One of the most tried-and-true pieces of advice you’ll get as a real estate professional is to make a habit of handwritten communication. You probably started your career by writing notes to your sphere of influence and letting them know you passed your real estate exam. You may regularly send handwritten thank you notes to clients after each closing or to mark the anniversary of their purchase.
What if you could amplify the scale and impact of your handwritten notes and add smart features that make them far more effective? With tracking and targeting capabilities as well as up-to-the-minute technology, it’s possible to combine the personal appeal of handwriting with the effectiveness and efficiency of smart content marketing.
There are few feelings as special as getting a piece of handwritten mail. Whether it’s a card on your birthday or a letter from an old friend, the right words at the right time can become a treasured keepsake and a reminder of how much you are loved.
Tapping into that kind of visceral, emotional connection is what great marketing -- and relationship building -- is all about. When you add a thoughtful message to a piece of handwritten correspondence, you amplify the words themselves and the ideas they convey. In short, your message is instantly more important than it would be in an email or text.
In addition, in this era of information overload, handwritten cards cut through the clutter and noise of one-size-fits-all pre-printed greetings and marketing collateral. That means they don’t get dumped in the recycle bin with the other junk mail -- giving your message the chance to go to work growing your real estate business.
So if handwritten correspondence is so effective, why don’t more real estate professionals do it on a regular basis? There are a couple of compelling reasons:
When you send out a card or letter to a member of your sphere, you may or may not get a response to it. You may feel funny asking if they received your card and you may not know what kind of effect, if any, it had on the recipient.
In order to have a significant impact, you would have to spend hours handwriting notes and envelopes, stamping them, then mailing them. To scale up for a larger audience with traditional mailing strategies, you’d lose the personalization that makes handwritten letters so appealing -- trading writing for printing, trading stamping for metering.
What if you could have the best of handwritten direct mail updated and upgraded for a larger sphere or direct mail farm? What would it take to create direct mail that combines the best of a thoughtful note and a contemporary content marketing strategy?
Rather than spending hours writing letters and cards yourself, tap into the innovation and efficiency we offer. Our robotic correspondents write your notes with real blue-ink ballpoint pens, creating an authentic and consistent look that is virtually indistinguishable from a note written by hand.
We’re not just writers. We provide down-deep expertise and specialization in the real estate space. That means that the content we produce is meaningful and written the way you’d write it yourself. In addition, our enhanced technical capabilities upgrade your correspondence, creating physical mail designed for the digital age.
To effectively manage your operational budget, you need to know what’s working -- and what’s not -- with your marketing and outreach. Trackable analytics with SmartNumbers and QR Codes allow you to see who’s engaging with your direct mail content and even provides a heads-up if they’re calling in to speak with you. That gives you more confidence and the ability to follow up more effectively, for higher conversion rates and a more predictable return on investment.
Thanks in part to that technical tie-in, your correspondence will become more meaningful and targeted over time. As you better understand the audiences that are engaging with your notes, you can take advantage of data targeting and filtering capabilities that make your direct mailing lists more effective. That means that you can also target your message more effectively, directing your enhanced content to the most engaged members of your mailing list.
Every envelope is handwritten and bears a real first-class postage stamp. That keeps your direct mail item from looking like a mass-mailed advertisement, resulting in a higher open rate for your notes and cards. When direct mail feels personal it gets read -- putting your message across more effectively and reliably than other forms of content marketing and advertising.
Taking care of your clients and nurturing leads is what you do. Our job is to help forge the connections that build your sphere of influence and keep you top of mind in your target markets. Our proprietary systems and processes make you look like the most thoughtful and professional agent or broker in your area while generating significantly higher ROI than other strategies.
At Addressable, we believe that handwritten correspondence is the best way to make a lasting impression on your sphere of influence, geographic farm, or the area around your latest listing. What’s more, we make it infinitely more effective and efficient by adding smarter features to your beautiful handwritten content, creating communication that gets your message across. Schedule a consultation with an Addressable marketing expert.
