How to Monetize Your Social Connections: The New World of Real Estate w/Jared James

  Many of us are missing out on opportunities for business because of how our approach to social media. How are agents failing to execute on today’s marketing requirements? How do we win at social media and combine the ease of online communication with the power of face-to-face relationships? With all the focus on the online relationships, why is it still so important for our offline relationships to be on point? On this episode, real estate coach and marketing expert, Jared James, shares why our business relationships shouldn’t just exist online.   The people who are winning today are the ones who aren’t ideological. They aren’t pro- or anti- social media, they are just pro-people.  -Jared James   Want to Know Where Greg Harrelson Gets His DATA? Click here:https://www.colerealtyresource.com/landing/realestatesalessolutions/   Takeaways + Tactics The thing that keeps most entrepreneurs from really growing is lack of focus. Commit to change. Understand that when you're learning to sell through social media, you're not going to be good at it right away. Visibility trumps ability. People are looking for agents online, so we must be easy to find. At the start of the show, Jared shared how he got started as an entrepreneur, and how his agency helps real estate professionals. We also talked about what gets in the way of the success of entrepreneurs, and why we have to seek focus. We also discussed: What it takes to get ahead in the social media game Why our face-to-face relationship building has to be really good The importance of understanding the lifetime value of a client   Our online conversion rates are low because we haven’t grasped the fact that even leads we get on the internet are still human beings who want human interaction. Social media is just where we find people and where the relationship starts. The platforms are just the way we get in front of people, and start the dialogue but what worked before still works. When someone wants to further the relationship with us the person-to-person interaction is still crucial. The average real estate person is marketing in a way that is different to how they act as consumers and that’s why we’re not meeting our full potential.   Guest Bio- Jared James is a professional speaker, author, coach, marketer and entrepreneur.  He is a sought after Keynote Speaker and trainer who has earned a reputation among many people as the "why guy" due to his understanding of why people do what they do and how to get them to change their behavior. Go to https://connectwithjared.com to get in touch or learn more.