Apr 15The Best Marketing Advice Ever: Do What You’re AFRAID of DOING!I love the scene in A Star is Born where Bradly Cooper tries to drag Lady Gaga on stage. She holds back and wont’ go because she’s scared. And rightfully so, there are ALOT of freakn’ people in that audience that did not come to see her. …1 min read
Apr 12Showing Your Clients You Know How They Feel Proves You Have Skin in the GameYour clients want to know you’ve got their back, that they can trust you. If they loose, you loose too. It’s about more than money. It’s sharing the risk by showing you have skin in the game. In the early 2000’s I was working in mortgage sales. The market was…2 min read
Apr 8The Only Kind of Marketing That’s Dead is Average Joe MarketingHave you been caught by the click bait “Facebook marketing is dead”? Some one selling something is always saying. . . digital marketing, cold calling, direct mail is DEAD! No need to worry about your Instagram account. There’s only one kind of marketing that’s dead. Average Joe Marketing. There used…2 min read
Apr 6If You Don’t Know How to Generate Your Own Referrals, You Don’t Have a BusinessMost realtors will be someone’s employee in the next 5 years. Big Box Realty is spending millions to take over the real estate market. They have said “realtors will become obsolete” for years. As a realtor, you know people need human contact and expertise in buying or selling a home. …2 min read
Apr 1You Know You’re an Expert Realtor, but you are Swimming in the Sea of SamenessIs there one of you everywhere you go? Everywhere from your kid’s school to the local restaurant , there are at least 10 realtors. In an apples to apples world, price always wins. In the digital world, expertise is a quick search away. …2 min read
Mar 29Does your Digital Marketing Need an “Oscar Slap” to get Noticed?It may seem like your marketing content must be flashy, sexy or otherwise massively entertaining to get attention, but it does not. Feeling this way can cause you to avoid putting out original content. If you go for shock value or more likely, just grab something generic version of “anyone…2 min read
Mar 26Use Digital Marketing to stand out as a Trust Authority, moving you from Crappy Leads to Warm ReferralsMost realtor marketing only works enough that you keep doing it, but it never gets you ahead. Those once a day “all about real estate posts” you are paying $150 a month for don’t work to build the kind of trust you need to get referrals. What should you do…2 min read
Mar 23How to Market Like Ferrari, The Brand that Market’s ItselfHave you ever seen an ad for Ferrari? Not on TV, not on a billboard, or radio. Definitely not on social media. But you know they are a high-end sports car and quite expensive. Not for everybody. How do they sell those cars at top tier prices? How can you…2 min read
Mar 21Your Income is Equal to the Size of the Problem You Solve that Someone Will Gladly Pay forI had really messed up this time. I had not been that scared ever in my whole life. Staring at a letter from the IRS, I couldn’t believe how long I had let this go. …2 min read
Mar 18Ask Yourself These Two Questions to Beat Big Box Realty at Their Own GameI read a Facebook post from a realtor who helped a Veteran get into a home in this market. He told the realtor she brought hope back to his family. She helped him feel like he could provide for them. Get’s ya right in the gut, doesn’t it? You won’t…2 min read