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How do you make writing real estate postcard marketing materials less stressful? This article discusses one of the most practical advices I can share with you about direct mail copywriting.

Most of us find ourselves having a tough time writing our real estate direct mails. Although we know what message we want to communicate to our prospects, we find ourselves at a standstill and can’t seem to produce our ideas in the right order. Hence, the simple method we are suggesting is just to start writing, then rework the piece by rearranging our ideas into the proper order.

So when you begin writing your real estate marketing copy, just put everything that answers the AIDA marketing formula (Attention, Interest, Desire, Action). Some of the basic features your real estate direct mail should contain are the attractive offer, persuasive customer benefits, and the ‘because’ answers to your prospects questions.

Make sure to include sub-headlines in your real estate direct mail. And when you are satisfied with the completeness of the content, print a copy.

Now take a pair of scissors and cut the document into “paragraph size” pieces. Make sure that each piece you cut contains one – and only one – paragraph on it. (This assumes that you’ve been writing in short bursts of paragraphs all along!)

Next, try to read the document once more. You can now decide if you want to reorder the paragraphs or keep it that way. Make sure though that the entire document is coherent and has a clear information about your offer.

Afterwards, read the copy once more and try to see something to improve on. Make sure that each paragraph has proper transitions or you can substitute some words that you think would suit best. The purpose is to energize your real estate direct mail to make it more appealing to your customers.

No, you’re not quite done yet. Your next step is to re-read this copy again. Decide if you need to create any transitional sentences to make the copy flow better. You may even decide you need to rewrite a sentence or a whole paragraph. You may even decide you need to punch it up some with more action-oriented verbs. A few well placed exclamation points, even a couple of interjections that create excitement.

Go ahead. Make all the revisions you need to. If after that you think your copy would benefit from another printout and another round of jigsaw puzzle working, and then by all means do so. Before you know it, you’ve painlessly and nearly effortlessly, created an effective postcard mailing.

Isn’t this the experience all of us wish to have when working on our real estate marketing campaigns?