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Your Complete Guide to Starting a Real Estate Blog

Are you at the beginning stages of developing a content marketing strategy? Do you want to add another powerful lead-generating tactic to your marketing plan? Could it be that you’re excited to share your expertise with your audience of ideal clients? All of these are supremely good reasons for starting a real estate blog. Real… Read more »



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How Advisors Can Increase Retention with the 80/20 Rule

When you work in financial services, it can be extremely difficult to juggle all of your responsibilities at once. To keep your business afloat, you need to work to attract new prospects while frequently touching base with existing customers—not to mention all the hard work you put into actually managing wealth. On top of all… Read more »


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Ep. 248: Your Biggest Marketing Pain Point Resolved

 How to Stay Consistent Across Your Small Business Marketing Strategy Who should listen: This episode is for anyone who struggles to remain consistent in their marketing and is looking for a solution. Key idea: Branding consistency is about more than your brand. Action item: Examine your clients’ experience. Put yourself in their shoes, and… Read more »


Ep. 484: 4 Ways to Make Relationships the Bedrock of Your Business

 4 Easy Ways to Get Clients in Real Estate By far, the easiest way to get clients in real estate is through referrals. But to do that, you need to consistently nurture relationships with past clients and the people in your database. Stacy Allwein, this week’s Stay Paid guest, has been an agent for… Read more »


Ep. 462: Maximize Your Profits Overcoming Objections (with Alex Bracke)

 Wake Up. Kick @ss. Repeat. There’s no magic trick to handling objections—simply document them, learn them, and find ways to overcome them in advance. In this episode of Stay Paid, we are excited to have Alex Bracke, coach, speaker, and multimillion-dollar producer. He’s also the broker/owner of the Valor Group of Pearson Smith Realty in northern… Read more »


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iBuyers vs. Agents: Is This a War Agents Can Win?

There’s no denying that the real estate industry has been poised for some radical changes that have now been made manifest. The rising popularity of ibuyers programs like Zillow Offers is one of those changes. ibuyers aren’t new. They’ve been around since 1989, when HomeVestors of America was founded. (HomeVestors is the parent company of… Read more »


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Top 10 Ways to Crisis-Proof Your Real Estate Business

What is the future for the US real estate industry? It depends on whom you ask. Some experts see pent-up buyer and seller demand and increasing vaccination rates keeping the housing market humming for the long-term, while others fear that higher home prices and rising interest rates will put a damper on the red-hot real… Read more »


Fight the Winter Blues and Stay Motivated

For many people, the winter months are a time to be endured, rather than anticipated. Chalk it up to the bitter cold, the perils caused by snow and ice, and the fact that the sun is shining less than at any other time of year. There’s no doubt about it—the winter blues are a force… Read more »


Ep. 63: Top Stay Paid Interview Episodes of 2018, Part 2

For Stay Paid podcast, 2018 was a year full of great conversations. Hosts Joshua Stike and Luke Acree picked the brains of thought leaders of all stripes—from real estate moguls and financial experts to social media influencers and insurance agents. Earlier this week, we shared highlights from four of the year’s best interviews. Today, our… Read more »


3 Ways to Stay Motivated

Are you having a hard time staying motivated? You’re not alone. Statistically, the middle of February is when most New Year’s resolutions fail. Today on Above the Noise, our Brand Content Manager Jessi Carlin offers three tips for staying on track to achieve your goals.   Video Transcript At the beginning of this year, I… Read more »


Ep. 59: Top 4 Stay Paid Sales Episodes

As anyone who’s done it knows, there’s no shortcut to becoming a great salesperson. It takes plenty of real world experience, not to mention the guidance of seasoned veterans who’ve spent years honing their craft.  This special “best of” episode of Stay Paid highlights some of the most useful pieces of expertise shared on… Read more »