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All Forum Posts by: Guy Collins

Guy Collins has started 4 posts and replied 6 times.

Post: VALUE BOMB (Example & Images) -> Here's how to get more leads.

Guy CollinsPosted
  • Vendor
  • Austin, TX
  • Posts 7
  • Votes 2

I'm Guy Collins from GetOmniActive.com and I'm tired of seeing you screw up.

So bookmark this page. Like it, tweet it, whatever you do with the important things in your life.

The Big Major Problem

Here's the problem with generating seller leads from direct mail, ppc ads, social media, bandit signs, whatever.

It's a ONE-TIME shot.

You have to hope your offer shows up at the right time, in the right place, and your prospect is in the right mood with no distractions.

The freaking stars literally have to align in your favor.

If not, all the time and effort it took to get that visitor to your website... is wasted.

The fact is, it's almost always the wrong time.

That's why most of your website visitors leave without ever contacting you.

  • Maybe the boss walked in.
  • Maybe they're rushing to pick the kids up from school.
  • Maybe your direct mail piece got piled under the bills.
  • Or maybe the homeowner still in denial that they're really about to lose their house.

But there will be a moment when your prospect is ready to reach out to someone for help.

Will they remember your ad?

Will they remember your brand?

Will they remember how to contact you?

Probably not. It's crowded.

An Even Bigger Major Problem

Motivated sellers are a really competitive audience to market to.

You know it. I know it.

It's crowded with a bunch of one-shot marketing.

But eventually, the timing will be perfect for your prospect.

If you're nowhere to be found, your prospect will get scooped up by one of your competitors.

You, 0. You're competitor, 1.

But more importantly -> You spent time and money on marketing and advertising but you missed out on another investment opportunity.

Why?

Because you only had one shot. You only had one touch-point. One chance to reach the prospect and hope they convert to a lead.

You expected your prospect to shift into your time-frame.

Doesn't happen that way amigo.

Then when your prospect was in the decision-making frame of mind, you weren't there.

The Solution

You absolutely must extend the life and reach of all your marketing and advertising efforts.

With digital remarketing ads, you can keep your image in front of your prospects for up to 6 months on Facebook and up to 18 months on Google's Display Network, including big name sites like

  • Walmart
  • eBay
  • Investopedia
  • WebMD
  • WikiHow
  • US News
  • Today
  • Fox News
  • Fox Business
  • and a lot more (including Bigger Pockets)

Between Facebook and Google's Network, you can reach pratically everyone on the Internet...

Over and over and over again.

And these remarketing "warm ads" are a fraction of the cost of "cold ads".

Here's A Real Example

Let's look at a big brand in the industry...

Notice 2 things, the Facebook Custom Audience and the Remarketing Tag.

When someone visits their website and doesn't fill out the contact form, those 2 tags tell Google and Facebook to show their branded ads all over the web for a set time-frame and on a set budget.

Those big name sites I mentioned that get a ton of targeted traffic.

So imagine the person leaves the website for whatever reason.

Then the next day the person remembers, "Oh yeah. I'm getting divorced and we need to sell the house. Crap."

So they go to Google and search: how to sell house divorce

They click on one of these information sites that's ALREADY RANKING ON THE FIRST PAGE OF GOOGLE...

And your ad shows up on their websites.

Or...

Remarketing also works when your visitors leave their site on mobile:

Or...

Or...

It's like having a bunch of Gary V's running around the web doing your digital follow-up for you.

Your Brand. Everywhere.

That way, you can almost guarantee you'll be in the right place, at the right time, when your prospect is in a decision-making frame of mind.

And remember, you'll also show up on Facebook. Although I couldn't get one of these on my Newsfeed to take a screenshot.

But I can get yours to show up.

So Here's Your Dilemma.

You know you need this.

You know this is the missing ingredient because almost all of your ads die immediately. Losing money get's expensive quick.

Remarketing solves that problem. But it's really technical to set this up.

So you either have to spend time learning it yourself.

Or, you have to pay someone to do it for you.

Let Me Make It A No-Brainer For You.

My team already has the skills and tools to setup remarketing for your website.

  • The investor invests.
  • The painter paints.
  • The roofer roofs.
  • The builder builds.
  • The digital marketer pounds the Internet with your brand.

We do this every single day as a part of our larger package to drives cold traffic.

We would love to setup remarketing for your brand as a smaller package that all our clients can afford. This includes:

  • All the accounts you need to remarket across the web.
  • All the image ads you need to display your brand.
  • All of the remarketing audiences created,
  • All simplified down to 2 small pieces of code that you can install, or we can install at no extra charge.
  • Plus, more features that we add to help you easily analyze, understand, and grow your traffic.

How Much Does All This Cost?

Dude. You make money with remarketing. You shouldn't be spending money on other advertising right now if you're not remarketing.

But our prices are fair and reasonable. It depends on the market and what digital assets you already have in place for us to work with.

We charge a small setup fee, then an even smaller monthly management fee (unless you want to manage yourself).

You'll be surprised how affordable we can make this for you.

Really though. How much are you wasting on ads right now? Probably a very unreasonable amount.

I bet it would hurt your feelings to talk about it.

For your ad budget, you can start with $5-$20 a day depending on the size of your remarketing list.

Then you can scale up or scale down as you need.

How Much Traffic Do You Already Get?

If you're not getting a lot of traffic to your site? First of all, get more traffic. We can do that too.

Besides, you'll happily spend more money on cold marketing like direct mail knowing all of your marketing efforts and ad dollars will be extended for 7 days, 6 months, up to 18 months.

  • Return traffic goes up. 
  • Cost per lead goes down. 
  • Close ratio goes up. 
  • It'd be foolish not to spend more on cold ads.

That's Why Your Big Brand Competitors Can Outspend You On Advertising. 

Second of all, we can just setup retargeting for Facebook and still get killer results. Damn sure better results than your one-shot competitors.

What's The Bottom Line?

We'd love to start working with Real Estate Investors all across the country.

You need remarketing and REI is a niche where we can deliver great results to our clients and help grow our company.

We'll work with you exclusively in your area. No other competitors.

Even if you don't work with us, get remarketing setup. The only thing you'll regret is that you didn't do it sooner.

Your remarketing lists will become one of your company's most valuable digital asset.

If you'd like to learn more, feel free to reach out to me.

Call me, text me, connect with me on facebook, email me, watch my video at at our agency's website or reach out to me wherever you reach out the best.

Hope this helps open your eyes to what's possible with the right marketing team in place.

Let's pound the Internet with your brand.

-- Guy Collins, Austin, Tx

Post: My first New Jersey wholesale lead...

Guy CollinsPosted
  • Vendor
  • Austin, TX
  • Posts 7
  • Votes 2

So a lead came in from Upper Montclair, NJ (Bergen County). But I live about 1,700 miles southwest of there in Texas.

- 4 bd, 3.5 ba

- 3000 sqft

- $0 owed on property

- Seller Comments: moving, needs repairs

- Asking $650k.

- Zillow Zestimate (I know it's not known for accuracy) $800k in a "Very Hot" market.

I'm brand new to this. I'm an experienced marketer with 0 wholesaling experience.

So I have no idea what to do with this lead. I've never filled out a purchase contract and I've read there are legal issues with wholesaling in NJ.

I've seen where I could birddog the lead for $1000-$2500 or assign for 3%-5% of purchase price.

Any advice would be very appreciated.

Also, I'm open to partnering on this somehow or co-wholesaling this deal with an experienced closer.

Guy Collins

Post: General criteria for digging up the right property?

Guy CollinsPosted
  • Vendor
  • Austin, TX
  • Posts 7
  • Votes 2

Thanks Joseph. I'm definitely looking for cash buyers. I'm sure I'll meet some at the local events and hopefully on here.

I don't think I'm ready to acquire property for myself yet. I enjoy my time/location freedom right now.

I'm thinking I may partner with an experienced wholesaler to generate leads for a bit. Just to learn the ropes. Maybe in a different market.

Any thoughts on that?

Post: General criteria for digging up the right property?

Guy CollinsPosted
  • Vendor
  • Austin, TX
  • Posts 7
  • Votes 2

I'm a lead gen master. Seriously. That's been my business for over a decade in all sorts of industries.

But I'm a total noob wholesaler. So I'm kinda stuck at identifying my ideal audience(s) before I can start generating leads for buyers.

I know there are different distressed situations (pre-foreclosure, absentee-owners, landlords, probate, divorce, etc).

But if you were to describe the ideal property owner for each situation, what would it be?

Where's the bread and butter for buyers?

I know it's best to get criteria directly from the buyers. I'll be attending some up-coming events in Austin to connect with them. So in the meantime I'd appreciate your input.

Post: Ouestion about foreclosure in Texas with mucho equity...

Guy CollinsPosted
  • Vendor
  • Austin, TX
  • Posts 7
  • Votes 2

Thanks Mike. I'll talk with the owner. If all sounds good, I'll contact the trustee and go from there.

Post: Ouestion about foreclosure in Texas with mucho equity...

Guy CollinsPosted
  • Vendor
  • Austin, TX
  • Posts 7
  • Votes 2

First, I just finished reading (listening to) J Scott's book and it answered a lot of the questions I had. I totally recommend it.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around everything but I've been eyeing a house in the Houston area that is now in foreclosure and is set to sell at auction in a few weeks.

I'm not sure how to approach this deal to make sure it's a doable deal.

I've made unrelated initial contact with the owner by ordering a product from her mlm company and requested to pickup in person in a couple days. I intend to mention to her that I'm a new real estate investor to move the conversation in that direction.

I've done a preliminary lien search and only found the one mortgage company that has a lien on the property.

There's approx $80k-$100k in equity and I have a large chunk of the cash to meet the remaining lien amount. Getting the rest of the money shouldn't be difficult.

My problem is that I don't know the steps to make this deal happen.

I'm not sure what question to ask the forum, but I'd like to start a conversation to figure this deal out.

Is a deal even possible after the notice of sale stage? And is there a benefit to doing this deal now vs bidding at the auction?

Thanks!