COFFEE & CONTRACTS BLOG
Stay up to date on the latest and greatest information on how to grow your business in real estate – through social media and beyond.
Scheduling in Facebook Creator Studio
We recommend using Facebook Creator Studio to schedule your social media posts. Or, you can post them on the fly. Whatever works best for you.
Jamie & Kasie’s Corner
Jamie Tulak is a real estate agent selling Raleigh, North Carolina. Kasie Gray is a real estate agent selling Ukiah, California. What do these real estate ladies have in common? They are both experts at social media marketing for their business. And, they love to...
Quarter 4 Branding Shoot
Quarter 4 is approaching which means 2020 is almost over (phew!) Get ready for this quarter and make it the best for your marketing by scheduling a photoshoot. All you've got to do is call a local photographer, or ask a friend for a favor. We've laid the rest out for...
Video Scripts: Simply Selling Process
Sell Your Home in 4 Easy Steps: Step One — Prepare It “If, after hours of thinking, wrestling, and making copious pro/con lists, you’ve decided to put your home on the market, first of all, congratulations! Deciding to sell is often the hardest part. ...
September Memes
New hilarious meme templates, courtesy of The Broke Agent! Tag us in your posts @thebrokeagent and @coffeecontracts to be featured on our pages! Instructions You must be on the Canva website on a desktop to use these, not the phone or computer app. 1. Click all of the...
Canva FAQ
While Canva will continue to try to upsell you on Canva pro, the free version is forever. We promise, you will never have to upgrade to Canva pro unless you want to. Reason #2373 we love Canva: It automatically saves your design. As you edit your design, check the...
August Memes
New hilarious meme templates, courtesy of The Broke Agent! Tag us in your posts @thebrokeagent and @coffeecontracts to be featured on our pages! Instructions You must be on the Canva website on a desktop to use these, not the phone or computer app. 1. Click all three...
Teacher Pop-Bys or Virtual Gift Card
DISCLAIMER: USE THESE AT YOUR OWN RISK. POSTING THE GIFT CARD BARCODE ON YOUR PUBLIC PROFILES MAY LIKELY RESULT IN PEOPLE YOU DON'T INTEND TO USE THE BARCODE. With school coming back in session, it's a great time to show our teachers some love. We've created some...
Video Script: New Construction
New Construction 1: Deciding on New Construction Hey everyone! This month I'm going to be touching on building a new construction home, rather than purchasing a pre-owned home. I have also created a free New Construction Guide download that I'd love to send to you....
Why is Branding Yourself Important as a Real Estate Agent?
Having a clean, cohesive feed can really make you stand out against your competition. When someone is searching for a real estate agent under the hashtag, #chicagorealtor or #tamparealtor, you want your posts to consistently stand out and be what they click on....
Kasie’s Printables
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Kasie’s Social Posts
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Jamie’s Prep Home For Sale Guide
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Video Script: Mortgage Mondays
1. Mortgage Mondays: How long is a pre-approval good for? Getting pre-approved by a reputable lender is an important step if you’re on the hunt for a new home. But just when in the home-buying process should you get pre-approved? And if your house hunting takes...
July Memes
Tag us in your posts @thebrokeagent and @coffeecontracts to be featured on our pages! Instructions Please remember you must be on the Canva website on a desktop to use these, not the phone or computer app. 1. Click all three off the buttons to download the templates...
New Transparent Logos & Branding Kits
The moment we have all been waiting for is finally here – customizable logos with transparent backgrounds! It's important for your logo to be saved as two copies: a black copy and a white copy, both as a .png file with a transparent background. This way, you can add...
Coffee & Conversations: Kasie and Jamie’s Top 10 Instagram Tips
Missed out on Kasie and Jamie's Live in the Facebook Group? Don't worry! You can still watch it here, or check out these cliff notes. Have a consistent feed Your feed is the layout of your instagram, when someone views your profile. Kasie does a photo of...
Branding Photos for July Content
Each month we will be announcing some of the upcoming topics for our social media posts a couple weeks in advance so that you can take some photos to go with the captions we provide. As we all know, personal photos of you will always get the most engagement and look...
Video Script: What Determines the Price of your Home?
So you’re scrolling through new listings, and you see a handful of homes that just might work. They’re in your first-choice neighborhood, have the bed-bath count you’re looking for, and a grassy yard perfect for your little ones to play in — both your kiddos and...
June Memes
GRAPHICS Download the graphics as they are, or click Open in Canva to download all into your Canva account. From there, you can download them as is or customize to fit your brand.Having trouble? Click the "?" button on the bottom right-hand corner for FAQs. Style 1...
Stevie Hahn: Building Relationships & Networking through Instagram
If you haven't already connected with her on Instagram, we'd like to introduce you to our featured agent this week: Stevie Hahn! Stevie has been in real estate for 5 years and sells Jacksonville, Florida. She has been featured on HGTV's Beachfront Bargain Hunt...
Branding Photos for June Content
Starting this month, we will be announcing some of the upcoming topics for our social media posts a couple weeks in advance, so that you guys can take some photos! As we all know, personal photos of you will always get the most engagement and look the best. So, we...
Danielle Seifert: Leading Central Iowa’s #1 Real Estate Team
Meet Danielle Seifert, the rockstar real estate agent taking over Central Iowa! Danielle has over 17 years of experience in real estate, and leads a team of 8 agents. Danielle is the go-to agent in her area and specializes in new construction projects. Danielle and...
How to Buy your Real Estate Sphere a Coffee from Starbucks – on Instagram
DISCLAIMER: USE THESE AT YOUR OWN RISK. POSTING THE GIFT CARD BARCODE ON YOUR PUBLIC PROFILES MAY LIKELY RESULT IN PEOPLE YOU DON'T INTEND TO USE THE BARCODE. Use these templates to send as a virtual gift to your clients or your sphere - or even post to social media!...
Megan Dickson: Starting a Career in Real Estate and Building your Brand on Social Media
Meet our featured agent of the week, Megan Dickson in Melbourne, Florida! Megan went from a career in the insurance industry to one of Brevard County's top Real Estate Agents. Today she is giving us all of her advice to starting a career in real estate and building a...
How to Blog to Build Your Real Estate Business
We’ve talked before about why you need a business blog, but let’s walk through the process of creating your blog and using it to gain followers and drive clients to your business. The term blog comes from “web log” and that is what a blog is– it’s a log of information...
Lindsey Elliott’s Advice to New Real Estate Agents
Meet Lindsey Elliott, our Agent of the Week! Lindsey is killing it both on social media and off. She sells Monmouth, Ocean, & Middlesex Counties in New Jersey. You may recognize her from this photo, used in an All Things Real Estate ad! View this post on Instagram...
How to Use the Coffee & Contracts Branding Kits
• If you do not have Canva Pro ($12.95/mo) you will not be able to save your logos with a transparent background. You may want to consider doing the free 30-day trial and saving all the logos you will ever need with a transparent background. However, you do not NEED...
Instagram for Real Estate Agents: Should You Have Two Separate Accounts?
One of the most frequently asked questions I receive is, "should I have one Instagram for my personal life and my real estate business, or should I have two separate accounts: one for personal, and one for real estate?" Disclaimer: This has nothing to do with the...
Canva Tutorials & FAQ
Please note that you will never to need to upgrade to the paid version of Canva unless you want to, it's free forever and all of our templates work with the free version. Some important notes about Canva... Your designs will automatically be saved into your Canva...
How to Create A Unique Email Signature
Leave a lasting impression by spicing up your email signature with something professional, clean and stylish. As a real estate professional, it's important to include links to all of the great resources your website can provide to your clients. Plus, adding links to...
Loida Velasquez Talks Getting Started Creating Video Content
If you've ever searched for real estate tips, scripts or advice on YouTube then you are most definitely familiar with Loida Velasquez, our #AgentSpotlight this week! Loida is a Southern California based marketing-savvy agent who not only inspires and educates...
Instagram Story Video Highlights
INSTAGRAM STORY INTRODUCTIONS When someone is creeping on your Real Estate Instagram page, you want to make the best first impression. Especially if they are a potential lead or referral source! The first thing they see? Your Instagram Story Highlights. Your Instagram...
How to Create a Free Landing Page with Mailchimp
Landing pages are such a simple and effective way to grow your email list and generate new leads. Using Mailchimp, you can create a landing page for free. And today, we are going to show you how to do this – Coffee & Contracts style! Let's backtrack for a second,...
Tricia Tumlinson on Growing your Instagram Tribe
Meet our Agent of the Week, Tricia Tumlinson selling Austin, Texas! View this post on Instagram Happy St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #AustinRealtors, don’t rely on luck to grow your real estate business in these uncertain times! With 80 homes sold last year...
Erica Richmond on Staying Consistent on Social Media
If you are looking for daily inspiration in your real estate business, you need to give Erica Richmond a follow on social media! Erica sells Nashville, Tennessee and is an expert not only in real estate but with her social media strategy. View this post on Instagram A...
Kasie Gray Talks Building Relationships through Instagram
Each week, Coffee & Contracts will be featuring the top real estate agents crushing it on social media. First up, we'd like you to meet Kasie Gray, a real estate agent selling Ukiah, California! View this post on Instagram After weeks of these sitting on the...
Why You Need to Market Yourself to Other Agents
You may think of other real estate agents as the competition. It's true, you are competing for clients and listings, but when you are working with another agent on a transaction, you become a strange sort of team...competitors with a common goal: close the deal to...
8 Ways to Expand Your Sphere of Influence
Your Sphere of Influence, or SOI, is your most important referral source for new business. These are the people who know you or know of you. Your SOI is also your most cost-efficient audience to market to– you shouldn’t have to spend much money to grow the circle of...
You Got Your Real Estate License! What Now?
Congratulations! After weeks or months of preparation, you are officially a licensed Real Estate Agent! But where do you go from here? How do you get the word out, find clients, and make some money? You learn a lot in real estate school, but you don’t learn much about...