Marketing Ideas
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Giveaways- coming

Public Relations-coming

Use Your Personal Picture on Everything

Marketing Plan

Personal Brochure

PowerPoint Listing Presentation

PowerPoint Buyer Presentation

Thank you notes 

Pay the next guys toll and leave your card for them

Realtor License Plate

Special Event Program Ad

Business card ad in small specific directory

Special Real Estate service Seminar: how to buy or how to sell a home

Cold vs. Warm calling

Tear Off: Rent vs. Buy

Flyers at the wash-a-teria

Decorating tips for new home buyers

Personal notes to your sphere of influence

Mail a copy of  the Settlement statement to your past clients in January

Growth charts for the children in the family 

Fire prevention tips

Halloween safety tips

The Personal Marketing Company

Over 65 exemption=mail tax records

10% of College Grads own their own home. Talk to mom and dad.

January- mail info on the homeowners exemption

Protest taxes in April for May

Fix your house to sell! Handout or seminar

I give X  % of my commission to charities

Free Home Warranties - paid at closing

We like "paid at closing"! Who else will work with you like this? Inspector? Interior Designer? Handyman? Landscaper? Pool Guys?

Pumpkins-recipe for bread with your card laminated on the back.

Advo/Valpac

Articles for crime watch

Shopping carts

It takes 21 days to make a habit - don't give up too soon!

Builder promotions

Hold a fair: pools, spas, decks, fences, trips, local hotels, meet the builder.

Donate a video to the library. "How to buy or sell"

Movie theater ads to run no more than 5 minutes prior to movie time.

Past Client Get together

Client cookbook-$ to charity

Quality service questionnaire to be used for testimonials

Open house form - give away a lottery ticket for the comments

The PS on every piece of correspondence is always read!

Charities could include anything from breast cancer to the zoo 

Print the school calendar or the school sports calendar

Major league team calendar

Handwritten thank you on the back of your business card.

Wear your NAMETAG everywhere

Don't miss an opportunity to discuss real estate anywhere

Chamber of Commerce meetings

Walk the neighborhood, knock on the doors and smile!  Saturday mornings after 9 am.

Ads in newspapers

Ads in the industry magazines - Harmon Homes

Speaking in front of business groups

Real estate trivia questions

Real Estate BINGO networking.

Sky writing

Shirt sponsor for elementary/middle school teams

Pictures of you and your clients in front of their new homes or at closing

Forget-me-not seed deliveries

1/2 time give-away at High school football, soccer, softball games

Garage Sale for the Farm area

"We've Moved" Postcards for a buyer of their new home

Use REALTOR.com FEATURED HOMES and get every lead from every dollar spent.

Become an event and the press will call to ask where you will be!

Ad in the program

Billboard fence in the outfield-LONG shelf life

Apartment locators likely to pay for referrals if you are licensed

Always use www and e-mail address on every marketing piece

Buses, Bus shelters

"Take One" boxes full of your brochures with permission

Radio commercials

Gift baskets

Guaranteed: I buy your house. 

4/1 -  "I sold your house last nite!  Well I could have!" April fools day card

Tax payer rights and remedies from the appraisal district

Giveaways- toothbrushes pencils - great for Halloween!

Apartment complexes may have TV channels!

Retired people need personal service directories

A PS on the phone is "Oh by the way..."

Use the 1..2 punch mail...call   mail...call

A farm area is for walking, knocking and talking

Just Listed and Just Sold Value affects everyone in the neighborhood

Water the lawn days

Use lots of data in yellow page ads

10-10-20 that works!

Giveaway 10 cards a day, don't go home until you do.

Billboards 

Hot Air balloons

Mall events booths-share this it's more fun.

Targeted list mailings

Just Married Letter

New Arrival Letter

Recently deceased - see the funeral director!

Become a Recognized Real Estate Authority - quotable

The least expensive Marketing is person to person and public relations

T-shirt's for the Little League, Soccer, Football teams