Congratulations! You decided to offer eClosing at your title company. And you didn’t make this decision lightly; you did it to gain the potential benefits of reducing costs, increasing accuracy, and improving customer experience. And that customer experience point is critical, with 81% of companies competing primarily on experience.
With more competition vying for the same business, eClosing gives you an important competitive advantage. But part of capturing that advantage is communicating it with customers and partners. We created a simple guide to help you market eClosing, RON, and IPEN at your title company successfully.
You’ve decided to invest in an eClosing solution, but now it’s time to tell the world.
Let customers, prospects, and partners know you’re ready to enhance customer experiences with eClosing. You can do this in various ways, including sending emails, having your sales and operational staff speak with clients, and spreading the word online. We’ll give you some ideas shortly, but first, you can’t just tell customers eClosing is easy. You have to show them.
Create a quick demo of your eClosing tool, walking through how easy digital closings are with RON and IPEN. Call out the benefits, such as faster closing times, ease of use, and flexibility during the demo.
For a list of digital closing benefits for signers, real estate partners, and lenders, check out this popular blog post: Can you close on a house remotely?
But don’t stop there. Create content that promotes the benefits of eClosing, such as blog posts, podcasts, webinars, social media, videos, and more. Your eClosing provider may have content on their website or social media channels that can inspire you and your team. For example, Stavvy's blog and LinkedIn house educational content for title and settlement businesses, covering topics like RON and the benefits of remote closings for lenders, real estate agents, buyers, and sellers.
Here are a few additional marketing ideas for title companies to explore:
As with any marketing push, you’ll also want to track results. If you do an email blast, what’s your open rate? How does that compare to your typical email open rate? If you publish content to create awareness, are your website views increasing? Track your metrics so you can iterate on your marketing efforts if needed to ensure you’re getting the best results. And speaking of sharing the news, you don’t have to do it alone—there is power in numbers; look to your existing partners for help with co-marketing.
Offering eClosing isn’t only great for you but also for your real estate partners, which is why you should collaborate with them to share the news. Jim Milinkovich, Operations Director at The Title Team, shares how eClosing and RON can benefit everyone involved in a real estate transaction.
Here are a few ideas to get you started:
Despite the significant time savings, not all lenders are ready for full eClosing yet—and that’s okay. So you’ll want to find out which of your partners are prepared so you can collaborate on marketing your eClosing options.
Ask mortgage lenders which eClosing platform they use and let them know you’re ready to perform eClosing for their customers on your preferred platform. Furthermore, you can let lenders know you’re interested in co-marketing eClosing to their network. And for lenders not ready for full eClosing with RON, promote your eSign and eNote capabilities and the benefits of a hybrid eClosing option.
Another option for promoting eClosing is partnering with real estate agents. Real estate agents want to provide their customers with fast, easy experiences to get their transactions closed quickly. Buyers and sellers are also more likely to refer friends and family when happy with their closing experience. And with 82% of all real estate transactions coming from repeat and referral businesses, this is crucial for real estate agents to consider.
Let realtors know that digital closing can cut closing times in half and offers a smooth, efficient process that their customers will love. And, of course, creating these efficient experiences can help lead to repeat business, loyal customers, and referrals, which are key to a thriving real estate business.
With customers demanding easy, remote experiences and you adopting the eClosing tools to provide them, you’ll create a stronger competitive advantage to fuel growth. And when you have a solid plan to spread the word about digital closing, you can stand out while supporting your partners and their customers in the process.
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