When building your client base, there are five mistakes that BAM contributor Sarah Lentz warns agents to avoid. One of the biggest is focusing on increasing brand awareness over cultivating relationships in your sphere. We’re discussing this and the other blunders that agents frequently commit when trying to build their client base. Plus, you’ll get our strategy of the week and answers to listeners’ questions.
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· 5 Mistakes Agents Must Avoid When Growing Their Client Base (BAM blog)
· Acree Brothers Realty Team in Lynchburg, Virginia, is hiring top agents! Contact Stephen Acree at 434-607-2976
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0:00 introduction 0:12 Guest Intros 0:38 Headline of the week 8:16 What’s the most loyal Generation? 13:05 Luke’s exciting speaker event news! 20:56 Sales Strategy of the week 28:18 Listened Q&A 31:20 Last words from Stephen & Cody 32:13 Closing Statements 33:50 Action Item
5 Mistakes That Will Kill Your Client Base
It’s the first episode of our new Stay Paid format! Join us for lively conversation, the sales tip of the week, and answers to our listeners’ questions. Tune in to hear the leader of the top sales team in Lynchburg, Virginia, Stephen Acree and his director of sales Cody Smith discuss the implications of the NAR lawsuit and settlement, along with an account of what Gary Keller has to say about it. Plus, you’ll get this week’s expert sales tip and answers to listeners’ questions. 💥 Let us help you get more referrals and repeat business! Visit http://remindermedia.com/staypaidmarketing to explore the world's best marketing and get exclusive discounts reserved just for Stay Paid listeners. Connect | Resources Visit our Resource Library for free resources, including e-books, printables, and lead magnets to attract new leads Follow Stay Paid: https://www.tiktok.com/@staypaid_podcast https://www.facebook.com/staypaidpodcast https://www.instagram.com/staypaidpodcast
When you’re confronted with a difficult business decision, it’s not uncommon to later wonder whether you made the right choice. Wouldn’t it be great if you had a decision-making shortcut—one that minimized the worry and uncertainty—that you could rely on to reveal the best course of action? In this Silver Dollar episode, we talk about a recent business decision we made and what led us to our final answer. We believe our process is one that will help you the next time you’re faced with a tough call.
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0:00 Introduction
0:57 Assessing the situation
2:52 Be led by your goals
5:42 Benefit to our audience
6:46 New podcast format
8:03 Rethinking content creation
10:03 Luke’s motivation for change
11:18 Act. Track. Pivot.
14:40 Action Item
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Ryan Forman is a mortgage broker working in more than 12 states and one of the key people behind ActuallyAgents, an online community of over 9,000 real estate agents. In these roles, he has the opportunity to engage large numbers of agents, so he's got the inside track on what's working for agents right now. During his interview, he shares three such marketing tactics you, too, can use to grow your business. Join us for today’s episode to hear about the undeniable foundation that continues to define every successful approach to real estate marketing regardless of whether it’s email blasts, paid ads, door knocking, or something else; the YouTube strategy that produced 16 deals in one year and 28K views in 28 days; and the best plan for sending cold emails we’ve ever heard.
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· Website: actuallyagents.com
· ActuallyAgents Blog: Discord for Realtors: Cultivating Real Estate Success Beyond the Norm (And get their newsletter!)
· Instagram: @ryanjforman
· FREE printable: Real Estate Referral Partner Worksheet
· FREE lead magnet: A Road Map to Selling a Home
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0:00 Introduction
1:11 Ryan’s business bio
1:49 Ryan’s backstory
6:41 What’s working in marketing
8:27 What’s working on YouTube
13:01 Tip to getting started
14:57 Email marketing strategy | Referral partners
19:31 Email automation software
22:08 Advice post-NAR settlement
27:14 Action Item
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3 Marketing Strategies That Are Working for Agents Today
We all know that market shifts are inevitable and a natural part of the economy; no business, regardless of industry or size, is completely immune to downturns. As a result, every business owner needs a plan that will not only get them through a rough patch but also help them secure a dominant market position when things begin to look brighter. Today’s episode aims to help you with that plan. Join us to find out a very specific action you can take to fortify your resolve, sharpen your skills, and encourage you to think in new ways; how to determine where to put your time, money, and energy so that you can produce the greatest ROI; and the huge mistake to which every business is vulnerable and what you can do to avoid it.
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FREE lead magnet for real estate agents
· The 5 Biggest Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Your Home
· A Guide to Buying Your First Home
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0:00 Introduction
2:10 Shifts cause confusion
2:59 Go on the offensive
4:01 #1 Embrace the change
7:35 #2 Sharpen your skills
9:57 #3 Consult the data
11:33 #4 Focus on client experience
14:11 #5 Niche down
16:56 Action Item
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NAR Settlement: What Warren Buffet Would Advise Agents
Tamany Hall, owner of the Simple Touches, helps real estate agents manage their social media to generate top-of-funnel leads. This week on Stay Paid, she shares a series of Golden Nuggets about how agents can optimize Instagram for generating local leads. Join us to find out the nonnegotiable first step to attracting leads with social media, a smart tip for discovering the type of content you’re best positioned to provide, and how you can move leads through your sales funnel using Instagram, even if you haven't done anything with leads on it before. Plus, you’ll discover how your personal use of the platform could render it far less effective for lead generation and what to do to avoid such a disaster.
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Website: The Simple Touches
Instagram: @realtorsocialmediamarketing
FREE e-books
· Lead Generation for Real Estate Agents
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0:00 Introduction
1:07 Tamany’s business bio
1:30 Converting social media leads
4:52 Train the algorithm
8:53 Niche-defined content
11:12 Moving leads through your funnel
15:20 TikTok vs. Instagram
18:41 Engagement strategy
21:07 Frequency of posts
22:55 Advice on reel titles
26:05 Social media jumpstart
27:54 About Social Simplicity
0:00 Action Item
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Training Instagram to Bring You More Local Leads
When double-digit attempts to connect with someone who has already raised their hand don’t pay off, it can be immensely frustrating. Even the most diligent sales professionals eventually get weary of the crickets. In today’s Silver Dollar episode of Stay Paid, we discuss five tactics you can use to get any lead, including the most elusive ones, to respond. Listen to discover a strategy to keep control of the sale when your attempts to connect have failed, successful approaches used by call centers to vary the timing of your follow-ups, and a simple text you can adapt to your industry that practically guarantees a response every time.
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· Blog: 7 Tips to Get a Prospect to Respond to You (from Spiro)
· Free webinar recording: The Art of Following Up
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0:00 Introduction
0:57 Tactic #1: Use multiple channels
4:50 Automation | Speed to lead
8:43 Tactic #2: Switch up attempts | Examples
10:22 Tactic #3: Offer item of value
13:40 Tactic #4: Keep control of follow up
15:07 Tactic #5: Make a personal connection | Examples
18:40 Action Item
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How to Get Real Estate Leads to Respond [5 IRRESISTIBLE TACTICS]
This week, we are resharing one of our most popular episodes with the one and only: Jaynie Carlucci! Jaynie is so in tune with what drives her clients and their decision-making styles that she became a top producer in the New Jersey real estate market and did more than $30 million in sales in 2022 alone!
In this episode, Jaynie discusses the importance of building genuine connections and how her business background and training in neuro-associative programming (NAP) help her tap into her clients’ deepest needs and wants.
Listen to find out how you can use NAP to form more genuine connections with clients.
Be sure to check out our show notes at https://remindermedia.com/podcast/ for more in-depth information and added details not included in the episode.
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To contact Jaynie, go to https://thebossteamcollection.com/
Email: [email protected]
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenjreboss/
0:32 Introduction
1:50 Jaynie’s backstory
3:05 Keys to success
6:25 Breaking into the luxury market
8:20 Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)
18:30 How to keep your brand top of mind
22:30 Building your brand early
23:28 The book that has had the most impact on Jaynie
26:40 Action Item
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Quick—what’s your personal brand? Don’t worry if you don’t know (well, maybe worry a little) because in this Silver Dollar episode of Stay Paid, we’re explaining not only what a personal brand is but also how you can strategically build one that inspires trust and loyalty. If you do know yours, are you sure it’s what you think it is? Join us to understand the nature of a personal brand and how an unmanaged one can silently destroy your business, discover a powerful exercise that will clarify your unique value proposition into a single, compelling sentence, and get three resources you can leverage to enhance and promote your professional identity.
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Connect | Resources
· The Brand Gap: How to Bridge the Distance Between Business Strategy and Design by Marty Neumeier
· Blog: A Real Estate Agent's Guide to Building a Personal Marketing Plan
· Free e-book: The Relationship Marketer's Guide to Branding
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0:00 Introduction
0:57 Discovering your brand
3:15 Step 1: Unique value proposition
8:34 Extended example
10:50 Step 2: Consistent brand identity
14:23 Step 3: Leverage online content
18:42 Step 4: Leverage influencers
20:25 Step 5: Networking
20:51 Action Item
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5 Steps to Building a Personal Brand
This week on Stay Paid, we’re speaking with Katie Lucie, real estate agent, contributor to Broke Agent Media (BAM), and hyperlocal expert on all things in Juniper, Florida. She’s rocking her numbers, and during her interview, she shares the most important prerequisite to a farming strategy that works right out of the gate, how to integrate your geofarming plan with neighborhood events, why social media vanity metrics don’t deserve your attention, and how to manage your home life and work life and still get it all done. She also offers her best advice for agents navigating this potentially career-changing market.
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· Blog: How to Calculate Turnover Rate When Selecting a Farm
· Free case study: Only 4 Months into ReminderMedia’s Postcard Campaign, Agent Lands Two Listings on the Same Street
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0:00 Introduction
1:13 Katie’s business bio
2:07 Extreme time management
4:22 Judicious prospecting
6:06 Geofarm tip 1: Turnover rate
7:35 Geofarm tip 2: The demographic
9:55 Client touchpoints
14:53 From farming to convos
17:04 Geofarm tip 3: The dominant agent
18:02 Approach to social media [Golden Nugget]
20:06 The hype about viral videos
23:37 3 things agents should do right now
27:46 Action Item
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Geofarming Genius: Top-Producing Agent Shares Brilliant Hyperlocal Geofarming Tactics
You may take lengthy minutes selecting the perfect words for your blog, but in the long run, research suggests you could be better off investing that time into choosing images. In this episode of Stay Paid, we share five ways you can use images to raise your blog’s click-through rate, increase the time visitors spend reading your articles, boost social sharing, and improve readers’ retention. Join us to discover how many images you should include, and where you should place them, to get better results; the must-have image you need to include in every blog and how to optimize its effect; and AI and more traditional tools that will help you create blog images, pictures for social media posts, and videos.
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Blogs
· 11 Blog Images: Best Practices for Adding Great Pictures to Every Post (from Orbit Media)
· Understanding Copyright: How to Safely Incorporate Internet Images into Your Marketing
Tools
· InVideo: creates videos from text
· Giphy: grab animated .gif files
· Meme Generator (free version)
· Pexels and Unspash: Free images
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0:00 Introduction
0:57 Blogging trends
3:53 Impact of images
3:47 #1: Use as many images as possible
5:42 #2: Use charts and graphs
6:48 #3: Include faces in every post
9:25 #4: Place quotes over images
9:59 #5: Embed videos into your blog
13:12 Bonus tips
15:09 Action Item
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Best Practices for Using Images in Your Content
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