The Dwell Journal

The Dwell Journal · Vol. 01

Marketing playbooks for agents who want to be remembered.

Pop-by playbooks, open-house checklists, just-sold campaigns, and the field-tested materials real estate agents actually reach for to stay top of mind.

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New Agent Foundations · 12 min read

Your first marketing budget — where a new agent's dollars actually move.

Your broker hands you the welcome packet, the floor-duty schedule, and a name badge that already feels too official. A founder-friendly walk through the four buckets that earn back their cost in year one.

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Marketing Strategy · 8 min read

The mid-year marketing reset for real estate agents.

June is the quiet window to ask whether the marketing you started in January is still working. A halftime look-back, what to cut, what to keep, and the cadence to fix before fall.

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Sphere of Influence · 8 min read

The 33-touch system explained — and the materials it actually needs.

The most-cited sphere-of-influence framework in real estate, mapped out: eight mailers, four pop-by tags, six greeting cards, and a 12-month cadence you can run without a CRM.

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Pop-by Playbook · 7 min read

Summer pop-by ideas your sphere will actually want.

Five summer drops — the lemonade kit, the porch tag, the pool ball, the bottle hanger, and the cookie bag — plus a tighter cadence for the season most agents skip.

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New Agent Foundations · 6 min read

The buyer-agent toolkit built for the post-settlement era.

Four pieces — questionnaire notepad, homebuyer journal, buyer-side mailer, closing-day card — for the new buyer workflow.

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Print Marketing · 8 min read

"I just sold your neighbor's house" — the follow-up playbook.

The five-piece campaign that turns a sold sign into your next listing — door hangers, mailers, sign riders, photo-prop signs, and the closing-day bottle drop.

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Coming next on the journal

The full 2026 editorial calendar.

  • Real estate farming — the complete 2026 guide (pillar)June
  • How to choose a real estate farming area (step-by-step checklist)June
  • Real estate farming mailers — 12 messaging templatesJune
  • The cheapest effective marketing materials for new agentsJune
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