BDF Marketing Consultants

Services

BDF Marketing Consultants (BMC) is committed to assisting you in achieving your goals. In order to do so, a wide range of marketing, administrative, PR, and back office support services are available.

Each company has unique needs and will utilize different services at different times. Therefore, you will be assigned to a S.M.A.R.T. Consultant who will work with you to design a needs analysis, make recommendations, and do what is necessary to help achieve your goals.

The following list provides details on each and every service currently offered. Do you have an unusual project that is slowing you down, but isn't listed below? Submit a Request for Proposal form and describe the task(s) in the Comments section, or feel free to make a phone call to discuss your needs as they may be able to be accomplished on a case-by-case basis.

Services we offer:

Real Estate Agent Support

  • Prepare correspondence and documentations
  • Post featured property profiles
  • Create and maintain social networking sites
  • Prepare desktop publishing and word processing projects
  • Listing assistance
  • Closing assistance
  • Office assistance
    • Appointment and showing scheduling
    • Calendar maintenance
    • Courtesy reminders via phone calls, emails, postcards
    • Correspondences
  • Mailing assistance
    • Direct mail
    • Email marketing
    • Hand addressing
    • Flyers, brochures, newsletters, etc

Visit our benefits page for more information.

Insurance Agent Support

  • Prepare correspondence and documentations
  • Insurance application process management
    • Assemble application packet for agent to complete and sign
    • Submit to new business department
    • Provide necessary follow-up until policy delivery
  • Process claims
    • Fill out claim forms and obtain signatures
    • Submit to claims department
    • Provide necessary follow-up until death proceeds are received
  • Manage agent's back office
    • Oversee underwriting process from time of application through policy approval, issuance, and delivery
    • Coordinate and schedule client paramedical exams
    • Misc tasks (track commissions, agent licensing, etc.)
  • On-going policy service
  • Internet and market research
  • Social media marketing (SMM)
  • Design, write, and deliver monthly ezine
  • Monitor and maintain client database
  • Assist with marketing materials

Visit our benefits page for more information.

Administrative and Research Assistance

  • Calendar maintenance
  • Reminder services
  • Database entry and updating
  • Create and design spreadsheets and presentations
  • Prepare desktop publishing and word processing projects
  • Typing/transcriptions
  • Project management
  • Mass mailings
  • Client follow-ups
  • Travel arrangements
  • General secretarial services
  • Prepare and administer surveys/questionnaires
  • Provide data analysis report
  • Market trend research
  • Online and offline research

Writing Services

  • Copywriting
  • Proofreading and editing
  • Blog and forum postings
  • Ghostwriting
  • Content development and marketing

Open House and Event Marketing

  • Research event
  • Obtain any permits and/or licenses
  • Promote event
  • Design invitations and track RSVPs
  • Event management
    • Equipment rentals
    • Catering and menu selection
    • Travel arrangements
    • Entertainment management
    • Onsite "day-of" assistance
  • Recruit and manage additional staff (as needed)
  • Assist with open house (where permitted)
    • Make sure house is staged and ready to show
    • Help with sign placement
    • Provide food and beverages
    • Greet the guests
    • Pass out literature/marketing material
    • Gather guest information/make appointments for agent follow-up
    • Provide security when agent or owner are not present
    • Act as dog/cat sitter if requested

Public Relations

  • Write, submit, and track press releases
  • Create innovative, newsworthy pitches
  • Offer media relations and media training
  • Writing articles, copywriting, and blog content
  • Arrange product placements, special events, and speaking occasions
  • Monitor competition and develop strategies to exploit market opportunities

Blogging

  • Create blog
    • Register setup button on home page
    • Develop newsworthy angle and initialize blog
  • Content
    • Research relevant news
    • Develop and write blogs or work from your content
    • Write content
    • Add graphics, photos, graphs
    • Create links to drive traffic back to your website
  • Promote
    • Recommend two (2) blogs per week

Content Development and Marketing

  • Write, edit, submit, and track articles
  • Rewrite content as needed
  • Market your services via articles (article marketing)

Internet Research

  • Assist with online research and data collection
  • Manage research campaigns which can include:
    • Internet marketing research
    • Business research
    • Demographic research
    • Market/market trends research
    • Exclusive database research (Dun and Bradstreet; Bloomberg, etc.)
  • Online search for lead generation and list creation
    • Online directories
    • Yellow and white pages
    • Search engine sites

Social Media Marketing / Social Networking

  • Strategy
    • Assist in executing strategy to achieve goals
    • Ongoing SMM management
  • Public relations
    • Write and distribute PR content to appropriate SMM sites
  • Campaign management
    • Setup and maintain accounts
    • Submit articles and post comments
    • Promote company, website, and blog across all active SMM accounts
    • Manage photo albums

Strategic Internet Marketing

  • Setup and maintain social networking profiles
  • Create and promote facebook business fan page
  • Design custom twitter backgrounds
  • Manage email marketing campaigns
  • Promote new website/company launch
  • Write, edit, and submit articles to various forums
  • Research keywords and industry trends
  • Create ads and post to:
    • Online classifieds (Craigslist, Backpage, etc.)
    • SMM sites (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, ActiveRain, Plaxo, etc.)
    • Any other as requested