Marketing and my first campaign

[Robbie Knecht]

Hey BP, 

Alright so I just sent out my first direct mail campaign of 541 absentee owners that I got off Listsource. I sent out red postcards that have a big "NOTICE" at the top and right below it it says "I BUY HOMES". I thought that would get peoples attention. The total cost to mail out the postcards (Postcard/Absentee List/Postage) cost $348.41 and about 6-7 hours of handwriting the addresses. I realized I would rather have a mailing service do all that for me the next mailing which I found if I went through Vistaprint $427.97.

I had one of the postcards sent to me so i can see how long it took to for the postcards to start hitting the mail boxes. I received my postcard in the mail 9/21/15 and today is 9/23/15. So far I haven't had a call but am not to worried because I know it is going to take a couple mailings. Also, I attended my last MKE REIA meeting and a gentlemen said that he leaves his business card everywhere he goes. That sparked my interest and I decided to start doing that as well and I also bought car magnets to put on my car.

I have listened to all the wholesaling related podcasts numerous times and have been studying wholesaling via BP members/blogs/forums and the internet and feel I have a lot of knowledge. I have read multiple thing over many times and feel I still have much to learn through experience. Im very passionate about making REI as a big part of my life.

Anyways, what this post is mainly about though is I'm trying to get as much exposure as I can so that I can get the phones to start ringing. I have a lot of time and roughly 6.5k for marketing that I have saved up. I'm excited to start talking to sellers and solving their problems. I want to know what other form of marketing can I do? I'm looking into probate but am having a tough time figuring out how to get the addresses and the executioner name in the Milwaukee area. I look forward to any help and appreciate the valuable time you spent to read through this!

Thanks,

Robbie Knecht