Real Estate Uncensored - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Training Podcast

It is difficult to know which social media platforms are the most effective for business, and it is even more difficult staying up to date with the features that could be significantly helping us grow our audience. Which platforms should we be focusing on? What type of content works best for which platform? What features should we use to grow our engagement and following? In this episode, Marki Ryhal explains how we can grow our business by staying visible and relevant on social media, and how IGTV can help us do so.

A lot of my focus is going to IGTV because I’ve seen a 818% increase in views just over the past 21 days. -Marki Lemons-Ryhal

Three Things We Learned

IGTV video length affects reach and engagement

When we upload videos to our IGTV channel, they need to be longer than 60 seconds to get previewed in Instagram feeds. This preview increases our view count and can help grow our followers.

Authenticity trumps production for engagement

People engage more when they feel the content they are interacting with is authentic. While we should keep production in mind, we need to remember that people want to see the true, unedited version of us.

Fewer actions means more interaction

If we’re asking people to take additional actions to engage with our content, they’re unlikely to engage with it. We need to understand how the platform functions, and we need to keep steps to a minimum so that it is easy for our audience to interact with us and our content.

Mark Zuckerberg said 2019 is going to be the year of stories and live, and when the owner of Facebook and Instagram tells us where he’s focusing, we should be focusing our efforts there too. By making use of Instagram features like stories, story highlights and IGTV in an informed and authentic way, we can boost our reach, engagement and following and stay visible and relevant to our target audience on social media.

Guest Bio

Marki Lemons-Ryhal provides Social Media Education and Strategies to Realtors. She earned an MBA degree from Saint Xavier University and has over 50 certifications, designations and licenses in social media and real estate. Today, she travels the country teaching social media courses for the National Association REALTORS®, REBAC, ASI and others. Her 300,000 plus students consistently rank her 5 out of 5 as an instructor due to her knowledge and entertaining training style.

https://markilemons.com/

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Buying a house is not only a huge financial decision, but a huge life decision. Buyers often make mistakes because of the fantasy they have of the perfect home, and these mistakes are ones that can greatly impact their lives. How can we help buyers make more informed decisions? What do we need to consider other than their financial position? How do we approach the conversation without offending our client? In this episode, Bill Joyce explains how we as agents can deliver a more holistic service to clients.

There are a lot of mistakes we can make as we chase this fantasy of the dream home - the perfect, happy home - and these are life-changing mistakes. -Bill Joyce

Three Things We Learned

The difference between the price and the cost of a home

We need to remember that the price of a home is not the same as the cost of a home. The price is what you pay upfront and the cost is the ongoing bills and maintenance. When buyers don’t consider the cost, it impacts the lifestyle they thought they could have.

Calculating budget based on personal affordability

A lender is not a financial advisor, and they tell buyers what maximum the bank is willing to lend them rather than how much the buyer can afford to spend. A bank’s lending guidelines have more to do with their profit than a buyer’s happiness, and buyers need to treat buying a home like a financial planning exercise.

Working backwards to make holistic buying decisions

Agents should encourage buyers to figure out what a happy home looks like to them based on their lifestyle and family needs first. When we allow buyers to make decisions based on their fantastical pursuit of the perfect home, the reality often undermines it as they have not considered all the factors.

Time and money are the two most precious, limited resources we have to work with, and a house will consume both. When advising buyers on purchasing a home, we need to make sure that they are carefully considering their finances, lifestyle and family. We need to encourage and equip them to make a sensible purchase that aligns with the things they value in their life so that they don’t make decisions that undermine the idea they had of their life in their new home.

Guest Bio

Bill Joyce is the Owner of Charter~Home in Sacramento. Bill spent 20 years as a consultant out of New York advising corporate clients and travelling the country. Over the years he ended up developing an impressive client list which included American Express, Pitney Bowes, the US Postal Service, along with every major New York advertising agency. Bill was routinely asked to speak at conferences and conventions in his field and wrote articles for trade magazines. In 2004 he changed his career to real estate, a field where his work ethic and problem solving skills could have a genuine impact on people’s lives, with less travel. Bill found his home and purpose in the American homeowner - those stuck in overpriced homes facing the staggering cost of overpaying for housing and stuck where they are for a decade or more. He is writing a book and online newsletter “Surviving the American Dream” in an attempt to spread the word about what really happened with the crash, as well as provide practical advice for taking control of your financial future. In recent years, home ownership has had a disastrous financial impact on the lives of millions of Americans and Bill wants to fix that, one family at a time.

http://www.charter-home.com/

http://www.survivingtheamericandream.org/

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Buying a house is not only a huge financial decision, but a huge life decision. Buyers often make mistakes because of the fantasy they have of the perfect home, and these mistakes are ones that can greatly impact their lives. How can we help buyers make more informed decisions? What do we need to consider other than their financial position? How do we approach the conversation without offending our client? In this episode, Bill Joyce explains how we as agents can deliver a more holistic service to clients.

There are a lot of mistakes we can make as we chase this fantasy of the dream home - the perfect, happy home - and these are life-changing mistakes. -Bill Joyce

Three Things We Learned

The difference between the price and the cost of a home

We need to remember that the price of a home is not the same as the cost of a home. The price is what you pay upfront and the cost is the ongoing bills and maintenance. When buyers don’t consider the cost, it impacts the lifestyle they thought they could have.

Calculating budget based on personal affordability

A lender is not a financial advisor, and they tell buyers what maximum the bank is willing to lend them rather than how much the buyer can afford to spend. A bank’s lending guidelines have more to do with their profit than a buyer’s happiness, and buyers need to treat buying a home like a financial planning exercise.

Working backwards to make holistic buying decisions

Agents should encourage buyers to figure out what a happy home looks like to them based on their lifestyle and family needs first. When we allow buyers to make decisions based on their fantastical pursuit of the perfect home, the reality often undermines it as they have not considered all the factors.

Time and money are the two most precious, limited resources we have to work with, and a house will consume both. When advising buyers on purchasing a home, we need to make sure that they are carefully considering their finances, lifestyle and family. We need to encourage and equip them to make a sensible purchase that aligns with the things they value in their life so that they don’t make decisions that undermine the idea they had of their life in their new home.

Guest Bio

Bill Joyce is the Owner of Charter~Home in Sacramento. Bill spent 20 years as a consultant out of New York advising corporate clients and travelling the country. Over the years he ended up developing an impressive client list which included American Express, Pitney Bowes, the US Postal Service, along with every major New York advertising agency. Bill was routinely asked to speak at conferences and conventions in his field and wrote articles for trade magazines. In 2004 he changed his career to real estate, a field where his work ethic and problem solving skills could have a genuine impact on people’s lives, with less travel. Bill found his home and purpose in the American homeowner - those stuck in overpriced homes facing the staggering cost of overpaying for housing and stuck where they are for a decade or more. He is writing a book and online newsletter “Surviving the American Dream” in an attempt to spread the word about what really happened with the crash, as well as provide practical advice for taking control of your financial future. In recent years, home ownership has had a disastrous financial impact on the lives of millions of Americans and Bill wants to fix that, one family at a time.

http://www.charter-home.com/

http://www.survivingtheamericandream.org/

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Our work can sometimes consume us to the point where it becomes all that we do and think, and it is detrimental to not only our business but to the other areas of our lives. How can we create freedom within a business model? What kind of team works in this business model? How and where can we cut back on investments in order to hone in on the best ones? In this episode, Bart Vickrey explains what transitions, transformations and successes he had when he decided to shift his mindset from wanting more, to needing less.

What’s wrong with the systems, processes and philosophies that we follow is that once we have what we want, we still want more. -Bart Vickrey

Three Takeaways

The importance of a small, skilled team

It’s important to recognize what your skill set is and then build a team whose skills compensate for the skills you don’t have. When you have a small team it is easier to have a more personal professional environment which is valuable not only in the workplace, but with building client relationships as well.

How to scale back investments

When we have invested too much and need to scale back and focus, we need to consider two main things. The first is which investments do we like the least, and the second is which investments make the most geographical sense in terms of our base.

How to make the most of our database

We need to reconsider how we think about and approach our existing database. If we build personal relationships and show our vulnerability through a proper communication plan, we can retain more clients and generate more leads.

The real estate sales business is phenomenal, but the job of being a real estate agent is often not as great. Practices like cold-calling and door-knocking are part of what makes it tedious, and chasing commissions can often lead to overworking. We need to rethink our approach and consider cutting back in areas that are saturated, and really focus on adding value to our database in a more personal and vulnerable way. When we shift from chasing what we think happiness is to living a good life and having peace of mind, we can have a successful business and a balanced lifestyle.

Guest Bio

Bart Vickrey is the Founder of real estate guru website, realestategoodlife.com, and has over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry. He built a team of incredible people that help service his clients at a very high level, and they've created systems that allow him to sell more real estate than anyone else in his market whilst working no more than 20 hours a week. Agents often work 60-70 hour weeks selling 10-20 homes a year, whereas Bart and his small team sold 151 homes last year working less than a third of those hours.

http://realestategoodlife.com/

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Our work can sometimes consume us to the point where it becomes all that we do and think, and it is detrimental to not only our business but to the other areas of our lives. How can we create freedom within a business model? What kind of team works in this business model? How and where can we cut back on investments in order to hone in on the best ones? In this episode, Bart Vickrey explains what transitions, transformations and successes he had when he decided to shift his mindset from wanting more, to needing less.

What’s wrong with the systems, processes and philosophies that we follow is that once we have what we want, we still want more. -Bart Vickrey

Three Takeaways

The importance of a small, skilled team

It’s important to recognize what your skill set is and then build a team whose skills compensate for the skills you don’t have. When you have a small team it is easier to have a more personal professional environment which is valuable not only in the workplace, but with building client relationships as well.

How to scale back investments

When we have invested too much and need to scale back and focus, we need to consider two main things. The first is which investments do we like the least, and the second is which investments make the most geographical sense in terms of our base.

How to make the most of our database

We need to reconsider how we think about and approach our existing database. If we build personal relationships and show our vulnerability through a proper communication plan, we can retain more clients and generate more leads.

The real estate sales business is phenomenal, but the job of being a real estate agent is often not as great. Practices like cold-calling and door-knocking are part of what makes it tedious, and chasing commissions can often lead to overworking. We need to rethink our approach and consider cutting back in areas that are saturated, and really focus on adding value to our database in a more personal and vulnerable way. When we shift from chasing what we think happiness is to living a good life and having peace of mind, we can have a successful business and a balanced lifestyle.

Guest Bio

Bart Vickrey is the Founder of real estate guru website, realestategoodlife.com, and has over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry. He built a team of incredible people that help service his clients at a very high level, and they've created systems that allow him to sell more real estate than anyone else in his market whilst working no more than 20 hours a week. Agents often work 60-70 hour weeks selling 10-20 homes a year, whereas Bart and his small team sold 151 homes last year working less than a third of those hours.

http://realestategoodlife.com/

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Generating leads is often a tedious and difficult task for real estate agents, and the ways in which we go about doing so have been the same for a long time. What are some unique lead generation techniques we can use? What makes Facebook ads work as a tool to get leads? How is a Facebook ad different to a PPC ad? In this episode, Zachary Nussbaum and Shayne Hiller discuss using Facebook as a lead generation tool for agents.

The front-end offer of a Facebook ad is one of the most vital things to get more low-cost as well as better quality leads. -Zachary Nussbaum

Three Takeaways

The Importance of The offer in a Facebook ad

What you’re offering is the most important part of your Facebook ad. It allows you to get high quality leads at less of a cost. You need to have an appealing deal that your potential lead will find value in.

It’s not about the property, it’s about the deal

It’s important to remember that the leads you generate are a result of them already being in the market, not because of the specific house you’re advertising. This gives you the opportunity to capture leads with a good offer, and it’ll then make it easier to connect with them and eventually convert them.

The difference between Facebook ads and PPC ads

We often think that higher intent leads are more competitive. With Facebook, even though the leads are higher in the funnel, they are not nearly as competitive because you can get in front of a lead before anyone else does. PPC ads will also cost you five times and more than a Facebook ad, and you’ll get less conversions from them.

When it comes to lead generation and conversion, the overarching goal is to provide some kind of value. Facebook ads are an effective way to generate quality, low-cost leads while at the same time providing value through offers. Potential leads have a lot of options, so it is vital to build authentic connections and rapport with them so that you can set yourself apart. Having a script to follow is an essential part of initial relationship building, and once you’re in front of your lead if you continue to develop the relationship and add value, you set yourself up to convert.

Guest Bio 

Zachary Nussbaum is a Digital Marketing Specialist at Braintrust Interactive who works to consistently connect real estate professionals with potential clients. Zachary aims to cut out the need for agents to talk to hundreds of unqualified leads, and has for the past five years helped agents generate, nurture and convert leads. He and his business partner Shayne Hiller spend $100,000 a month on Facebook ads to generate and convert leads for real estate agents. They are experts in lead generation, lead conversion, ISA team building and Facebook ads.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/REMCM/

www.braintrustinteractive.com

[email protected]

Rockstar Agent Marketing Toolkit - Featuring our favorite scripts, tutorials and quickstart guides to marketing strategies like Facebook Live, door-knocking, remarketing advertising, open houses and referrals. Get actionable ideas and tactics you can use in your career right NOW.

Generating leads is often a tedious and difficult task for real estate agents, and the ways in which we go about doing so have been the same for a long time. What are some unique lead generation techniques we can use? What makes Facebook ads work as a tool to get leads? How is a Facebook ad different to a PPC ad? In this episode, Zachary Nussbaum and Shayne Hiller discuss using Facebook as a lead generation tool for agents.

The front-end offer of a Facebook ad is one of the most vital things to get more low-cost as well as better quality leads. -Zachary Nussbaum

Three Takeaways

The Importance of The offer in a Facebook ad

What you’re offering is the most important part of your Facebook ad. It allows you to get high quality leads at less of a cost. You need to have an appealing deal that your potential lead will find value in.

It’s not about the property, it’s about the deal

It’s important to remember that the leads you generate are a result of them already being in the market, not because of the specific house you’re advertising. This gives you the opportunity to capture leads with a good offer, and it’ll then make it easier to connect with them and eventually convert them.

The difference between Facebook ads and PPC ads

We often think that higher intent leads are more competitive. With Facebook, even though the leads are higher in the funnel, they are not nearly as competitive because you can get in front of a lead before anyone else does. PPC ads will also cost you five times and more than a Facebook ad, and you’ll get less conversions from them.

When it comes to lead generation and conversion, the overarching goal is to provide some kind of value. Facebook ads are an effective way to generate quality, low-cost leads while at the same time providing value through offers. Potential leads have a lot of options, so it is vital to build authentic connections and rapport with them so that you can set yourself apart. Having a script to follow is an essential part of initial relationship building, and once you’re in front of your lead if you continue to develop the relationship and add value, you set yourself up to convert.

Guest Bio 

Zachary Nussbaum is a Digital Marketing Specialist at Braintrust Interactive who works to consistently connect real estate professionals with potential clients. Zachary aims to cut out the need for agents to talk to hundreds of unqualified leads, and has for the past five years helped agents generate, nurture and convert leads. He and his business partner Shayne Hiller spend $100,000 a month on Facebook ads to generate and convert leads for real estate agents. They are experts in lead generation, lead conversion, ISA team building and Facebook ads.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/REMCM/

www.braintrustinteractive.com

[email protected]

Rockstar Agent Marketing Toolkit - Featuring our favorite scripts, tutorials and quickstart guides to marketing strategies like Facebook Live, door-knocking, remarketing advertising, open houses and referrals. Get actionable ideas and tactics you can use in your career right NOW.

Social media plays a huge role in how businesses are run today. What are the nuances we should be looking at to make sure we’re approaching it the ‘right’ way? How is the future of real estate being shaped by social media and new communication technologies? On this episode, we discuss social media with returning guest and digital media expert, Gene Volpe.

The cost of reaching people online should always be compared to the cost of reaching people in the real world. -Matt Johnson

Three Takeaways

We’re moving towards one-to-one communication

Social media networks are beginning to move away from one-to-many communication. To do this, it seems likely that free tools like Facebook Live will become a paid service. As a result, your organic reach will, in all probability, drop. However, this shouldn’t necessarily be thought of as a bad thing, as online tools will still be more affordable than offline options.

Group messages are the future

A great way for businesses to build relationships with clients in the future will be group messages and chats. The participants in these groups will have freely opted into receiving your content, meaning they’ll be more receptive. While your reach may not be as wide, you’ll be making direct contact with the right audience.

Cold calls are in decline

While most people own smartphones, the reality is most don’t enjoy actual phone calls. This is a big reason why software exists to alert the recipient that they’re receiving a robo-call. Cold calling is no longer yielding the same results it once did, so it’s important that agents re-think their marketing approaches.

Social media and communication technology have made a huge impact on businesses in every industry. While it’s impossible to say for sure what the changes will be going forward, it’s a good idea to pay attention to the current trends and how they’ll affect your company. While social media may be changing as a tool, one thing is for sure: it’s here to stay and will have an effect on how you do business.

Guest Bio

Gene Volpe is the Lead Digital Architect at GVI Media. With more than 10 years’ experience in marketing, he is the go-to expert on digital media, nationwide. Gene is also incredibly well-versed in real estate, having been involved in over 200 transactions. Gene is passionate about establishing brands and believes the best way to reach wider audiences is through digital marketing and video content.

To find out more about Gene, head to: www.genevolpe.com

Rockstar Agent Marketing Toolkit - Featuring our favorite scripts, tutorials and quickstart guides to marketing strategies like Facebook Live, door-knocking, remarketing advertising, open houses and referrals. Get actionable ideas and tactics you can use in your career right NOW.

Social media plays a huge role in how businesses are run today. What are the nuances we should be looking at to make sure we’re approaching it the ‘right’ way? How is the future of real estate being shaped by social media and new communication technologies? On this episode, we discuss social media with returning guest and digital media expert, Gene Volpe.

The cost of reaching people online should always be compared to the cost of reaching people in the real world. -Matt Johnson

Three Takeaways

We’re moving towards one-to-one communication

Social media networks are beginning to move away from one-to-many communication. To do this, it seems likely that free tools like Facebook Live will become a paid service. As a result, your organic reach will, in all probability, drop. However, this shouldn’t necessarily be thought of as a bad thing, as online tools will still be more affordable than offline options.

Group messages are the future

A great way for businesses to build relationships with clients in the future will be group messages and chats. The participants in these groups will have freely opted into receiving your content, meaning they’ll be more receptive. While your reach may not be as wide, you’ll be making direct contact with the right audience.

Cold calls are in decline

While most people own smartphones, the reality is most don’t enjoy actual phone calls. This is a big reason why software exists to alert the recipient that they’re receiving a robo-call. Cold calling is no longer yielding the same results it once did, so it’s important that agents re-think their marketing approaches.

Social media and communication technology have made a huge impact on businesses in every industry. While it’s impossible to say for sure what the changes will be going forward, it’s a good idea to pay attention to the current trends and how they’ll affect your company. While social media may be changing as a tool, one thing is for sure: it’s here to stay and will have an effect on how you do business.

Guest Bio

Gene Volpe is the Lead Digital Architect at GVI Media. With more than 10 years’ experience in marketing, he is the go-to expert on digital media, nationwide. Gene is also incredibly well-versed in real estate, having been involved in over 200 transactions. Gene is passionate about establishing brands and believes the best way to reach wider audiences is through digital marketing and video content.

To find out more about Gene, head to: www.genevolpe.com

Rockstar Agent Marketing Toolkit - Featuring our favorite scripts, tutorials and quickstart guides to marketing strategies like Facebook Live, door-knocking, remarketing advertising, open houses and referrals. Get actionable ideas and tactics you can use in your career right NOW.

Inside sales bring a lot of value to a company, but a lot of businesses fail to create an inside sales team because they don’t know what they don’t know. What are the benefits of having inside sales? Does an inside team mean you have to do away with an outside team? On this episode, Kathleen Black and Shannon Smith of Kathleen Speaks share why inside sales are so important.

It’s not about the team leader getting rich, it’s about every team member having a better lifestyle. -Kathleen Black

Three Takeaways

Inside sales add value

Having an inside sales team boosts your business’s value. This is in terms of your recruitment process, as well as your ability to sell the company later on. Having a set system in place to manage the inside team is crucial for this to be effective.

Inside and outside sales teams can coexist

Having an inside sales team is great for nurturing relationships with clients who aren’t ready to enter into a transaction. However, it’s still important to have an outside team to deal with clients who are ready. The teams will compliment each other in this way.

Where entrepreneurs go wrong

While it’s important to have an ISA team, make sure you’re creating that team at the right time. Ideally, this should be when you have 3 to 4 strong selling outside agents. You also need to ensure you’re hiring the right person for the job- personality type is a big factor here.

The thought of creating an inside sales team is daunting, especially if you don’t know how it would fit into your company. However, once you do understand what it entails- and once you have a team that can accommodate it- inside sales can do a lot to improve everyone’s quality of life.

Guest Bio

Kathleen Black is the CEO of Kathleen Black Coaching and Consulting, Inc. Kathleen is one of the top Real Estate Coaches in Canada, as well as a professional speaker and educator. She’s also the driving force of the Ultimate Team Summit- the biggest summit of its kind in North America.

Shannon Smith is the Elite Coach at Kathleen Black Coaching and Consulting, Inc. With a background in inside sales, Shannon is passionate about teaching entrepreneurs how implementing inside systems can benefit them. Shannon is an avid public speaker, and puts her skills to good use as an elite coach.

To contact Kathleen and Shannon, email them on [email protected] or [email protected]

To find out more, visit the website at: www.kathleenspeaks.com

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