Newsletters

Are these a thing of the past? Do agents still send these to clients? How many per year and what do yours consist of? Do you do them yourselves or pay someone to do them?

In the past, I made our newsletters myself and we would send them out four times per year. Since we are trying hard to "go green" - we would send them via email as much as we could and mail the ones we didn't have emails for. It was our way of keeping in touch with past clients.

Do you find these to be effective or are they now a thing of the past? What are your thoughts?