THREE Sowpubbers have taken the most important Step....
 

Just from my post about "Making Money with Real Estate Listing Sheets"..."Placing Ads on the Back of Listing Sheets"....3 Sowpubbers have sent me emails telling how THEY have "TAKEN THE FIRST STEP".....and decided to do this and....saying how they have put together "Samples" and can't wait to visit their first Realtor Monday Morning.

So....just from ONE article...3 people have taken action

The 3 "Positive Thinking" folks, refused to consider why this can't be done....and went out to their neighborhoods...found some "Weatherproof Boxes" in front of homes for sale....opened the boxes, took out the Sales Flyers (aka Listing Sheets)....and sure enough....there they were....CHEAP PIECES OF PAPER ATTEMPTING TO SELL EXPENSIVE PROPERTIES!

And...when they looked on the backside what did they find?

NOTHING! The back was BLANK!

They ALSO thought...."What a GREAT SPOT for sponsors!"

One of them even took the time to sit in his car across the street from one of these Sales Boxes to watch and see what people do when they pick out these sheets. He had to wait about a half hour before his first "subject" arrived and....sure nuff....the guy parked his car...got out and went over to the box...opened the top and pulled out a sheet....looked at the front and... guess what he did next?

Yup! "HE TURNED IT OVER AND LOOKED AT THE BACKSIDE!"

So....after watching a few more people DO THE SAME....he was convinced, as I was, that...."HERE IS A BRAND NEW ADVERTISING MEDIUM!"

WHALA! Someone is going to "Hit the Motherlode" with this!

As I reported...Getting Real Estate offices to go for this was easy...it's FREE to them. And...they gave me all the possible Sponsors I needed.

And when I presented the program to them THEY JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH PEOPLE "LOOKING FOR HOMES TO BUY"!

Again....I am NOT "selling" anything here! I am simply "providing information on a UNIQUE, NEW WAY....I DISCOVERED...... TO MAKE MONEY WITHOUT HAVING TO INVEST MORE THAN A FEW DOLLARS TO MAKE UP SOME SAMPLES (using MSPublisher and an Inkjet Printer)... PLACE THEM INTO 20cent SHEET PROTECTORS AND PLACE THE SHEET PROTECTORS INTO A "1.49", 3-Ring Binder....and go out and visit some Realtors and Sponsors who would like to show their business to "Home Buyers".

Now....I'm NOT going to "give away the whole ballgame"....BUT....there are now THREE PEOPLE who have taken the FIRST STEP....and I will bet that ALL will make some money with this....it's too good an idea....and possibly 1 will make some "serious" money.

Also....as I mentioned earlier....you learned about THIS...from ME...Don Alm. So....as I expect....you will soon be seeing Ads for a "Report" on THIS...from others...... hitting your emails.

REMEMBER ONE THING;

"YOU LEARNED ABOUT THIS ON SOWPUB....FROM DON ALM!

Best of Success to you,

Don Alm...."Idea Person"

Re: THREE Sowpubbers have taken the most important Step....
 

Looks like a great idea...I'm going for it. Thanks Don
Capt Charley

Re: THREE Sowpubbers have taken the most important Step....
 

That makes FOUR Sowpubbers. Actually, SEVEN!

3 other folks have sent me emails saying they were making up Samples and going out Monday morn.

Yahooo! Maybe THIS could turn from being a "silly idea" into providing "Passive Income" for some folks here.

Ya never knows unless'n ya tries.

Don Alm

Re: THREE Sowpubbers have taken the most important Step....
 

Hi Capt Charley,

I agree. I think Don's ads on MLS sheets is a workable idea. I plan on forgeing ahead.

Also, If you or anyone who is planning on giving Don’s ads on MLS sheets a try would like to share information...please send me an e-mail.

My Best 2 U,

Linda

Re: What Costs Are There To Make It Work?
 

I also think Don's got an interesting idea for the Realtor Flyers....BUT, I don't see how the costs pan out to be profitable....

1. Most of the flyers in my area that RE agents provide in curbside boxes and other places are COLOR - at least the pictures of the property and interior rooms are usually COLOR. Ok, say even a small single office is currently carrying 50 listings.

Assume they go thru 20 sheets a week at display boxes and another 20 at a monthly Open House PER LISTING. That equals 100 FLYERS PER LISTING per month. Each flyer will be different on one side. Which means each printing/copying run will have no more than 100 before a different one is printed. ....so you will be printing 50 DIFFFERENT FLYERS on one side (and all the same ads on other)

Assuming color, what is this print job going to cost?... and this will be for JUST ONE OFFICE....

Even if you get 100 bucks per AD and sell 6 ads on the back of the flyer, it seems to be eaten up by the printing cost??

(100 2 sided color per listing per month X 50 listings (in example) = 5000 flyers for one office's listings. -You would need these thousands of flyers being distributed per month per office to get decent amount from each advertiser.)

Even black and white flyers would be costly because each one on the 'property description side' would be different.

Tell me what I'm missing?

Re: THREE Sowpubbers have taken the most important Step....
 

Send me an email Linda let me know how it goes Thanks...John

Re: What Costs Are There To Make It Work?
 

Bruce,

I would have the color flyers printed with just the business ads on one side and then provide them to the realtor that has agreed to work the program. They can then continue to print the listing as they normaly have done. In my area it looks like they run them off a color laser or an ink jet printer as needed.

-Terry

Re: THREE Sowpubbers have taken the most important Step....
 

Just print 'em genericly -- then have your advert sheets STAPLED to the RE sheets.

Re: What Does Realtor Get Out Of It???
 

A couple of you have answered my earlier post about the costs - thanks....you've said just have the realtor staple their OWN PRINTED PROPERTY SHEETS to the AD sheet...OK, I got it...That would solve the high cost problem and personalization issues with the other approach re:printing.....BUT, what does the REALTOR get out of all this???

I thought the Realtor was not paying for anything?...we were supplying him/her with listing sheets with ads on back. We were to charge advertisers for the ads....all realtor did was distribute sheets.

Now, what you're saying is realtors still have to print their own individual property sheets in quantity, and now they have to staple OUR AD SHEETS to their sheets....all for WHAT????....why should they do ANY of this???

Are they now to SHARE in the AD revenue?
I can tell you the Realtors are NOT going to do this for nothing..

Bruce

Re: THREE Sowpubbers have taken the most important Step....
 

I emailed you, too, Don but have not heard.
I'd like to get further details as well.

Thanks so much,
Gabrielle
:cool:

If I were a Realtor here is how I.....
 

would use the blank space on the back.

If my listing sheet was for a $250k-$300K home, I would include 2 columns on the back.
The first column would have the photo and details (minus the property address) of 4-5 other comparable homes in the area that are on the market.
and the second would be an area to sell myself as the Realtor that the interested party should contact to help them search for their the home of their dreams.

Yes the home owner may object to having the other homes on the back, but once you explain that their home would be on the back of others as well it would increase their visability as well, they should calm down.
Obviously if they continue to object, don't include the homes on the back.


The goal of a Realtor is to move inventory and I want to do everything possible to get people that are looking for a new home into a Buyers agency agreement so I get PAID for my efforts.


I just don't understand why a Realtor would want to "muck-up" the back of a listing sheet with distracting ads that take away from their primary purpose and that is to have their name on as many closed deals as possible!

Don, I asked you earlier but maybe you didn't see it so I will ask again........

In the past few weeks that you have been doing this, what is it that keeps a Realtor from taking the things that make them ooh and ahh over your program and print them themselves minus the distracting ads?

Jason

One Sowpubber is still waiting for the e-mail
 

I guess Don is so busy with the seven who are "going for it" tomorrow that he hasn't had time to e-mail out information.

Re: THREE Sowpubbers have taken the most important Step....
 

Drudging this thread up again..... i liked jason's ideas for the use of the back of the sheets. (for the column of "similar priced homes", would you ask for the agents'/brokerage's other homes, or would you place the homes of OTHER agents who have signed up for your program? << maybe an extra profit if you're an agent as well?).
Don, any input to your use of the use of ADS on the back? and how they would make the potential customer NOT put it down/throw it out? I'd be interested in hearing.

Is the "box" outside the only fate you see for this printing? How about having the agent use them at : the brokerage office, their mall kiosks,......(KEEP ADDING PLEASE)

Re: THREE Sowpubbers have taken the most important Step....
 

This thread started by saying THREE SOWPUBBERS have taken the most important...........,
Would it be fair to ask how they are doing with it?

To answer your question on what comp priced homes I would put on the back...

It would be other members of the program not limited to one particular firm.
If it was limited to only one brokerage's other homes, it wouldn't be long before they didn't need you anymore and just ran these in house for the same price they are currently paying for copies.

Thus no need for you!!!

Don may not have seen this as there have been several posts since your earlier one. You may need to start a new thread and address the question to him by name to get a response.