Guest blogger Andre Oentoro shares savvy strategies that will turbocharge your financial advisory prowess and influence on Instagram. Instagram, once the humble home of latte art and sunset selfies, has transformed into a dynamic stage for businesses across various industries, including the financial services sector. With a staggering 2.35 billion monthly active users, this social… Read more »
7 Winning Instagram Strategies for Financial Advisors
3 Tips for Using AI to Optimize Your Real Estate Content Marketing
The one thing real estate agents never seem to have enough of is time. With only 24 hours in each day, any tool that can increase your productivity is something worth exploring. Generative AI, or gen AI, is a broad category of artificial intelligence that can save you precious time with its unparalleled ability to… Read more »
7 Proven Ways to Generate Leads and Referrals with a Custom Real Estate Magazine
Discover imaginative ways to use a custom real estate magazine to nurture relationships and generate leads and referrals. If you’re an agent who’s thinking about adding a custom real estate magazine to your marketing toolbox but aren’t quite sure of its value, then this blog is for you. Beyond mailing them to recipients and hoping… Read more »
Ep. 388: Direct Response Makes You Rich. Branding Makes You Wealthy.
Direct Response vs. Brand Advertising Only One Turns Money into Wealth Who should listen: Small business owners who need to better understand the differences between direct response marketing and brand marketing, plus insight about where to invest their marketing budgets. Key idea: You need to balance your use of both direct response and brand… Read more »
Ep. 377: Killer Instagram Tips from Millie Adrian (@itsmodernmillie)
Instagram Tips Whether you want to grow your Instagram followers or discover the best time to post on Instagram, our guest has the inside track. Who should listen: This episode is for Instagram users, regardless of experience, who are looking for ways to optimize their accounts. Key idea: The best way—perhaps the only way—to… Read more »
A New Personally Branded Magazine for the Home
It’s the Marketing Your Clients Have Been Waiting for! Let’s just be direct about direct mail marketing . . . it’s called junk mail for a reason. Of course, the businesses and marketers who send direct mail don’t call it junk (at least not in public). But we all know that much of the typical… Read more »
15 Cheap Marketing Ideas for Real Estate Agents on a Budget
Let’s say you’re a real estate agent who’s fairly new to the business, or you’re a broker who’s starting to build a team, and you’ve got to figure out how to manage marketing for a small business on a tight budget. Well, rest easy because you’ve come to the right place! I’ve got some inexpensive… Read more »
Ep. 273: How Rick Demko built a book of 10,000 clients
3 Simple Tips for Explaining Complex Ideas Simply “Unless you can explain something simply enough, you simply don’t understand it well enough.” ~Albert Einstein Who should listen: Anyone who needs to explain complicated ideas to those who are unfamiliar with the topic. Key idea: How well someone understands you is more a function of… Read more »
The Best Real Estate Newsletters—What You Need to Know
Updated October 2, 2023 Even under the best of circumstances, it’s tough to create real estate newsletters that are worth reading. I’ve seen many tired templates crammed with blocks of text that make my eyes water and fuzzy images taken with a “shoot first, think about framing and lighting later” mentality. I’ve also come across… Read more »
5 Creative Holiday Marketing Ideas for Agents
You may be one of those real estate agents who figures that holiday marketing is primarily for other small business owners—owners of retail shops or whatnot—but you send your holiday greeting cards anyway because . . . well, it’s the thing to do. But here’s the deal. Done well, creative holiday marketing ideas can lay… Read more »
Ep. 304: Solid Advice for Creating Your 2022 Marketing Plan
How to Create a Marketing Budget: Start at the Finish Line Who should listen: Real estate agents who want guidance for creating a precise marketing budget that will help them meet their goals. Key idea: To make money, you need to be willing to spend money. Action item: Put your goal on paper, and… Read more »
Ep. 306: 4 Reasons to Host Client-Appreciation Events + Best Practices
4 Can’t-Miss Ideas for Memorable Client-Appreciation Events Who should listen: Service professionals wanting ideas and best practices for planning client-appreciation events. Key idea: The most important part of any client event is ensuring you follow up with attendees after the party. Action items: Plan an intimate client event with a few key clients, and… Read more »
