Direct Mail: How To Streamline Driving For Dollars Process?

[Aaron Sauceda]

Hi All --

I'm posing a question here about the Driving for Dollars *tactical process*, and less-so the strategy or "what to look for" in DFD-type property.

Specifically, if we're already working on collecting property addresses, building lists and sending mail, how can we do that more efficiently? Put another way, does someone have systems, processes, ideas or technologies that reduce the amount of time and manual work needed to go from collecting addresses to getting letters into mailboxes?

For instance, this is my current Driving for Dollars process: 

1. Write down property address in OneNote 
2. Search address in PropertyRadar, add ownership data to a list 
3. Export list to Excel
4. "Scrub" list and prepare Mail Merge letter
5. Print and mail (if small) or use printing service such as letterprinting.net (if larger) 

Follow-up questions:

How can I streamline this process with automation? Is there a way I don't have to look up each property individually, add them to my Driving for Dollars PropertyRadar list and then export to Excel? Ideas for more automation? 

Please feel free to connect with me here on this thread or PM me directly. I appreciate all discussion!

Cheers,

Aaron

P.S. I've read many of the DFD threads on here already, many of them are geared towards the technology and how-to of DFD (such as here, here, here and here)