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Thursday Apr 20, 2017
Thursday Apr 20, 2017
Another great episode about finding the right talent to help you reach the next level in your business! As a current administrator in the real estate industry, Margaret Smith has the best insight into what kind of direction a fantastic admin needs in order to help your business excel. She also shares some great tips on how to make that agent/admin relationship blossom as you navigate the tricky world of letting go of your everyday tasks and allowing someone else to take some of that unnecessary weight off your shoulders.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but for me, and most of the agents I know, letting go is a pretty tough concept. We tend to be control freaks and it’s difficult for us to hand over our responsibilities to someone else, especially in a business that we built ourselves and is so personal. However, it’s SO vital to our success! In order for any business to be successful, communication needs to be at the top of your priority list with everyone on your team whether they are sales people or administrative staff. It’s important to establish where your daily priorities lie and what goals you intend to accomplish that year.
I cannot say it enough, without that extra help you are only holding your business back from breaking through that ceiling giving you the leverage you need to make your growing success in real estate a reality. At the end of the day, you need to run your business like a business because one person cannot consistently or realistically keep up with the growing demands more clients entails without help. Take a listen to all Margaret has to offer. It’s always insightful to hear an insider’s perspective. I think we can all learn a lot about what our current admins may need from us to help them bring growth to our business and what some of us may need to be looking for in finding the right person to help us get there.
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Here are some of the key takeaways from this episode.
- The Value of Letting Go
- How to Find the Right Talent to Help Your Business Grow
- The Importance of Implementing Systems & Operations into Your Business
- How to Establish Good Communication with Your Team
Friday Apr 14, 2017
Friday Apr 14, 2017
What a blast I had chatting with CEO of Your Realty Leverage, Brindley Tucker! She is such a kick! Her passion for life along with training, coaching, and hiring the right people to help you increase your productivity as you grow your business in real estate, mirrored everything I believe to be important when shooting for that next level.
Brindley hears one of two things when realtors discuss hiring an admin – I don’t have time to find help or I can’t afford to find help. You have to MAKE the time or your business will never grow. It is impossible to do everything yourself, you’re not a machine. Believe it or not, there are people in the world, unlike most of us real estate agents, that LOVE paperwork and entering listings. They love tasks, details, and all the day-to-day nuances that we don’t have the patience for, that drive us crazy! Hire those people! Find the person that compliments you, not the one that’s exactly like you. Your business only needs one you!
We all need someone that will fill in where we fall behind, but it won’t happen overnight. If you want someone to invest in your business, you need to invest in them first. TRAIN them! Help them grow so that they can help your business grow allowing you to do what you do best – sell homes!
I could go on and on about how amazing and valuable the tips Brindley shared with us today are, but I think it’d be much more beneficial if you took a listen for yourself. I cannot explain what a game changer having someone there to pick up the slack and keep your business running makes. Take the advice, use it, and watch what a difference a little leverage can make in your business.
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Here are some of the key takeaways from this episode.
- Two Key Motivators in Business
- The Value of Hiring Help
- When to Hire Leverage
- How to Recruit the Right Talent for Your Business
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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 16, 2017
Thursday Mar 16, 2017
The Color of Success!
Danielle Fuhrman is a Certified Color and Styling Expert and the owner of a full service image consulting business, Reflections of You. Color me impressed, but I was completely fascinated by everything she had to offer! Color plays such a vital role in our daily lives through the energy it creates, the way it makes us feel about ourselves, and the way we connect with people.
Have you ever gone to an event where the speaker had a color on that was so distracting that rather than listening to the message you spent the entire time focused on their attire? They were probably wearing a color that was overpowering their own coloring. You want people to connect with you, not your wardrobe. Danielle shared why knowing your color pallet and wearing colors that fit your personality, your eye color, or your own personal coloring can make such a difference in most everything you do, especially when it comes to building relationships with clients.
Color can affect the way we connect with someone. A handshake makes such a difference in the way we connect with other people. It opens ourselves us to a conversation and bridges that gap. As Danielle said, one of the best colors you can wear for real estate agents, or anyone in sales, when meeting someone for the first time is your eye color. It not only brings out your eyes, but it creates an instant connection that is trustworthy and credible. It allows your client to feel comfortable developing a deeper relationship with you.
If you haven’t had your colors done, you should! Knowing your color pallet and wearing clothes that incorporate those colors can make all the difference in the world by enhancing your confidence and opening yourself up to trustworthy and deeper connections with those around you. Learn more tips on what colors will help build relationships with clients and what can deter them. The right color can be the difference between a dead lead and a successful transaction. Take a listen and discover how color can work for you!
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Here are some of the key takeaways you get from this episode.
- Building Connections Through Color
- The Truth about Black
- How to Make Your Home a Comfortable Space
- Why Eye Color is the Best Color