I've got an addiction... to Vista Print!!!

Julie, I've used Vista Print for several years and have been really happy. I like the creativity of modifying their products.

Colleen

I';m a long time user of Vista Print. I getsome business cards from them and some "fancier" ones from Victorian Trading Co.

I don't do mail outs to strangers. Just my SOI because I never had any luck at all with mail outs. Who knows though...it may work for you.

I designed a business card through Vista a while ago, but ended up using another provider. I think I will revisit their site and check them out again. Thank You.

Hi there Julie -

When we set up marketing campaigns for our clients, we include the priority three - telephone calls, e-mail, and postal mail.  Direct mail marketing is extremely valuable for many reasons.  People get so much e-mail that, as someone else here already said, they either just glance over it or it gets caught in spam filters or sits in a inbox forever.  That's where direct mail comes into play.  Even if a postcard gets tossed, they will at least look at it (back and front) before they toss it.  Also, when planning your direct mail campaign, be sure to include unique marketing activities - not just sending stuff just to send it.  And be consistent!  It won't give you huge results right away but, over the long haul, you will make a bigger impact.

~Renae - Market 4 Real!

I like the  listing card with the plain yellow For Sale sign 26 cent card size- I send them to fsbo off the local fsbo sites and tell them.  Putting a sign in the yard and hoping someone will call is not the way to sell their home- not exact phrase, then I mention my website and marketing info.  I have gotten more calls from doing this............  Keep back Black and add more verbage, its very inexpensive to mail 20-50 a month, and they send you 100 for free plus shipping.

LOL - I will join the vista print addiction club - order from them way too much - however - I find their quality is awesome for the money and I like having a nice selection of cards around. Also their other stuff is great - just got notepads, a tshirt and pens for a 12 year daughter of a friend of mine.

I like sending postcards from there the most - and the flyers for info boxes are always highly recevied. 

Thanks for the info.  I'm always looking for new marketing ideas.

Yes, I always get those Visat Print "free" offers too. They're always there, so I try to only get them if I'm buying something else from them anyway. Then they're truly free for me, as I'm not paying any additional postage to have them!

Once a month we send our database a e-newsletter, direct mail piece, and offer a FREE educational webinar.  I highly encourage you to keep up the mailing.  I find that only 30% of our database is opening our emails so hitting them again with a direct mail piece is important.  I often times use postcards or hand write the envelope so it looks like a greeting card to make sure it gets opened!

Good Luck!

Erin

Julie,I started Real Estate in 2003 and I have never used it. It's much less expensive and much more impactful to knock on a door. Good Luck to you and Later in the rain~Deb

I send out postcards, mailings and do a lot of farming. I have asked several of my clients to give me the "junk" mail that they get from other agents so I know what my compition is doing. I have used vista print several times, but the quality did not stand out. I realized that I needed to step up my game. I hired a graphic designer to give me a branding, and now I just send him the info that I want on the postcards/mailings etc and he plugs it in. WELL worth the money. His cost to do the work is actually cheap and his prices for printing are comparable, but he offers free shipping. The quality is amazing and my mailings stand out from the others. I have gotten business off of these. The information may not be what the recipient of the mailing is looking for, but if you send out quality it stands out and you are giving the impression that you put that much time, effort and quality into your job.

And then when they have us hooked and in their system, we'll come to them for the higher priced pieces.  They are a responsible and entrepeneurial and they get our business.

thats great, i like to see websites that other realtors use and are getting great success. thank you again.

I've used them, they're very inexpensive.  I don't think the quality is there for most of my business needs, but for personal things & business post its, etc.  its great

Thanks I never used them, but their prices look great!

I will give them a try. I get my post cards from Color for Real Estate and make some on publisher.