December 15, 2011

5 Fabulous Features of Text Message Flyers for The Realty Profession

As you may have heard, the use of text messages to advertise business and engage prospective customers is at the base of a very steep incline. The use of SMS marketing is set to explode over 2,700% over the next four years.

Just as the Internet changed the way a real estate agent markets a home and looks to gain prospective buyers, mobile marketing, and specifically, SMS marketing is going to change the landscape again.

There are 5 key reasons why Mobile marketing for real estate is beneficial.

1. It is a 24/7 marketing tool. Once you set up the automated system it markets for you automatically, even while you relax.

2. It is easy. You simply complete a few fill in the blank sections on the website and the system runs by itself

3. It provides Fantastic information. You can only include 160 characters in an SMS text message, but if you can insert a short URL into the message the user can click the link in a smart phone and open up the full MLS listing. You will never have to touch a flyer box again!

4. It is inexpensive. Compared to the cost of printing, reprinting and stocking flyers, SMS Text Message flyers are very cost effective.

5. It builds your database. When someone takes a paper flyer (or two, or three) from the box, you have no clue who they were. You could go through hundreds of flyers and never have any idea of who was looking at your house.

With digital Text Message flyers for real estate you capture the cell phone number of the person requesting the information, and if the system has a mini-CRM built into it, you can send scheduled, triggered responses directly back to the prospective buyer.

Just as the Internet changed the way real estate transactions occur, text message and mobile marketing is going to change the landscape again. Even if you aren’t a big proponent of texting, your prospective customers are, so you need to change with the ever changing technological environment.

Start using SMS text marketing today. text message marketing is a rapidly expanding market due to great response rates. Before you commit to a service, be sure to take a FREE trial to see if using text message flyers for real estate is right for you. Choose a service that has fully managed capability so that you don’t have to try to do it yourself.

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