I have heard of it but no experience.  Theories can be a dime a dozen and generally worth less.   

We've been with Smartzip for over 2 years now. The 1st 6 months we were slow to get leads, but after that we've had a pretty steady stream of leads that have converted to sales. Perhaps they just needed to see the monthly postcard/letter to become familiar with our team before reaching out to us. Also the fact that our display ads pop up on sites when they search their area (we've personally seen our own ads on CNN and other websites when we were searching online for other things), again reinforces our name/brand by repetition in that zip code. 

 

We've actively followed up on our top 20% via calls and emails to those who have received our cards & logged on to get their home price or opened the email drip. Watching who's opening up what email, website, etc. on the back-end & contacting them based on that info is great for creating that line of communication in order to get the prospect to open up on their needs without feeling like it's a cold call. That has been our most successful way of converting them to clients/sales.

I am currently using it and have been working with them for 3 months.  I have listed and sold a property right out of the gate with this and have others in the pipeline.   My second property from this goes on the market tomorrow. It is like anything else, you need to "work it".  It is a waste of money if you do not follow-up with the leads.  I am working this in a very small WI town and it is going very well for me!

I've seen a webinar on this last year, the concept is great and some of their search strategies were ones I've implemented manually.  I'm looking into something like this now, but with another provider I'm already using for something else.  Not slick like this at all, but I'm already paying for the data.

Not familiar with it, but would love a crystal ball that would tell me when someone is ready to sell!

I'm not familiar with this product, but I know Realtors who put stock in the type of analytics that examine average amoutn of time people live in a home in a neighborhood and track down those that are approaching a predictive listing period. Obviously an imperfect science, you can't guess how long a stranger will live somewhere. But over an entire population of people there are some cool analytical strategies out there. 

Have you spoken the AR friends? SMART ZIP reviews

I have not. I echo what Michael Jacobs said. 

Peter,

I have a client who felt it was expensive, and also useful.  It did generate a bit of business for him.  A

Nope - no xp with it sorry

I enjoyed the thread and talking to some of you. Here is the article I wrote on the dangers of avoiding tech. 

https://activerain.com/blogsview/5262307/why-hating-technology-may-be-the-biggest-mistake-agents-make-

My experience has been dont waste your money. Been on program since August 2017 and absolute zero to show for the $890 per month. If you have questions I can be reached at skipclem@gmail.com

They are the Worse Lead Generation ---EVER!!!!  They do not deliver what they promise and the hide behind their"no cancellation policy"  RUN!

We started using it about a month ago. Wanted a program that is driven by analytics. We'll keep you posted on our progress.

#statenisland

I just went through their presentation to get the info. I would love to hear from agents that use this service!

I just signed a contract with Smartzip. I will try to report back when I have more experience with it.

I am shifting to a new market area and it looks like a powerful tool to help me get listings in that new market area where I live.

I think they sponsored a contest here not that long ago, I am sure there are a few posts on this.

I would like to see how well that works in my extremely rural area. No I haven't heard of this. 

I've seen the ads  -  never talked to them.  

I spoke to them at length a couple of years ago and decided that it wasn't for me.

     I wouldn't invest a lot of money in it.  Sounds too much like a crap shoot.

We used them for a year. No listings.

Pros-Turn key mailings that you really don't have to worry about. You can even approve them in advance. Potential sellers can check the value of their home and you are notified when they do.

Cons-It still takes time and dedication on your part to follow up.

This year they made some changes too that I didn't like. If you are serious about considering this lead generation tool, give me a call and we can chat about it! 720.530.5554

It seems like an interesting system as I've delved into it about a month ago. Pretty pricy for their guesswork.

Reminds me of how a Zestimate started - doesn't have to be accurate does it?

New one to me, will have to check it out

No experience with it and haven't heard of anyone who has used it successfully. Sounds like a way for someone else to make a lot of money

every home will sell soon if it's priced right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have not had any experience with this service.

No..no experience with it.

Really? Never hears of it!

no

No; however, there are many that feature predictive analytics.

Nope.

I did not get any clients from it - Part of it is not having the systems in place to capitalize on the leads I got - 

Nope, can't say I do

I am not familiar with that service.

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