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Thursday Apr 06, 2017
Thursday Apr 06, 2017
What an amazing conversation with powerhouse sales expert, Jennifer Diepstraten. Jennifer took her expertise and experience in sales and started her own coaching business where she helps entrepreneurs grow and improve their personal businesses.
Have you ever thought about charging more money for your services? What stops you? As Jennifer shared, most of her clients start to internally question their personal value, they worry no one will pay the higher price, and they ultimately fear the amount of business they will lose if they raise their rates. In reality, WE are the ones who are uncomfortable with the higher price, not the clients. Some people will not be able to afford us, but the reality is, that’s already true of our current rate. It is the confidence we have in ourselves, our expertise, and our value that needs to change because once we do that, the right clients will come and they WILL pay.
There is so much that goes into selling ourselves, our product, and our business. Real estate is personal and selling something personal always makes the sale aspect more difficult. If you try to help everyone that can’t afford you, it will no longer be a business, it’ll be a hobby. You have to not only have the confidence to ask for the rate you deserve, but know how to properly communicate that price with prospective clients. Changing our mindsets and being confident in who we are and what we bring to the table as professionals in our field will allow our businesses to grow in the best way possible. Find out how you can take your confidence and sales to the next level from the sales Rockstar herself!
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Here are some of the key takeaways from this episode.
- Two Key Components of Making a Sale
- How to Improve Your Own Value
- The Importance of Communication in Sales
- Why Confidence Leads to Success
Thursday Mar 30, 2017
Thursday Mar 30, 2017
Another GREAT podcast episode with the one and only, Steve Jolly! Since we last spoke in 2016, he has taken his business to bigger and better heights. Now an author of the book, “Kill Cold Calls: How to Generate a Six-Figure Income like Direct Marketing Legends without Cold Calls,” is an incredible read and worth every penny. His insight into tackling the marketing aspect of our business without having to make those awful, awkward, and dread-worthy cold calls while still bringing in substantial and profitable leads is brilliant!
So how do you go about getting that phone to ring without making outbound calls? It sounds impossible, but it’s actually pretty simple. Not only does Steve share how to get that phone to ring, but he tells us how to get the people you WANT to work with to call you. He breaks down his process from beginning to end and even gives us his own secrets for generating those 5 Star Prospects - the people you not only want to work with, but are ready to buy/sell right now.
Our industry as a whole has a LONG way to go when it comes to marketing, but what’s great about technology is that there are SO many marketing tools at our fingertips we just need to put on our marketing hats and figure out how to make the most of them. Whether it’s the hunt for 5 star prospects or building relationships that lead to a dialogue about real estate, we have to make the effort to market ourselves without calling strangers. There ARE other options! If Steve and I can do it, you can too! Take a listen to this podcast to learn how you too can say goodbye to cold calls and hello to profitable relationships!
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Here are some of the key takeaways you get from this episode.
- How to Generate 5 Star Prospects
- The End of Cold Calls
- 3 Keys to Building Profitable Client Relationships
- The Value of a Great Headline
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Thursday Mar 23, 2017
Thursday Mar 23, 2017
There is so much to learn about social media. Its role in our business and personal lives has grown so rapidly in the last few years that it’s hard to know where to start or how to grow your business online. That’s where the award winning marketer, author, and Chief Marketing Officer for Post Planner, Rebekah Radice comes in to shed some light on the best strategies for visual and social marketing.
Thanks to social media, you not only have a great space to connect with a wider scope of people at one time, but you have the opportunity to virtually be face to face with them. Live videos and recordings have only increased since Facebook Live came out and as Rebekah said, it will only continue to grow in how we use it for business. Speaking to a large scale of people at once with Facebook Live is beneficial, but are you speaking to the RIGHT people? There is so much value in knowing your target audience. When someone can cater to what it is you as a consumer fears, needs, and wants you become the perfect resource for everything that audience is looking for.
So how do you know who your target audience is and how do you engage with them? Rebekah shared some AMAZING tips for discovering the answer to those two pivotal questions. She explains how to figure out what kind of content your audience is looking for, how to speak to them, how to help them find you, and how to maintain consistency once you establish that following.
Finding the perfect marketing strategy, figuring out what type of content to share, and how to engage with your audience are some of the biggest challenges we face when approaching social media and visual marketing, but the answers are right in front of you simply aren’t asking the right questions. Want the answers? Take a listen and jump start your journey with the perfect marketing strategy for building and maintaining client relationships.
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Here are some of the key takeaways you get from this episode.
- 3 Key Points for Marketing Strategies
- The Value of Knowing Your Audience
- How to Build Relevant Content
- The Direction Marketing is Headed & How to Get There
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Thursday Mar 02, 2017
Thursday Mar 02, 2017
What a pleasure speaking with this week’s guest, Jeff Lobb! As a real estate coach, founder and CEO of SparkTank Media, a growth strategy company that focuses on technology, sales, and marketing for real estate, mortgage, and title industries, Jeff touched on some of the problems agents face that is keeping them from achieving that next level and as a fellow coach, I couldn’t agree with him more.
So much of our day, as agents, is trying to do it all ourselves. There are only so many hours in the day and never enough time to do it all. We all know that’s not physically possible yet we can’t swallow our pride long enough to ask for help. As Jeff puts it, you need to spend at least 80% of your day doing what YOU do best. For him, that’s sales. One of his strengths is sales or listing appointments, which is honestly a lot of agent’s forte mine included. However, the paperwork, entering listings, and all that type C business, not our thing. There comes a point in every business where you reach the ceiling and you can either get some help to push right on through to grow your business or you become so inundated that your business spirals downward. The key is accomplishing any level of success is you have to want it to achieve it.
No one wants to give up control, especially the control freaks, but in this business, or any successful business, you have to. To get to where you want to be, you have to divvy by the reigns. Jeff used the perfect comparison of a doctor’s office. Do you want your surgeon to be handling billing, answering the phones, signing people in, and prepping for your surgery at the same time? No, you want him to be focused on you, the patient, and do what he does best which is performing the surgery. So why do we treat real estate any differently?
Most agents get into this business because they love to help people, they’re great at sales and building those trustworthy relationships. Why is so important to have your hand in every aspect of your business instead of hiring someone to do that for you so you can focus on what YOU do best? Real estate isn’t complicated, it’s actually pretty easy. You simply have to go out and do it. Jeff was full of insightful nuggets including an AWESOME social media tip! Take listen and find out more!
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Here are some of the key takeaways you get from this episode.
- How to Make Social Media Work For You
- The Importance of Doing What You Do Best
- The Value of Execution
- Finding Your Own Stream of Prospects
Tuesday Feb 21, 2017
Tuesday Feb 21, 2017
What an honor to have the founder of eXp Realty and CEO of eXp World Holdings Inc., Glenn Sanford as a guest on our show! Glenn’s business looks nothing like anything in the real estate industry today. His CLOUD based company is soaring in terms of how effective, efficient, and beneficial it is for everyone that joins. An agent owned business that distributes equity to productive agent owners is the first of its kind, but there is no question that it is already flying on the wings of success.
Glenn started his business with the desire to bring value to agents and brokers alike. He franchised a business model that pulled people in and focused on funnel marketing. The success he is experiencing far exceeds that of a bricks & mortar within a local community because of the depths of talent that is virtually available to him at any given time. Being able to connect and work with leadership from anywhere at any time is invaluable!
So let me ask you this, “How can we eliminate the physical real estate office?” Simple, how many of you spend your whole day sitting in the office in the first place? Not many. 95% of our business can be conducted virtually so why couldn’t that include our office? The only aspect of our business that remains local is our client relationships. Real estate is not about having your own office, it’s about having relationships with clients that matter and are based on trust.
Clients want someone reliable that helps them achieve what they have already set out to do, which is buy or sell their home. Glenn said it best, “It’s not about selling them A home, real estate is about helping clients choose the RIGHT home and helping them through that process of making that home their own. “ It’s a powerful statement that applies to the real estate industry as a whole. Take a listen to hear even more thought provoking concepts shared by Glenn that may very well change the way you approach business and ultimately how you succeed.
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Here are some key takeaways from this episode.
- The Importance of Reliability
- The Value of Client Relationships
- How & When to Handle an Objection
- The Effectiveness of an Agent Owned Brokerage
Thursday Jan 12, 2017
Thursday Jan 12, 2017
It was a pleasure having the CEO of MMS Management in New York City, Andrew Barrocas, as a guest on my podcast show! What an awesome way to start out the year 2017! The New Year signifies a clean slate. The chance to start fresh with new goals and aspirations for our businesses and our personal lives, but how do we reach those goals? How do we hold ourselves accountable?
As a prominently respected real estate authority in the city of New York, Andrew has sold over 5 billion dollars worth of real estate property during the course of his career. That’s quite the feat! So how did he do it?!? Andrew shared with us the value of having an accountability partner or coach. Someone that holds you accountable and ensures you are on the right track to COMPLETING your goals throughout the year. You don’t need someone that will give you the thumbs up and go about their day, but someone that is willing to challenge you and push you to do everything you set your mind out to do.
So often our big list of goals we want to accomplish at the start of the year ranges anywhere from weight loss, to more time spent at home with our children, or a dollar amount we want to hit in terms of commissions or sales. Andrew shares with us why so many of those goals fall through the cracks and what steps need to be taken in order to keep yourself on track, as well as, the kind of people you should surround yourself with that will only push you to be best you can be. Do you want to get to the end of 2017 KNOWING you reached every goal you set out to accomplish this year?? Take a listen to this episode and find out how to make that dream a reality!
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Here are some of the key takeaways you get from this episode.
- The Value of an Accountability Coach
- 3 Key Categories for Setting Goals
- How to Measure Your Goals & Accomplishments
- The Key to Success in Real Estate