Everyone's racing to cold call and text blast. Meanwhile, the wholesalers who are actually scaling? They're still dropping mail.
Direct mail converts because it's physical. It sits on a kitchen table. It gets handed to a spouse. It gets kept when someone is "thinking about it." A text gets deleted in 3 seconds.
Here's how to run a direct mail campaign that actually works:
1๏ธโฃ Pick the RIGHT list โ Don't spray neighborhoods. Target: absentee owners, tax delinquents, pre-foreclosures, and vacant properties. Pain = motivation.
2๏ธโฃ Send at LEAST 3x โ Most sellers don't respond to the first piece. Sequence matters. Touch 1: introduce yourself. Touch 2: remind them. Touch 3: create urgency. Most deals close on touch 3โ5.
3๏ธโฃ Keep it simple โ Yellow letter or simple postcard. Handwritten fonts outperform fancy graphics. "I want to buy your house at [address]. Call me: [number]." That's it.
4๏ธโฃ Track your campaigns โ Use a separate number per campaign (Google Voice works). Know your list, mail date, and response rate. If a list converts, mail it again in 90 days.
5๏ธโฃ Pair it with follow-up โ Every inbound call is a warm lead. They reached out to YOU. Close rate on direct mail inbounds destroys cold call ratios.
Your action TODAY: Pull a 200-name absentee owner list for your target zip code. Get a quote from a mail house like Click2Mail or PostcardMania. Budget $150โ$300 for your first drop.
Direct mail isn't dead. Your competition just gave up on it. Good.
Full breakdown of how I build my marketing system is inside the Wholesale to Wealth Course in the Classroom ๐๐ฝ
Drop a ๐ฐ if this hit. Tag a brother still only cold calling.