A marketing company contacted me about growing an Instagram page for $150 a month they offer:650+ Monthly Follower Growth100-125+ Likes on every post (unlimited posting)DM targeting campaign – send 600+ highly targeted messages/moWould this actually get the job done?

The government did not do that because these businesses have lobbyists and make donations to the lawmakers election campaigns and PACs. 

That does not take into consideration the time spent creating marketing pieces, getting them out there, managing campaigns, answering the phone & emails, comping houses, putting together offers, submitting them, negotiation, follow-up, etc.

IE to me this means time spent searching in MLS, taking phone calls from yellow letter campaigns etc count.Another question is, which seems obvious if looking for properties in MLS counts then this activity should count too, we do some work on the rehabs ourselves.

Also, I usually get less response in the second letter of a campaign. 200 is a fairly small sample size.

Ok, that probably wasn't nice, but it IS true. Just wanted to share my excitement (yes, I get excited) that I mailed out two handwritten letters last week, and one of them called me back. :) By my math that's 50%

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., I don't know how your start went and if you ever got started or found success, but I wanted to point out that guys like Michael Quarles are all over this site sharing tips and insight on their success with direct mail campaigns.

Hopefully my door to door campaign yields a good lead. http://www.cheaphouseswilmington.com/effective-door-to-door-knocking-for-real-esate-agents-script-included

You've got to stick to the grind when you're 3-4 months into your marketing campaign and still haven't done a deal yet.