Upmarket: The Business of Real Estate Photography & Media

After a heated back-and-forth in the Real Estate Media Facebook Group between a Zillow exec and some REP business owners (Reed included,) Upmarket thought it's just about time to do an episode focused on Zillow and their new ShowtingTime+ Listing Media Services. A representative from Zillow was invited to be on the show, and after enthusiastically agreeing to do it, eventually ended up pulling the plug on the appearance. The Pod waits for no Zillow rep, so Reed and Mark talk all things Zillow amongst themselves in this episode. Topics covered: Why REP's do not, ahem, like Zillow. How Zillow values REP's. The true motives behind Zillow launching ShowingTime+. Why RE agents do not, ahem, like Zillow. Under what circumstances Upmarket Media would offer Zillow 3D to their clients. Mark's accent. What Zillow can do solve their big problem of having MLS's downscale photos before syndication. AND MORE. Don't miss the flaming-hot takes raining down from this episode!!!!!The guys end it with two more Action Items that listeners can use to help grow their Real Estate Media Businesses.Follow the pod on Instagram at @upmarketpod. Our course How to Grow and Scale Your Real Estate Media Business is at UpmarketCourse.com!!!! Go to the site and book a one-on-one call with Reed to chat about the course (or anything else!) and he'll get you a special discount code!The Presenting Sponsor of Upmarket is Aryeo, the best place to help grow and manage your Real Estate Media business. Use the code "Upmarket" at aryeo.com to get 15 free bonus listings with any new account.Upmarket is also sponsored by localmarketingdept.com, where you can start turning your Real Estate Media Business into a Real Estate Marketing Agency. If you mention "Upmarket" when signing up with Local Marketing Department, you will receive all the following: One month free service (that's one month of no subscription fee for the Media company); One Local Marketing Package to offer your agents (3 months free); One Social Media Management Package to offer your agents (3 months free.)Another amazing sponsor of Upmarket is SecondFloor, the fastest way to create a finished floor plan. It's so fast that you can deliver the finished floor plan while you are still on-site! Not only that, but you can get UNLIMITED floorplans for one low monthly fee. We love SecondFloor and you can use the code UPMARKET at checkout and any new subscriber will get a 1 month free trial.

Get out from behind your camera and actually talk to your (potential) clients! This week is all about the power of in-person marketing. With Mark back in the studio, he and Reed go through all the successes they've had with their face-to-face marketing in 2023. From brokerage presentations, to client lunches, to networking events (including Reed's controversial appearance in a heated on-stage game of Realtor Feud) and much more. The guys go deep on all of it (including shoe strategy) so that the audience can apply the same strategies to their own businesses and start to reap the incredible benefits of prolific and repeated in-person marketing! The episode ends with two more Action Items that listeners can use to help grow their Real Estate Media Businesses.Follow the pod on Instagram at @upmarketpod. Our course How to Grow and Scale Your Real Estate Media Business is at UpmarketCourse.com!!!! Go to the site and book a one-on-one call with Reed to chat about the course (or anything else!) and he'll get you a special discount code!The Presenting Sponsor of Upmarket is Aryeo, the best place to help grow and manage your Real Estate Media business. Use the code "Upmarket" at aryeo.com to get 15 free bonus listings with any new account.Upmarket is also sponsored by localmarketingdept.com, where you can start turning your Real Estate Media Business into a Real Estate Marketing Agency. If you mention "Upmarket" when signing up with Local Marketing Department, you will receive all the following: One month free service (that's one month of no subscription fee for the Media company); One Local Marketing Package to offer your agents (3 months free); One Social Media Management Package to offer your agents (3 months free.)Another amazing sponsor of Upmarket is SecondFloor, the fastest way to create a finished floor plan. It's so fast that you can deliver the finished floor plan while you are still on-site! Not only that, but you can get UNLIMITED floorplans for one low monthly fee. We love SecondFloor and you can use the code UPMARKET at checkout and any new subscriber will get a 1 month free trial.

This week Mark is on vacation, so Producer Chelsea pinch-hits and sits down with Reed to chat. They don't just talk about Chelsea's recent culinary adventures in Paris, they actually cover Real Estate Media as well! First, they delve into a recent Inman article titled "7 Power-Moves Top Agents are Making Right Now." (Shout-out to Tacey Youngmann of Snowberry Lane Photography in WA for summarizing the article and posting it in the FB groups!) Even though the article geared for RE Agents, there is a ton of good and relevant stuff to go over for Real Estate Media folk. Basically, be smart, but Double-Down on what you're doing. That's the "Power-Move" that can position you strongly for the boom times. In the second half of the show, they talk about all the ways Upmarket Media is doubling-down on their marketing. The episode ends with a couple Action Items that listeners can use to help grow their own Real Estate Media Businesses!Follow the pod on Instagram at @upmarketpod. Our course How to Grow and Scale Your Real Estate Media Business is at UpmarketCourse.com!!!! Go to the site and book a one-on-one call with Reed to chat about the course (or anything else!) and he'll get you a special discount code!The Presenting Sponsor of Upmarket is Aryeo, the best place to help grow and manage your Real Estate Media business. Use the code "Upmarket" at aryeo.com to get 15 free bonus listings with any new account.Upmarket is also sponsored by localmarketingdept.com, where you can start turning your Real Estate Media Business into a Real Estate Marketing Agency. If you mention "Upmarket" when signing up with Local Marketing Department, you will receive all the following: One month free service (that's one month of no subscription fee for the Media company); One Local Marketing Package to offer your agents (3 months free); One Social Media Management Package to offer your agents (3 months free.)Another amazing sponsor of Upmarket is SecondFloor, the fastest way to create a finished floor plan. It's so fast that you can deliver the finished floor plan while you are still on-site! Not only that, but you can get UNLIMITED floorplans for one low monthly fee. We love SecondFloor and you can use the code UPMARKET at checkout and any new subscriber will get a 1 month free trial.

This week Reed sits down with the King Troll of the Real Estate Photography Facebook groups, Dominic Wilkerson! Dom is probably the undisputed KING of posting content on Instagram and Facebook in our industry. Reed tries to get to the bottom of how and why Dom produces all this content. In the second half of the episode the guys get personal, revealing that Dom is the Troll with The Heart of Gold and that Reed actually has a life outside of Upmarket. As always, the episode ends with a couple Action Items that listeners can use to help grow their own Real Estate Media Businesses!Follow the pod on Instagram at @upmarketpod. Our course How to Grow and Scale Your Real Estate Media Business is at UpmarketCourse.com!!!! Use code "Launch35" to get 35% off through April 2nd!The Presenting Sponsor of Upmarket is Aryeo, the best place to help grow and manage your Real Estate Media business. Use the code "Upmarket" at aryeo.com to get 15 free bonus listings with any new account.Upmarket is also sponsored by localmarketingdept.com, where you can start turning your Real Estate Media Business into a Real Estate Marketing Agency. If you mention "Upmarket" when signing up with Local Marketing Department, you will receive all the following: One month free service (that's one month of no subscription fee for the Media company); One Local Marketing Package to offer your agents (3 months free); One Social Media Management Package to offer your agents (3 months free)Upmarket is additionally sponsored by Pixlmob.com. Pixlmob is an online marketplace of Real Estate photo editors where real estate photographers can browse verified editor profiles, order photo edits, and process payments - all in the same platform. They are giving upmarket listeners $25 in credit when they sign up at pixlmob.com/upmarket.Another amazing sponsor of Upmarket is SecondFloor, the fastest way to create a finished floor plan. It's so fast that you can deliver the finished floor plan while you are still on-site! Not only that, but you can get UNLIMITED floorplans for one low monthly fee. We love SecondFloor and you can use the code UPMARKET at checkout and any new subscriber will get a 1 month free trial.

This week marks the Official Launch of our course How to Grow and Scale Your Real Estate Media Business at UpmarketCourse.com!!!! Use code "Launch35" to get 35% off through April 2nd! Reed and Mark chat about the course a bit this episode, but the bulk of time is spent talking BUSINESS. Specifically, how with Chelsea on vacation for 2 weeks, the guys are feeling thrust back into the pre-merger, pre-scaled version of their companies. It is not fun. Especially as it has now been 4 straight months of record-low listings in Ventura County and the business is feeling it. But don't despair! Hope is on the horizon. The guys shed more light on the big brokerage deals they're finalizing, and the surprising new avenues these deals are opening up for expanding Upmarket Media. As always, the episode ends with a couple Action Items that listeners can use to help grow their own Real Estate Media Businesses!Follow the pod on Instagram at @upmarketpod.The Presenting Sponsor of Upmarket is Aryeo, the best place to help grow and manage your Real Estate Media business. Use the code "Upmarket" at aryeo.com to get 15 free bonus listings with any new account.Upmarket is also sponsored by localmarketingdept.com, where you can start turning your Real Estate Media Business into a Real Estate Marketing Agency. If you mention "Upmarket" when signing up with Local Marketing Department, you will receive all the following: One month free service (that's one month of no subscription fee for the Media company); One Local Marketing Package to offer your agents (3 months free); One Social Media Management Package to offer your agents (3 months free)Upmarket is additionally sponsored by Pixlmob.com. Pixlmob is an online marketplace of Real Estate photo editors where real estate photographers can browse verified editor profiles, order photo edits, and process payments - all in the same platform. They are giving upmarket listeners $25 in credit when they sign up at pixlmob.com/upmarket.Another amazing sponsor of Upmarket is SecondFloor, the fastest way to create a finished floor plan. It's so fast that you can deliver the finished floor plan while you are still on-site! Not only that, but you can get UNLIMITED floorplans for one low monthly fee. We love SecondFloor and you can use the code UPMARKET at checkout and any new subscriber will get a 1 month free trial.

This week Upmarket Pod is thrilled that Anthony Taing and Kamika Bruland of CoLab Media have made the long trek from Olympia, Washington to Ojai CA to sit down with Reed and Mark to dish all things Real Estate Media. Anthony and Kamika talk about how they have diversified their Real Estate industry offerings to include home staging and even house cleaning to their menu of options. They also share the ups and downs of life as business, as well as romantic partners. It was so fun to talk with this engaging, inspiring couple and get a ton of actionable advice for Upmarket listeners. Speaking of action, everyone throws down an action to end this fun episode on a high note!Follow Anthony and Kamika on IG at @colabmediaco.Check out Upmarket's FREE webinar on How and Why to Scale Your Real Estate Media Business at upmarketcourse.com/webinar and our course How to Grow and Scale Your Real Estate Media Business at UpmarketCourse.com. Follow the pod on Instagram at @upmarketpod.The Presenting Sponsor of Upmarket is Aryeo, the best place to help grow and manage your Real Estate Media business. Use the code "Upmarket" at aryeo.com to get 15 free bonus listings with any new account.Upmarket is also sponsored by localmarketingdept.com, where you can start turning your Real Estate Media Business into a Real Estate Marketing Agency. If you mention "Upmarket" when signing up with Local Marketing Department, you will receive all the following: One month free service (that's one month of no subscription fee for the Media company); One Local Marketing Package to offer your agents (3 months free); One Social Media Management Package to offer your agents (3 months free)Upmarket is additionally sponsored by Pixlmob.com. Pixlmob is an online marketplace of Real Estate photo editors where real estate photographers can browse verified editor profiles, order photo edits, and process payments - all in the same platform. They are giving upmarket listeners $25 in credit when they sign up at pixlmob.com/upmarket.Another amazing sponsor of Upmarket is SecondFloor, the fastest way to create a finished floor plan. It's so fast that you can deliver the finished floor plan while you are still on-site! Not only that, but you can get UNLIMITED floorplans for one low monthly fee. We love SecondFloor and you can use the code UPMARKET at checkout and any new subscriber will get a 1 month free trial.

"We have no idea what we're doing, ever." This week, we finally get a REALTOR to admit that out loud! Ignacio Anzaldo, a REALTOR from LIV Sotheby's International Realty in Ventura CA joins Reed for a super fun and (sometimes off the rails) chat about the current state of the overall real estate market (will any of us ever work again????) Ignacio tells us not to fret, that all the smartest REALTORS will be doubling down on their marketing during lean times. With beers flowing, HOt tAEkS abound in the second half of the show when Reed asks Ignacio questions crowdsourced from the private REP Facebook groups. They cover a lot of ground and make some BOLD STATEMENTS. This unfiltered episode finally ends with a couple of earnest Action Items from the guys.Follow Ignacio on IG at @ignacio_anzaldo.Check out Upmarket's FREE webinar on How and Why to Scale Your Real Estate Media Business at upmarketcourse.com/webinar and our course How to Grow and Scale Your Real Estate Media Business at UpmarketCourse.com. Follow the pod on Instagram at @upmarketpod.The Presenting Sponsor of Upmarket is Aryeo, the best place to help grow and manage your Real Estate Media business. Use the code "Upmarket" at aryeo.com to get 15 free bonus listings with any new account.Upmarket is also sponsored by localmarketingdept.com, where you can start turning your Real Estate Media Business into a Real Estate Marketing Agency. If you mention "Upmarket" when signing up with Local Marketing Department, you will receive all the following: One month free service (that's one month of no subscription fee for the Media company); One Local Marketing Package to offer your agents (3 months free); One Social Media Management Package to offer your agents (3 months free)Upmarket is additionally sponsored by Pixlmob.com. Pixlmob is an online marketplace of Real Estate photo editors where real estate photographers can browse verified editor profiles, order photo edits, and process payments - all in the same platform. They are giving upmarket listeners $25 in credit when they sign up at pixlmob.com/upmarket.Another amazing sponsor of Upmarket is SecondFloor, the fastest way to create a finished floor plan. It's so fast that you can deliver the finished floor plan while you are still on-site! Not only that, but you can get UNLIMITED floorplans for one low monthly fee. We love SecondFloor and you can use the code UPMARKET at checkout and any new subscriber will get a 1 month free trial.

The long-awaited sequel to Upmarket Episode 16: Big Deals, this episode gives listeners the lowdown on the current statuses of the BIG DEALS talked about in the previous episode. Spoilers ahead if you haven't listened to Ep 16 (go back and do it now!)... In this follow-up, Reed and Mark dish on the the (somewhat) mini version of the the big retail job they were up for last fall that they just landed. Turns out it the perfect timing to help alleviate the (extremely) slow season blues Upmarket has been having the last few months. Then in the second half of the show, they guys update on their (suddenly fruitful) attempts to land some brokerage deals. As always, they (with producer Chelsea chiming in) end the show with their action items!Check out Upmarket's FREE webinar on How and Why to Scale Your Real Estate Media Business at upmarketcourse.com/webinar and our course How to Grow and Scale Your Real Estate Media Business at UpmarketCourse.com. Follow the pod on Instagram at @upmarketpod.The Presenting Sponsor of Upmarket is Aryeo, the best place to help grow and manage your Real Estate Media business. Use the code "Upmarket" at aryeo.com to get 15 free bonus listings with any new account.Upmarket is also sponsored by localmarketingdept.com, where you can start turning your Real Estate Media Business into a Real Estate Marketing Agency. If you mention "Upmarket" when signing up with Local Marketing Department, you will receive all the following: One month free service (that's one month of no subscription fee for the Media company); One Local Marketing Package to offer your agents (3 months free); One Social Media Management Package to offer your agents (3 months free)Upmarket is additionally sponsored by Pixlmob.com. Pixlmob is an online marketplace of Real Estate photo editors where real estate photographers can browse verified editor profiles, order photo edits, and process payments - all in the same platform. They are giving upmarket listeners $25 in credit when they sign up at pixlmob.com/upmarket.Another amazing sponsor of Upmarket is SecondFloor, the fastest way to create a finished floor plan. It's so fast that you can deliver the finished floor plan while you are still on-site! Not only that, but you can get UNLIMITED floorplans for one low monthly fee. We love SecondFloor and you can use the code UPMARKET at checkout and any new subscriber will get a 1 month free trial.

Join Reed and Brianne as they discuss the challenges of scaling a real estate media business, managing a team of 15, expanding into new markets, and balancing workloads. They also share insights on social media growth and offer actionable tips for listeners.

All the new things are on Reed & Mark's minds as they embark with Producer Chelsea on this first Upmarket Podcast of 2023. The gang talk about all the new services, products and prices that Upmarket Media will be rolling out to their clients in the first part of 2023. They strategize about timing, the best ways to get the word out and try to finalize exactly what in the heck they'll actually be rolling out. In the second half of the show they respond to a listener who writes in with a contrarian Hot Take about where the Real Estate Media industry is headed if and when there is a large downturn in the broader real estate market. They end the show with the inaugural action items of 2023!Check out Upmarket's FREE webinar on How and Why to Scale Your Real Estate Media Business at upmarketcourse.com/webinar and our course How to Grow and Scale Your Real Estate Media Business at UpmarketCourse.com. Follow the pod on Instagram at @upmarketpod.The Presenting Sponsor of Upmarket is Aryeo, the best place to help grow and manage your Real Estate Media business. Use the code "Upmarket" at aryeo.com to get 15 free bonus listings with any new account.Upmarket is also sponsored by localmarketingdept.com, where you can start turning your Real Estate Media Business into a Real Estate Marketing Agency. If you mention "Upmarket" when signing up with Local Marketing Department, you will receive all the following: One month free service (that's one month of no subscription fee for the Media company); One Local Marketing Package to offer your agents (3 months free); One Social Media Management Package to offer your agents (3 months free)Upmarket is additionally sponsored by Pixlmob.com. Pixlmob is an online marketplace of Real Estate photo editors where real estate photographers can browse verified editor profiles, order photo edits, and process payments - all in the same platform. They are giving upmarket listeners $25 in credit when they sign up at pixlmob.com/upmarket