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Mortgage Marketing Tips: #28
How To Supercharge Your Mortgage Business
By Using Dirt Cheap Postcards... (Part 2)
Now, let`s talk about the difference between creating a trickle of new
prospect/clients with
your postcards or a tidal wave.
The secret is your headline.
Every postcard must have a headline that answers the single most important
question on your
prospect`s mind, `What`s in it for me?`
Every time someone picks up your postcard they are asking themselves that
same question. And your office name or your name is not the answer.
Your headline needs to quickly and powerfully telegraph to your prospects
that you have either a big benefit they`re looking for or a solution to
their biggest frustration or problem.
On average, people read 5 times as many headlines as they do the body copy
(words). So unless you`ve attracted prospects into your postcard using a
compelling headline, you simply cannot get people to respond to your
offer.
But if you do manage to get people`s attention with your headline they
will read the rest of the postcard, since it`s a quick and easy read.
Keeping in Contact With Current Prospect/Clients
To keep more prospect/clients thinking about you and the services you
provide you should be making monthly contact with them every year. And
postcards offer you the perfect way to create a solid bonding
relationship.
A postcard gives a perfect opportunity to stay in front of your
prospect/client on a consistent basis and for such little cost.
You can come up with lots of reasons to use postcards to contact your
prospect/clients:
• New Loan Products
• Rate Changes
• Thank you
• Testimonials
• Upcoming seminars
Don`t Forget There Are 2 Sides To Every Postcard
A mistake many mortgage professionals make when having postcards designed
is they forget to use both sides. A postcard really has two fronts. The
first front is where you put your return address, postage and the mailing
label.
Even though you must leave space for these elements it doesn`t mean you
can`t put more reasons to respond to your offer on this side. This is a
great place for a testimonial or two is on the side with the mailing
label.
The second front is completely open and free for any message you want to
place. The old mail order adage, `the more you tell you more you sell`
applies here. Numerous tests prove that the more you write the more
response you generate. So you should have a headline on each side.
Post Office Tips
To get a postcard out for 23 cents you need to stay inside the USPS
guidelines of 4 ¼` x 6`. But I like to send oversize postcards, they
`stick out`, so you will have to pay for first class postage.
By using this information, you`ll have no reason not to add postcards as
an inexpensive and highly effective tool to building your mortgage
business.
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