Welcome Wagon --> RE: Obtaining Home Sales Addresses

[Guest guest]

Interesting thought, Pedro.

Have you used them? Are you happy with the service?

How much does it cost?

Anyone else using Welcome Wagon? What are your thoughts.

I have an e-mail into them to see if they are in my area.

http://www.welcomewagon.com/AboutUs/Article.aspx?wwpg=advertise

Did you know that every year, you stand to lose approximately 20% of your customers due to relocation? But, as people move away, new prospects are constantly moving in. Can you afford not to win their business?

For almost 80 years, Welcome Wagon has been putting business owners in touch with local, new homeowners and helping them develop lasting relationships through customized neighborhood marketing. New homeowners spend more in their first six months than established homeowners spend in 5 years. They need many products and services and haven't yet developed shopping loyalties. Welcome Wagon brings your company to the front doors of new homeowners, with direct marketing solutions, proven to build market share. Our Gift Book Program gives you category-exclusive placement in our attractive color, personalized Gift Book, delivered as a FREE gift to new residents in your neighborhood. And PinPoint, our newest and hottest direct marketing program, replenishes your customer base by repeatedly delivering your message in personalized, full-color, one-on-one mailings.

Read what other business owners have been saying about Welcome Wagon. Then, meet with a Welcome Wagon Account Executive and find out first-hand why we're the nation's largest, best-known and most trusted marketing company for reaching new homeowners.

Are you currently a Welcome Wagon partner?

Learn how to download the Distribution List we send you every month and how to use it to create your own mailing labels, envelopes and letters for customized follow-up mailings.

http://www.welcomewagon.com/AboutUs/Article.aspx?wwpg=sponsortools

Tools for Current Sponsors If you are already a Welcome Wagon partner, here are some tools and information you might find helpful.

Access Your Data to Create a Follow-Up Mail Campaign

Your Gift Book sponsorship opens up a door for you with each new homebuyer who receives it. To promote optimal response from these primed prospects, we encourage our partners to follow up with a one-on-one direct mail campaign.

Each month, Welcome Wagon mails you a list of all the new homeowners who have received a Gift Book that you are sponsoring. You can use these lists to create mail-merged labels, envelopes and personalized letters. If you are receiving your lists by email, you might need some help to access and use the attachment. The simple step-by-step instruction documents below will show you how to download your data lists from your email and import them into popular software programs to implement your follow-up strategy.

Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the documents below. Acrobat Reader is available here and can be downloaded for free.

Distribution List Download Help

Downloading New Homeowner Data from Email Applications - detailed instructions on how to download your distribution list attachments from various email service providers including Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo, AOL, Microsoft Outlook and others.

NOTE: If you would like to receive your distribution lists via email, just call us with your email address (1-800-77 WELCOME) and we will be happy to provide you with electronic lists.

Use Your Lists to Create Labels, Envelopes and Personalized Letters

Welcome Wagon emails your new homeowner data in two different formats. One is called a text (.txt) file and the other is called a comma-delimited (.csv) file. Both files contain the same data. Following are documents for each type of file, with detailed instructions on how to open each one in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access and how to use the data to do a mail-merge to create form letters, labels and envelopes.

Import a text (.txt) file

Import from a comma-delimited (.csv) file

Need a simple way to stay in touch with these new homeowners? Why not let Welcome Wagon manage your follow-up campaign with our Pinpoint program? Choose from 270 color designs or start from scratch will a fully custom-designed postcard. We'll create full-color, eye-catching, deluxe-sized postcards with your customized message and deliver them to your prospects each month, leaving you free to focus on your business. Ask your Account Executive how you can get started with Pinpoint right away.

Have a question about your Welcome Wagon account?

Check out our Frequently Asked Questions.

If you don't find your answer there, you can email Customer Care or call us at 1-800-77 WELCOME.

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Pedro BallesterSent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:52 AMTo: Subject: Re: Obtaining Home Sales Addresses

USA- http://www.google.com/search?hl=en & rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS227US240 & q=welcome+wagon+usa & btnG=Search-- Pedro Ballester, M.D.Warren, OH

[Guest guest]

25 years ago, when I was just starting up, I used the Welcome

Wagon for a few years. The payoff was directly related to the enthusiasm

of the person who actually did the visits. The first year, we had a very

enthusiastic, hyper-gregarious Welcome Wagon Lady, who was so bubbling with

enthusiasm that she drove many patients to the practice. The second year,

the person who did the greetings was more reserved, and we got minimal

results.

So, my advice would be to interview the actual person who will

be making the visits, and see if she (I think it is still predominantly a female

job) is impressed with your practice, and if you would pay money to have her

represent you.

The other service, dredged from the bowels of my memory, was the

Newcomer’s Club. This was similar to Welcome Wagon, but the new

residents would meet at someone’s house for a “party” and

share experiences, needs, successes, and failures in adjusting to a new

neighborhood. The person who would organize it would provide flyers and

information from local businesses. This is the sort of situation where if

someone at the party was already a patient and liked your practice, you could

get lots of new business. I don’t know if Newcomer’s

Club is still around, but the concept makes sense.

Befriending the local pharmacist, and leaving flyers at the

pharmacy has always paid off well for me, and joining a local service organization

like Rotary or Kiwanis is a good way to get know in the community.

dts

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Locke's in

Colorado

Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 10:42 AM

To:

Subject: Welcome Wagon --> RE: Obtaining Home

Sales Addresses

Interesting

thought, Pedro.

Have you used

them? Are you happy with the service?

How much does it

cost?

Anyone else using

Welcome Wagon? What are your thoughts.

I have an e-mail

into them to see if they are in my area.

http://www.welcomewagon.com/AboutUs/Article.aspx?wwpg=advertise

Did you know that every year, you stand to lose approximately 20% of your

customers due to relocation? But, as people move away, new prospects are

constantly moving in. Can you afford not to win their business?

For almost 80 years, Welcome Wagon has been putting business owners in touch

with local, new homeowners and helping them develop lasting relationships

through customized neighborhood marketing. New homeowners spend more in their

first six months than established homeowners spend in 5 years. They need many

products and services and haven't yet developed shopping loyalties. Welcome

Wagon brings your company to the front doors of new homeowners, with direct

marketing solutions, proven to build market share. Our Gift

Book Program gives you category-exclusive placement in our attractive

color, personalized Gift Book, delivered as a FREE gift to new residents in

your neighborhood. And PinPoint,

our newest and hottest direct marketing program, replenishes your customer base

by repeatedly delivering your message in personalized, full-color, one-on-one

mailings.

Read

what other business owners have been saying about Welcome Wagon. Then, meet

with a Welcome Wagon Account

Executive and find out first-hand why we're the nation's largest, best-known

and most trusted marketing company for reaching new homeowners.

Are you currently a Welcome Wagon partner?

Learn

how to download the Distribution List we send you every month and how

to use it to create your own mailing labels, envelopes and letters for

customized follow-up mailings.

http://www.welcomewagon.com/AboutUs/Article.aspx?wwpg=sponsortools

Tools for Current Sponsors

If you are already a Welcome Wagon partner, here are some tools and

information you might find helpful.

Access Your Data to Create a Follow-Up Mail Campaign

Your Gift Book sponsorship opens up a door for you with each new homebuyer

who receives it. To promote optimal response from these primed prospects, we

encourage our partners to follow up with a one-on-one direct mail campaign.

Each month, Welcome Wagon mails you a list of all the new homeowners who

have received a Gift Book that you are sponsoring. You can use these lists to

create mail-merged labels, envelopes and personalized letters. If you are

receiving your lists by email, you might need some help to access and use the

attachment. The simple step-by-step instruction documents below will show you

how to download your data lists from your email and import them into popular

software programs to implement your follow-up strategy.

Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the documents

below. Acrobat Reader is available here

and can be downloaded for free.

Distribution List Download Help

Downloading New

Homeowner Data from Email Applications - detailed instructions on how to

download your distribution list attachments from various email service

providers including Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo, AOL, Microsoft Outlook and others.

NOTE: If you would like to receive your distribution lists

via email, just call us with your email address (1-800-77 WELCOME) and we will

be happy to provide you with electronic lists.

Use Your Lists to Create Labels, Envelopes and Personalized Letters

Welcome Wagon emails your new homeowner data in two different formats. One

is called a text (.txt) file and the other is called a comma-delimited (.csv)

file. Both files contain the same data. Following are documents for each type

of file, with detailed instructions on how to open each one in Microsoft Excel

and Microsoft Access and how to use the data to do a mail-merge to create form

letters, labels and envelopes.

Import a text (.txt) file

Import from a comma-delimited (.csv) file

Need a simple way to stay in touch with these new homeowners? Why not let

Welcome Wagon manage your follow-up campaign with our Pinpoint

program? Choose from 270 color designs or start from scratch will a fully custom-designed

postcard. We'll create full-color, eye-catching, deluxe-sized postcards with

your customized message and deliver them to your prospects each month, leaving

you free to focus on your business. Ask your Account Executive how you can get

started with Pinpoint right away.

Have a question about your Welcome Wagon account?

Check out our Frequently

Asked Questions.

If you don't find your answer there, you can email Customer Care or call us at

1-800-77 WELCOME.

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Pedro

Ballester

Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:52 AM

To:

Subject: Re: Obtaining Home Sales Addresses

USA-

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en & rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS227US240 & q=welcome+wagon+usa & btnG=Search

--

Pedro Ballester, M.D.

Warren, OH

[Guest guest]

I bought a practice, have never used Welcome Wagon!Once I paid for an ad on the local newspaper supplement, the only patient visit was from the paper's ad lady herself!Word of mouth is the best medium in my area, unfortunately if some body is happy they will tell 3 others, but 7 if pissed off!

-- Pedro Ballester, M.D.Warren, OH

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the feedback, Pedro.

The group has had this discussion many times -- and all agree that the best new patients are by word of mouth.

We all agree that we are a little befuddled on how to create this word of mouth, however...at least how to do it consistently.

Locke, MD

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Pedro BallesterSent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 1:48 PMTo: Subject: Re: Welcome Wagon --> RE: Obtaining Home Sales Addresses

I bought a practice, have never used Welcome Wagon!Once I paid for an ad on the local newspaper supplement, the only patient visit was from the paper's ad lady herself!Word of mouth is the best medium in my area, unfortunately if some body is happy they will tell 3 others, but 7 if pissed off!-- Pedro Ballester, M.D.Warren, OH

[Guest guest]

Having realtors as patietns also works well! Talk to realors. And telling the local motel owners also Word of mouth is everything ,though,andtakestime.

25 years ago, when I was just starting up, I used the Welcome

Wagon for a few years. The payoff was directly related to the enthusiasm

of the person who actually did the visits. The first year, we had a very

enthusiastic, hyper-gregarious Welcome Wagon Lady, who was so bubbling with

enthusiasm that she drove many patients to the practice. The second year,

the person who did the greetings was more reserved, and we got minimal

results.

So, my advice would be to interview the actual person who will

be making the visits, and see if she (I think it is still predominantly a female

job) is impressed with your practice, and if you would pay money to have her

represent you.

The other service, dredged from the bowels of my memory, was the

Newcomer's Club. This was similar to Welcome Wagon, but the new

residents would meet at someone's house for a "party" and

share experiences, needs, successes, and failures in adjusting to a new

neighborhood. The person who would organize it would provide flyers and

information from local businesses. This is the sort of situation where if

someone at the party was already a patient and liked your practice, you could

get lots of new business. I don't know if Newcomer's

Club is still around, but the concept makes sense.

Befriending the local pharmacist, and leaving flyers at the

pharmacy has always paid off well for me, and joining a local service organization

like Rotary or Kiwanis is a good way to get know in the community.

dts

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Locke's in

Colorado

Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 10:42 AM

To:

Subject: Welcome Wagon --> RE: Obtaining Home

Sales Addresses

Interesting

thought, Pedro.

Have you used

them? Are you happy with the service?

How much does it

cost?

Anyone else using

Welcome Wagon? What are your thoughts.

I have an e-mail

into them to see if they are in my area.

http://www.welcomewagon.com/AboutUs/Article.aspx?wwpg=advertise

Did you know that every year, you stand to lose approximately 20% of your

customers due to relocation? But, as people move away, new prospects are

constantly moving in. Can you afford not to win their business?

For almost 80 years, Welcome Wagon has been putting business owners in touch

with local, new homeowners and helping them develop lasting relationships

through customized neighborhood marketing. New homeowners spend more in their

first six months than established homeowners spend in 5 years. They need many

products and services and haven't yet developed shopping loyalties. Welcome

Wagon brings your company to the front doors of new homeowners, with direct

marketing solutions, proven to build market share. Our Gift

Book Program gives you category-exclusive placement in our attractive

color, personalized Gift Book, delivered as a FREE gift to new residents in

your neighborhood. And PinPoint,

our newest and hottest direct marketing program, replenishes your customer base

by repeatedly delivering your message in personalized, full-color, one-on-one

mailings.

Read

what other business owners have been saying about Welcome Wagon. Then, meet

with a Welcome Wagon Account

Executive and find out first-hand why we're the nation's largest, best-known

and most trusted marketing company for reaching new homeowners.

Are you currently a Welcome Wagon partner?

Learn

how to download the Distribution List we send you every month and how

to use it to create your own mailing labels, envelopes and letters for

customized follow-up mailings.

http://www.welcomewagon.com/AboutUs/Article.aspx?wwpg=sponsortools

Tools for Current Sponsors

If you are already a Welcome Wagon partner, here are some tools and

information you might find helpful.

Access Your Data to Create a Follow-Up Mail Campaign

Your Gift Book sponsorship opens up a door for you with each new homebuyer

who receives it. To promote optimal response from these primed prospects, we

encourage our partners to follow up with a one-on-one direct mail campaign.

Each month, Welcome Wagon mails you a list of all the new homeowners who

have received a Gift Book that you are sponsoring. You can use these lists to

create mail-merged labels, envelopes and personalized letters. If you are

receiving your lists by email, you might need some help to access and use the

attachment. The simple step-by-step instruction documents below will show you

how to download your data lists from your email and import them into popular

software programs to implement your follow-up strategy.

Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the documents

below. Acrobat Reader is available here

and can be downloaded for free.

Distribution List Download Help

Downloading New

Homeowner Data from Email Applications - detailed instructions on how to

download your distribution list attachments from various email service

providers including Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo, AOL, Microsoft Outlook and others.

NOTE: If you would like to receive your distribution lists

via email, just call us with your email address (1-800-77 WELCOME) and we will

be happy to provide you with electronic lists.

Use Your Lists to Create Labels, Envelopes and Personalized Letters

Welcome Wagon emails your new homeowner data in two different formats. One

is called a text (.txt) file and the other is called a comma-delimited (.csv)

file. Both files contain the same data. Following are documents for each type

of file, with detailed instructions on how to open each one in Microsoft Excel

and Microsoft Access and how to use the data to do a mail-merge to create form

letters, labels and envelopes.

Import a text (.txt) file

Import from a comma-delimited (.csv) file

Need a simple way to stay in touch with these new homeowners? Why not let

Welcome Wagon manage your follow-up campaign with our Pinpoint

program? Choose from 270 color designs or start from scratch will a fully custom-designed

postcard. We'll create full-color, eye-catching, deluxe-sized postcards with

your customized message and deliver them to your prospects each month, leaving

you free to focus on your business. Ask your Account Executive how you can get

started with Pinpoint right away.

Have a question about your Welcome Wagon account?

Check out our Frequently

Asked Questions.

If you don't find your answer there, you can email Customer Care or call us at

1-800-77 WELCOME.

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Pedro

Ballester

Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:52 AM

To:

Subject: Re: Obtaining Home Sales Addresses

USA-

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en & rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS227US240 & q=welcome+wagon+usa & btnG=Search

--

Pedro Ballester, M.D.

Warren, OH

-- If you are a patient please allow up to 4-8 hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address/e mail may not be entirely secure/ MD

ph fax

[Guest guest]

Totally agree about knowing realtors. One my best supporters added a 2 line thing at the bottom of her ad about my practice! It's resulted in at least 10 upcoming appointments over the last two weeks.

25 years ago, when I was just starting up, I used the Welcome Wagon for a few years. The payoff was directly related to the enthusiasm of the person who actually did the visits. The first year, we had a very enthusiastic, hyper-gregarious Welcome Wagon Lady, who was so bubbling with enthusiasm that she drove many patients to the practice. The second year, the person who did the greetings was more reserved, and we got minimal results.

So, my advice would be to interview the actual person who will be making the visits, and see if she (I think it is still predominantly a female job) is impressed with your practice, and if you would pay money to have her represent you.

The other service, dredged from the bowels of my memory, was the Newcomer's Club. This was similar to Welcome Wagon, but the new residents would meet at someone's house for a "party" and share experiences, needs, successes, and failures in adjusting to a new neighborhood. The person who would organize it would provide flyers and information from local businesses. This is the sort of situation where if someone at the party was already a patient and liked your practice, you could get lots of new business. I don't know if Newcomer's Club is still around, but the concept makes sense.

Befriending the local pharmacist, and leaving flyers at the pharmacy has always paid off well for me, and joining a local service organization like Rotary or Kiwanis is a good way to get know in the community.

dts

From: Practiceimprovement 1yahoogroups (DOT) com [mailto:Practiceimprovement 1yahoogroups (DOT) com] On Behalf Of Locke's in ColoradoSent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 10:42 AMTo: Practiceimprovement 1yahoogroups (DOT) comSubject: Welcome Wagon --> RE: [Practiceimprovemen t1] Obtaining Home Sales Addresses

Interesting thought, Pedro.

Have you used them? Are you happy with the service?

How much does it cost?

Anyone else using Welcome Wagon? What are your thoughts.

I have an e-mail into them to see if they are in my area.

http://www.welcomew agon.com/ AboutUs/Article. aspx?wwpg= advertise

Did you know that every year, you stand to lose approximately 20% of your customers due to relocation? But, as people move away, new prospects are constantly moving in. Can you afford not to win their business?

For almost 80 years, Welcome Wagon has been putting business owners in touch with local, new homeowners and helping them develop lasting relationships through customized neighborhood marketing. New homeowners spend more in their first six months than established homeowners spend in 5 years. They need many products and services and haven't yet developed shopping loyalties. Welcome Wagon brings your company to the front doors of new homeowners, with direct marketing solutions, proven to build market share. Our Gift Book Program gives you category-exclusive placement in our attractive color, personalized Gift Book, delivered as a FREE gift to new residents in your neighborhood. And PinPoint, our newest and hottest direct marketing program, replenishes your customer base by repeatedly delivering your message in personalized, full-color, one-on-one mailings.

Read what other business owners have been saying about Welcome Wagon. Then, meet with a Welcome Wagon Account Executive and find out first-hand why we're the nation's largest, best-known and most trusted marketing company for reaching new homeowners.

Are you currently a Welcome Wagon partner?

Learn how to download the Distribution List we send you every month and how to use it to create your own mailing labels, envelopes and letters for customized follow-up mailings.

http://www.welcomew agon.com/ AboutUs/Article. aspx?wwpg= sponsortools

Tools for Current Sponsors

If you are already a Welcome Wagon partner, here are some tools and information you might find helpful.

Access Your Data to Create a Follow-Up Mail Campaign

Your Gift Book sponsorship opens up a door for you with each new homebuyer who receives it. To promote optimal response from these primed prospects, we encourage our partners to follow up with a one-on-one direct mail campaign.

Each month, Welcome Wagon mails you a list of all the new homeowners who have received a Gift Book that you are sponsoring. You can use these lists to create mail-merged labels, envelopes and personalized letters. If you are receiving your lists by email, you might need some help to access and use the attachment. The simple step-by-step instruction documents below will show you how to download your data lists from your email and import them into popular software programs to implement your follow-up strategy.

Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the documents below. Acrobat Reader is available here and can be downloaded for free.

Distribution List Download Help

Downloading New Homeowner Data from Email Applications - detailed instructions on how to download your distribution list attachments from various email service providers including Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo, AOL, Microsoft Outlook and others.

NOTE: If you would like to receive your distribution lists via email, just call us with your email address (1-800-77 WELCOME) and we will be happy to provide you with electronic lists.

Use Your Lists to Create Labels, Envelopes and Personalized Letters

Welcome Wagon emails your new homeowner data in two different formats. One is called a text (.txt) file and the other is called a comma-delimited (.csv) file. Both files contain the same data. Following are documents for each type of file, with detailed instructions on how to open each one in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access and how to use the data to do a mail-merge to create form letters, labels and envelopes.

Import a text (.txt) file

Import from a comma-delimited (.csv) file

Need a simple way to stay in touch with these new homeowners? Why not let Welcome Wagon manage your follow-up campaign with our Pinpoint program? Choose from 270 color designs or start from scratch will a fully custom-designed postcard. We'll create full-color, eye-catching, deluxe-sized postcards with your customized message and deliver them to your prospects each month, leaving you free to focus on your business. Ask your Account Executive how you can get started with Pinpoint right away.

Have a question about your Welcome Wagon account?

Check out our Frequently Asked Questions.

If you don't find your answer there, you can email Customer Care or call us at 1-800-77 WELCOME.

From: Practiceimprovement 1yahoogroups (DOT) com [mailto:Practiceimprovement 1yahoogroups (DOT) com] On Behalf Of Pedro BallesterSent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:52 AMTo: Practiceimprovement 1yahoogroups (DOT) comSubject: Re: [Practiceimprovemen t1] Obtaining Home Sales Addresses

USA- http://www.google. com/search? hl=en & rlz=1B3GGGL_ enUS227US240 & q=welcome+wagon+ usa & btnG=Search-- Pedro Ballester, M.D.Warren, OH

-- If you are a patient please allow up to 4-8 hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address/e mail may not be entirely secure/ MD ph fax