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Are You A Mortgage Mechanic?

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Filed under Direct Marketing, Mortgage Leads, Sales Advice

At Martin Worldwide, we offer a number of lists for mortgage brokers, providing cost-effective, comprehensive, and accurate mortgage leads — guaranteed. Our lists leverage a variety of demographic details, such as specific financial needs and length of residence, to target those homeowners who would be most interested in our clients’ offerings.

However, while a targeted, accurate mailing list can be the first step towards closing more deals, you need to consider how you are approaching your customers — will you be a trusted mechanic, or the caricature of a “used car salesman”?

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B2B Tactics Often Mimic B2Cs

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Filed under Business Leads, Direct Marketing, Marketing Research, Sales Advice

For business to business marketers, research shows that case studies and other product information materials often generate better results than promotional offers. However, a recent article at DM News reports that B2B marketers still lean on promotional offers for a majority of their marketing campaigns. The survey asked marketers about the tactics used in their best and worst direct marketing campaigns in the last year and a half, and discovered that “brand/product information such as case studies, pricing tools and other materials that explain a company’s product or service was employed in only 16 percent of the campaigns. Promotional offers, however, were used in 61 percent of the campaigns, many of them the worst-performing campaigns.”

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