Upmarket: The Business of Real Estate Photography & Media

A new set of rules is officially here. In this episode of Upmarket Pod, Reed and Mark break down California’s Altered Image Law AB 723 and what it means for real estate media. The law introduces new disclosure requirements around altered listing photos that directly impact how agents, photographers, and media companies market properties. They cover what qualifies as an altered image, when disclosu...

It's once again SWOT Analysis time on Upmarket Pod! We take our listeners in depth through Upmarket Media's 2025 SWOT Analysis. SWOT stands for Strengths, Opportunities, Weaknesses, and Threats. Reed and Mark go deep on everything Upmarket Media is thinking and feeling heading into 2026. Follow along with their SWOT bullet points and find out what questions you should ask yourself when you...

This week Reed sits down with the Legend, Vince Collura! Vince is the former COO of VHT Studios and then the Director of Photography & Add-on Services at Matterport. Now, he's ready for the next chapter and is the Founder and CEO of The Collective. Vince has had a birds-eye view on the broad changes in our industry over the last 10 years and offers a ton of perspective on what's to com...

This week Reed chats with Oliver Ward, real estate media coach and founder of Oliwood Films, serving agents in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada and Nosara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Oliver was able to come up to the Upmarket Suite at Palms in Las Vegas durian PMRE 2025. Interesting conversation ensued! The guys also throw down some Action Items, so stick around until the end of the show! Upmarket Pod is onc...

It's our FAVORITE episode of the year!!!! It's our PMRE 2025 Action Item Spectacular!! The Photography and Media for Real Estate Conference in Las Vegas once again did not disappoint. So many new faces at the conference this year and we got a cool 24 of them (along with some familiar friends) to come up to the Upmarket Suite to lay down a little bit of wisdom in the form of Action Items! B...

We have reconvened our Upmarket Mastermind group and recorded an episode LIVE IN PERSON together in Las Vegas at PMRE 2025! Reed, Alex, Kelly and Jenn got together towards the end of the week to sit down and go over all the thoughts swirling in their heads after the whirlwind that is the Photography and Media for Real Estate Conference. What a crazy and informative week and the crew does their bes...

This week Reed chats with Elena Pastorius, the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Narwhal Creative in Windsor, Ontario. Elena details some strategies in how to lay the business foundation to be able to scale your Real Estate Media company. She also details the Rocket Paradox which tells you how to fuel your business. This is majorly informative episode! They also each throw down an epic action it...

You just know that AI is going to be a hot topic at PMRE 2025 (and, let's face it, probably PMRE 2026 et. al. too) so we decided to sit down with Matt Gia, founder of AutoHDR, to talk about optimal AI workflows for real estate media creators. Reed drills down with Matt about all the way AI can aid our businesses beyond the obvious image editing that is already making serious inroads into our i...

(Easter Egg for "fans" in this episode! Listen deep into this show to find out the original name of this podcast!) Can you believe we made it to 100?!?!?!? Reed and Mark sit down together and reflect on the previous 99 episodes of Upmarket Pod. It's INSANE that we've even made it this far! They guys also catch us on what's been going with Upmarket over the summer and fall and i...

It's Cheyenne Crawford week on Upmarket!!!! She sits down with Reed to talk about building her business and the burnout that came with it. Cheyenne details how she conquered those dark feelings and brought her professional and personal lives to a place where they're thriving. Cheyenne is one of the most interesting and charismatic people in the REP and built a very strong business at a ver...

This week Reed talks with Jared Bauman, the Co-Founder and CEO of 201 Creative, LLC! Jared is a capital E Expert on all things SEO. He and Reed chat about the basics of SEO and how AI technology is changing marketing and the SEO game. Lots of actionable nuggets in here for any small business owners, especially those of us in the RE Media game! Jared is super-knowledgeble and can break down complex...

This week Reed chats with the one and only Murray SawChuck, better known as Murray The Magician! What is a magician doing on a Real Estate Media Podcast?? Well, under that crazy hair, Murray has a genius mind for business and has a lot of lessons for us. He's made a lucrative career from his creative passion, much like so many in our industry. Murray is chock-full of wisdom and fun. We even ge...

This week Reed chats with the Big Dog of Real Estate Media coaching, Eli Jones. Eli shares some of his secrets to scaling a real estate media business and preps us for his presentation at PMRE 2025. Eli is one of the smartest and most successful people in our business and it was a super treat to have him on the show. Stick around to the end to hear Eli's ultimate Action Items! Don't miss t...

This week is our 2nd episode in our monthly Upmarket Mastermind series!! Each month Reed sits down with a mastermind group of Real Estate Media Creators from around North America who are all at different stages of scaling their businesses. With the mastermind format, you'll be able to journey along with each company as they navigate the different times of year and always changing circumstances...

This week Reed chats with renowned photographer of architecture, Simon Devitt. Simon chimes in from his home base in New Zealand, where's he's hard at work preparing for his featured speaking role and workshop instruction at PMRE 2025! Reed and Simon chat about his career in photography and find out how he balances being the Meme King on Instagram with his more serious work as an architect...

This week starts a new chapter for Upmarket Pod. We're proud to bring you our new monthly Upmarket Mastermind series!! Each month Reed will sit down with a mastermind group of Real Estate Media Creators from around North America who are all at different stages of scaling their businesses. With the mastermind format, you'll be able to journey along with each company as they navigate the dif...

This week Reed chats with Upmarket Fan Favorite Guest Alex Coombs, of Northern Spruce Media in Hamilton, Ontario. A few short months ago Alex was introduced to the great REP world as a guest on the podcast and now she's a featured speaker at PMRE 2025 and teaching a social media video workshop (sign up, only a few spots left!!!!). This is another wonderful conversation with maybe the most uniq...

Reed, Mark and Chelsea sit back and give a busy season update on Upmarket Media. Business is up! They're hiring! Nikki is killing it with video! Reed has an exciting new venture outside of Upmarket! Lots of news in this show, but don't worry, they still end the show with their Action Items... things that any listener can do right now help lay the foundation for scaling their Real Estate Me...

EARLY BIRD ALERT!!!! Go to pmreconference.com for all the details on Early Bird Registration which opens May 29th, 2025 at 6pm Eastern! Last year it sold out in less than 5 minutes so get in there fast! PMRE 2025 is November 18-20th at Palms Las Vegas. The Photography and Media for Real Estate conference will be better than ever! This week Reed sits down in person with one of the headlining speake...

It's May, so that means it's time to start thinking about November! Specifically, PMRE 2025 is November 18-20th at Palms Las Vegas. The Photography and Media for Real Estate conference will be better than ever! Go to pmreconference.com for all the details. Early Bird Registration opens May 29th, 2025! Last year it sold out in less than 5 minutes so get in there fast! Upmarket Pod is once a...

Taxes. Competition. Tariffs. AI. Staffing. And a million other things can give Real Estate Media owners anxiety. Reed, Mark and Chelsea dive in to and embrace the uncertainty that feels like it has surrounded Upmarket Media over the last couple months. They talk it all through and end up feeling better about everything and power through to end the show with their Action Items... things that any li...

We're coming up on tax season so Upmarket Pod has $$$$ on the mind! Please please please listen to this episode as Reed sits down with brilliant bookkeeper, Juliana Ramirez, of JR Bookkeeping to go over the basics of how and why to keep your financial books in order. Juliana details why and how to set financial goals and how to look at your books in a way to track and support those goals. This...

As the start of Busy Season is in sight, Reed, Mark & Chelsea recap all the Slow Season tasks they did or didn't get done over the last few months. They spend a lot of time detailing pricing changes for 2025 and how they've adjusted the media packages that are on offer to their clients. They also detail how they're revamping their video products and how new staff members are fittin...

Failure. It's not something that any of us really want to contemplate, but it's real and we've all experienced it. This episodes dives deep into business and creative failure as Reed sits down with music industry veteran Syd Sydney to work through how they have both used and learned from failure to change their lives. This is an engaging and vulnerable conversation that touches on them...

As a sort of follow-up to the 2024 SWOT Analysis, Reed, Mark and Chelsea sit down to discuss all the actionable stuff that came up in it and try to formulate a plan for actually following through with things. How novel! Even though this episode is chock full of actionable tidbits, they STILL end the show with their Action Items... things that any listener can do right now help lay the foundation f...