Ep. 213: How to Scale Your Business with Joey Gilkey

 How to Build Sales Operations for Small Businesses You’re a small business owner, but you have dreams of scaling your business into a serious money maker, one where the gross profit line includes eight zeros. Of course, this means increasing your sales revenue, which naturally leads you to consider finding, hiring, and training more… Read more »


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How to Get Real Estate Leads in 2020

An exodus from cities wracked by COVID-19 and a growing trend toward new work from home policies are creating big opportunities for real estate agents. My mother always says that if you look long and hard enough, you’ll find something good in every situation. But the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged her fortitude, as well as… Read more »


Ep. 209: Don’t be famous. Be MicroFamous.

 The Real Power of Podcasts Matt Johnson runs a San Diego-based production agency that creates ready-to-launch podcasts for business coaches, consultants, and thought leaders. His job is to make sure his clients connect with the right audience, build influence, and become MicroFamous (which is also the name of his book and podcast). And during this… Read more »


Ep. 154: Keith Gregg – How This CEO Built His Business on Partnerships

 Generosity + Empathy + Gratitude = Entrepreneurial Success This equation might strike you as a solution to humanity’s shortcomings, but entrepreneurial success? No so much. Unless you’re Keith Gregg. Key Points The biggest lead-generating opportunity for financial advisors is to provide compassion and empathy to those who aren’t getting it from their current advisor…. Read more »


Ep. 212: How to Identify Your Ideal Client

 3 Ways of Finding Your Ideal Client The ability to find a customer, sell your product or service to that customer, and satisfy the customer so that he buys from you again should be the central focus of all entrepreneurial activity. The greater clarity you have with regard to your ideal customer, the more… Read more »


Ep. 169: Mary Grothe – How BQ Beats Out EQ When Driving ACTION in Sales

 Bringing Business Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence Together There is some concern that the sometimes-fanatical allegiance to big data analysis, and the business intelligence it inspires, might overshadow the humanizing influence of the emotional intelligence people bring to decision making.[1] That’s a lot of big ideas shoved into one small sentence, so before we go… Read more »


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Ep. 263: How Pull Marketing Pushed Agent Leigh Brown to #1

 How to Become More Disciplined Telling Me That Being Disciplined Requires Discipline Doesn’t Help—but the 5 Tips in This Article Do Who should listen: Real estate agents and other sales professionals looking for practical, no nonsense advice proven to generate leads and build trusting relationships with clients. Key idea: You already know what you… Read more »


Ep. 173: Adam Holt – Want Clients to Trust You? Lead with Advice.

 How to Build Trust with Customers When Luke and Josh talk about how to build and nurture relationships, they are, in large part, talking about how to build trust with customers. For this week’s Stay Paid guest, developing trust in relationships with clients and prospects begins with clearly communicating three value propositions that all… Read more »


Ep. 193: The Two-Finger Follow-Up System with Jared James

The 3 Most Important Sales Skills Needed to be an Entrepreneur This week’s Stay Paid guest is entrepreneur Jared James. Jared owns the third largest coaching and training company in North America. He also owns a successful SaaS company and a marketing company. While speaking about being an entrepreneur, Jared says, “Visibility is what… Read more »



Ep. 347: How Dan Lesniak Made $22M in Year 1

 A Target Market Strategy for New Agents Plus a Broker’s Cure for “Revolving Door Syndrome” Who should listen: New agents struggling with how to do it all with limited resources, as well as experienced agents who need a way to keep their top talent. Key idea: Developing a value proposition boils down to saving… Read more »


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Even More Ways New Real Estate Agents Can Get Leads for Free

In the final part of this 3-part series, we’re still talking about how to get leads for free, but I’m adding a few affordable options. In this series, I’ve offered real estate lead generation ideas for new agents, and I’ve focused on ideas that don’t require any check equity. The reason is simple—new agents tend… Read more »