Authenticity in Content Creation with JJ Gagliardi - Unleashing Real Value
Join us in this enlightening episode of Entrepreneurial Impact, Season 2 Episode 71, as host Dave Donaldson and special guest JJ Gagliardi dive deep into the essence of authenticity in online content creation for real estate professionals. Discover the importance of being true to oneself, the power of sharing real-life moments, and effectively communicating the unique value you bring to your clients. Donโt miss JJโs insights on leveraging different platforms and why starting somewhere matters more than starting perfect.
Main Discussion Points:
๐ฃ The significance of showcasing your authentic self through online content.
๐ฃ Benefits of sharing behind-the-scenes moments and daily activities.
๐ฃ Techniques for effectively communicating the value you offer to clients.
๐ฃ Utilizing various platforms for content dissemination.
๐ฃ Emphasis on initiating content creation without concern for audience size.
Key Takeaways:
๐ Embrace Authenticity: Reflect your true self in your content to build trust and connection.
โ๏ธ Document Daily Activities: Offer a glimpse into your life as an agent to create relatable and engaging content.
๐ฃ Communicate Your Value Clearly: Highlight how you uniquely assist clients through testimonials and story-telling.
๐ Diverse Platforms, Diverse Strategies: Choose platforms that best reach your target audience and tailor your content accordingly.
๐ข Just Start: Focus on making content now, refining as you learn from experience.
Sound Bites:
- "The way you sound and look online should reflect who you are in person."
- "Hiding behind perfection isn't helpful; real, relatable content resonates more."
- "Being genuine online means youโre not surprising clients in real life."
Subscribe for more insights and strategies from real estate influencers like JJ Gagliardi, and donโt forget to follow us on your preferred social media platform to join the conversation!
Transcript
Dave Donaldson here with entrepreneurial
impact running solo without my fellow
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:associate Joe Martin today, but we are
bringing back JJ Gangliardi a frequent
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:visitor multi you're kind of like Saturday
Night Live, right?
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:Right?
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:How many people have got to get you're
working your way up to the five club.
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:I think you've been with us three times
now, so you might be the first time five
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:for sure.
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:You get that SNL jacket of joining
entrepreneurial impact.
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:So welcome.
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:to the show and welcome back.
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:JJ, how are you?
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:Doing well, doing well, thanks for having
me.
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:Always love talking with you guys.
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:I feel like we always have great
conversations and I walk away learning
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:something.
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:So I'm always, thanks for having me.
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:I'm always happy to be here.
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:yeah, for those of you, I know there's
only a couple left, but for those that
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:have not tuned in yet to entrepreneurial
impact, we have over 100 recorded episodes
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:to this point.
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:And if you'd like to hear what Jayji or
other people have said, go back and take a
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:listen.
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:But Jayji, for those that haven't listened
yet, why don't you give them a little bit
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:of background about you and what you do,
and then we'll kind of segue into what
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:today's topic is going to be about.
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:Absolutely, absolutely.
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:So I'm the founder of Change Over Media.
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:We are a video marketing company that
really specializes in marketing, mostly in
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:the real estate industry.
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:We do other industries as well, but about
75 % of our business is within real
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:estate.
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:And we really help everyone from your solo
agents, your teams, your brokerages,
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:regions of some of the big brokerages,
title companies, mortgage lenders, et
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:cetera, with their marketing.
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:It's...
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:especially in the small business space,
there's not a lot of people who are able
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:to apply the big business marketing ideas
to smaller businesses in a way that they
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:can actually keep up with and understand.
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:And so we really specialize in helping our
clients stand out, get more leads, get
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:more business, and at the end of the day,
grow your business, because that's what
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:it's all about.
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:But hopefully having a positive impact as
you do it.
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:Right.
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:So when we look at the conversations that
agents have and how they get, I think
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:there's a lot of paralyzing fear around
what do I say?
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:How do I say it?
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:What do I look like online?
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:What do I sound like online?
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:What, you know, what's my digital twin?
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:What's my representation look like?
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:I think there's a lot of scarcity of
mindset for agents, right?
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:About not even knowing where to start.
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:Right.
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:So what would, how would you respond to
that?
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:Yeah.
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:So I get that conversation all the time.
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:And I mean, I think it's there's, there's
the delicate way and then the blunt way
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:that I can say it.
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:And so, yeah.
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:So, yeah.
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:So the blunt, the blunt way is, hate to
break it to you, but the way you look, the
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:way you sound on camera is the way you
look and sound in person.
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:And, you know, at the end of the day,
right?
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:Like, why are we doing marketing?
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:We're doing marketing to get more leads,
get more clients.
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:And so you don't have to be the agent for
everybody.
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:In fact, if you try to be the agent for
everybody or the agent for nobody, right?
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:So you need to,
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:be yourself and people are gonna resonate
with that.
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:And that means being vulnerable.
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:That means making mistakes and stumbling
and saying and maybe not being thrilled
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:with the way you look or the way that you
come across sometimes.
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:And that's okay because people do business
with people and the way you come across is
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:just, that's just who you are.
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:And in fact, I'd argue that trying to
become someone you're not when you're on
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:camera, have this like marketing persona
is doing a disservice to your clients
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:because when they sit down and meet with
you, you're like, wait, you're nothing
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:like the person I met online.
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:cause people really do build relationships
in their heads with the people they're
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:consuming the content from.
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:And so, I also think, and I, I really like
to add this in that in my eyes, it is
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:selfish not to be putting out content
because you don't know who needs to hear
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:what you have to say, right?
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:Like, especially in real estate, your real
estate agent, you're helping people with
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:one of the biggest transactions ever going
to make.
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:And who knows you might be the person that
says something in a way that that person,
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:the other said needed to hear it.
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:to unlock that idea of, well, wait, I can
build generational wealth through real
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:estate.
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:wait, I can't afford a home.
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:I can't afford a second home or a rental
property.
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:Like you might be the one that says it in
the way that they needed to hear it.
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:Cause sometimes people need to hear it
from someone that looks like them or
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:sounds like them.
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:And so in my eyes, it's honestly kind of
selfish to not be creating content and
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:sharing it out there because you're like,
I don't know how I don't like how I look.
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:Well, guess what?
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:Someone might need to hear it.
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:So.
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:In my eyes, it's your responsibility as a
business owner to go out there and educate
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:the world on what you do and how you can
help them.
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:And I think that's, that's a really
important thing here.
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:I think you strike a right chord with
that, that there's a lot of similarities
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:in messaging.
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:I think that kind of goes through, well,
somebody else is saying it, but they're
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:not saying it the way you're saying it.
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:I love where you go with that, is that
your voice is unique and how you interpret
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:and how you present the messaging, right,
which we're gonna get in today's
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:conversation, matters for your audience
the way that they need to hear it.
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:100 % agree with that, right, and get
comfortable around it.
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:And I love this whole concept, like,
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:They're -
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:The imperfections to me is what's
perfection about showing up online because
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:there's the realistic nature to what we
do.
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:Do you go back and watch any one of the
videos?
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:Cause we record all of these.
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:There's like no editing and a hundred
episodes.
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:I can think of one time where we had to go
back and taste something and out.
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:And that was, that was just a request from
a, an interviewee that what they said
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:didn't come across the way that they want
it.
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:That's the only time in a hundred plus
episodes that we ever did any real editing
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:at all.
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:Right?
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:So how you come across.
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:realistic nature of how you come across
and what you say matters.
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:Polish sets a different expectation and
comes across as an advertisement.
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:Right?
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:Yep.
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:you're creating a brand film or you're
creating a case study where you're talking
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:about how you helped a client and how your
team was able to help them overcome this
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:big obstacle, like awesome, put your best
foot forward with that.
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:Like that's why people go out and they get
nice headshots, right?
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:They want to make a good first impression,
but every piece of content you create does
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:not need to be polished.
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:In fact, it's good to not be polished
because people get to see that there is a
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:human being behind this business.
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:Because as I said before, people do
business with people.
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:People don't have loyalty to brands.
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:They have loyalty to people outside of,
you know, your major Apple, Android type
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:But when you're working with small
businesses, they work with the people they
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:want to work with.
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:And so you should be authentic and be
yourself.
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:Yeah, and that's why I love when I talk to
people that they're like, hey, when I get
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:testimonials, you get the testimonials at
the closing table.
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:If you go back after the fact that they
are overthinking what you're asking them
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:to do, they get paralyzed and they can't
correlate their message.
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:But if you get them at the closing table,
at a minimum, you're getting smile and
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:expressions and tears.
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:And they're saying, gosh, knows what.
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:But they're being passionate about it.
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:And that itself is gold.
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:If you go back and try to recreate that to
get that message in, you've lost the
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:moment.
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:So that is definitely.
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:of those elements of like real is raw is
everything.
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:Exactly.
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:That's 100 % the case, right?
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:Like I will take, and this is something I
sometimes have had some disagreements with
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:other photographers and videographers
about because, you know, a lot of them are
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:focused on, I want the perfect shot, the
most like artistically perfect framing and
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:cinematic and all that.
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:And I'm like, while I want that, I care
way more about emotion.
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:If I can capture the emotion of the day,
like if I'm filming a wedding, I care so
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:much more about capturing the emotion than
having a perfect shot.
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:I'd like a perfect shot.
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:Yeah.
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:carries so much more weight.
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:And it's the same way with, with your own
marketing.
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:You know, if you create some content and
it's you and you haven't put your makeup
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:on, you're rushing out the door and you're
like, guys, today has been a hell of a
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:day.
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:Let me tell you like, awesome.
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:Share that because people like to see
what's going on behind the scenes.
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:Yeah, exactly.
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:Then there's a time to look a little bit
more presentable and polished and I think
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:today's conversation might fall into that
category a little bit and really what I
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:wanted to do is and obviously The news is
the news and real states in the news isn't
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:always a good thing Because the news
doesn't tell our story the right way and
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:when we're talking about loose lawsuits
and settlements and other people are
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:telling our story We're struggling
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:So we need in mass like you were talking
about be you you have an audience This is
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:that time like in mass You've got to be
out there telling your story.
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:You've got to be out there talking about
your value proposition You've got to be go
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:out there and saying this is how I do a
transaction This is how I negotiate and
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:negotiate to win
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:Right.
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:It's a competition out there.
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:It's not just a negotiation.
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:Everything is negotiable, but it's a
competition to win.
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:But in order to win, you have to have
value.
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:In order to set value, you got to be
different, but it doesn't necessarily do
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:things different.
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:You got to be different.
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:But so now if we're talking about without
talking about lawsuits and different
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:things, but how can agents now have that
conversation confidently, comfortably?
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:publicly online to their audience.
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:Yeah, that's, I think that's, that's the
big elephant in the room, right?
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:Is, you know, just yesterday I was
speaking at a conference and I followed up
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:a panel talking about the lawsuit and I am
not a lawyer nor do I fully understand all
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:of the details about the case, but here's
what I understand.
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:First and foremost, this is not the first
time this has happened within the real
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:estate industry.
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:the real estate industry is fine and has
recovered and has recovered multiple
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:times.
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:the next thing about it is that, you know,
at the end of the day,
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:people will happily pay when they perceive
value.
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:Right?
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:I was, I was talking to my presentation
yesterday that, when a McDouble was 99
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:cents, everyone was like, great, let's go
get a McDouble.
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:It's not, you know, it's 99 cents.
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:Now that it's $3 and 69 cents, people were
like, that's a lot of money to spend on a
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:really crappy cheeseburger.
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:Meanwhile, though, there are restaurants
out there charging hundreds, if not
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:thousands of dollars for a cheeseburger
and they have wait lists to get them.
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:And you know, Hey, I would never spend $6
,000 on a cheeseburger.
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:I'd love to, but there are people out
there that will, and they perceive the
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:value.
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:Right?
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:Just like I spend $10 ,000 a year in a
business coach.
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:That's a lot of money.
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:And a lot of people will be like, wow,
that's crazy.
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:I see the value in that.
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:So I don't even blink at it.
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:So when you see the value or when your
clients see the value, they're never going
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:to question what you charge.
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:Their net price doesn't become a problem
when the value is there.
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:So the problem we're seeing now is that
agents are not properly communicating
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:their value.
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:Right?
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:I love, there's an episode of South Park
where they make fun of real estate agents.
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:And basically the joke is that, yeah, the
joke is that Cartman's mom becomes an
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:agent and Cartman's like, if I can, if, if
my mom can do it, anybody can do it.
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:And so.
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:seen that.
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:I don't know if we can link that at the
end of the episode, because South Park is
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:always a little bit, I don't know.
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:But yes, you absolutely have to look that
one up.
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:so funny.
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:And I tell you what, here's the reality
about it.
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:If South Park is making fun of you, then
you have an awareness problem, right?
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:If South Park is, if you're to the point
where there's, you were on South Park,
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:there is a massive problem.
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:And I mean, look anywhere, look at the
news.
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:Nobody understands.
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:Everyone thinks that an agent's job is to
unlock the door to show you a property.
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:And it's your job to educate them and say
that we do so much more than that.
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:This is the biggest transaction of your
entire life and we're going to guide you
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:through it.
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:And we have a food dish area
responsibility to protect your best
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:interest and to make sure that this is a
smart investment for you to make sure that
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:this is going to build wealth for you and
for your family.
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:It's not just about opening the door and
letting you check out a home before you
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:make a purchase.
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:And that's the biggest issue.
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:There's a, there's a ton of agents out
there that don't understand what their
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:full role is, or maybe they, they do, and
they just don't communicate it.
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:There's a lot of ages out there that just
don't care.
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:And so they're doing a disservice to the
entire industry.
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:Luckily, the market's down and a lot of
agents, as much as I maybe hate to say it,
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:but a lot of agents are going to be out of
the industry.
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:And so now is your time to position
yourself and show that you deserve to be
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:paid what your rates are, whatever they
might be, for your work.
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:And that's because you're providing a
massive value to your clients.
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:And people shouldn't shy away from having
that conversation.
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:It is okay to discuss compensation in any
field, right?
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:So I think that it is important to have
that conversation with your clients and
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:say, here is what my rates are and here is
the value that I provide.
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:And that's not something to shy away from.
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:think that's the hardest thing, right?
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:So for agents, for those you're listening
out to, understand that intrinsic value is
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:not a checklist of services.
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:Don't go be the guy that, well, I provide
photography.
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:Well, I provide staging.
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:That's all part of it.
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:But we're really trying to get to the crux
of this, is what is your promise?
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:What do you do?
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:What separates you from everybody else?
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:And you really do have to kind of map that
out and think that through.
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:You can't just start spinning these things
because there's a lot of similarities
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:amongst really good agents, but your
delivery in your polish is different.
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:So when it comes to what I say, please do.
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:I think the mindset shift that I think
all, honestly, all business owners need to
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:go through this.
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:I had to do this myself, is that your
value is, as you said, it's not your list
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:of services.
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:It is not the service that you provide.
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:It is the outcome that you are creating
for your client.
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:Right?
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:As an example, I create videos, right?
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:But I am not charging my clients to make a
video.
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:I'm charging my client to create content
that is going to...
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:grow their business, generate them more
leads, make them more money, right?
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:That's my value.
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:My value is my ability to make my clients
more money by generating them more leads.
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:The video is just the means at which I do
so.
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:And so I think real estate agents need to
think about that and that your value is
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:not all the checklist of services that
you're able to do.
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:Your value is the fact that you're gonna
make sure that your clients get into the
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:home that is right for them.
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:You are the expert in that area and you're
going to make sure that they are making a
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:smart financial investment.
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:That is way different than saying,
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:well, I'm gonna show you a bunch of
different properties and I'll get the best
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:photos and this and that, right?
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:Like, so I think that's just a big
difference that you need to focus on the
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:outcomes, not on the services that you're
actively doing.
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:And that's the point rates because if you
get into a services situation, that's
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:where money becomes more fine More I don't
everything's negotiable, but I can line
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:them things now becoming an ala carte
Well, so -and -so offers videos and so
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:-and -so offers modern art, right?
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:No, you have to be able to go to like and
tell the story of how you're going to win
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:Right or how have you won and it's a
combination of you telling that story and
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:your consumers telling that story, right?
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:Testimony is all just like Dave and JJ are
awesome.
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:They got this way wanted It's really
getting into and talking to the emotions
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:of the transaction and what they did help
you win How did they how did you get to
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:15 offers and your client came up huh?
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:And look sometimes it is the best offer
financially, but that's not always the
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:case You do a lot of things in there from
a relationship standpoint.
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:Hey JJ in a competitive situation
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:I'll still ask to go present offers in
person Well start right?
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:What are you doing?
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:Right?
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:So when you think about value, that's what
we're talking about
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:Yeah, absolutely.
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:And I would actually even say that this is
actually a conversation that came up at
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:this conference yesterday.
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:Real estate agents have kind of shot
themselves in the foot sometimes because
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:they feel like they need to shelter their
clients from all of the turbulence that's
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:going on in their transaction.
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:Like you should be sharing that, right?
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:Because what's what's happening is you're
especially the best agents.
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:Like you're doing a great job of making
this as smooth of a transaction as
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:possible from your clients, but you're
almost like sheltering them to the point
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:where they don't even know all the things
that you're doing to help them.
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:some clients, cool.
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:Maybe you don't want to share everything
if they're like, you know, really
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:worryers, but like share it.
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:You should be sharing that with the world
because that, that right there is worth
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:its weight in gold to be able to help
someone navigate a process and know that
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:like, Hey, we're having some hurdles, but
I will get you through it.
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:There is no line item service that can
describe that.
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:That's just showing the client at the end
of the day, we got you there.
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:And you know, that's also what the
client's going to tell their friends and
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:family about.
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:So that's what you're going to get you
more referrals before you even get to the
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:closing table when.
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:you've handled this process so smoothly
and helped them through it and overcome
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:all their objections.
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:In fact, helped help them overcome issues
before they even popped up by educating
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:them and showing them the way like that's
what's going to get you more referrals.
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:They're not telling their friends being
like, you should see the photos they took
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:of the property, right?
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:Like that's not what's getting you the
referral.
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:It's the fact that you're guiding them
through this process and as easy of a way
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:as possible.
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:And you can't put a money sign on that,
right?
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:Like that's.
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:plan was the best I had ever seen.
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:That font, those borders, that thickness
of black popped.
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:Exactly that, exactly.
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:Yeah, you know so when we're looking at
Now telling a story right or sharing your
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:experiences your clients right?
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:How do you chunk that out online?
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:How do I do that?
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:Like because I don't want to get up and
give a 15 minute tech talk of my value
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:proposition But how do I get that message?
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:Where I post it and what's the difference
between social a couple of the different
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:platforms or Long format like YouTube or
even just posting something on my personal
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:website?
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:How do I?
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:absolutely.
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:Absolutely.
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:I mean, so I think there's there's most
effective and then there's what's easiest
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:to get started, right?
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:You know, a most effective strategy is
going to be to hit as many different
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:places as possible and intermingle them.
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:And that's that's awesome, but that's
complicated, right?
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:So the easiest way to get started is just
start documenting your day.
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:Gary Vee.
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:I love Gary Vee.
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:I follow him a lot.
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:He says document, don't create.
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:So as you're going through your day, what
can you document about what it is that
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:you're doing in little short?
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:15, 20, 30 second snippets that you're
gonna share online.
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:Walking through this house, we ran the
inspection, came back, here was a problem,
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:here's what we're doing to resolve it.
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:Walking through, we had this issue with
earnest money deposit, here's what we did
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:to resolve it.
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:Like just walk through and you don't have
to share details and specifics, but
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:showing that this is what my day -to -day
life looks like.
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:And sometimes it was okay to be like, I
dropped my kids off late at school, I
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:forgot my coffee, I'm struggling a little
bit today, but I'm gonna power through it.
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:Like it's okay to share that type of
content.
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:In fact, I encourage it because people,
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:again, they like to see behind the scenes.
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:But the easiest thing to do is just start
showing what's going on in your day.
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:Another great thing to do is to start
going, what are your most frequently asked
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:questions?
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:Right?
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:Every time someone asks you a question
over the next week, write it down.
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:And those are the topics to your videos,
because if one client had that question,
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:then more people probably have that
question and creating a quick little video
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:explaining, well, here's what an earnest
money deposit is, or here's how interest
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:rates are affecting the current market, or
here's what I learned about this
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:neighborhood recently.
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:All of that is value.
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:It's providing value online and sharing
it.
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:What you want to be avoiding is what South
Park is making fun of is that the same
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:redundant content over and over and over
again of, hey, here I am at this property
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:and it's amazing.
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:It's amazing.
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:Like every property can't be amazing.
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:Stop, stop sharing content about like,
look at this home.
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:It's for sale.
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:Like it's not a stop trying to, to sell
and start trying to just go out there and
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:provide value.
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:And that is going to do so, so much more.
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:Another thing I just thought out there to
add is like, if you're struggling with
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:that, you can do exactly what Dave and I
are doing right now.
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:Hop on a call, hop on zoom, hop on
something with somebody who is also
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:knowledgeable about a subject and just
record a conversation about it.
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:And then you can, there's an app called
opus .pro.
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:It basically, you upload a long form
video, it spits out a bunch of little AI
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:clips.
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:And then you can use the AI to spit out
some short form content.
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:And there's some content for your
Instagram, post the whole conversation on
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:your YouTube.
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:and say, you know, here's my conversation
with so -and -so talking about this topic,
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:right?
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:Like it's, there's ways to just start
getting, you just got to figure out how do
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:I get that knowledge that's in your head,
out of your head and into the world, and
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:then continue to do that enough times
until it gets traction.
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:That's really all there is to it.
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:So should I worry about the audience or
should I worry about just getting started?
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:You should worry about just getting
started about absolutely everything.
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:And I, I do believe that there needs to be
a strategy behind the content that you
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:create.
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:And so you do, you should be thinking
about what content will my audience want
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:to watch or listen to not what content do
I want to make, right?
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:Don't be making selfish content, but don't
out, don't think much more past that in my
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:opinion, you know, you, as long as you
have a good idea of who is my target
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:audience, who are the, like what type of.
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:clients do I normally work with?
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:As long as you understand that idea and
understand what their wants are and what
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:type of content they want, then just make
it and go.
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:And the same thing goes for cameras and
audio and lighting.
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:And like, I get asked that all the time.
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:There's, there's a million reasons not to
make content.
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:I don't have the best camera.
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:I don't know what, I don't have a good
light.
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:I don't have a good microphone, whatever.
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:Like just stop all of that and get
started.
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:It's just like cold calling.
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:You pick up the phone for your first
couple of cold calls.
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:It sucks.
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:You hate it.
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:You didn't get results.
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:If you stopped after the first five, like
I did in my business, you're never going
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:to get results from cold calling.
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:But if you do it every single day over and
over and over again, it gets easier.
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:You get better and you will get results.
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:It's the exact same thing about getting on
camera.
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:You just have to do it and then keep doing
it until it's slightly, it sucks a little
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:bit less.
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:And then you keep doing it until you start
to see results.
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:And then eventually you're going to go,
Hey, I actually kind of enjoy this, or at
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:least it's tolerable.
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:So it's just a matter of repetition and
powering through it, but you'll never get
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:to that point.
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:If you don't just get started.
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:You're right guys at the end of this I'll
list some some things on our YouTube
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:channel where you can kind of say hey
there's There's a microphone that I'm
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:using right now.
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:This was 19 bucks, right?
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:Use your phone You know, we have
headphones on today 29 bucks guys is you
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:know, and I'm using my desktop right and
we just happen to be hosting this Get
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:started right of that conversation and
literally I think you're spotting off like
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:hey what I did today
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:Right through your phone capture those
moments and don't overthink it if you
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:thought it's a good idea to do it It's a
good idea to do it at least record it and
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:then you can kind of get Out to it, right
now you touched on something every social
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:media channel
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:Right is not received the same right?
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:So if I post something on Facebook and
even done by Instagram or from some tick
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:-tock You do have to kind of understand
the audience a little bit your audience
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:and that audience, right?
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:So how do I decide where to go?
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:Well, first and foremost, it's going to
depend on, do you already have a presence
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:somewhere?
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:Cause we already have a presence
somewhere.
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:Go there, right?
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:Like I am all about how do we remove as
many barriers as possible and just get
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:started.
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:So if you already have a presence
somewhere, then I would say start with
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:that one.
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:If you don't, and you're starting from
zero, I think you just got to put a little
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:bit of thought of where does your target
demographic or your target client hang
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:out, right?
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:Like your first time home buyer versus
luxury home buyer uses example of the time
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:they're two very different people.
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:They're probably two very different age
groups.
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:They probably have two very different
income levels, right?
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:And so your first time home buyer is
probably going to be very active on your
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:Tik Tok or your Instagram, because they're
generally going to be much younger.
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:They're not going to have as much, much
income.
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:Your luxury home buyer probably isn't on
Tik Tok because Tik Tok is very, very
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:young.
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:And so if you're talking, you know, you
don't be wrong, you'll probably get a lot
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:of success posting luxury real estate
videos on Tik Tok, but you'll get views,
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:but views don't translate to clients
because your clients aren't on that
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:platform.
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:Right?
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:So they might be a better option to go.
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:And I mean, honestly, I think Instagram's
great for almost all demographics, but
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:also LinkedIn, LinkedIn is great if you're
trying to connect with professionals.
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:And especially if you're doing luxury or
especially if you're in commercial, like
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:get on LinkedIn because that's where
business professionals are hanging out.
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:So it's really just a matter of figuring
out where is your target audience?
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:Where do they like to spend their time?
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:but as a quick rule of thumb, Instagram is
really generally.
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:liked by pretty much everyone.
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:You get a little bit of everybody on
Instagram.
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:And so if you're, if you don't want to
think too far through it, I think
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:Instagram is a great platform right now to
get started on.
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:It's fairly easy to grow an account and
get some traction.
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:I think tick -tock is great for the
younger demographic, for the younger
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:generations.
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:Obviously we have to keep an eye on the
news and see what the government's going
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:to do with that, but we won't get into
that topic right now.
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:different podcast, different day.
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:Again, knowing your audience, right?
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:How do you dress?
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:How do you show up?
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:Well, it depends on who is following you,
right?
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:And also who are like, be yourself, right?
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:Like that's something I actually had a
conversation with my creative director,
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:Brittany, about this recently, which is
that we are, I always kind of felt like we
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:were the young ones in the, you know, in
the industry and like we needed to try to
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:impress other people and you know, this
and that, and we've been realizing more
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:and more like we're just going to be
ourselves.
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:Like I've started giving, given
presentations with a Hawaiian shirt on
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:because that's who I am.
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:I love, I love being weird.
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:I love Hawaiian shirts.
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:Like that's me.
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:And
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:I am totally okay with the fact that there
are gonna be some people who look at that
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:and be like, I would never do business
with that man.
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:And that's cool because honestly, I
probably don't wanna do business with them
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:either, right?
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:So, you need to find a balance between
one, who are you trying to talk to and
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:what are they expecting, but also who are
you and what do you want to be?
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:Like don't try to be someone you're not
because if you are all dressed up and suit
560
:and tie and that's what you're all like on
Instagram and then the client sits down
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:with you and you're wearing a baseball cap
and gym shorts at the closing table,
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:they're gonna be like,
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:who is this guy?
564
:This isn't who I thought I was working
with.
565
:So it's, you gotta be authentic throughout
your entire process.
566
:Now if you were coaching somebody up and I
think they kind of covered the value
567
:competition pretty good about And checking
things out, but where are the mistakes?
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:Where are the pitfalls?
569
:Where can you truly go wrong?
570
:And I think that's what's people are
really scared about like what if I say you
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:do something wrong because the truth of
matter is you can't
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:Yeah.
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:Yeah.
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:I mean, I think number one, first and
foremost, the is, is not being consistent.
575
:I see a lot of people who try to bite off
way more.
576
:They can chew and they're like, all right,
I'm going to post every single day.
577
:And they do that for two weeks and then
they don't post for three months.
578
:And so I'd rather see you post one video a
week for the next year than post 14 days
579
:in a row and then not post for six months.
580
:Right.
581
:You're going to get more traction over
time.
582
:And so, you know, number one, you got to
be consistent.
583
:So pick a consistency that is reasonable
to you and then scale it up over time.
584
:I think it's just like going to the gym,
right?
585
:If you're like, I'm going to go to the gym
five days a week.
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:How, how long are you going to stick with
that?
587
:Where if you go hard, I'm going to work
out, I'm going to add, I'm going to add a
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:15 minute walk -in every single day.
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:That's way easier than I'm going to spend
an hour at the gym, lifting weights five
590
:days a week.
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:So think about what's reasonable for you.
592
:also both, you know, batch create your
content, sit down for a couple hours and
593
:film content that works for the next month
and then post it.
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:You don't have to create the content that
day you post it.
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:You can create stuff in advance and
schedule it and share it out over time.
596
:So I think.
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:You know, those are two things.
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:You know, other thing also is people get
so afraid of like, well, what if I say the
599
:wrong thing or, you know, what if what I
say is incorrect?
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:Well, number one, you can always go back
and delete a post.
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:So, you know, it's not the end of the
world of something.
602
:I mean, yes and no, but you can also then
post another video with an update.
603
:Be like, hey guys, I made a mistake.
604
:I just wanted to address this.
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:This is the correct thing, right?
606
:Like the, the, you see all these things
about people getting canceled and
607
:everything these days.
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:And a lot of it's because.
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:you know, don't be wrong, a lot of it's
deserved, a lot of it's not, but if they
610
:just kind of got in front of it and owned
up to any mistake they made, the reception
611
:would be much easier than them trying to
like hide things.
612
:And so I think, you know, think about that
on a much smaller scale here.
613
:Let's say you misspoke or you said
something wrong or, you know, you, you had
614
:coffee spilled on your shirt, like lean
into it.
615
:It's like, it's okay.
616
:We're all human beings own it and move on.
617
:And people are going to respect that so
much more.
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:And so I don't think.
619
:You know, I really feel like the biggest
mistakes is just not getting started and
620
:not keeping up with it and everything
else, there's a remedy for it.
621
:I think the one thing that I would say is
that understand that this is a business
622
:conversation.
623
:Be mindful of what you're saying and how
it's going to be interpreted.
624
:So if it's something that's politically
charged, you might want to avoid that.
625
:That's just not good for anybody.
626
:Regardless of your views, everybody's
entitled to them.
627
:And just because you have this platform to
kind of speak, you could be very damaging
628
:to your business.
629
:I've seen a lot of people go down that
path and they're like,
630
:That's just what I believe.
631
:I'm like, that's fine, but it will cost
632
:And I think that, you know, there's a
balance to be had, right?
633
:I do believe you should stand up for what
you believe in, but I also think that
634
:there are some topics that are going to be
very polarizing and, you know, you don't
635
:have to use your, you don't have to have a
voice on everything.
636
:I think social media has kind of made it
where like everyone feels like the world
637
:needs to hear every opinion I have and no,
no, the world doesn't.
638
:And don't get me wrong, there are some
causes and maybe there is a cause that is
639
:politically charged that's important to
you.
640
:And that's fine.
641
:Just understand the...
642
:you know, potential consequences of what
you're sharing and understand that not
643
:everyone's going to agree with that.
644
:And so I think that there's a, there's
also a very big difference between posting
645
:about maybe a politically charged topic
versus just being, you know, maybe you're,
646
:you're less, less than business
professional self, right?
647
:Like I'm definitely one you'll see me now
I'm wearing a snapback and a t -shirt.
648
:I probably curse a little more than I
should.
649
:And like, you know, but that's, that's an
active choice that I'm making and how I
650
:want to represent myself, but.
651
:I'm also not out here talking about
political topics nearly as much.
652
:I mean, there's a couple of things that my
company's commented on, but we always are
653
:delicate because I never want to put
someone else down.
654
:I just sometimes there are some topics
that I think we should share that we are
655
:in support of.
656
:But I think especially just avoiding the
negativity, right?
657
:Like you get back what you put into the
world.
658
:And so you can support causes without
being negative towards others.
659
:And I think that's a really important
thing to keep in mind is how are you
660
:representing it?
661
:too easy to go down a negative pitfall
Intentionally or not you just all of a
662
:sudden find yourself in that space You
just want to avoid that and you're right
663
:and how things are received right?
664
:You could say and it's not always a
popular decision But as long as you own it
665
:you understand how you're good with it I
am because there's also people that want
666
:to break you down like I literally have
had people in the business owners wear
667
:like a bleak cancer t -shirt Where we've
gotten calls because somebody had it out
668
:for this person?
669
:Right and complaining then what their
license review i'm like this most absurd
670
:thing ever however Right people are people
so i'm not saying avoid everything but be
671
:you be real
672
:And that's, you know, that's something
where, Hey, you, you just have to
673
:understand that every, every decision you
make, there might be negative
674
:repercussions and not a lot of times you
can just ignore them.
675
:You know, like, honestly, I think that the
number one way to prove that you're,
676
:you're making something of yourself or
something of your business is to start
677
:getting haters, right?
678
:Cause people hate on success.
679
:So I think that some of that's a good
thing.
680
:There's also recognize that the choices
you make may result in a little bit more
681
:of that a little bit faster than maybe you
wanted it.
682
:Right.
683
:So,
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:Absolutely.
685
:all just making a conscious decision and
just acknowledging that this might not
686
:agree with everybody.
687
:And is that something that you are
passionate about enough to take the risk
688
:of or not?
689
:Okay, so as we wrap up everybody today, we
want to take a couple of things, right?
690
:First and foremost, take action.
691
:It's never too late to get started.
692
:There's a lot of information that's
disinformation, which is giving you,
693
:begging for you to take advantage of the
platform you have and tell the right
694
:message about you, your business, your
industry.
695
:To utilize that platform to separate and
determine what your value is.
696
:Think back.
697
:document the things that we were talking
about get your consumers to be your
698
:champions and tell those stories and
Springboard yourself forward and figure
699
:that out as you go along Anything else to
kind of share everybody else today JJ
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:know, I think, you know, the, the, I keep
always going back to this lawsuit because
701
:it's what I keep seeing over and over and
over again.
702
:And at the end of the day, like in my
opinion, you have two ways of handling
703
:this, right?
704
:You can, you can sit back and complain
about it.
705
:Like the majority of real estate agents
are saying, this isn't fair.
706
:This isn't true.
707
:Everyone's misrepresenting us, et cetera.
708
:Or you can get out there and be the
positive force to say,
709
:Hey guys, here's what's going on here.
710
:And here is my stance and here is how
we're providing value and why I think we
711
:deserve what we deserve, right?
712
:Like it's, it is okay to share that, but
you know, there is the media and everyone
713
:else is going to keep posting all this
negative information.
714
:They're going to keep this, this negative
snowball going.
715
:And you have an opportunity to get out
there and put a positive spin on it and to
716
:say, here is how I'm out here helping my
clients.
717
:I don't care what happens.
718
:There could be more lawsuits.
719
:It doesn't matter.
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:I'm going to be out here making.
721
:making my clients the best decisions for
my clients that I can being the fiduciary
722
:that I can be and doing the best that I
possibly can to serve.
723
:And so that's, I just like to leave you at
that.
724
:You have that choice to be that positive
impact in the world.
725
:If you want to be it, don't fall into the
trap of just complaining and being
726
:negative like everyone else.
727
:If you're silent, your story gets told
without you.
728
:Yep, exactly.
729
:All right.
730
:Well, everybody, thank you for joining
this week on Entrepreneurial Impact.
731
:Go back, watch a couple of the previous
episodes and see what JJ has shared with
732
:us previously.
733
:And we'll catch you next Wednesday.
734
:Thanks for having me, Dave.
735
:Okay, awesome.
736
:So then, all right, so why don't you give
me a teaser about why you come join me and
737
:Dave on entrepreneurial impact and we're
going to talk about XYZ.
738
:Cool.
739
:Sounds good.
740
:All right.
741
:Give me one second.
742
:Let me think through this.
743
:All right, I'll see if you like this.
744
:I like always trying catching people's
attention.
745
:Will you lay down for a second?
746
:I'm almost done.
747
:I'm almost done.
748
:Go lay down.
749
:Go lay down.
750
:my goodness, right as I'm finishing up.
751
:All right, here we go.
752
:What's up guys?
753
:My name is JJ Gagliardi with Changeover
Media.
754
:Are you sick of talking about this
lawsuit?
755
:I am too.
756
:So here's what we're going to do on this
next episode.
757
:We are talking about how to properly talk
about your value because at the end of the
758
:day, if you're communicating your value,
pricing, commission, lawsuits, none of it
759
:matters.
760
:All that matters is you're out there
serving your clients, but you got to know
761
:how to communicate that properly.
762
:And so that's what I talked about with
Dave on this episode of a entrepreneurial
763
:impact.
764
:Hope you check it out.
765
:How'd you like that?
766
:Awesome.
767
:One take, baby, one take.
768
:All right.
769
:Well, listen, I'm going to let you go.
770
:My next one is at 3 .15.
771
:We're actually bringing in Keith from
Vista Settlements.
772
:And we're actually going to talk about the
lawsuit.
773
:We had him on a couple of weeks ago.
774
:So just kind of from the original one.
775
:So now we're going to talk about this
settlement.
776
:It's kind of like part two of what will be
part three, actually.
777
:Awesome, cool, sounds good.
778
:Just make sure you upgrade that Riverside
subscription when you can so we can.
779
:my notes.
780
:I'm going to circle this and I'm going to
do it today.
781
:So we have it.
782
:And actually, I think this episode, I
think we're actually kind of up on it.
783
:I think this one actually needs to drop
next week.
784
:I think because what with everything we
got, we got to build our, we were good
785
:about getting forehead and then we kind of
have to catch up again.
786
:It's always that endless cycle.
787
:two because Joe's been out.
788
:Gotcha, okay, that's not a problem.
789
:I'm gonna reschedule Tyson so I'd like to
maybe schedule him next week.
790
:So if you think of a topic that might be
good to kind of have that so I'm gonna get
791
:him done.
792
:And I might just do one -on -one with him
because Joe's schedule he's chaotic so I
793
:might just kind of connect with him.
794
:That'll be a third one.
795
:I'd like to have four in the bucket and
then four to six in the bucket and then if
796
:we're recording every four weeks we're
good.
797
:Perfect.
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:Yeah, that would be great.
799
:I'd love to get a, yeah, like you said,
like four to six.
800
:So we're always working about a month
ahead.
801
:That would be awesome.
802
:but yeah, just let me know once these are,
once these are done, just shoot me a
803
:message and we'll get them downloaded and
get them edited.
804
:And then if you have any other audience
people that you think would be
805
:appropriate, let me know.
806
:We're always looking for, I'm trying to
get outside the region.
807
:I had a couple of people I met last week
that I'm going to kind of dial them into,
808
:but we want to get more.
809
:And it doesn't all have to be real estate,
right?
810
:So if we have other business owners that
have a message to tell, that have an
811
:audience, we want to get in front of them
too.
812
:Sounds good.
813
:I will, I sent out a couple emails and had
her back.
814
:I'll follow up with a couple of people.
815
:Cause I know I have some CEOs and some
people who I think would be great for the
816
:podcast.
817
:So I'll, I'll follow up.
818
:Awesome.
819
:Thanks to you as well.
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:done and then let's follow up on the
strategic ad placement stuff and see what
821
:that looks like.
822
:All right, buddy.
823
:Bye.