Ep. 163: Creating Face-to-Face Communication from a Distance
b'People tend to communicate at their best when they are face-to-face.\\n\\nWe all know that meeting up with clients and leads helps us connect with people, understanding the communication that doesn\\u2019t even require words. \\n\\nBut it\\u2019s hard to have that face to face communication when you\\u2019re working in the second home market. \\n\\nWhat about when your ideal clients are thousands of miles away?\\n\\nOr what about times like right now, when the world is in a pandemic, and many people are self-quarantining? It\\u2019s hard to have those face-to-face connections! \\n\\nThere\\u2019s a way to overcome: video.\\n\\nWe\\u2019ve seen the rise of video in the industry, whether it be Zoom calls with tours of houses, or meeting up with clients via Facetime. \\n\\nBut that requires so much coordination: time zones, availability \\u2026 so many things to juggle! \\n\\nThere\\u2019s where services like Bomb Bomb are so valuable. You can create short, on deman videos that create those personal connections, whether you\\u2019re a brokerage owner looking to recruit new agents, or an agent connecting your clients with their dream home.\\n\\nThis week on the Selling the Dream podcast, I\\u2019m interviewing Ethan Beute, author of Rehumanize Your Business. He\\u2019s also here to talk about Bomb Bomb: one of my favorite new tools to connect with clients. \\n\\nThinking about how you can continue to connect with people and develop relationships during the Coronavirus pandemic? Make sure you listen to this week\\u2019s episode of the Selling the Dream podcast. \\n\\nBefore we dive in: start your new year with an amazing network of the best second home agents. Make sure that you create your free profile on the Second Home Agents website? Go over and get started: it\\u2019s FREE to join. Click here to register, fill out your profile and get listed today.\\n\\nHighlights of this episode:\\n\\n\\nTom introduces Ethan Beute. \\n\\n\\nIt\\u2019s surprisingly easy to have human contact, even from thousands of miles away: you can use video!\\n\\n\\nYou lose a lot of humanization in text, but eye contact brings it back! That is why video is so important. You can see what a person is trying to convey even in non-verbal communication.\\n\\n\\nDon\\u2019t forget how humans were made to connect: face to face. \\n\\n\\nIt\\u2019s up to you to create those connections: you can do that through simple videos through a service like Bomb Bomb!\\n\\n\\nThis isn\\u2019t just about creating fancy YouTube videos: it\\u2019s the personal connections. \\n\\n\\nIt\\u2019s not marketing through video; it\\u2019s about relationships through video.\\n\\n\\nWhen you connect differently, you\\u2019ll stand out! Your video will stand out in a sea of emails!'