4 Steps to
Sales Success With Realtor Brochure Designs
By Patrick Cannon
Real estate agents looking to break into the top
tier of their sales profession polish their interpersonal relationship skills
and put the finishing touches on their marketing collateral to lift them over
the competition. They make their personalized brochures present a compelling
message on why a customer should use them. This brochure, a picture into the
realtor's service, is a summarization of the realtor's experience, credentials,, and sales message put into a pamphlet for people to
review. These brochures are meant to be given to prospects, clients, and hot
leads to encourage them to go to that agent for their services. The bonus to
brochures is that they cost under a dollar to print, can generate leads worth
thousands of dollars in commissions, hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales.
Even if the brochure does not return many leads they easily pay off for
themselves with just one. Better brochure designs yield better returns and
sales. There are a few things to keep in mind when creating a personal
brochure.
Realtor Brochure
Design
The brochure should include four basic elements. A recent
photograph(s) of the Realtor, the sales copy writing, the company logo, and the
contact information. A photograph of the agent helps people to recognize
the agent and in concert with the brochure's marketing message, the sales copy
writing, associates the Realtor with the brand and services detailed in that
brochure. The business logo is your company brand. In many cases a Realtor may
have other services to market to their prospects once they have bought a home.
The company logo on the brochure reinforces that message that you and your
company can provide those services in a professional manner. The sales copy
writing, the slogans and product offering messages, help generate familiarity
with your company services, frame the problem that your company solves for the
customer, and creates the ultra compelling promise that you are the best
solution for that problem
Realtor Brochure
Printing
You can save a buck or two by not printing on all sides of the brochure in many
cases. Resist the temptation. The entire brochure should be printed in full
color on the appropriate special paper with items of interest on all sides. It
is also helpful to have cuts in the brochure for a business card if you can
swing it. Business cards are another important part of marketing a real estate
agent as they get handed around to other people. They provide the contact
information, and well done cards can be tools to help clients remember who the
agent is. Keep the colors, contact information, and overall designs of the
different items consistent with each other. It will reflect on your
professionalism in a positive manner if you do and a negative manner if you
don't.
Brochure Sales
Message
What is printed on the Realtor brochure and how it is phrased is critical to
the effectiveness of the brochure. Often when a Realtor creates an initial
draft of a personalized brochure it tends to center too much around the agent
and what they have accomplished. Mom may like to read about your full
biography, but everyone else should hear about your services and products. Don't
turn it into a 'me wall' or ode to your ego. Include
the necessary elements to build your professional credibility. Like '#1 Sales
Producer in the State for 2001-2008.' Certified for 'x'.
Member of 'y'. Include the information in a way that
shows the agent is skilled and more than competent in the profession. Dedicate
the rest of the brochure to your sales message. When a prospect is looking for
an agent they want to find someone who is credible, interested in helping
others, and who doesn't portray themselves as a salesperson.
Realtor Brochure
Distribution
The only way the Realtor brochure is going to be useful is if it is distributed
out to the public as widely as possible. Give your brochure to anybody and
everybody if they talk with people in your target market on a regular basis
even if they are not quite in your target market themselves. Even if someone
won't use it, the brochure may always be passed on to another person, or be put
away until a later time.
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Patrick Cannon is the CEO of BusinessCardGenius.com,
a business card printer that provides branded marketing collateral solutions
for sales professionals that need the absolute best marketing materials.
Specialized in realtor marketing materials like Realtor Brochures,
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