Do you advertise on your car?

Michelle....  sorry that I am late to the party.  Interesting post with some great opinions. I only read a few of the comments. But you do make a good point about you car and if you are in an accident.

In regards to the comments that I did read, it wouldn't be for me. Sure, it can be some good advertising. I am in the mortgage business and it does crack me up to see lenders with their info. Especially the ones that read...."best rates...give me a call".....  everyone sells best rates.  

In any case, as some mentioned, it's not my personality. And Kristal Kraft summed it up best...  I prefer to be stealth in my business.  And PS... just FYI and not sure if anyone mentioned this. But maybe this could have been a members post?  Not that it was negative, but it's mostly chit chat amongst the real estate professionals. Unless you were looking for answers from consumers also.

On another note... CONGRATS on your 1st featured post.

I have had good success with just my license tag... MROME is the tag and the licence frame holder has my website. I have had people stop me with questions.

Congratulations on this featured post!

I never deface my car. The car I drive is my success and my success comes from referrals, calling FSBO's, and working expired.

Yes, we should not be "Secret Agents", but there are so many different avenues available that work.

I think magnets and painting on cars is tacky. We are not pizza delivery drivers. I did not find my doctor, dentist or accountant by looking for cars with magnets on it. They were referred to me or I found them because of other means of their advertising efforts.

My thought is that it is an act of desperation. (just my opinion)

As Real Estate Agents/Brokers, we are Sales Professionals. I think that type of advertising is more geared to services providers (and I am not diminishing those professions). And for service providers, that type of advertising works great. I thing we are in a completely different industry.

Michelle, good topic.

"I think magnets and painting on cars is tacky. We are not pizza delivery drivers. "

LOL. Chuck, this is one of the reasons I don't use any kind of signs. Although I have considered a small window decal.

Wow...intially I thought "What is all the fuss about signage to market yourself, your company and so you can have local exposure for your brand?"   The thinking it is tacky and what if you work for Frisky Real Estate and are the lead reindeer in a ten car pile up on I-54...worrying about the anchor lady pointing and expounding that "The pile up was caused by a Frisky Real Estate broker (zooming in on wrinkled, dented Frisky Real Estate decal slowly, smoke heading skyward as camera pans the twisted metal) made it click for me. After reading a few more posts, maybe the big worry about coming off as tacky is the  sole worry. Taking a spray can of paint and like a 2nd grader labeling the Desoto Frisky Real Estate.  That would be tacky ..attention getting but tacky. Tacky could be a magnet upside town or crooked that is the size of Rhode Island just plastered hap hazardly on your ride.  But a decal in the window of your SUV that matches and reinforces your lawn signs, letter head, business cards and website is not a bad thing.  It is part of the mix...the least expensive and very visible kind that works around the clock (except when in the garage tucked away at night).  A smaller tasteful same style font/color/logo on the tail end of the mercedes or bmw is not a bad thing...just make it work for your market.  You already have a ski area decal and all those colleges your kids are each going to on the back window now anyway right? (grinning slowly) Use the decal but in an appropiate way you feel good about.  You may wear a name tag/blazer now right? ...consider it your name tag for what you do.  And when you get older and forget where you parked, it will be easier for you and the kids to spot too. Label your horse...it can not hurt your sales. Don't be bashful. What do you have to hide?

I bought a Scion xb 2008 just for this i don't take people out it it i just had this done last week is it tooo much LOL.. I will not do this to my bimmer though. I get alot of looks though again just use it to go around town should i care what people think about me driving it ? I know some people think it's tacky but i went for $20,000 just for advertising i guess im crazy LOL

I have experience with decals in two different ways.  Years ago I had a home business...one the party things and I put decals on the back window of my mini-van.  I got a ton of business from it.  I would come out of a store and someone would say...is that your van with the sticker on the back?  One time I was getting my hair cut and a lady came in and said "whose driving the white mini-van?" and I said it was me ...she place a 350.00 order on the spot.

I've only been a Realtor for 2 months and I've already listed an expensive house because the guy saw my magnet on my SUV door. 

The whole reason I searched this subject was because I was thinking of doing a wrap.  You don't see alot of that in East Texas.....

I have heard some people swear that they get tons of leads and others that don't work. My personal opinion is that everything is in the branding and word of mouth. I will rather be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond. If you continually market yourself thru different

If you were to wrap your car or Suv, what is the best make and model to use?

Ryan Haley

i am shopping for a vehicle just for the purposes of a vinyl wrap, i will probably just buy a van, maybe even a cube van