance, you’ll discover that they boldly state, “Zestimate was improper! We bought for $510,000 over Zillow” with a name to motion of “Ask Us How.” Collins additionally used the principle line of “One other Sea Pines House Bought.” The delicate addition of “one other” highlights their successes within the neighborhood. The usage of the QR code that results in a crew video is a good way to introduce the crew as nicely.

Zestimate letter, Fissori Actual Property Group

The Zestimate letter is a customized mailer to a home-owner that’s used to generate itemizing alternatives. That is an instance of the technique, taught by way of Itemizing Leads, from Kathy Fissori and Peter Joehnk with the Fissori Actual Property Group serving the San Luis Obispo County markets in California.

This technique includes screen-capturing the Zillow Zestimate for a selected dwelling. Lots of the Zestimates are low in comparison with the true worth of the house. This creates a chance for a mailer just like the one beneath to generate itemizing alternative conversations. Including a yellow sticky notice with a handwritten message just like the one on the letter beneath is one other approach to personalize the letter much more.

Expired letter for outcomes, Itemizing Leads, Jimmy Mackin and Tom Ferry

The final instance from Itemizing Leads is a letter for expired listings. This letter makes use of a copywriting framework referred to as PAS, which is an acronym for ache, agitate and answer.

P: Ache

The start of the letter calls out the ache of the house not promoting.

A: Agitate

The agitation portion contains recognizing their frustration, disappointment and annoyance on the barrage of calls from brokers to relist their dwelling.

S: Answer

The answer on this letter contains that you just’ve already recognized how one can assist alleviate their drawback otherwise than the opposite brokers reaching out to them.

That is an efficient letter for brokers trying so as to add expired itemizing prospecting to their lead era methods in 2025.

6-24 month-old expired itemizing letter, Jake Garay

Because the market normalizes, we proceed to see extra expired listings. Nice advertising typically includes figuring out a bunch of prospects which have a necessity and that few rivals are specializing in. Then crafting a message that captures the prospect’s consideration in a method that leads them to take motion.

That’s precisely what Jake Garay with the Garay-Michaud crew serving the Hudson Valley of New York does with the letter beneath. It’s directed at householders who had their dwelling on the market, however the itemizing expired 6-24 months in the past. This precise letter has generated three bought listings in extra of $1,000,000, one other nice instance of efficient messaging to a receptive group of prospects.

Geographical farming: Dump or donate occasion, Julie Colin

Julie Colin, out of St. Louis, Missouri, makes use of native occasions to offer worth to the neighborhoods she farms. One among these occasions is her “Dump or Donate” occasion that she does within the spring. This occasion includes organising a dumpster and a Habitat for Humanity truck close to a neighborhood so the residents have a approach to declutter and spring clear their dwelling or storage. 

The postcard beneath highlights the efficient occasion that units Colin aside because the neighborhood useful resource for something the residents want. Efficient advertising isn’t nearly actual property, and this can be a distinctive instance of a value-added service that can finally be rewarded with enterprise.

Geographical farming: Consistency for recognition, Jason Gruner

Consistency is essential to model consciousness in geographical farming. Jason Gruner, out of Nashville, Tennessee, makes use of a easy, constant postcard format to make the most of 4 advertising alternatives for his listings. This compounds the house owner’s publicity to his enterprise and showcases his successes within the space.

Geographical Farming: Neighborhood Market Overview, Jason Gruner

The following instance comes from Jason Gruner as nicely. On this postcard, he focuses on making the neighborhood the star. He limits his branding and drives the house owner to a video overview of the market through a QR code. It is a piece that might be despatched month-to-month, quarterly or as an end-of-the-year overview for a specific neighborhood.

Geographical farming: Outcomes-driven postcard, Collins Group Realty

Collins Group Realty creates clear postcards with clear messaging on the results-driven worth they carry their shoppers. The messaging contains bullet factors on their methods and the way they help their shoppers by way of the method. That is an instance of a postcard that grabs the eye of the house owner contemplating promoting now or sooner or later.

Geographical farming: Neighborhood-specific outcomes, Collins Group Realty

The extra particular the messaging, the higher the outcomes. That is one other instance of how Collins Group Realty makes use of artistic messaging to seize the prospect’s consideration and spotlight their successes because the market chief in a selected group. This comes as a folded card, creating a distinct packaging than the everyday postcard. This helps the piece stand out much more.

Sphere of affect playing cards: Branding postcards, Heidi Harris

Heidi Harris, with the House Candy Heidi Group out of Raleigh, North Carolina, makes use of postcards to be in contact along with her sphere of affect and previous shoppers. She maps out her month-to-month mailers for the 12 months in the beginning of the 12 months to ensure she stays prime of thoughts with the group of people that ship her the overwhelming majority of her enterprise.

These mailers are much less about actual property and extra about model consciousness. The next are a number of examples of the mailers she did this previous 12 months to this viewers.

Recipe playing cards with video for connection, Reganne Queen

Reganne Queen, out of the Fort Cavazos space of South Texas, makes use of recipe playing cards with a twist to attach along with her splendid shoppers. She makes use of the entrance of the cardboard to introduce herself and to attach with different navy spouses and mothers.

She then offers a recipe card, however her differentiator is that she makes use of a QR code the place individuals can go to a video of her cooking the recipe. This distinctive spin on the standard recipe playing cards some brokers have used previously has led to 2 listings.