In this Silver Dollar episode, we review the six steps to producing an effective, lead-generating marketing plan. We explain not only conversion rates and how many transactions you need to reach your income goal but also where you should be focusing your energy to produce leads. Listen to find out what a healthy rate of growth is for an expanding business, the supremely important metric on which your entire plan rests, and how to determine the most productive activities so that you know where to...
Oct 12, 2023•13 min
We’ve interviewed many guests who’ve told us their inspiring stories of overcoming adversity. In nearly all these tales, there persists two common themes—the guest had a mentor who played a critical role in helping them come out the other side, and they were unwilling to give up. This week, Allie Saleh—business and financial consultant, sales expert, speaker, coach, and podcaster—shares his story. Not surprisingly, his saga about building his own company, the Invested American, also includes ref...
Oct 09, 2023•29 min
We all want to be able to do more in the 24 hours we get each day. But juggling multiple balls at once means that no single ball gets 100% of your attention—and that’s bad for your business. In this Silver Dollar episode, we discuss how a loss of focus injured the growth of our own company, why it can be difficult to say no to opportunities, and the startling impact the pursuit of multiple goals has on productivity. Listen to discover how implementing multiple initiatives puts your bottom line a...
Oct 05, 2023•16 min
Peter Fournier is the cofounder of All Things Insurance Group, a national IMO of 520 brokers and agents, and a crazy-effective sales agent in his own right—but his success didn’t happen overnight. After 13+ years of learning his craft, Peter now coaches his brokers and agents how to secure three to five referrals with every sale. And today, he’s sharing his killer strategy with us. When you listen, you’ll discover a foolproof referral script that has clients feeling like they’re receiving concie...
Oct 02, 2023•25 min
In this Silver Dollar episode of Stay Paid , we get to the point and down to business with some hard-hitting, practical advice for hosting a stellar seminar that will get butts in seats. We talk through various reasons to host an educational presentation, share a long list of highly popular topics suitable for real estate, and give tips for how to best promote your event to your ideal audience. Listen to discover how to attract new leads with an easy strategy that piques interest in your topic, ...
Sep 28, 2023•13 min
Eric Simon is the founder of the Broke Agent, a humorous outlet for agents dealing with the stress of their work. He’s also the cofounder of BAM (Broke Agent Media) and serves as the organization’s chief of content. In this episode, we ask Eric about the origins of the Broke Agent and the evolution that led to the building of BAM. We also get his expert opinion about some of the hottest topics in real estate: whether AI is a threat or blessing to agents, if virtual brokerages will make tradition...
Sep 25, 2023•33 min
As an entrepreneur, there’s no escaping the challenges that can impede your success. You’ve got to secure funding, manage cash flow, navigate market competition, and adapt to rapidly changing conditions. And that’s just the business-side of things—there’s also the emotional toll of uncertainty, long hours, and insidious doubt. It can be tough to stay resilient. In this episode, we’re sharing four ways to bolster your resolve so that when you hit a rough patch, you’ll have what you need to keep g...
Sep 21, 2023•17 min
We’re talking with Jason Smith and Dave Alison, the CEO and COO, respectively, of Clarity 2 Prosperity. Together, they explain how the techniques described in Jason’s book, The Bucket Plan , take an intangible service like financial planning and turn it into a process that prospects can experience and understand. The basic principles that inform their tactics are ones that professionals in any industry who sell complicated services or intangible products can use to move prospects forward in the ...
Sep 18, 2023•29 min
We can’t help but notice the increasing number of Stay Paid guests who are holding client events, and it makes sense. These events are great way to show how much you appreciate your clients’ business and gather referrals. In this Silver Dollar episode, we’re sharing 12 client event ideas—that’s one for every month in 2024—from some of our top guests. Listen to find out how to get other people to pay for your event, a follow-up sequence that will multiply the power of your event, and our advice f...
Sep 14, 2023•15 min
We interview Kostya Kimlat, a magician who has helped refocus and reenergize the sales and customer service staff at dozens of well-known companies, including Balfour Beatty, Walt Disney World, Morgan Stanley, and Siemens. (You may know him as the guest who stumped Penn and Teller on their show Penn & Teller: Fool Us .) His ability to translate “thinking like a magician” and managing “perceptual transactions” to creating your desired effect in clients is not only unique but also incredibly i...
Sep 11, 2023•41 min
The idea of having a difficult conversation is uncomfortable primarily because we expect the other person to become defensive—and rarely are we disappointed. But what if you could soften, even eliminate their defensive posture? In this episode, we share six proven tactics that will not only dramatically reduce the tension that tough conversations create but also earn you the respect of the other person. When you listen, you’ll discover the main cause of challenging discussions and how to elimina...
Sep 07, 2023•21 min
Rosamaria is the CEO of Trusted American Insurance Agency (TAIA) in Sacramento, CA. She’s a seasoned professional speaker who likes nothing better than to help her audiences harness the power within themselves to take action and achieve their goals. We talk with Rosamaria about several subjects, including strategies for building a team, how to provide value to customers and agents, and the key to strong branding. Join us to discover the best way to give value that builds a business and your conf...
Sep 04, 2023•25 min
Artificial intelligence has already changed what the future looks like—there isn’t a single industry where it hasn’t made an impact. Even real estate, which has historically been slow to adopt new technologies, has latched on to the possibilities. In this Silver Dollar episode, we share three ways agents are using AI to improve their entire lead generation process with the ultimate benefit being the ability to make more commission faster. Listen to discover how AI can pinpoint the homeowners in ...
Aug 31, 2023•18 min
Roger Short is the chief visionary officer and managing partner of Impact Legacy Group. When you listen to his interview, you’ll hear him talk about branding a business, including the essential need to offer stories that connect with people’s emotions and surround yourself with people who believe in you. Tune in to discover what it is that makes selling life insurance the best kept secret in America, the most important aspect of any good story that you share, and the two fundamentals that will a...
Aug 28, 2023•35 min
We’ve got six tips for how you can enhance your influence and deeply connect with an audience, whether it consists of one or one hundred. Put into practice, these tips will enhance your sales presentations, your day-to-day conversations, and even your personal relationships. When you tune in, you’ll find out a never-fails question you can ask to ensure your audience got the message you wanted them to, the strategy that ensures your audience will empathize with you and your message, and how to bu...
Aug 24, 2023•23 min
Stacy Allwein has been an agent for 20 years and, along with her team, has sold properties totaling more than $57M with the majority of her clients coming to her through referrals. When you listen to Stacy’s interview, you’ll hear her talk about four simple but highly powerful ways you can nurture relationships, build trust, and become unforgettable. Tune in to discover a nuanced way to introduce the topic of real estate into your pop-by conversations, the client appreciation event that can rout...
Aug 21, 2023•27 min
If you don’t have a client database, you’re doing yourself a huge disservice. The value of your business is in your client list, and we’re giving you everything you need to build one with speed and efficiency. (And if you’re already working with some form of a list, we’ve got key tips for how you can make it better.) Watch and discover the essential information you need for each of your contacts and how to get what you may be missing, useful suggestions for the different ways you can segment you...
Aug 17, 2023•14 min
Kyle Handy has created the #1 agent-owned real estate blog, and in this episode, he talks about his success in producing content and blogging and why they surpass posting to social media as a business-growth strategy. He’s sharing specific SEO advice, the best platforms for distributing value and building trust, and his recommendations for topics that even a novice blogger or new real estate agent can knock out of the park. When you listen, you’ll discover the valuable SEO strategy that catapult...
Aug 14, 2023•44 min
In July, Luke was a keynote speaker at the Eight Percent Nation Conference founded by insurance industry guru Cody Askins. It was an amazing event, but when he reflected on everything it took to achieve his goal of being center stage at a major conference, he realized there were a few lessons he learned along the way: two that pushed him forward . . . and one that held him back. Listen to discover one of the most helpful tactics that will clarify your vision of success and keep you moving toward...
Aug 10, 2023•14 min
In this week’s interview, Jason Martin, who leads one of the country's top real estate teams per the Wall Street Journal , talks about how video has changed his lead generation strategy and the super unique tactic he uses to attract and retain only the best agents. But what stands out is his view on personal growth and the priority he gives it in his professional and personal life. His perspective, and how he puts what he believes into practice, has the potential to fix what he feels is wrong in...
Aug 07, 2023•40 min
Some of the most successful guests we’ve spoken to on Stay Paid agree that having a loyal group of social media followers is indispensable to growing a business. But having followers suggests that there is a leader, so the key question is how do you become a leader that others want to follow? In today’s Silver Dollar episode, we talk about how to build a tribe that is invested in your success. When you listen, you’ll discover the biggest mistake people make when trying to grow an audience on soc...
Aug 03, 2023•14 min
We’re super excited to have Caroline Pinal, cofounder of Giveback Homes, talk about the amazing way this organization is offering real estate professionals a means to inspire social change and build trust among their prospects and clients. If you’ve been thinking about finding a way to stay better connected with your clients, have a desire to become more involved and visible in your community, want to support a charity but aren’t sure how to pick a legitimate cause, or wonder whether prioritizin...
Jul 31, 2023•23 min
In this week's bonus episode, Luke reveals the 3 things that all successful people have in common. Do you know what they are? Listen to this episode to find out! This episode was pre-recorded from Luke's weekly Monday Mindset program in the Insurance Syndicate Facebook Group. If you are in Insurance and would like more information on how to join this group, email us at podcast@remindermedia.com.
Jul 29, 2023•20 min
There is one thing that the world’s most successful entrepreneurs all have in common: they act. It’s the real secret to their success. In this episode, we explain a very simple strategy that will enable you to take meaningful action—and produce guaranteed business growth. Join us to find out why school dropouts seem to have a knack for becoming super successful businesspeople, which business ideas are most likely to succeed while the majority of other ideas fail, what it means (in practical term...
Jul 27, 2023•13 min
Marie Lee ditched all her lead-generation strategies except one—posting content on Instagram. Of course, there is a keen method to her madness, and it’s working to the tune of $10 million in sales in only two years. When you listen to her interview, you’ll hear her explain what she does, how she does it, and the advice she has for agents who want to experience their own success. Tune in to discover the key strategy for turning your Instagram followers into paying clients, a tried-and-true techni...
Jul 24, 2023•30 min
Savvy entrepreneurs know that their brand is their most valuable asset, and they take great care in controlling it because they know if they don't, someone else will . In this episode, you’ll discover the six essential steps for building and promoting a brand that your audience will consider their go-to choice for the service or product you provide. Listen to find out the elements of authenticity that will attract an audience, how to ensure you website immediately captures and builds visitors’ t...
Jul 20, 2023•18 min
We’re talking with Ryan Zook, cofounder and CEO of the Dwellus Group. Ryan’s been recognized by REALTOR ® Magazine as a top “30 Under 30” agent, was named one of Virginia’s 100 most influential agents, and has been featured on HGTV’s House Hunters . Listen to his interview to hear more about creating and promoting a value proposition, the art and science of finding, keeping, and releasing talented agents, and the phenomenal success he’s had since joining Real Broker, LLC a little less than a yea...
Jul 17, 2023•37 min
This week on Stay Paid , we’re taking the time to examine a few thoughts—we call them truths—that have the power to make you reconsider the way you think about fortune and failure. Taken to heart, these three truths will encourage you to take positive actions that are guaranteed to create breakthroughs in both your business and your personal life. Listen to find out the key to believing you are doing exactly what you need to be doing—and sticking with it; how to make failures, missteps, and setb...
Jul 13, 2023•16 min
We are excited to be speaking with Janet Brinck, cofounder and director of strategy and growth of Dwellus real estate and owner of Real, a national coaching and training program for agents. Listen to her interview to discover strategies for expanding your business through the art of leverage, how to generate meaningful conversations, ways to elevate your credibility through your social media content, and how to overcome adversity when the going gets tough. Be sure to check out our show notes at ...
Jul 10, 2023•32 min
In this Silver Dollar episode, we continue our focus on using Facebook ads to generate a never-ending stream of leads for your business with a pro tip for making the most out of those leads—hire an internal sales agent (ISA). Listen to learn how an ISA can help you convert more leads into paying clients, when's the best time to bring one in, and the biggest mistake you can make when managing your pipeline of leads. Be sure to check out our show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for more in-depth info...
Jul 06, 2023•13 min
