{"id":5336,"date":"2021-11-24T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brkdev.wpengine.com\/?p=5336"},"modified":"2021-11-24T19:51:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T19:51:51","slug":"november-2021-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getbrokerkit.com\/home\/november-2021-update\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2021 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5336\" class=\"elementor elementor-5336\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fc659a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fc659a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f3eba4\" data-id=\"1f3eba4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83e9498 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"83e9498\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stockvault-big-data-analytics196879-1024x597.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5365\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stockvault-big-data-analytics196879-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stockvault-big-data-analytics196879-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stockvault-big-data-analytics196879-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stockvault-big-data-analytics196879-1536x895.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stockvault-big-data-analytics196879-2048x1193.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e623cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e623cf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46b1f66\" data-id=\"46b1f66\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0276e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0276e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Please review some best practices as well as a list of updates that we have implemented since our last product update. All of these updates are live in our system now.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f5a104 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f5a104\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40fd681\" data-id=\"40fd681\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a4ad28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a4ad28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recent Product Updates: New Campaigns!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9dbdbd3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9dbdbd3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3017efb\" data-id=\"3017efb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da1e02e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da1e02e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>We have recently <b>updated<\/b> several campaign <b>templates<\/b> in the campaign library:<ul><li>Updated versions of the Recruiting: General Agent Follow Up and Recruiting: Landing Page Submissions including <b>additional steps<\/b> and even <b>call <\/b><i>and<\/i><b> messaging scripts!<\/b><\/li><li>A seasonal Happy Thanksgiving campaign for leads and team members<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Improved <b>&#8220;select all&#8221;<\/b> functionality when performing bulk actions where you can now select all on a page or the full result set and the records will stay selected after a bulk action so you can trigger additional bulk actions on the same records<\/li><li>We also now offer a managed data import service to <b>assist<\/b> users with <b>importing data<\/b><ul><li><b>\u00a0<\/b>Email us at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:help@getbrokerkit.com\">help@getbrokerkit.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to find out more<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>We developed a service for large brokerages to import data their Brokerkit into their data warehouse on a scheduled basis across all of their accounts in an organization for analysis with their internal reporting tools<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-abdec96 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"abdec96\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52de4ce\" data-id=\"52de4ce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-003859f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"003859f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quick Tips:  How to recruit and retain real estate agents<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb42432 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bb42432\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"520\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stockvault-generating-ideas-creativity-and-imagination-process-concept237274-scaled-e1634934662891-1024x520.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5364 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stockvault-generating-ideas-creativity-and-imagination-process-concept237274-scaled-e1634934662891-1024x520.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stockvault-generating-ideas-creativity-and-imagination-process-concept237274-scaled-e1634934662891-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stockvault-generating-ideas-creativity-and-imagination-process-concept237274-scaled-e1634934662891-768x390.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stockvault-generating-ideas-creativity-and-imagination-process-concept237274-scaled-e1634934662891-1536x780.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stockvault-generating-ideas-creativity-and-imagination-process-concept237274-scaled-e1634934662891-2048x1040.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/520;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b61e4f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b61e4f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e25d059\" data-id=\"e25d059\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b13212 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b13212\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6><span style=\"color: #2a3139;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28.8px;\">The 4 \u201cR\u2019s\u201d of recruiting<\/span><\/span><\/h6><ul><li><span style=\"color: #4d5968; font-size: 1.8rem;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Recruit<\/b><\/span> \u2014 How do you convince new agents that your brokerage is the best to join?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #4d5968; font-size: 1.8rem;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Ramp<\/b><\/span> \u2014 How do you keep new agents motivated and empower them to sell?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #4d5968; font-size: 1.8rem;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Reward<\/b><\/span> \u2014 How do you encourage agents to build their own teams, and reward them?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #4d5968; font-size: 1.8rem;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Retain<\/b><\/span> \u2014 How do you keep the agents you have?<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5c6496 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b5c6496\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><u>Recruiting: Always be recruiting<\/u><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76f1831 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76f1831\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Where is the best place to look for real estate talent?<\/span><\/h6><ul><li>Agents on the other side of transactions<\/li><li>Nurses, school teachers, those in nurturing positions that are underpaid for the work they do<\/li><li>Underperforming agents with less than 10 transactions per year<\/li><li>Over-performing agents with more than 20 transactions per month with no teams or system<\/li><\/ul><h6><span style=\"font-size: 28.8px; color: #000000;\">Identify four key pillars of real estate recruiting<\/span><\/h6><h6><span style=\"color: #4d5968; font-size: 1.8rem; font-weight: 400;\">Identify four channels your recruits will come from and treat each one like it\u2019s the <\/span><i style=\"color: #4d5968; font-size: 1.8rem; font-weight: 400;\"><b>only<\/b><\/i><span style=\"color: #4d5968; font-size: 1.8rem; font-weight: 400;\"> channel you\u2019re using. This will help guarantee you hit your recruiting goal, since you might fall short in a few channels, but together they surpass your original goal.<\/span><\/h6><ul><li>Cold calling or prospecting<\/li><li>Existing agents<\/li><li>Open houses<\/li><li>Job boards<\/li><\/ul><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Identify your competitive advantage<\/span><\/h6><p><span style=\"color: #2a3139;\">When you meet with an agent to recruit for your brokerage, what is it <b><i>you<\/i><\/b> have that other brokerages don\u2019t have?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #2a3139;\">Identify that benefit and learn how to <b>communicate<\/b> that better than the rest.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13017d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13017d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Verified Texting &amp; Calling:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94789ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"94789ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shutterstock_1493593859-1024x535.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3581 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shutterstock_1493593859-1024x535.png 1024w, https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shutterstock_1493593859-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shutterstock_1493593859-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/bkprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shutterstock_1493593859.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/535;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-603ec64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"603ec64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span style=\"color: #4d5968;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><ul><li><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem;\">As part of an industry-wide effort, we are working with <b>telecommunication<\/b> carriers to implement the new <b>standards<\/b> for verified texting and calling.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem;\">Verified calling and texting are a response to the surge in robocalls and texts and will make sure your messages and calls seem <b>authentic<\/b> and reduce the chances of telco carrier filtering, which will be increasing as the standards get adopted.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem;\">We have built verified calling and have been reaching out to accounts with heavy call and texting volume directly to turn on the feature and get everyone <b>implemented<\/b> individually.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem;\">Email our Customer Success team <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.8rem; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"mailto:help@getbrokerkit.com\"><b>here<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem;\"> with any questions<\/span><\/li><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3949420 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3949420\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recent Bug fixes:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6b8efa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6b8efa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>We addressed a minor issue when using the <b>Reports<\/b> section to view <b>Joined<\/b> agents\u00a0<\/li><li>The <b>Reassign<\/b> button is now displayed for the Agent\/Affiliate role when part of an <b>Organization<\/b><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem;\">We also addressed an issue where s<\/span>tep two of a <b>smart campaign<\/b> wouldn&#8217;t trigger as expected<\/li><li>We also continue to make regular updates to maximize security across the site<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please review some best practices as well as a list of updates that we have implemented since our last product update. 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