Tuesday, February 16, 2010

SUCCESS SECRETS on generating motivated seller leads and real estate leads

The MOST important aspect of marketing is letting potential customers (real estate leads) know you are there. In order to buy from you, use your product or use your service, potential customers (real estate leads) need to know you exist.

Real estate investors need to communicate to the public and to motivated sellers what they do and how what they do can help those reading their information. Always keep the old acronym in mind WIIFM…what’s in it for me. When deciding on marketing materials (whether its business cards, “we buy houses for cash” signs, direct mail, or door to door flyers) and what you are going to say to attract motivated sellers, be sure to clearly state what’s in it for them.

If your business is different than your competitors tell the public how you stand out above the others. If what you do isn’t much different than your competitors, you have to find other ways to stand out from the competition.

For instance when deciding how to convert potential customers (real estate leads) into clients (closed deals) put yourself in their shoes and think about what’s important to them and where they go. Perhaps restaurant or ice cream shop coupons would make their day because they wouldn’t usually be able to afford to take their child out for a treat. Maybe coupons for a florist to surprise their significant other with, rather than having to share more bad news when they get home.

If you care about the things that are important to your potential clients (real estate leads) you WILL succeed!

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