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For loan officers, branch managers, and independent brokers

Digital Marketing for Mortgage Lenders

Borrowers start researching rates, programs, and down payments long before they talk to a real estate agent. We make you the lender they find during that research, and give the agents you work with a reason to send you every buyer they meet.

Published pricing. No contracts, 60-day notice to cancel.

How do mortgage loan officers get more leads?

Loan officers get more leads by publishing helpful, compliance-reviewed content on loan programs and buying costs, ranking a personal website and Google profile in their licensed markets, and building referral systems with real estate agents. Organic leads cost nothing per lead once rankings mature. Evolution Media Group builds this for lenders.

The lender problem

Why do loan officers struggle to stand out online?

Rates look the same to borrowers. What sets a lender apart is being the one who explained things clearly first, and most loan officers never get the chance because borrowers never find them.

A company page, not a personal one

Most loan officers have a profile page on the lender's site. It cannot rank, and it disappears if you change companies.

Agent referrals are uneven

A few agents send most of your business. When one of them slows down or switches lenders, your pipeline drops with them.

Rate shoppers

Bought leads from comparison sites go to several lenders at once and usually come down to who quotes lowest.

Compliance worries

Fear of saying the wrong thing keeps many loan officers from publishing anything, which leaves the field to competitors.

Long buying timelines

First-time buyers may research for a year. Without nurture, they forget the lender who helped them early.

No time to create

Loan officers spend their days on files and calls. Content has to fit into a short filming session, not a second job.

Agent referral system

How can a lender get more referrals from real estate agents?

Give agents something that helps them win clients. When your content makes their buyers more prepared and their listings easier to sell, referrals follow.

Co-branded buyer guides

First-time buyer and down payment guides with the agent's name next to yours. Agents share them with every new buyer, and your contact information travels with each copy.

Listing financing pages

A simple page for an agent's listing that shows sample payment scenarios and loan options, built for open houses and listing ads.

Agent-facing updates

A short monthly email or video on programs and market conditions agents can pass along. It keeps you top of mind without asking for anything.

Fast pre-approval handoff

When an agent sends a buyer, an automated intro and checklist go out at once, and the agent gets updates. Agents keep sending business to lenders who make them look good.

Compliance-safe content

What content can a loan officer publish safely?

Educational content that explains how things work, without promising rates or approvals. Every piece goes through your compliance review before it is published.

Publish freely, after review

  • How loan programs work and who they generally fit
  • What closing costs include and how they are estimated
  • Steps of the mortgage process and typical timelines
  • Down payment assistance overviews for your state
  • Answers to common borrower questions on video

Handle with care

  • Specific rates or payments without required disclosures
  • Promises of approval or guaranteed outcomes
  • Claims that could read as steering or discrimination
  • Anything your company's compliance team has not approved

We build in your NMLS details and required disclosures, and we route drafts through whatever approval process your company uses. You get the visibility without the risk.

Lender result

How fast can a loan officer start getting organic leads?

Major market lender
Top 3 on Google and AI in 90 days

A loan officer in a competitive market with a decent online presence but no depth: no personal website hub, an inactive Google profile, and nothing that stood out when buyers researched lenders. We built the content structure that search engines and AI platforms reward. His first organic lead arrived within 21 days. By day 90 he ranked in the top 3 across Google and AI answers in his market, generating one to two organic leads a day with zero ad spend.

21 days to first lead1 to 2 leads a day$0 ad spend

How they choose

How do borrowers choose a lender?

Lender choice often happens before the house hunt starts. Being present during that early research is the advantage.

Early

Can I afford it?

Borrowers search payment, down payment, and credit questions. Clear answers make a loan officer memorable.

Pre-approval

Who do I trust?

They compare a few lenders, often one their agent suggests and one they found online.

Under contract

Speed and communication

Fast updates and a smooth file decide whether the agent sends the next buyer your way.

After closing

Refi and referrals

Past borrowers come back for refinances and send friends, if you have stayed in touch.

What good looks like

What does a strong loan officer marketing setup include?

A quick self-check. Loan officers with steady organic leads can check most of these.

  • You have a personal website you control, with required disclosures
  • Program pages explain the loans you offer most, in plain language
  • You rank for lender searches in at least one of your licensed markets
  • Your Google profile is active where you are eligible for one
  • Agents you work with have co-branded guides to share
  • New inquiries get a reply and a document checklist within minutes
  • Leads who are a year out stay in a nurture sequence
  • You publish short borrower FAQ videos regularly
  • All content goes through a defined compliance review
  • Past borrowers hear from you at least quarterly

Score one point per line you can honestly check. Fewer than 6 checks usually means borrowers are finding other lenders first.

Common mistakes

What mistakes keep loan officers invisible online?

These are the patterns we see most in lender audits, with the fix for each.

MistakeWhat it costsThe fix
Relying on the company profile pageIt cannot rank and goes away if you moveBuild a personal site that meets your company's rules
Publishing nothing out of compliance fearCompetitors own every borrower questionWrite educational content and route it through review
Leading with ratesRate shoppers leave for the next quoteLead with guidance, programs, and responsiveness
Depending on two or three agentsOne agent slowing down hits your whole pipelineAdd organic leads and widen your agent network with useful tools
No follow-up for early-stage buyersThey forget you by the time they are readyRun long-term nurture with helpful monthly content
Forgetting past borrowersRefinance and referral business goes elsewhereSend annual reviews and market updates to past clients

Past borrowers

How do lenders earn repeat and referral business?

Your past borrowers are your cheapest source of future loans. Most loan officers lose touch within a year of closing.

Annual mortgage review

A yearly check-in on rate, equity, and goals keeps you the first call when refinancing makes sense. It runs automatically, and you step in when a borrower replies.

Home anniversary notes

A short message on the closing anniversary, with an equity estimate, is personal and useful.

Referral prompts

When a past borrower mentions a friend who is house hunting, an easy share link sends that friend straight to your first-time buyer guide, with your name and contact details attached.

The lender stack

Which services should a mortgage lender start with?

Every service is priced separately. Two services save 10 percent, three save 15, and four or more save 20.

Capture

Personal website

$2,997 one time

A hub you own, with program pages and calculators, independent of your company page. More on websites and funnels. Waived on a 12-month bundle.

Attract

SEO and AEO

$1,497 a month

Weekly program and market pages ranked in your licensed states, plus AI answer optimization through our SEO and AEO service. See SEO for mortgage lenders.

Attract

Google Business Profile

$497 a month

Where eligible, a profile that puts you in local lender searches, kept active through our Google Business Profile management.

Authority

Social media and video

from $997 a month

Borrower FAQ videos and agent updates turned into weekly posts with our media production.

Convert

AI follow-up

$497 a month + $997 setup

Instant replies, document checklists, and long-term nurture built with our AI automation service.

Attract

Paid ads

From $997 a month

Purchase-focused campaigns where your licensing allows, managed through our paid advertising service.

Common lender bundleSeparateDiscountMonthly
SEO and AEO + Google Business Profile$1,99410%$1,795
SEO and AEO + Social and YouTube + AI follow-up$2,99115%$2,542 + $997 setup
SEO and AEO + Google Business Profile + Social + AI follow-up$3,48820%$2,790 + $997 setup

The first 90 days

What happens after a lender signs on?

Days 1 to 21

Hub and compliance setup

We build or rebuild your personal site, add disclosures, set up the approval workflow, and plan the first content round.

Days 22 to 60

Program and market pages

Weekly pages on the programs and markets you serve, plus the first borrower FAQ videos and agent resources.

Days 61 to 90

Referral engine

Co-branded guides go to your agent partners, nurture runs on every lead, and we tune pages that start ranking.

WhenWhat we doWhat you get
Week 1Review company marketing rules and set up the compliance workflowA safe path for every piece of content
Week 2Build or rebuild your personal site with disclosures and calculatorsA hub you own
Weeks 3 to 4Publish pages for your two most common loan programsPages that answer what borrowers ask first
Weeks 5 to 6Create co-branded buyer guides for your agent partnersA reason for agents to share your name
Weeks 7 to 9Add market pages for each licensed area and start FAQ videosWider reach across your markets
Weeks 10 to 12Turn on long-term nurture and review which pages rankEarly leads stay warm until they are ready

Lender questions

What do loan officers ask us?

Can I have my own website if I work for a larger lender?

Usually yes, with your company's approval. Many lenders allow personal sites that include required disclosures. We work within your company's marketing rules.

Do you handle compliance review?

We write with compliance in mind and include your required disclosures, but final approval stays with your company's compliance team. We build the review step into the workflow.

Can you market in more than one state?

Yes. We build pages for each state and market where you are licensed, and never target places you are not.

Will this replace my agent referrals?

It strengthens them. Organic leads add a second source, and the co-branded content gives agents more reasons to send buyers your way.

What kind of videos should a loan officer make?

Short answers to the questions borrowers ask most, such as how much they need down, how credit affects them, and what happens at closing. One filming session can cover a month.

Do you work with mortgage brokers as well as loan officers?

Yes. Independent brokers and branch teams use the same system, with branding and lead routing set up for the team.

How much does lender marketing cost?

Services start at $497 a month. A common lender bundle of SEO and AEO plus a Google profile is $1,795 a month after the bundle discount.

Do I need to be on camera?

It helps, but it is optional. Many loan officers start with written guides and voiceover, then add talking-head videos once comfortable.

Be the lender buyers find before they find an agent

Book a free strategy call. We will look at how you show up for loan program searches in your markets and outline the content and referral tools we would build.