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In this episode, Charles Mohr, founder of ADAPT Container Homes and the consummate entrepreneur, tells stories of setbacks and success, including how his home was destroyed not once but twice. But the true value that comes from listening to our inspiring conversation is in hearing how Charles models a commitment to a larger purpose (the lifeblood of every successful entrepreneur’s journey) and learning from his example. Join us to find out the three most important qualities an entrepreneur needs to sustain their vision, discover a critical lesson that no entrepreneur can afford to ignore, and hear about ADAPT Container Homes and it’s unique response to the affordability crisis in housing, mounting environmental challenges, and our deep desire for community.

Even the most experienced sales professionals sometimes need to be reminded of the fundamentals. The three essential sales lessons we discuss in this week’s episode have, when forgotten, cost us tons of money in lost opportunities. We guarantee that, regardless of your industry, reinforcing them will immediately improve your bottom line. Join us to understand the positive impact that applying the most nuanced aspect of sales will have on all aspects of the customer experience, discover an incredibly simple way to convey excitement and assume the close from the very beginning of a conversation, and find out the real reason why so many struggle making sales calls and what to do about it.

This week’s Stay Paid interview features Tom Storey, a listing agent who leads the Storey Team in Toronto, Canada. In a city where 1 in 60 people already have an agent, Tom consistently ranks among the top 1% of agents nationally. His strategies aren’t fancy gimmicks—they’re actionable tactics you can implement tomorrow. Listen to find out how to avoid burnout and unlock the exclusive benefits listing agents enjoy, discover the often-ignored lead source Tom used to secure two listings in one week, and uncover the three-step system that will set you apart before your first meeting, guaranteeing you stand out from the competition. This is an opportunity to learn from the best and transform not just your business but your life! Don't miss this chance to join the top 1%.

Have you ever scrolled through Facebook or Instagram and been hit with an ad that feels eerily specific? That's the power of Meta ads! In this Silver Dollar episode of Stay Paid, we're diving into the benefits of Meta ads and breaking down the building blocks of setting up your first campaign. Join us to discover the many valuable benefits of Meta ads that make running them a no-brainer, find out specific strategies to optimize each of the six ad campaign types, and hear about our secret hack for creating eye-catching, scroll-stopping ad images.

Ed Stulak is a four-time Stay Paid guest, an Instagram genius with 53K+ followers, and an author and active real estate agent. In this episode, he shares how he’s achieved social media success and offers Golden-Nugget advice for how others can do the same. Join us to find out the one thing that will never go out of fashion on social media (but that too few users do), the five most compelling types of content that receive the greatest attention, and the best tactic for sparking popular content ideas.

In this episode, we explain the five love languages as described by Gary Chapman in his book The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts. From each, we draw a lesson that leaders can use to create better relationships with the people they work for, with, and adjacent to. Join us to find out the error we often make when communicating with others, even when we understand their perspectives, learn the many ways you can specifically connect with people who speak different love languages, and discover why it is important to first understand your own love language before seeking to understand others’.

Welcome to our in-depth analysis of the top 5 Super Bowl commercials of 2024! Join us, Luke Acree and Josh Stike, seasoned marketing professionals, as we dissect and discuss the most captivating ads from this year's big game. From heartwarming narratives to bold marketing strategies, we're here to provide you with valuable insights into what makes these commercials stand out in the crowded Super Bowl ad space. In this video, we'll take you through each commercial, highlighting key elements such as storytelling techniques, brand messaging, audience targeting, and overall effectiveness. As marketing pros, we'll offer our honest opinions on what worked well and what could have been improved, providing you with a behind-the-scenes look at the thought processes behind these multimillion-dollar campaigns. Whether you're a fellow marketer looking to gain inspiration for your next big project or simply a fan of creative advertising, this video is for you! Get ready to dive deep into the world of Super Bowl commercial

Needing to move to a new area can send a real estate agent into a tailspin. Without the local cache of contacts they’ve sometimes spent years building and nurturing, some agents simply quit the biz. But others—like this week's Stay Paid guest Chris Erdmann, CEO and co-owner of Blu.Ink Real Estate—do what’s necessary to build a new sphere and succeed in putting down fresh roots. Join us and find out the serendipitous events that can happen when you stay open to meeting new people, how to start a conversation that puts others at ease and invites them to engage with you, and one of the biggest mistakes agents make that causes them to lose market share.

Unlike Thanksgiving and Christmas, clients typically don’t anticipate hearing from their service providers on Valentine’s Day—which is something you can use to your advantage. Anytime you reach out unexpectedly, you interrupt the pattern your clients have become accustomed to, and that makes you stand out from your competition. In this episode, we’re sharing five ways to get noticed by showing your clients some love this Valentine’s Day. Join us to hear captivating and fun suggestions for increasing client engagement on social media, a quick and easy way to create a Valentine’s-themed blog for your website, and a clever way to promote your brand while also engaging your social media followers. Be sure to check out the show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for a complete summary and additional insights from the episode. Connect | Resources ·      Visit our Resource Library and search “Valentine” to select and download FREE Valentine’s Day printables you can give to clients and use to promote your business. ·   

This week on Stay Paid, Krisztina Bell—Georgia real estate agent and proud owner of two staging companies—shares how working with a stager can help agents boost their clients’ and help quickly sell a home for top dollar. She also explains how she collaborates with other local stagers and large companies like Sherwin-Williams to grow her referral network, build a robust reputation, enhance her credibility, and solidify the trust others have in her work. Join us to discover four timely lessons that contribute to a modern business owner’s long-lasting success., the most important criterion to assess in another company before engaging in cross-promotion, and the value of collaborating with local competitors to provide education to your market. Be sure to check out the show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for a complete summary and additional insights from the episode. Connect | Resources ·      Website: novacancy-atl.com ·      Website: virtuallystagingproperties.com ·      Connect with Krisztina on social media

We’re a month into the new year, and we’ve taken stock of how ReminderMedia (the company behind Stay Paid) performed in 2023. The bottom line: we missed our revenue goals. But more importantly, we figured out why. In today’s Silver Dollar episode, we’re sharing the super valuable lesson we learned to stop you from making the same mistake that cost us millions of dollars in lost opportunity. Join us to find out the litmus test you must apply to your thinking before making any business decision, the indispensable business tool that will guide you toward wise choices and away from dangerous ones, and the single behavior that crushes any hope you have of achieving your goals and how to stop it. Be sure to check out the show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for a complete summary and additional insights from the episode.   Connect | Resources FREE printable resources you can use to stay focused on the goals that matter: ·      Yearly Goal Planner: Includes planners for your day, week, and month ·      KPI Tracking S

In this episode of Stay Paid, we have a dynamic conversation with Byron Lazine, COO of BAM (Broke Agent Media). We discuss the current challenges facing the real estate industry and what agents can do to best prepare for the inevitable changes they will bring. Byron offers an optimistic perspective on the future, envisioning a positive transformation that could elevate the entire profession. Join us to find out what changes lie on the horizon that will redefine what it means to be a professional real estate agent, discover three strategies that agents need to use to master the turbulence created by the recent commission lawsuit and NAR scandals, and listen as Byron unveils the primary tactics that have made his agents the #1 transaction team in Connecticut. Be sure to check out the show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for a complete summary and additional insights from the episode. Connect | Resources ·      Website: nowbam.com ·      Learn about and subscribe to BAMx to strengthen your marketing, content, and

If you’re eager to revolutionize your lead-generation game, then get ready—we’re unveiling the transformative power of case studies along with eight tips for how to maximize their persuasive appeal. Join us to discover examples of compelling stories that showcase your value and skills (making you the preferred choice among your competitors), the essential information to include that enhances your expertise and inspires leads to do business with you, and valuable suggestions for provoking emotions while incorporating facts and including visuals that keep your audience engaged from beginning to end. Be sure to check out the show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for a complete summary and additional insights from the episode. Connect | Resources FREE e-book: The Relationship Marketer's Guide to Growth Hacking You can get more free resources, including additional e-books, printables, and lead magnets to attract new leads, by visiting our Resource Library.   0:00     Introduction 0:57     The goal of a case study 1:2

In just two years, Deborah Morton, owner of Clareo Real Estate in Marietta, Georgia, has achieved an impressive $65M in transaction volume. Even so, she, like many, is dismayed by the numerous pressing challenges facing the real estate industry, including the public’s generally negative impression of the business. However, she believes the industry has contributed to many of its own problems. For her part, she’s improving her own agency’s performance by putting her effort and energy into leveling up her agents’ skills. Join us to hear about the three key activities new agents need to habitually practice to become superior agents, how to authentically build relationships with clients to drive referrals, and the mindset and critical approach needed to grow a real estate business. Be sure to check out the show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for a complete summary and additional insights from the episode. Connect | Resources ·      Connect with Deborah on Instagram or Facebook by searching clareorealestate ·   

Every industry at some point experiences a shift in the market. But rather than lament this fact, you need a plan to adjust to the changing circumstances. We review four well-advised principles that have proven time and again to help proactive businesses stay on track and even thrive where others fail. They represent the collective wisdom of successful entrepreneurs, respected authors, lessons learned from the 2008 real estate market, and our own experiences. Join us to find out the single strategic approach that needs to drive every decision, how to ensure you retain the confidence of your employees and customers, the smartest investments you can make to improve efficiency while cutting costs, and why focusing on the basics—and what that really means—is fundamental to securing your future. Be sure to check out the show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for a complete summary and additional insights from the episode. Connect | Resources FREE e-book: The Relationship Marketer's Guide to Growth Hacking You can g

This week we speak with Taley Hunt, founder and CEO of the Taley Hunt Home Group in Columbia, South Caroline. When Taley first got into real estate three years ago, she knew literally nothing about the business—as she says, she went into it blind. So how did a military wife whose husband got transferred to a different state in the middle of COVID, who had no job, and who discovered she was pregnant the same day she took her license exam end up selling 28 homes as a solo agent in her first year? Join us to find out how she used Facebook groups to build a network of followers and referral agents that produced most of her initial business, the dramatic effect that sharing her personal journey and goals had on her engagement with followers and her referral rate, what she recommends new agents do and that she wishes she had done when she first started as an agent, and how she’s helping moms start careers as agents, supporting them in ways she never experienced. Be sure to check out the show notes at staypaidpodca

Every business owner knows they need to be active on social media, but many struggle to do it with the regularity required to make an impact. Managing social media is work, demanding time and effort to create and post content, engage followers, and track analytics. It’s little wonder that many feel like they’re fighting a battle between participating in social media and actually running their businesses. We feel your pain, so we’re offering seven tips to help you streamline and automate your social media management. Join us to find out how users interact with Facebook and what that means for the content you post, the best and worst days and times to post and how you can determine when your audience is most active, and suggestions for tools to automate what you should and how to stay engaged when automation is not an option. Be sure to check out the show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for a complete summary and additional details not included in the episode. Connect | Resources ·      Visit staypaidpodcast.com

This week, we talk to Haley Ingram, founder of Coffee & Contracts—a content and coaching platform for real estate agents. She shares the most important aspects of using Instagram to grow an audience and boost engagement. (They’re the same strategies she’s used to amass 61K followers.) Join us to find out the most prevalent mistake content writers make that kills any chance of attracting a steady audience of followers (and it’s so easy to fix!), the type of content that is increasingly popular, the one thing you must include in every post, a brilliant way to use ChatGPT (complete with prompts) to produce exactly the content you want, and the three top Instagram tactics that will focus your content and put you on the path to exponential growth and engagement. Be sure to check out the show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for a complete summary and additional details not included in the episode. Connect | Resources ·      Instagram: @coffeecontracts ·      Website: coffeecontracts.com Use promo code “Stay Paid

New Year’s resolutions are a timely topic, but whatever your goals and whenever you set them, the only way you will ever achieve any of them is to take action. This week, we offer four practical, proven, and actionable steps you can take today to ensure that you become one of the exceptional 20% of people who actually achieve what they set out to do. Join us to discover four ways that will absolutely ensure you remain accountable for your progress, the powerful reason you should visually track your progress, and why it’s vitally important to reward small wins. And if you are going to quit, listen to learn when the best time is to move on.   Be sure to check out the show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for a complete summary and additional details not included in the episode. Connect | Resources ·      FREE e-book: “The Relationship Marketer's Guide to Branding” ·      Blog: 5 Most Powerful SMART Goals for Real Estate Agents in 2023 You can get more free resources, including additional e-books, printables, and

To put you in the absolute best position and frame of mind to make 2024 your year to crush it, we’re reposting an interview that blew us and our listeners out of the water. If you’ve heard our conversation with Garrett Maroon before, you know his is an interview worth listening to again for his strategy to garner referrals. Be sure to listen again to implement some of what you may have missed the first time. If you’re new to Stay Paid, we can’t think of a better episode to showcase the value our guests routinely deliver to our listeners that supports our mission to help you close more deals and retain more business. So listen to Garrett’s interview to find out how he closed 50 deals with a database of only 40 people, his straightforward, repeatable system for staying in front of those he serves, and why simply showing up for people in small ways makes such a powerful, lasting impact. Happy New Year! Be sure to check out the show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for a complete summary and additional details not