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Facebook is a social platform, but YouTube ads for real estate is better. People go there to see what s going on and catch up with friends and family. YouTube, on the other hand, is a search engine. It s intent-based, and people go there to be entertained or educated. So, what does this mean for us? [...]

Do you use your personal Facebook page to market your sphere of influence? Did you know that only 1 in 5 of your contacts will see any given post? But don t give up on the platform just yet. You can reach the majority of your database on a regular basis by creating a dedicated Facebook [...]

If you re willing to design a real estate brand that s way, way outside the box, you re going to repel some folks. When I started the Dude brand, I was accused of being unprofessional. And The Mortgage Geek got the same kind of hate early on. But if you re willing to stick with it, stay true [...]

So, you want to break into the luxury real estate market, but you don t come from money. How do you build a sphere of high-net-worth individuals (HNWI)? How do you market yourself as a high-end agent? And what kind of video content can you create to target that niche? Brian Loebker is an accomplished real [...]

We do business with the people we know, like and trust. But what if you don t KNOW anyone? What if you re brand spanking new to an area, and you don t have a sphere of influence to market to? How do you break into a new market and build a database stat? Paige Schulte is a real [...]

Are you focused inward? Chasing money? Obsessed with the size of your next commission check? Benjamin Ross argues that opportunities come disguised as other people s problems, and if you grow your impact, business will come to you. In fact, the best way to attract clients is to follow your passion and make service a fundamental [...]

What if you could travel four months of the year with your friends as part of your business plan? What if throwing an awesome party every few weeks WAS your marketing strategy? What if you could socialize your way to a successful real estate business? Known as The Social Realtor, Jimmy Rex leads the top [...]

You walk into a bar and see an attractive person. What do you say? Do you try to close immediately and propose a serious, intimate relationship right away? Of course not! So, why do real estate agents skip the rapport-building part of prospecting and jump straight to the sale? What if we stopped reciting scripts [...]

How much are you spending on portal leads? What if you invested that same kind of money in nurturing relationships with your past clients? What if you spent less time and energy on new customer acquisition and focused instead on providing exceptional customer service for your current clients? What if a gooey butter cake or [...]