The Importance of the Follow Up Letter

Something we talk about consistently with ourcards distinguishes one from the other.
coaching students is the importance of the follow upSome of you have asked, how do I get their address?
letter. However, the follow up letter is not limited toAsk for it, and I don't mean at the end of the
those who are operating a lease purchase business.conversation, because many times they won't give it
Whatever type of business you are operating, afterto you. For those of us in lease purchasing it is easy
speaking with a potential client you should be sendingbecause our callers have to tell us their address in
some type of follow up correspondence. It could be aorder for us to go and take a look at the property.
letter, a post card, or in some instances an email.For those of you running other types of businesses,
I can't count the number of deals we have gottenyou will need to take a long hard look at your
from a follow up letter we sent. The longest time to gotelephone script and see how you can modify it to
by before hearing from a seller was 14 months, butincorporate the address as part of your script. Offer
we did hear from them. Why, because I sent a followsomething so appealing they are asking you if you
up letter and included my business card in that letter.want their address so you can send them something!
Now with lease purchasing and the card we use, weFor those of you that this won't work for, tell them
offer an incentive to sellers to call. Our card has aabout your website, or that you would like to send
very memorable tag line, it makes people want to callthem some special web only offers and see if you
us! So, you want to be sure your business cardcan get their address that way.
distinguishes you from all the rest. Think about it, howIf all of these fail, invest in a cross checking service,
many of you have visited open houses and saw thewhere with your prospects telephone number, you can
plethora of business cards from real estate agentsalso gain access to their address!
sitting on a counter top and table. Nothing on those