Mortgage brokers all understand the efficacy of purchasing mortgage loan leads.
There are several methods used to generate leads, and some are more effective than others.
Direct mail is one way to accomplish this.
But there are some drawbacks to this traditional form of demand generation.
Direct mail is when print advertising is sent directly to someone's home or office.
Sometimes the advertising is targeted to a particular group of people; people who share a hobby or interest, for example.
This can generate useful leads if people respond to the mailing by contacting the advertiser.
However, many times direct mail is sent out in bulk, for instance, to every person living in a city.
This sort of mailing might produce some usable leads, but because it is not targeted to a specific sort of buyer, more often the recipients of this type of mailing refer to it as "junk," because the mailing is not applicable to them.
In certain areas of the country, people can opt out of receiving unsolicited advertisements, so there is a whole segment of the population that will not even receive the mailing.
Also, direct mail generates a huge amount of waste, and puts stress on valuable resources like trees and energy.
There are alternatives to direct mail that yield better results for mortgage brokers.
Mortgage lead generation that comes from online sources provides a greener solution to the problem of junk mail.
It also tends to yield better leads, because interested consumers must come to you to request further information about the loan products that you offer.
Interested potential customers coming to you requesting information about the specific products that you sell will yield leads with a high closing rate, because they have been screened by the lead generation company to be requesting what you have to sell.
Not all online mortgage leads are alike, however.
It pays to inspect the leads for quality.
Some lead generation companies will sell you leads, but then turn around and resell the leads to another mortgage broker, or several more brokers.
This means that your potential new client is being bombarded by competing brokers, who all want to make a sale.
Very likely the lead will not buy, simply to get salespeople to quit pestering him or her.
Instead, you will want to ensure that before you purchase any leads that they are for your exclusive use only.
This way you can build a trusting relationship with potential debt consolidation leads, and can become more familiar with what type of loan product they desire, so you can offer them specifically what they seek.
Qualified leads are the answer to investing resources that will return to you in closed deals and happy new clients.