- Disney Land is closed!
- Oh this must really suck for you guys.
- What are we gonna do?
(upbeat music)
- What is up? Trevor here,
Hollywood editor turned
full-time Realtor and YouTuber.
On this channel, I
teach real estate agents
and other entrepreneurs to grow
their business's with video.
So go ahead and hit that subscribe button
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And you do not want to miss my videos.
I'm telling you.
In this video I'm going to give you
eight things that you should be doing
right now to grow your business
during the zombie apocalypse.
- (Zombies Growl)
- So we're going to call it the
zombie apocalypse because
can't use the C word because YouTube
might demonetize me.
- Don't care.
- I was gonna make a video about
travel tips for going to Ireland,
but it seemed like a really bad time.
So that's gonna have to wait
even though this video is dropping on
St. Patrick's Day.
With the current zombie apocalypse,
more of us are going to be hurt
financially than physically.
Many people will lose their jobs.
Companies are gonna go under.
People in businesses will go bankrupt.
- It's gonna be peepee pants city
here real soon.
- Right now businesses are closing.
Shops are closing.
People are stuck at home not able
to go to work.
It is going to have a massive
financial impact on individuals
and on the economy.
- Oh you better be joking.
- As realtors, we need to be proactive
with our personal economies.
The world economy has already
taken a huge hit.
In the United States, the stock market
is a roller coaster.
The stock market is just, they say,
a graph of human emotions and it's
going up and down every single day.
We have to do everything we can
to make sure our personal economies
stay intact.
Which in turn is going to actually
help our country
and help the world.
Look it is not a selfish thing
to stay in business.
It is actually the best thing you can do
for yourself, and for your family.
If you're sitting at home curled up
in a ball binge watching the news,
eating ice cream, and
hoarding toilet paper,
you are not doing anybody any favors.
- Why would you be so selfish?
- Selfish?
- This zombie apocalypse will pass.
Probably sooner than you think.
And if you come out of it
without a business, you're going to become
a burden to society, a
society that needs you
to be strong and proactive right now.
The most selfless thing that you can do
right now, yes I said selfless,
is to stay in business.
Obviously, follow the CDC guidelines.
Do exactly what they say, but you
only need to spend like
five minutes a day on the CDC website.
You'll know where things stand.
You know what you should be doing.
Do that precisely, but
within those guidelines
there are a lot of things we can do
to help our personal economies,
the countries economy,
and the world economy.
- Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
- We had what is probably our
last open house in the
foreseeable future on Saturday.
My wife was very proactive.
She handed out sanitizer,
and wipes, and booties,
and gave people instructions
to not touch doorknobs.
The doors were all left open.
And she did that whole
social distancing thing.
However, it's probably a good idea to
halt open houses right now.
Also, door knocking, probably not smart.
In cold calling, you know me.
Cold calling blows.
Hey if it works for you that's great.
But not really my thing.
So what do you do?
Want you to think about one thing.
- What do you want?
- So what are you going to do about it?
Well the world is on lockdown.
I'm going to give you some suggestions
on what you should be doing with your time
to grow your business right now.
There is actually tremendous opportunity
right now, and you should be
taking advantage of it.
- Hot diggity dog!
- Number one, engage on social media.
And I don't mean jump on Facebook
and post stupid memes.
I mean jump on there with intent
for maybe a half hour to an hour a day,
and add value.
Go into community
groups. Answer questions.
You're professional. You know stuff.
Share your knowledge with other people,
and be a resource.
Number two, and this is
probably the biggest one.
Keep working. People are going to
be buying and selling houses
during this pandemic, and you need to be
the one there that is holding their hands,
helping them see through the fog,
and through the disinformation
that's all over the internet,
and help them make good solid decisions.
Not only are you helping people
with what is probably the biggest
financial decision of their life,
but every time you do a transaction,
something like 50 people
have jobs because of it.
Helping someone buy or sell a house
is a massive service to
not only the individual,
but to the economy.
And right now is a good time to
list and sell a house.
Right now there is really low inventory
across the country.
Interest rates are super low.
In fact rates are probably gonna go lower.
The Fed just cut the federal funds rates
to zero. They're also injecting
700 billion dollars into the economy
with quantitative easing.
That means that short term interest rates
like ARMs and credit cards are
going to be going lower.
And as the economy is really uncertain
right now, people are
kinda running scared.
So how does the stock market respond?
It kind goes down. When the stock market
goes down, tenure
treasuries go up in demand,
but the interest rates, return on
tenure treasuries goes
down, and mortgage rates
generally follow that.
So mortgage rates are
probably going to continue
to to decline.
You need to educate
your clients about that.
And help them see that now is probably
a really great time to buy a house,
or even refinance.
I don't know what the housing market
is gonna do.
I don't have a crystal ball.
Housing prices may continue to go up,
because even if we enter a recession,
housing prices don't
necessarily go down with it.
Who knows? But you need to be ready
no matter what.
If we do enter a recession,
and housing prices go down along with it,
then you need to be there
to help your clients.
If they're ready to buy, buy a house.
Take advantage.
Have them have cash on hand so they can
jump in. You'll have investors.
You can help them.
If housing prices continue to go up
you need to be there for
your clients as well.
There is always going to be business.
People will always buy and sell houses
no matter what is
happening in the economy.
Many agents are gonna bail.
87% of agents are out of
the business in three years.
Don't be that agent.
Be the agent that sees the opportunity.
Sees the chance to provide value and help
people and crush it during this
potential economic downturn.
- If there's a will there's a way.
- If you're the agent
that's going to crush it
during this time frame,
during this pandemic,
I want you to smash that
like button right down there.
Number three, and you knew
I was gonna say this one
Dude, create video content.
Batch create video content.
From the comfort of your home like
I'm doing right here.
People are sitting around waiting
for something to do.
It's on you to entertain,
inform, and inspire them.
And be a voice of reason during this time
when everyone else is freaking out.
You should probably make a video
offering your perspective
on what's happening
with the zombie apocalypse and how that's
impacting local real estate market.
I just released mine yesterday,
and it's getting a lot of traction
and a lot of feedback.
You can check out my video right there.
Feel free to RND it if you see
anything in there that you like.
Number four, engage with
your sphere using video.
I mean, send video text messages.
PM them on Facebook. DM videos to them
on Instagram, and offer value,
provide solutions, check on them.
You don't have to be all salesy.
Just let them know you are there for them
so they are thinking of you when they
are ready to buy or sell.
And maybe even just help someone out.
Just be a good human, and offer to give
service and value to people.
Number five, we get paid what we're worth.
So make yourself more valuable
by investing in yourself.
Take time on YouTube to
learn how to make videos.
Learn how to become a
better real estate agent.
Learn how to become a better salesperson.
Buy a course man. If
you're a real estate agent,
you want to level up your game.
The best course, the one
that's had the greatest
impact on my real estate business
is the one from Joshua Smith.
His mastery course.
I've got a link for it down below.
You should totally check it out.
What if you do want to start growing
your business with video.
What should you do if
you don't have any idea
where to start.
I've got a free webinar
at VideoSecretsWebinar.com
There's a link for it down there.
You should totally check it out.
I promise, if you watch that webinar,
it's about an hour long, and you implement
the stuff that I teach you in there,
You're gonna be ahead of 95% of agents
in your market, because
nobody's doing this stuff.
Check it out. VideoSecretsWebinar.com.
Yes I am pushing my
webinar during this time.
Because I know it will add value to you.
- If that ain't the coolest thing I've
ever heard in my life!
- Number six, work on your business.
Yes we work in our business.
We do transactions.
We do open houses. That's
working in your business,
but work on your business.
Get your systems and processes in place
so that you can become
a more efficient agent.
Possibly grow a team.
Do more transactions.
And that is going to help you when
all of this stuff blows over.
There's all those things
that you're putting off.
I know, I do it too.
You put these things
off that aren't as fun
as you know closing a deal, but if you
have those in place,
you're going to be able to
grow exponentially faster.
Number 7, create an online event.
Maybe a Facebook live, a YouTube live.
Create something of
value that your clients,
your potential clients, you prospects,
the people in your sphere,
can watch while they're sitting around
waiting for the chance to go back to work.
Nobody's doing that.
Be the person that is.
Number eight, look into
creating other streams
of revenue. I promise.
You are better at some things
than most people you know.
You can share that with
people, and monetize it.
One way is creating a YouTube channel
with affiliate links.
Another way is creating an online course.
People want to learn what you know.
Be creative, think outside the box,
and create something
that is recession proof.
This channel is monetized.
If you want to see how
many millions I make every month,
from the 4,700 subscribers
I have on this channel,
go ahead and post that
in the comments below.
You're gonna be blown away!
No you're not, you're
just gonna sad for me.
So go ahead and subscribe
so it becomes 4,701.
We have no idea how long
this zombie apocalypse
is going to last so you
need to be proactive,
and take action right now.
Start doing something right now so that
when this is over you come out
and you are still in
business making money.
And you are part of the solution
and not part of the problem.
I posted a quote on my Facebook feed
a week or two ago from Warren Buffett.
He said "Be greedy when others are fearful
and be fearful when others are greedy."
Right now everyone is fearful.
And I don't mean be greedy, but I mean
be proactive and do something that's going
to get your business to thrive right now,
and when this whole
zombie apocalypse is over.
Remember to check out my free webinar,
you got the time now, at
VideoSecretsWebinar.com.
Remember to subscribe
by hitting that button
right down there.
Smash that like button if
you love to kill zombies.
I cannot wait to see how you become
a better human and a better businessman
during this zombie apocalypse.
- Stay safe.
