The Broke Agent

Eric Simon is the founder of The Broke Agent and co-founding Chief of Content of BAM. You can watch him weekly as a co-host of Over Ask Podcast and The Walk Thru. Eric also speaks at industry events across the nation and can hit his pitching wedge 190 yards.

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Agent Marketing

How to Promote Your YouTube Channel Through Instagram

One of our main goals here at BAM is to grow our YouTube Channel. So, naturally we’ve been plugging the YouTube links to all of our shows in the stories of both the BAM Instagram and @thebrokeagent. BUT, we are learning this is not a super effective way to get more YouTube views and subscriptions. In fact, it can HURT your YouTube channel AND your Instagram. 

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BAMMER of The Week

Starting a new segment here at BAM brilliantly titled “Bammer of the Week.” It will highlight an agent or someone in the real estate industry that I think is doing something unique or cool, usually in marketing. I may be digging myself a hole here by making this weekly, but let’s start with one and see how it goes…

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Four MAJOR Updates to Instagram

On June 7th, we found out that’s exactly what’s happening. Instagram CEO, Adam Mosseri, just released a video explaining four major updates for Creators. Here are the four updates to expect.

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Agent Marketing

The Best Way to Grow Your Email List

Do NOT forget about email. According to Tom Ferry coach, Jason Pantana, four out of five (top) marketers would rather give up their social media accounts than their emails. Why?

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Agent Marketing

June Content Ideas for You

At the beginning of each month, I’m going to make a list of content ideas based on holidays, notable events, and what’s trending. This can help you plan your filming/posting schedule around what’s timely and relevant! As I mentioned in my “trendjacking” blog, posting about trending topics gives your marketing a major engagement boost. In May, we had Star Wars Day, the only Friday 13th of the year, the Johnny Depp Amber Heard trial, and plenty of chatter about Elon Musk buying Twitter… Here’s what to expect this June.

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Agent Marketing

90 Second Reels Are Here

Instagram has been acting insane lately. Engagement is all over the place, suggested posts are flooding our feeds, and users are getting logged out for no reason. Recently I couldn’t

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Agent Marketing

The Instagram Insight Nobody Knows About

If you want to improve your Instagram marketing, you should care how people interact with your content. Each engagement or non-engagement tells you exactly what people think of your posts.

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