Stay Paid Podcast

Everyone operates on autopilot occasionally, but that's no way to spend your entire life. In this week’s episode, Allyson Lewis, time-management pro, best-selling author, and founder of the 7 Minute Life, joins us to share how devoting time daily to careful planning and reflection can put you in complete control behind the wheel. Listen to learn how just seven minutes every morning can set you up for success, pinpoint the five most important tasks to complete before 11 a.m., discover how you can train yourself to be proactive and not reactive, and understand the value of ending each day with seven minutes of reflection and gratitude. Be sure to check out our show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for more in-depth information and added details not included in the episode. Are you a New agent Curious about our customizable magazine? Visit : https://remindermedia.com/staypaidnewagent/ Want to see how we can help with your marketing? Visit: www.remindermedia.com/StayPaidMarketing 0:33    Introduction 1:54    Allyson’s journey 5:27    Why people are not focusing on themselves 7:37    Using 7 minutes to improve your life 8:40    The 5 words to change your life 9:00    People have lost the ability to think 10:40  Clarify what you want to do 12:37  Create a plan 16:35  How to add discipline to your day 21:10  Choosing to take action 22:53  The 7 minutes at the end of your day 25:55  Making sure you have purpose 28:12  Eudaimonic happiness 33:07  Action Item    

We decided to ask ChatGPT for the six top qualities that the absolute best closers share. The answers didn’t surprise us, but it did confirm what we know are the most important personality attributes and strengths any sales team should have if they want to close the most deals. Listen to this week’s Silver Dollar episode to discover the importance of being confident and goal-oriented as a salesperson, why expert closers are always talented listeners and communicators, and the one easy tactic for closing more deals that successful sale professionals always use but most others skip. Be sure to check out our show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for more in-depth information and added details not included in the episode. 0:16    Introduction: 6 things top closers have… 1:40    Exudes confidence 5:32    Is goal-oriented 9:08    Use persuasive communication 12:25  Ability to overcome objections 16:20  Use active listening 18:10  Actively follows-up 20:20  Action Item

This week, we host Justin Brock, the owner and CEO of Bobby Brock Insurance. He’s built an insanely successful insurance business on the premise that providing value is the best marketing strategy for long-term growth. Listen to discover why leading with value simply makes good business sense and get examples of what Justin has done to encourage his audience to know, like, and trust his brand, hear about the types of marketing he’s doing and the benefits his agency has reaped from using multiple mediums, and find out about “Medicare Monsters”, Justin’s Facebook group, and his upcoming Medicare conference, MedicareCon, for intermediate agents and smaller agency owners in the Medicare space. Be sure to check out our show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for more in-depth information and added details not included in the episode. Connect | Resources ·      Learn more and register for Medicarecon here ·      Connect with Justin: info@justinbrock.com ·      Website: justinbrock.com ·      Facebook group: “Medicare Monsters”   0:23    Introduction 1:38    Justin’s backstory 4:59    The start of Medicarecon 8:15    Leading with value 9:15    Taking action on opportunities 13:30  Value outside of the sale 16:25  Marketing and advertising strategy 21:00  Building a brand 23:51  The rule of convenience 27:00  Getting noticed and adding value 30:42  Action Item    

Of all the social media platforms, Instagram (owned by Meta) is the most transparent about what it takes to have its algorithm promote your content. Compliments of @marketingharry, who has 293K Instagram followers and attended Meta’s most recent creators conference call, we’re sharing five tips that Instagram insiders have revealed to be key to your success on the platform. Listen to this Silver Dollar episode to discover five suggestions for how to boost engagement on Instagram, the optimal number of hashtags to attach to your posts, an way to satisfy the algorithm we bet you’re overlooking, and bonus, proven hacks we’ve used on our Instagram account that have worked for us. Be sure to check out our show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for more in-depth information and added details not included in the episode. Connect | Resources Get @marketingharry’s summary of Meta’s creators conference call here.

In the almost two years since Shannon Gillette was last on Stay Paid, she’s ranked among the top 12 agents in Phoenix, Arizona. She’s also hired a coach and a virtual assistant, joined a new brokerage, and moved much of her marketing efforts to YouTube. Listen to this episode to find out the best decisions any agent can make regardless of the size of their business, the outrageously genius videos that are landing Shannon clients without the need for listing presentations, crazy good ideas for inexpensive client events, and the investments she’s been able to make since making the move to a new broker (big reveal!). Be sure to check out our show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for more in-depth information and added details not included in the episode. Connect | Resources Highnote.io for professional online presentations TubeBuddy for optimizing your YouTube channel @Shannon_Gillette to connect with Shannon on Instagram   1:37    Introduction 2:48    Shannon’s backstory 4:30    Balancing your real estate schedule 6:50    Creating next step videos for clients 7:37    Highnote.io 11:35  Content to create on social media 16:22  Client event ideas 21:22  Joining Real Brokerage 26:17  Action Item

Do you really need a morning routine to be successful? Do you have a routine you swear by?   If you have been in the entrepreneur or motivational speaker space for any amount of time you have heard people talk about the power of a morning routine. On this week's bonus episode, Luke shares his belief on morning routines and the 4 things he focuses on to start his day on the right foot.    This episode was pre-recorded from Luke's weekly program in the Insurance Syndicate Facebook Group. If you are in Insurance and would like more information on how to join this group, email us at podcast@remindermedia.com.

We can all get weighed down by our own stress, so it’s a good idea now and then to step back and think about what’s most important in life, shifting our priorities to what really matters—and there are few things that will make you examine your priorities more quickly than finding out you’re dying. Listen to this episode to hear the seven things that the dying most regret not having done in their lives, find out why spending excessive time at work can be a double-edged sword, understand why perfectionists struggle with vulnerability, and discover the one activity that will instantly reveal to you whether you’re living a life of purpose. Be sure to check out our show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for more in-depth information and added details not included in the episode. Connect | Resources “7 Critical Life Lessons We Can Learn from the Dying” by Matthew Royse   0:12    Introduction 7 Critical Life Lessons We Can Learn from the Dying by Matthew Royse 1:35    Your echo chamber of what is important in life 3:12    #1 Not spending enough time with loved ones 6:07    #2 Spending too much time on work 6:36    #3 Follow your heart and pursue your passions 10:38  #4 Be more thankful 11:39  #5 Forgive others 12:52  #6 Embrace vulnerability 14:52  #7 Find your purpose 16:49  Josh’s Dad Joke 17:40  Action Item

Last year, John Wetmore’s agents sold an average of 10,000 policies monthly and generated $130M in paid annual premiums. He expects to double that in 2023. With numbers like those, we had to ask him about cold calling and how he goes about recruiting insurance agents for his team. Listen to John’s interview to discover why a hesitancy to make cold calls is the result of a choice, a never-fails tactic that works wonders to create self-imposed discipline within your team, his damning perspective of agents who fail to follow up with leads, and a novel take on recruiting agents that starts with being indifferent to whether they join you. Be sure to check out our show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for more in-depth information and added details not included in the episode. Connect | Resources Find all the ways to connect with John at johnwetmore.com   0:00     Introduction 0:42     John’s business bio 1:53     Typical cold-calling mindset | Mindset is a choice 4:10     Kidnapping analogy 7:20     How to hold yourself accountable 8:50     How to hold your team accountable 10:09   You can’t motivate another person     11:06   Perspective on following up with insurance leads 14:45   Follow-up strategy 17:08   Believe in the value you offer | CARR 20:17   Tips for recruiting insurance agents 24:54   Nothing beats servant leadership 27:01   Action Item

ChatGPT is an artificial-intelligence chatbot that came on the scene in November 2022. In just six months, it has already demonstrated itself to be the next huge leap in technology. It’s insanely powerful, and it’s super easy to use. In this Silver Dollar episode, we talk about how marketers use ChatGPT to increase the efficiency of their content creation and suggest some of the many ways you can use this technology to generate blogs, text messages, and everything in between. Be sure to check out our show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for more in-depth information and added details not included in the episode. Connect | Resources Free e-book: Become a Content Marketing Machine   0:00     Introduction 1:08     Overview of ChatGPT 1:54     The next revolution in technology     4:02     Gain efficiencies in writing content and scripts 5:45     Know that it isn’t perfect 6:31     Be very specific in what you ask 6:52     Use ChatGPT to write synopses (example) 7:24     Use ChatGPT to write social media captions (example) 7:53     Use ChatGPT to write emails and subject lines (example) 8:52     Use conversation to give ChatGPT directions (example) 10:17   Use ChatGPT to pull and sort information 11:02   Use ChatGPT to write real estate listings (example) 12:46   Use ChatGPT to write in different languages 14:09   Thoughts on the next steps for AI 17:56   Action Item

Tamara Thompson is the mind behind Broadcast Your Authority, a content marketing agency that helps influencers, CEOs, and other professionals exponentially grow their influence and audiences with a data-driven approach to microcontent and repurposing. Tamara shares some of the methods she and her team use to routinely and with lightning speed grow their clients’ audiences from as few as a dozen to tens of thousands. Listen to understand the organic, audience-generating power of replicating popular content, hear how to use a call to action that promotes engagement and get subscribers and followers onto your email list, discover how to use ChatGPT to identify the best clips for microcontent, and find out about the highly promising, new social media platform that is going to give TikTok a run for its money—and why you’ll want to get in on the ground floor. Be sure to check out our show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for more in-depth information and added details not included in the episode. Connect | Resources Connect with Tamara: ·      Website: broadcastyourauthority.com ·      Instagram: @tamarathompsonofficial ·      TikTok: @tamarathompsonofficial Resources: ·      Keywords Everywhere: For finding the best keywords for your social media content ·      Minichat: A bot to capture contact info from subscribers and followers ·      Trint: Transcription service ·      Clapper: Hot new social media platform   0:00     Introduction 0:59     Guest introduction 2:10     Strategy that led to $170K viral video 6:06     Tools for spotting trends 7:44     How long to grow depends on niche 10:24   Capitalize on what’s working 12:05   Using tags, titles, keywords, playlists 14:18   Thoughts on CTAs | “Comment below” 20:48   Using bots in conjunction with CTA 21:48   Selecting microcontent for repurposing 25:28   Thoughts on the future of social media 29:51   Tamara’s favorite mantra 33:53   Action Item