The Spiro Podcast: Managing your Real Estate Photography & Videography Business

Introduction to Coaching Techniques

Todd shares an introduction to coaching techniques for you to start implementing in the leadership of your team. Connecting with the people on your team in a real, human level can pay dividends...not just literally, but also in the relationships you have with your employees and contractors.
Chapter Timestamps:
0:00 Episode Open
01:43 Coaching Techniques Intro
03:17 Spiro Academy Info
05:34 Spiro Updates
07:31 Main Topic: Coaching Techniques

Time Management and Tracking

We know...it's not a particularly gripping topic to discuss, but it IS critical to master. What is it? Managing your time. And what is one of the most effective ways to do so? Tracking your time. Todd and Craig discuss the time tracking method to helping you become more efficient, and ultimately more effective in running your real estate media business.
Also, Craig is giving away another book on leadership. This week's book giveaway is "Impact: Releasing the Power of Influence" by Scott Wilson. Be the third person to message us in the Spiro Pink Chat Bubble in your Spiro Interface with a business question you have that you'd like to see talked about on the podcast, and the book is yours! Congrats to Gregory W. in California on winning last week's book by John Maxwell!
Chapter Timestamps:
0:00 Episode Open
02:48 Spiro Updates
05:42 Spiro Summit Discussion
08:54 Answering a Listener Question
16:26 Leadership Book Giveaway
19:03 Time Management & Tracking
50:59 Episode Wrap-up

Mistakes Happen: Building Stronger Client Relationships

The title of this episode is pretty self-explanatory. While we always aim to serve others in our businesses with consistency and excellence, mistakes/human errors DO happen. So, when you DO make a mistake with a client, how do you handle it? You can you turn a potentially bad situation, into something redeemable. Craig shares a failure on his part, and he and Todd talk through how it was addressed and maintained the client relationship.
Chapter Timestamps:
0:00 Episode Open
02:40 Spiro Updates
06:31 Business Leadership Book Giveaway
09:40 How to Handle Mistakes with your Clients
48:04 Episode Wrap-up

Covering Your Assets

What is your most valuable asset in your real estate media business? If you're an owner that has anyone shooting for you besides yourself, we'd propose that your photographers are that "most valuable asset", so we believe it's critical that you...cover your assets! Listen in for tips from Todd & Craig on how to truly care for the humans that are helping you serve your clients and grow your business! It's worth the effort to invest in your people!
Chapter Timestamps:
00:00 Episode Introduction
01:56 Time Tracking - The Why
09:51 Spiro Updates / Spiro Academy
12:01 Covering Your Assets
50:30 - Episode Close

Owner Spotlight Series: Tyler Graham - Weston Media

An awesome attitude in life goes a long way in not just your personal life, but also in your business. Todd and Craig welcome special guest, Tyler Graham, owner of Weston Media, and a REPP 2024 Panel Speaker. Tyler shares his beginnings as a Real Estate Media Photographer and business owner in the Myrtle Beach, SC market, and how he grew at the rate that he did. He makes growth look easy...but is it?
Tyler's Instagram: @ItsTylerGraham
Chapter Timestamps:
0:00 Episode Open
02:47 Spiro Updates
06:27 How to Upvote Spiro Features
07:54 Owner Spotlight: Tyler Graham
50:29 Episode wrap-up

2025 1st Quarter Forecast - Shannon Landers

Vice President of Product at Spiro, Shannon Landers, joins Todd & Craig to discuss our 1st Quarter 2025 Forecast of what the Real Estate Market will look like (primarily in the U.S.). Todd shares the latest updates for the Spiro Software platform, and we get rolling with a new year. Thank you for joining us for the Spiro Podcast!
Chapter Timestamps:
0:00 Episode Open
03:10 Spiro Updates
06:00 First Quarter Forecast Introduction
07:07 Shannon Landers Introduction
09:21 Why are Metrics Important?
54:37 Episode wrap-up

Scott Golmic: How to Grow from 0 to 20K in a Month

REPP 2024 Panel Speaker Scott Golmic, owner of The Real Estateographers joins Todd & Craig on this episode to talk a bit about his topic he presented at the REPP 2024 conference: Growing from 0 to 20K a Month in a new to him market. Scott talks about what not to worry about in starting and growing your business, traps he fell into and how to avoid them, and how to best audit and prioritize your time as an owner.
Interested in the book mentioned in this episode? Check out: "How Teens Win" by Jon Acuff: https://a.co/d/7EX4oHV
(Amazon nor Jon Acuff is a sponsor of this podcast).
Want to connect with Scott? Catch him on Instagram at: @TheRealEstateographers and @ScottGolmic

Busienss Continuity: Do You Have a Plan? Special Guest: Assaf Lowenstein

Business continuity is a topic that we haven't covered before, and we have a feeling not a lot of people immediately think about. What happens to your business if disaster strikes, and you are not around? Or incapacitated somehow? How do you continue to serve your clients and communicate to them what may be happening? Todd and Craig welcome Assaf Lowenstein, owner of Builds n' Lenses Media to discuss this critically important topic!
Questions for Assaf? Catch him on Youtube at:  @Buildsnlensesmedia  and on Instagram at: @Buildsnlensesmedia