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822 – Engage Turbo Mode: Neighborhood Mailing Program

πŸ“… December 4, 2021 ⏱️ 59:41 🎀 Rich, Bjorn, Paul

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  • 0:03
    Intro: Bjorn & Paul from Blue Jay Reynolds (Alberta)
  • 1:45
    The postcard and the neighborhood prospecting list
  • 4:59
    Homeowners are "nose-blind" to worn siding
  • 7:42
    Three categories of hot buttons / identity points
  • 9:52
    The JoCo before-and-after TV commercial story
  • 15:55
    Ingredient 1: dramatic before/after imagery
  • 17:00
    Ingredient 2: transparency about how the list was built
  • 21:25
    Financing to raise the average ticket
  • 26:55
    Telling the story on the back of the postcard
  • 31:25
    Postcard design: front vs back and address placement
  • 41:43
    Layering in check-mailers with hyper-specific discounts
  • 50:02
    Frequency and the marketing-budget calculator
  • 56:34
    Every Door Direct Mail option and wrap-up

Speakers

R
Rich
Host, Level10 Contractor Daily
B
Bjorn
Blue Jay Reynolds (siding contractor, Alberta)
P
Paul
Blue Jay Reynolds (siding contractor, Alberta)

Key Takeaways

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Snap homeowners out of "nose-blind" complacency with dramatic before/after photos β€” the "500-lb-before, bikini-body-after" visual contrast makes exterior upgrades impossible to ignore.

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Lead with radical transparency and hyper-specific numbers: tell recipients exactly how the list was built ("we drove 5 neighborhoods and identified 1,022 of 2,112 homes over 2.5 months") so it feels targeted, not creepy.

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For a highly visual product like siding, sell "benefits of ownership" (your home looks dated) rather than vendor-selection messaging β€” benefit-driven appeals work where they usually don't.

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Put minimal billboard-style copy on the FRONT and load the BACK with content β€” "victory goes to the one with superior forces at the point of contact."

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Sequence the campaign: postcards, then a check-mailer with a hyper-specific arbitrary discount (e.g. $2,317.55) wrapped in a rationale story, plus geo-targeted Facebook ads echoing the same message.

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Offer financing to raise average ticket β€” anchor on a monthly payment ("what budget did you have in mind?") to de-risk a $35k-$50k job and expand scope.

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Set frequency with a marketing-budget calculator: pick the acquisition cost you'll tolerate, divide budget by list size for dollars-per-household, and mail no less often than every 10-14 days.

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