Category Archives: How to Be a Profitable Recruiter

Tackling Your Recruiting Game This Spring with Judy LaDeur and Ixact Recruiter

Posted on by The Profitable Recruiter
27 Apr

We were delighted to host Coach Judy LaDeur and Shannon McGhee from IxactRecruiter for a full hour of exploring the NINE things every recruiter should have in place to have a successful recruiting system!

  • Select 100+ agents who are a good fit for your company.
  • Put them into a CRM and set up lots of categories for easy access.
  • Implement a marketing campaign, to include social media and video.
  • Every marketing campaign should educate, create curiosity with results, and stay positioned at all times.
  • The best way to stay positioned is with our Profitable Recruiter weekly motivational emails.
  • Call, text, or anything that allows you to reach out and ask the agent if they are ready to meet. It’s just timing!
  • Do your research on any agent that agrees to meet with you.
  • Develop strong interview skills, that are customized to your company and its unique opportunities. Use visuals with results.
  • Ask them to join!

What’s changed?

The relationship is more important today than ever. Brokers who take the time to develop relationships will have better results.

We have been asked for years for a CRM recommendation for recruiters and managers and we are thrilled to have partnered with IxactRecruiter to provide to you a system to stay connected and top of mind with your recruits and with your current team of agents! We negotiated a 60-Day Extended Free Trial with Ixact Recruiter for all of our Profitable Recruiter Members. Then, just $99/mo. save 15% with annual billing.

To take advantage of this special offer, simply go to www.ixactcontact.com/THEPROFITABLERECRUITER!  They’ve got an amazing support team and onboarding processes to help you get up and running quickly!

To get that offer, if you are not currently a Profitable Recruiter Member – now is the time to try us!

Get ready to dial up your recruiting, and position yourself to attract the agents you want sooner rather than later, join top brokers from around the nation who are members of www.TheProfitableRecruiter.com. You’ll get all the tools you need each month to position yourself as the broker to join when agents are ready to make a move. Fine tuning your skills this summer? All pro members get access to over SEVEN hours of training via downloadable links including interview skills, scripts, objection handlers, and more. PLUS, you’ll have access to entire libraries of recruiting letters and notes, emails, social media content, training webinars for recruiting and retention, and opportunities to network with the best of the best.

Join today and take advantage of our special offer of  50% off with the promo code 50OFF any pro membership.  That’s 50% off everything you need to be in the right place at the right time when the agents you want are ready to make a move!

We’ll even let you bring the team! For every membership, companies can include ten additional managers or admins at no extra cost!

Want to learn more? Call us today at 813.957.2989! 

 

 

 

Look Behind You…

Posted on by The Profitable Recruiter
16 Mar

Your Best Recruits Could Be Your PAST Agentspast agents future success

By Real Estate Recruiting Coach Judy LaDeur

What an exciting time this is in the world of recruiting. Brokers and agents all across America are finally starting to be able to get face to face with all those agents who have put them off during all the chaos. It’s predicted that this should be a great season for recruiting, and it’s a great time to call those agents who left your company over the past 10 years.

We had some crazy market conditions which created panic, chaos, and mayhem, but time heals all wounds. For some of those agents who thought the “grass was greener” elsewhere?  They found out that it is just as hard to mow somewhere else.  That leaves an opportunity for you to open the door again and invite them to see what they’ve missed in their time away.

Which of your good agents did you lose over the past 10 years? Do you want them back? It’s easy. Pick up the phone and call them.  But first, give some thought to the qualities that the agent has, or a funny situation that occurred when they worked for you. Which sincere compliment can you give that agent? Why did they go to that firm? Are they missing out on brand awareness, resources, tools, training, technology or broker support? Maybe you’ve set up a new training system, mentoring program, or added marketing tools?  Is your agent production through the roof?  Are they making more money than the average agent in your market?   We are in the midst of a strong and emerging market.  These are excellent times to build your office and increase your market share.  Ensure that you are a part of the celebration by working today to change your future in a positive way!

Reach out and make the call and let them know that it might just be the perfect time for them to “come home” — sometimes the PAST can be a great part of a new FUTURE.

Ready to dial up your recruiting, and position yourself to attract the agents you want sooner rather than later, join top brokers from around the nation who are members of www.TheProfitableRecruiter.com. You’ll get all the tools you need each month to position yourself as the broker to join when agents are ready to make a move. Fine tuning your skills? All members get access to over SEVEN hours of training via downloadable links including interview skills, scripts, objection handlers, and more. PLUS, you’ll have access to entire libraries of recruiting letters and notes, emails, social media content, training webinars for recruiting and retention, and opportunities to network with the best of the best.

Join today and take advantage of our special offer of  50% off with the promo code 50OFF any pro membership.  That’s 50% off everything you need to be in the right place at the right time when the agents you want are ready to make a move!

Recruiting, Planning, and Navigating Change in the Year Ahead

Posted on by The Profitable Recruiter

Ready to hit the ground running next year with recruiting insights, ideas, and strategies? We’ve got you covered with this empowering webinar for recruiters and managers led by Coach Judy LaDeur! We shared some of what is top of mind for brokers right now, what is getting results for both recruiting AND retention, and what you should be doing to position yourself as the brokerage agents need to navigate change and market share in the year ahead.

Ready to dial up your recruiting, and position yourself to attract the agents you want sooner rather than later, join top brokers from around the nation who are members of www.TheProfitableRecruiter.com. You’ll get all the tools you need each month to position yourself as the broker to join when agents are ready to make a move. All members get access to over SEVEN hours of training via downloadable links including interview skills, scripts, objection handlers, and more. PLUS, you’ll have access to entire library of recruiting letters and notes, emails, social media content, training webinars for recruiting and retention, and opportunities to network with the best of the best.

Join today and take advantage of our special holiday offer of  50% off with the promo code 50OFF any membership.  That’s 50% off everything you need to be in the right place at the right time when the agents you want are ready to make a move!

We talked at length about ensuring that your agents (both current team and prospects) have the kind of training that makes all the difference. Our friend Darryl Davis does a great job of providing free weekly training webinars every week. He also has an extraordinary coaching program as well. Here’s how to get to the training: https://www.darrylspeaks.com/online-training.

We also have been asked for years for a CRM recommendation for recruiters and managers. During this time of crisis – having a system in place to stay connected has never been more important. That’s why we negotiated a 60-Day Extended Free Trial with Ixact Recruiter for all of our Profitable Recruiter Members. Then just $99/mo. save 15% with annual billing.

To take advantage of this special offer, simply go to www.ixactcontact.com/THEPROFITABLERECRUITER!

They’ve got an amazing support team and onboarding processes to help you get up and running quickly!

Got questions? We’re here to help! Contact us today! 

 

Business Planning for Brokers

Posted on by The Profitable Recruiter
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05 Nov

Getting a Jump on the Competition

With Real Estate Coach Judy LaDeur

It is NOT too early to start planning for a successful new year ahead.  In fact, some brokers I am working with have already gotten a jump on their competition.  Are you ready to talk about putting the pieces in place before your competitors do so that you can have an amazing finish to this year and a head start on your best year ever next year? Then don’t waste another  minute! Let’s dive in!

Here are the questions you should be asking yourself:

On Business Planning:

  • Do I have a mission statement?
  • What is my platform?
  • What is it that our company does really well?
  • What are my company objectives for 2022?
  • How much do I know about my competition?
  • Is it time to create or add new tools?
  • Have I recently evaluated my compelling reasons to join? Are they still compelling? Are they still unique?

On Removing the Barriers:

  • Am I using social media in my recruiting? Is it effective?
  • Am I using text messaging effectively?
  • Do I have a recruiting page on my website with testimonials and results?
  • What is the title on my business card? What does it say about me? What about my email signature?
  • What CRM am I using?
  • How is my time management and what can I delegate?

On the Value of Your Team

  • How much income do I receive per associate on the average?
  • What is my fixed annual overhead?
  • Divide annual fixed overhead by annual income per associates to determine how many agents to break even. (Include your salary in the overhead.)
  • Determine profit desired and add that amount in.
  • How many agents do I need to be profitable?

On Setting Your Goals

  • How many recruits for the year?
  • Divided by 12 for recruits hired monthly.
  • New verses experienced?
  • What will be the market share increase?
  • How many interviews for each one?
  • 2 experienced agents and 1 new per month is a great goal.
  • How many interviews in each category do I need?
  • What action steps/ activities will I do to generate the number of interviews needed?

Click here to download a copy of my Covenant Coaching Broker Business Plan. 

Is recruiting a challenge for you?  We can help.  Join The Profitable Recruiter and gain access to 7+ hours of audio training via downloadable links, powerful recruiting letters and notes, emails, social media tips, over 30 webinars for recruiting and retention, and opportunities to network with the best of the best. Take advantage of our special offer and save 50% on YOUR New Membership with Promo Code: 50OFF.

Not sure if this is the right thing for your company?  Watch this video on demand to learn why brokers across the country are making it their turn to way to stay positioned for recruiting success in today’s market — and putting the fun back into their recruiting.  (Which is way better than dread – right?) We’re taking the guesswork out of recruiting for brokers — and they are loving it.  We can do the same for you! Questions?  Email us today.  

 

Trial Offer for Recruiting CRM

Posted on by The Profitable Recruiter
15 Oct

We have been asked for years for a CRM recommendation for recruiters and managers. During this time of crisis – having a system in place to stay connected has never been more important. That’s why we negotiated a 60-Day Extended Free Trial with Ixact Recruiter for all of our Profitable Recruiter Members. Then just $99/mo. save 15% with annual billing. 

Here’s an overview:

To take advantage of this special offer, simply go to www.ixactcontact.com/THEPROFITABLERECRUITER!

They’ve got an amazing support team and onboarding processes to help you get up and running quickly!

Ready to dial up your recruiting, and position yourself to attract the agents you want sooner rather than later, join top brokers from around the nation who are members of www.TheProfitableRecruiter.com. You’ll get all the tools you need each month to position yourself as the broker to join when agents are ready to make a move. Fine tuning your skills this summer? All pro members get access to over SEVEN hours of training via downloadable links including interview skills, scripts, objection handlers, and more. PLUS, you’ll have access to entire libraries of recruiting letters and notes, emails, social media content, training webinars for recruiting and retention, and opportunities to network with the best of the best.

Join today and take advantage of our special summer offer of  50% off with the promo code 50OFF any pro membership.  That’s 50% off everything you need to be in the right place at the right time when the agents you want are ready to make a move!

 

Four Things Recruiter Should Do to Before October

Posted on by The Profitable Recruiter
03 Sep

To Put Your Recruiting Plan in Place

By Real Estate Recruiting Coach Judy LaDeur

Smart recruiters aren’t waiting for the new year or even for the “new normal” to settle in. They are building their lists and putting systems and solutions in place to make sure they are ready to help agents move sooner rather than later! With heavy learning curves and agents anxious to find an organization where they can feel supported with the right tools and training to thrive regardless of market conditions – the time to get in front of them is right now!

Here are the four things you must have in place before October!

  1. Get organized! Do you have your hit list in a database management program? Do you have categories set up to easily locate and communicate with your potential recruits? Are you talking to the right agents for your firm?  Many brokers just jump right in and start randomly calling agents, without a specific approach or plan of action. Use this time of the year when many agents are busy with the spring market and get organized.  Review the list of agents, and add some new agents to the list that you have not yet met or talked to. Here’s an article on creating your hit list.   Don’t look at agents as they are, but rather as they could be with your organization and under your leadership.  What are the compelling reasons for an agent to join your team? You should have 12-20 compelling reasons for an agent to join. Each of your systems or opportunities should also bring value to their career. Take this time to create a visual, showing results, for each compelling reason, to be used in the interview process.
  2. Communication: Communication is one of the most important elements of the interview process. It pre-sells the agent on the benefits of joining your team.  Your communication/ marketing consists of the following: email campaign, phone calls, social media interaction and comments, personal notes and personal interaction at REALTOR events, social events and open houses. Your communication is how you build the relationship.  Most agents require at least 3 phone calls, 3 marketing pieces, and some personal interaction before they make the decision to even meet with you. Take the time to create compelling marketing pieces to get their attention. January is the beginning of winter recruiting reason.  Start your marketing/communication now so that you are ready to recruit the agents that you want, then.
  3. Positioning: Once your marketing and communication is in place, the key is to stay constantly positioned, in a positive, no – pressure way.  Not every agent is ready to make a move, but someday they will decide it’s time for a change and you want to be the broker that they think of first.  Use occasional texts, emails, social media comments and phone calls every three months to stay positioned.  One of the best tools to stay positioned are the weekly motivational emails in The Profitable Recruiter marketing platform.  Each one is motivational and inspirational, which agents enjoy recruiting and reading. Not yet a member? Take advantage of our special offer to take 50% off before October 1st with promo code 50OFF. 
  4. The Ability to Discover and Convey Value: When you are face-to-face with a potential recruit, your job is simple.  Learn what it is that they want through asking the right questions, and then present what they want in a way that conveys value to them.  Your questioning process should last 20-30 minutes.  Dig really deep to uncover needs, wants, desires and those things which they do not like at their current company.  If you ask the right questions, they will tell you what they want. Once you know what they want, present only those systems and opportunities which they indicate an interest in.  Tell them what others have experienced when they joined your team. Results show and convey value, so testimonials are great too!

Is recruiting a challenge for you?  We can help.  Join The Profitable Recruiter and gain access to 7 hours of training via downloadable links including interview skills, scripts, objection handlers, and more. PLUS, you’ll have access to entire libraries of recruiting letters and notes, emails, social media content, training webinars for recruiting and retention, and opportunities to network with the best of the best. Join today and take advantage of our special 50% off with the promo code 50OFF any 6-month or annual membership.  

Best Practices & Strategies for Profitable Recruiters

Posted on by The Profitable Recruiter
25 Jun

We shared some of the best practices and strategies with Brokers and recruiters from all over the globe in this webinar on demand. It was a fun session, and we so appreciate those of you who stuck with us through some technical difficulties. We love technology — when it WORKS! We are thrilled to continuously bring new tools brokers and recruiters can use to identify, interview, and hire the best possible agents for their teams. Exciting things ahead! Stick with us — we’ll help you drive your recruiting efforts — and keep your attrition low, and your team thriving!

Please watch the webinar on demand here:

Want to learn more about building your dream team in less time and with fewer headaches?  Join The Profitable Recruiter and gain access to 7 hours of training via downloadable links including interview skills, scripts, objection handlers, and more. PLUS, you’ll have access to entire libraries of recruiting letters and notes, emails, social media content, training webinars for recruiting and retention, and opportunities to network with the best of the best. Join today and take advantage of our special 50% off with the promo code 50OFF.

Navigating the New Normal

Posted on by The Profitable Recruiter
28 Apr

by Judy LaDeur

There is a new normal; not just a new normal in real estate but an entirely new normal throughout the world.  It’s too early to know the full impact of the Corona-19 pandemic but we do know that life as we knew it will no longer exist. There will be changes, and some of those changes are good.

How has your company adapted to the Covid-19 situation and what changes has your company made? Which of those changes do you think will be permanent?

This is what we as an industry have learned:

  • Agents are more likely to show up for zoom training meetings than in person meetings
  • In times of crisis, they need to “see you, the Broker” even if it is through video or zoom meetings and feel your strong leadership
  • How you respond determines the success of your agents and the confidence of your clients
  • Open houses can be held virtually
  • Agents love Zoom Happy hours with their Broker and peers
  • Staying in touch with friends and family via Zoom calls is fun
  • We are survivors and have the ability to pivot instantly and emerge with a new business model
  • We learned to take the necessary steps to navigate new tech tools (which we needed to do anyway) and it definitely be better positioned for business
  • Agents are, for some the first time in a long while, working ON their business, not just IN it by putting systems like CRMs in place

The #1 thing that we have learned is that communication in all forms is the vital key to keep business moving forward.

Brokerages who are emerging as the winners all have these things in common:

  • They are supplying relevant information to their agents, clients, customers, and recruits on a consistent basis
  • They are staying positive, providing encouragement, and giving solid direction.
  • They have created “safe showing guidelines” and “safe listing guidelines” to give clients and customers the confidence to move forward with their home sell or home purchase decision
  • They have a “can do” attitude and it shows
  • They are willing to do what it takes, and they are doing it
  • They are providing powerful and ongoing training and resources for agents and recruits
  • They’ve got their CRM systems locked and loaded

Another thing that all of our leaders have in common is that they each of the leaders that we have talked to confirm that they are working harder than they have ever worked, but they are seeing results for their organizations and their agents.

We are not out of the woods yet, but we have a path to follow. Keep your compass handy, stay FOCUSED and FLEXIBLE.

We are here to help!

Profitable Recruiter Members – Your May tools are launched and ready for you! Login here. 

Looking for a simple system for staying top of mind AND motivating your agents and prospective agents? Try The Profitable Recruiter.  Take 50% off any membership with the promo code 50OFF.  When you join – you and up to 10 managers can access your account! Try it for a month and see what it can do for you. 

Best of 2019 Recruiting Strategies and Solutions

Posted on by The Profitable Recruiter
11 Dec

A Big Thank You to all who turned out for our annual wrap-up webinar where Coach Judy LaDeur and Julie Escobar share the top strategies from the year and look forward to the new year with predictions, ideas, and insights!

Watch on demand!

On our webinar, Judy references tips from many of this year’s past monthly webinars. Profitable Recruiter members – you’ll find more than 80 webinars on demand in your membership portal. Simply log in here and click on the webinars on demand tab!

Is recruiting a challenge for you?  We can help.  Join The Profitable Recruiter and you’ll get….

A powerful, results-producing, content-rich resource for brokers to both recruit the agents that will enhance their team, and help retain their current associates with a hands-on, high-touch, compelling combination of…

  • robust weekly email newsletters to send to your agents and recruits
  • a library of completely editable letters, emails, and agent touch-points
  • a cache of social media tips to make life a little easier
  • results-producing recruiting tips and tools that get results
  • solid action plan ideas to build momentum and keep it
  • professional coaching support from one of the top recruiting coaches in the business
  • empowering profitability keys for maximizing your business
  • monthly recruiting webinars with powerful coaching and implementation tools
  • quarterly guest speakers and trainers featuring top agents sharing their successful sales strategies
  • 7 HOURS of intensive recruiting training including scripts, dialogues, objection handlers and more
  • and so much more…

A premiere recruiting and retention product just for brokers and managers.

Join today and take advantage of our special 50% off with the promo code 50OFF any 6-month or annual membership.  

Recruit Agents With Video

Posted on by The Profitable Recruiter
01 Nov

A HUGE Thanks and shout out to Michael Krisa for sharing his video recruiting strategies with our members and guests! With powerful insights and how-to’s it was a jam-packed hour of information!  Watch it on demand below.

As Michael said, it’s time to get your recruiting ducks in a row! (Before January rolls around!)

If you’re interested in learning more about the kind of video strategies Michael teaches, you can reach him at michael@quickpageapp.com.

If you want to know more about his video email 14-Day free trial, visit: Quickpage.io/michael. 

Continue to learn how to be the master recruiting skills and be the broker to join in your market. If recruiting is a challenge for you, we can help. Join The Profitable Recruiter and gain access to 7+ hours of audio training via downloadable links, powerful recruiting letters and notes, emails, social media tips, over 30 webinars for recruiting and retention, and opportunities to network with the best of the best. Join today and take advantage of our special offer of 50% off with the promo code 50OFF any pro membership.  

Not sure if this is the right thing for your company?  Watch this video on demand to learn why brokers across the country are making it their turn to way to stay positioned for recruiting success in today’s market — and putting the fun back into their recruiting.  (Which is way better than dread – right?) We’re taking the guesswork out of recruiting for brokers — and they are loving it.  We can do the same for you! Questions?  Email us today.