Create Some Marketing Suspense in Commercial Real Estate Advertising

When it comes to promoting a commercial property for sale or lease, try to put some suspense and anticipation into the property campaign.  Get away from ‘generically’ marketing, and be very specific in your promotional efforts.

Know the Property

Look at the property for what it is and the strengths that the property provides over time for the buyers or tenants.  Understand the target market for each exclusive listing so that you can really tap into creative marketing processes that pull in the right segments of people.

Ultimately you want a reasonable level of property enquiry with every exclusive listing; from that you will create inspections and lots of them.  How can you do that?  In simple terms you look at your property and build the marketing campaign or plan using relevant promotional leverage.  You then implement that promotional plan.

Your Promotional Plan

Here are some ideas to help with promoting your next high quality listing:

1. Give your property a name or identity – If there is some history about the property or the location, you can use that information as a point of leverage and branding in your advertising copy. People relate to a story.  The history of the property is likely to have a few stories that you can use in your headlines, feature points, and editorials.
2. Set the time for the campaign – Start the property promotion at the right time of year or month. Seasonal holidays and business cycles all put pressures into property promotion.  You want the right people to see the advertised property so start the campaign at the right time of month and on the right days of the week.   The campaign can be ‘rolled out’ in a staged way using ‘early release’ information, and then primary promotion coverage.
3. Use the right media channels – When you really understand your target market you can choose the best media channels to tap into your segments of buyers or tenants as the case may be.
4. Personal involvement – Put yourself into the staging of the property promotion. Tell the client what you will do personally to get the message about the property to the right people.  Most top agents win more property listings because of the promise and strategy they offer in personal involvement.  In exchange for that personal involvement you should insist on exclusivity with your listings for a reasonable period of time.
5. Implementation and control – Every good property campaign will be implemented to a plan and controlled to a strategy. Every stage of the property promotion will be watched for both strengths and weaknesses.

Marketing suspense in commercial real estate sales and leasing is something that is created through the deliberate planning and effort of each listing broker.

You can get more tips for commercial real estate brokers in our eCourse right here.