Title Talks

If you're struggling in this market, you're definitely not alone. However, if you're among the 50% of title companies with no sales or marketing support, you probably feel it even more. This episode's guest, Mitch Sullivan, SnapClose CMO and marketing consultant, shares tangible steps to improve your marketing with great ROI.

HousingWire's title industry reporter, Brooklee Han, joins us in this episode to share the title and real estate industry news headlines you need to follow because they could have big impacts on your business. For more details and links, check out our show notes: https://www.proplogix.com/podcasts/ep-49/

After we hosted a record-setting webinar about the Basics of Land Surveys with survey expert, Akkad Bakhsh, we had a lot of questions from title professionals that we didn't have time to answer live. We invited Akkad back for this episode to answer more of your burning land survey questions. Access the show notes for this episode here: https://www.proplogix.com/podcasts/ep-48/

In a world where you can watch the delivery driver turning on to your street with your Pad Thai order, pay for your coffee without ever pulling your wallet out, or get almost anything you could need delivered within two hours - it’s no surprise that our expectations are sky high for fast services and convenience. The title and settlement industry, by contrast, still suffers from slow processes, po...

You've probably heard a lot about unregulated alternatives to title insurance, but are you familiar with the Fannie Mae pilot program that would allow a waiver for title insurance in special circumstances? In this episode, we share our webinar with special guest Chris Morton, the SVP of Public Affairs and Chief Advocacy Officer at the American Land Title Association. We talk about what the program...

Finding yourself in a soft market just means you have the time and opportunity to implement changes that will help you gain market share before things take off again. Our guest, Dr. Cindy McGovern, is known as the First Lady of Sales, and she's joining us to give all the advice for growing your business! Find the episode show notes here: https://www.proplogix.com/resource/podcasts/

Right-to-list agreements are popping up across the country, and vulnerable homeowners are being targeted with 40-year covenants that lead to big financial burdens down the line. Listen as Nancy Gusman; a Maryland-based real estate attorney, talks about what title agents can do to recognize these agreements and protect their clients. Check out our show notes for more details and helpful links: http...

With significant trends like the Great Resignation and Quiet Quitting hitting the workforce, it's more important than ever to be sure your employees are engaged and happy. You worked hard to build a great team, and you want to make sure that they want to stick around. This episode's guest, Wayne Stanley, started his company with this as the primary focus. Don't worry if you didn't, because he is s...

Donna Anderson has held many positions throughout her career in real estate, mortgage, and title. With that experience, comes a variety of exposure to different management styles; some great, some not-so-great. She's well known in the industry as an expert in cultivating a winning company culture, and one way to do that is to be the kind of manager your people will never want to leave. In this epi...

Title Sales Coach, Darryl Turner, joins us to talk about ways to grow your customer base. From understanding your unique sources of business to figuring out the formula for customer attrition, you'll learn actionable ways to make a serious impact on your business.

No matter the market you're facing right now, you will never regret taking the time to make your operation more efficient. It's especially important if you are experiencing a drop in orders to use this time to evaluate your current business processes and ensure that you're running as efficiently as possible. We're joined by title operations and technology experts, Kay Underwood-Zach and Brie McDan...

In this episode, we hear from a senior economist for the National Association of Realtors, Nadia Evangelou. Nadia shares predictions for what to expect in the coming months as many title and real estate professionals are feeling the effects of the market returning to what she describes as more normal levels compared to 2021.

You know you have to be doing something right when people are constantly commenting on how good your branding is, so we wanted to share some of the secret foundations we used to build the PropLogix brand. In this episode, I pick the brains of PropLogix co-founder and CEO, Jesse Biter, as well as our Chief Marketing Officer, Becky Tassell, about the fundamentals of good branding.

No matter your personal feelings about HOAs, if your deal is governed by an association, they're unavoidable. Working with an association tactfully can help keep your deal on track and in this episode, our HOA experts are sharing their hard-won strategies with you. To learn more about working with associations, check out our show notes: https://www.proplogix.com/podcasts/ep-37-how-to-have-better-i...

Erica Peterson joins us to talk about The Title Report's Voice of the Title Agent survey and report which was just released last month. She talks about some of the biggest concerns facing title agents in the coming year and where they see the biggest opportunity for growth. Happy listening and happy closings!

After spending more than a decade in the mortgage industry, Jason Doshi switched gears to develop Paymints.io with his brother. Their vision is to provide a solution to eliminate paper checks, reduce wire fraud, and recreate the seamless customer experience we’ve grown accustomed to in other industries.

Stephanie Fullerton has worked as a commercial escrow officer and at a title production software vendor. This mix of industry experience over the course of a decade revealed the gaps between those working in the industry, those regulating it, and those providing technology solutions. In response, she eventually founded Streamline Consulting to help title companies bridge these gaps, become more ef...

Alanna.ai is a virtual closing assistant aimed to enhance the customer experience for title companies, but is your business ready to take the leap to artificial intelligence? This episode, Amanda is joined by Alanna.ai president, Hoyt Mann, and he shares how AI can not only make that customer experience better, but also relieve duties from your overburdened staff in busy times to make your operati...

Long before the Great Resignation, the title industry was struggling to find new talent to fill roles. Rather than stealing talent from one company or underwriter, the answer to our dilemma is to seek the right candidates outside the industry, but finding the right people to fill these roles takes some effort. Amanda chats with two guests, Lindsay Hall Harrison and HR and recruiting specialist Jen...

This week, Stewart Title's Florida underwriting counsel, Lindsay Hall Harrison, shares some perplexing tales from the underwriting desk with Amanda and proves that title insurance is anything but boring.

Rather than relying on the real estate agent to educate buyers and sellers, many title agents are taking a big step forward to educate consumers about the value and intricacies of title insurance. Amanda sits down with members of the ALTA Homeowner Outreach Program to chat about how agents can effectively communicate the value of our industry to those that will benefit the most from it.

This week Amanda is joined by the founder and Chief Inspiration Officer of Bowe Digital, Wayne Stanley. Bowe Digital is a marketing company that works primarily with title companies. In this episode, Wayne shares secrets for creating the kind of marketing content that matters to your customers.

Once the pandemic hit, the old and inefficient ways of selling came to a screeching halt. Now that things are returning back to a semblance of normalcy, sales expert Darryl Turner is concerned salespeople in the title industry will happily go back to their old ways. In this week's episode Amanda chats with Turner about bringing title sales into the 21st century and understanding the difference bet...

Amanda sits down with the two founders of Title Success Solutions to talk about the ways to set up a merger or acquisition - as well as what you can do after the transaction to make a successful transition no matter if you're on the buying or selling side.

Amanda is joined by Tom Cronkright, the owner of Michigan's Sun Title, and co-owner and CEO of wire fraud prevention company, CertifID. Tom shares tips for protecting your customers and your business from THE costliest and most pervasive form of fraud facing real estate industry today.