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Fabulous New Marketing Technique

By: Sharron and Steve Lobman
Saturday, July 07, 2007 1:00 PM

While showing properties yesterday, I discovered a fabulous new marketing and advertising technique. It is inexpensive and really quite simple.

First, you print up beautiful flyers for some of your listings.  Be sure to include your name and phone number many many times in this packet.

Then you just select some properties that are similar to these listings.

Then you go around to your competitors "Information/Brochure" Boxesn and. here's the great part, you put YOUR listing's flyers in THEIR brochure boxes. (sarcasm off)

 I saw it at least 5 times yesterday!!!

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Comments

The C Team
Member Since '04

The C Team said:

That is not nice.  To me that is completely unethical, whether it is or not per ethics code.

Darcy

July 7, 2007 11:20 AM
Mary Welch
Member Since '04

Mary Welch said:

Wow, did someone do this to you?

July 7, 2007 11:33 AM
Gail Griffin
Member Since '03

Gail Griffin said:

Bad form! Looks like the market downturn has stirred up some dust and the desperate unethical agents are coming out of the woodwork!

July 7, 2007 11:35 AM
Cathy  Clark
Member Since '06

Cathy Clark said:

Well, that's a new one!  Desperate is right!  I'd let 'em have it!

July 7, 2007 11:40 AM
Phil Anderson
Member Since '04

Phil Anderson said:

If I could find 2 or more listings where an agent did that, woe be onto them....I'd be sending up the Batgirl signal!

July 7, 2007 11:42 AM
Sharron and Steve Lobman
Member Since '06

Sharron and Steve Lobman said:

Yep...that really happened. I was pretty stunned because overall the agents in our area area very ethical and kind.

July 7, 2007 11:47 AM
Mike Farmer
Member Since '03

Mike Farmer said:

They need a little mountain justice done to 'em.

July 7, 2007 11:50 AM
Becky Troutt
Member Since '05

Becky Troutt said:

Sharron, would you like to borrow my bat?  What a scumbag!

July 7, 2007 11:52 AM
Radley Reiff
Member Since '04

Radley Reiff said:

Is it okay to do that on FSBOs?

I normally just leave beer cans in their yard but I'll try the flyer approach !!

- Radley

July 7, 2007 11:55 AM
D. Scott Secor
Member Since '05

D. Scott Secor said:

This is why it is criminal to insert unmailed literature in a any US Mailbox.  

I would hope that the local Realtor's Association have sufficient sense to severely reprimant and/or fine the dirtbag using this too-clever-by-half marketing approach.  Better yet, terminate their license on a second offense!  We do not need unprincipled agents like that in our business.

July 7, 2007 12:07 PM
Joe Schutt
Member Since '06

Joe Schutt said:

Becky, bring your bat with you to GA. We are going to have to wash it wax it and use it. I mean Shelly will have to wash and wax it.

We're coming to help Sharron...by the way nice pic. i don't remember if I mentioned you in the Cliff's notes version i did.

On a serious not, that is pretty low. Maybe some of the agents in that area need to do an intervention with this person.

July 7, 2007 1:16 PM
Margaret Rodgers
Member Since '06

Margaret Rodgers said:

There is an agent in this area that had retired her lic a few years back ,well she reactivated her lic,sent flyers saying she had sold a large  percentage of the homes in the subdivision she had sold 2 her home in 2002 FSBO before she had a lic and 1 this year there have been at least 30 homes sell in the last 2 years it may just be me but I think she oh well I will say it she lied . She has done the flyers in the box I know she did it to mine , I think she must be like a locust  sorry for that . Lets just say I do not like the way she does business ,she also whines when someone does not agree with her she says the are not professional  ,personally I doubt she would know professional if it bit her.  

July 7, 2007 3:06 PM
Shelly  Constantz
Member Since '07

Shelly Constantz said:

Oh, don't worry, the cauldron is sparkkling and the bat is waxed and ready.   We will find this scumbag and hurt them. Not a nice thing.  If I were the owners of the property, I would also lodge a compliant.

July 7, 2007 4:34 PM
Joe Schutt
Member Since '06

Joe Schutt said:

I am with Shelly.

July 7, 2007 7:15 PM
Mike Farmer
Member Since '03

Mike Farmer said:

Sharron, did Steve make you change your picture back to the original?

Your email box must have filled up. :)

July 9, 2007 11:39 AM
Sharron and Steve Lobman
Member Since '06

Sharron and Steve Lobman said:

Mike, lol--I just read your post.

July 13, 2007 1:07 PM

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