Entrepreneurial Tips you'll learn today on The Sales Podcast... Founder of Verse.io Got into real estate after trying to become a movie producer His uncle was in real estate 2008 real estate crash crashed his dreams Got into a boutique real estate brokerage firm in San Diego and fell in love with the industry Always had an entrepreneurial spirit Had a team of agents Tried to feed his agents leads Learned how bad his agents were at following up with leads All agents were terrible at following up with leads   Related episodes and posts Chris Orlob is using AI to qualify your leads Use Qurious AI for your team to grow sales He and his brother started "My Agent Finder" Raised some money Grew to a nationwide market in 2015 Agents loved his leads He was great at qualifying and disqualifying leads, but they were a small portion of the leads their clients were getting Time kills deals." Clients started asking him to qualify their leads  Expanded into more industries Humans are humans Follow up is key This is an internet leads problem He used to meet leads by having them walk into his office! "Location! Location! Location!" He would shake their hands, look them in the eyes, and confirm they were good leads. Chris Orlob created Gong.io and AI to help you grow your sales. Leads now come in day and night, with all levels of interest, with fake info Time kills deals Use humans + AI to supercharge your lead flow 72% of homebuyers will work with the first agent they meet." Buyers aren't typically looking for an agent. They are less loyal. 40% of his leads were for homeowners looking to list their homes. There are 10-20x the number of real estate leads, but the same number of homes are being sold You must filter out your leads and disqualify them quickly The majority of leads are disqualified." With the right mix of humans plus AI you can get really good at lead qualification and lead disqualification Don't replace humans, make your salespeople more efficient You need to make 6-8 touches to follow up with a lead Convert inbound leads to qualified opportunities Sales Growth Tools Mentioned In The Sales Podcast Visit Verse to book a demo on how to convert more leads faster