Are you concerned about the growing influence of the major real estate portals, agent review sites and lead generators? What if there was something you could do to rely less on those platforms for new business opportunities?

What if that 'something' was a marketing strategy that's actually been around for hundreds of years, and more recently has become one of the most talked about terms in digital marketing? 

On this episode of Real Estate Pros, we're joined by Joe Pulizzi, founder of the Content Marketing Institute and the guy who invented the term 'content marketing'. We discuss why content marketing is so different to traditional advertising and why it could be the only marketing left if you want to rely less on the big online platforms for new business opportunities into the future.

When you are not getting the results you want, it is tempting to throw out the marketing tactic you are using and jump to another. 

You don’t need to look far for a real estate agency website with a blog that hasn’t been updated in over two years or a social media page that hasn’t been posted to in months. Just because something isn’t driving new business right away, doesn’t mean it won’t later.

On this episode of Real Estate Pros, we discuss why cutting a marketing initiative short could have spelt long-term brand damage for one particular real estate business.

Read the highlights: stepps.com.au/podcast

When you are not getting the results you want, it is tempting to throw out the marketing tactic you are using and jump to another. 

You don’t need to look far for a real estate agency website with a blog that hasn’t been updated in over two years or a social media page that hasn’t been posted to in months. Just because something isn’t driving new business right away, doesn’t mean it won’t later.

On this episode of Real Estate Pros, we discuss why cutting a marketing initiative short could have spelt long-term brand damage for one particular real estate business.

Read the highlights: stepps.com.au/podcast

How many times have you heard someone say, I just want that top search result on Google? For a business website, the top spot in a Google Search can be a lead generating machine.

Think about it. Google is where most people go when they are researching. What if there was a way to get the pages of your company website on that coveted first page? Well there is…

On this episode of Real Estate Pros, you'll learn 3 simple ways to improve your Google ranking - without the need to bother your web developer or SEO team. 

Read the highlights: stepps.com.au/podcast

How many times have you heard someone say, I just want that top search result on Google? For a business website, the top spot in a Google Search can be a lead generating machine.

Think about it. Google is where most people go when they are researching. What if there was a way to get the pages of your company website on that coveted first page? Well there is…

On this episode of Real Estate Pros, you'll learn 3 simple ways to improve your Google ranking - without the need to bother your web developer or SEO team. 

Read the highlights: stepps.com.au/podcast

Very few companies have led the spawn of an entire industry, and still managed to stay ahead of the curve, like Netflix. 

The video-streaming giant marks its 20th anniversary this year, touting a valuation of $60 billion. That works out to about $3 billion of added market value a year. But as impressive as Netflix's growth has been, it's their founder Reed Hasting’s vision for the future that is truly inspiring. 

On this episode of Real Estate Pros, we discuss Netflix's rise to fame, why Hasting's pivoted the company in the year 2000 and the lessons for our beloved real estate industry from a company that's grown from zero to $60 billion in 20 years.

Read the highlights: stepps.com.au

What would it mean for your business if you owned direct access to an audience of homeowners who love your marketing so much they actually looked forward to getting it from you?

What if instead of paying other people (media companies) for the privilege to access their audience, you could communicate with your own, for free, whenever you like?

On this episode of Real Estate Pros, we share the story of a brand who became the largest media company in their industry. We discuss how they did it and why there is a growing trend toward brands turning into media companies in many industries all over the world.

Read the highlights: stepps.com.au/podcast

What if the way we currently view social media in real estate was the only thing holding us back?

Over the past decade, we've watched the real estate industry adopt social media marketing in a big way. But, many are reporting it's harder than ever (and more expensive) to win attention.

On this episode of Real Estate Pros, we discuss a social media marketing strategy used by media companies and high trafficked real estate websites to win the game of attention and drive business outcomes.

Read the highlights: stepps.com.au/podcast

“Whoever gets to scale with data centric businesses has a natural advantage - a monopolistic tendency.”

These are the words of Adrian Turner of the CSIRO in a recent documentary on the ABC titled 'The AI Race' - where business leaders and tech experts explored how Artificial Intelligence is changing jobs and impacting the value of businesses in every industry.

Turner's argument suggests that businesses ought to focus on owning their data and direct access to consumers or allow 'monopolistic' platforms to continue to thrive.

In this episode of Real Estate Pros, we discuss the influence of our major property portals, the growing influence of Facebook and how some agents are leveraging its targeting capabilities to drive traffic to their own platforms and to generate enquiries at a lower cost.

Read the highlights: stepps.com.au/podcast

Social media is inherently buzz-worthy. It’s what everyone in real estate is doing, and what everyone’s talking about. Unfortunately, some of the things being said about social media, particularly social media marketing, are not as true as we have been led to believe.

In fact, some of these misinterpretations could actually be preventing your business from maximizing the benefits of this powerful online marketing tool.

In this episode of Real Estate Pros, we discuss real estate's love affair with social media and the one big myth that could be holding your business back.

Read the highlights: stepps.com.au/podcast