1.) Postcards
Mail simple postcards to areas with high turnover rates and include a link to a landing page. Use a call to action such as: We have buyers looking in your area, if you’re thinking about selling, now is the time!

2.) Google
Run Adwords campaigns for premarket keywords.

3.) Facebook
Run Facebook ads to lead capture pages offering home valuations.

4.) Craigslist
Post “we buy houses” ads on Craigslist.

5.) Drop-Off Zestimates
Drop off a printout of the zillow page for homes around your current listings. Make sure the zestimate is clearly visible on the printout. Include a neon-colored post-it note that says: Curious what your home is really worth? Call 123-123-1234.

6.) Retargeting
Run a retargeting campaigns for your current website’s visitors. Adroll is a great way to get started with this.

7.) Send This Email
Email your buyer leads and ask: Is there a home you need to sell before you buy?

8.) Newsletters
Send an email newsletter to your entire database. (Bonus – segment your database by city, timeframe, type or price range for better results.)

9.) FSBOs 2.0
Call FSBOs and expired listings (if you’re brave enough). You can start for free, by contacting FSBO listings on Craigslist, or set up an IFTTT recipe to notify you when a new FSBO is listed.

10.) Facebook Groups
Start (or join) a Facebook group for your city or neighborhood. If you put in the effort to cultivate a community, it will provide you with continual business for years.

11.) Nextdoor.com
Make sure you are signed up on Nextdoor for your local neighborhood and post recent sales, market trends and stats regularly. Every update you post sends an email to the entire neighborhood!

12.) Make Me Moves
Message “Make me Move” homeowners on Zillow. You can think of these prospects as pre-FSBOs.

Has anyone had any luck with Google (or Bing) adwords? I haven't had any business out of adsense at all.

What did your ads on Google look like? What were you offering? I never used them for real estate, but I did use Bing for some marketing ads. It was ok.

I have used them real estate and mortgage financing. Nothing exciting ad-wise as they don't give you a lot of space in the ad. Currently using up my $100 free credit for Bing ads. I don't expect much out of it.

Here is a couple of my ads:

http://screencast.com/t/sYJS5qdxNWE
http://screencast.com/t/YiK8jnOf

Nice piece of writing with collecting all the necessary items in one place. I would like to add my suggestion, Proper website with fresh content, very organized local listing over all directories, display ads, twitter cards, guest posts, info graphics and fresh content on daily or second day basis (depends) will lead you to get the desired results.

Two types of marketing, Real World Marketing or simple marketing & the other is Digital Marketing. The combination of both can give desired results.

Scott,

I can't believe I missed your links to your ads! Months sure to seem to fly by like hours.

Anywho, with your ads, if you're still doing them, you want to offer value to your prospects. Have a free report you could give them on choosing who to do have their mortgage or refinance through? You could easily put something together.

BEST targeted responsive listing generating system, bar none, is CoreFacts. If you can get a title company marketing rep to get you in.

Craiglist is one of the best source. Like that you can use Sulekha, Localfiles, Justlanded, Backpage and your state classified sites too.

Very nice listing.You have share very informative thread with us.I usually like Facebook groups for get daily traffic.its really very effective way for lead generate.

Facebook is a great platform for every type of business or small business .we can run paid ads or other paid services for get huge traffic and leads.

You have shared such a great lists.Thanks for this.I really agreed with craigslist advertisement its really very helpful for get more leads for any businesses .

Nice tips, thanks. I tried to access your website in your profile, OP.

I had to resign up, because my old account can't be located..

You have shared really good information. Any one can easily generate leads by using these sites.

Thank you for providing tips for generating leads. You can also try video promotion on popular video sharing platforms like YouTube and also on social media sites.

Informative thread. I think Facebook and Google are the best platforms to generate leads.

Some of these factors may helpful to generate some leads in real estate.
A professional rendering is ideal for specific types of marketing, Property-specific websites are key, Professional photography is imperative, Print marketing should not be overlooked, Internet marketing is a must, a bonus tip.

I agree with Mark Williams, nowadays there is enough technology that you need to be in front of your target audience through snail mail, facebook, highway sponsorships, local parade floats, billboards, online and newsletters. It's become much more technical and the strongest agents keep pushing themselves and the envelope. I'm actually surprised more tech-savvy millennials aren't doing more business.

Those are good ideas for newbies. There is always also the
good ol door knocking. Thanks for sharing.