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This week, I'm going to break down and highlight a huge mistake, a fatal flaw, if you will, in your social media marketing. Most agents on social media have something backwards. You're putting stuff in the wrong place that is just backwards. And I'm going to explain exactly what I mean by that and what you should be doing instead. I'll show you how to fix it. Let's go.
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What is up, guys? Welcome to episode 410 of the Massive Agent Podcast. I am your host, Dustin Brome, here in Salt Lake City, Utah, the most beautiful city on the planet. Don't even try to tell me it's not, because it is. Have I been to every city on the planet? No. But of the ones I've been to, Salt Lake's pretty awesome. Anyways, anyways, welcome to the show. Welcome to the podcast. I've. Now I'm up to something, okay? But before I break down, I'm kind of going off the cuff today, for better or worse, right? So forgive me if you don't appreciate the flow of this podcast, but damn it, it's going to be raw, it's going to be real, and it's going to be. It's going to be freaking helpful. Before I break down this fatal flaw that agents make on social media and what to do instead. How's that for a hook? Before I break that down, I'm up to something. I'm. I am working on a small little group. I'm putting a small group together. 2026 is just around the corner. It's. 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Go get the details over@massiveagentsociety.com jump I'm calling this the Jump Start Jumpstart 2026 Jumpstart 2026 program and for less than the cost of a Zillow lead you can have. Well go to the link massiveagentsociety.com jump and see what this is all about. If you're serious about making 2026 your year and you want my help personally to set the foundation and to do it, go to massive agentsociety.com jump there's not room for everybody, I'll tell you that much. So when you hear this, go over and check it out, click play on the video and I'll explain. Okay. And here in a few days. Actually, no, it's not in a few days. On November 13th I'm going to be in Vegas for my last live speaking event of the year. I'm going to be at the Elevate event at the Bellagio. I'm going to be speaking with Neil Dingra and Chelsea Pites and Jen Gottlieb and Shivani Peterson and Arjun Dhingra. And I know I'm missing people, damn it, I know I'm missing people. But this event is stacked. It is a one day event. It is worth traveling to. Get your butt to Vegas. November 13th at the Bellagio. Go to vegas.fairway elevate.com I'm just making sure that I have the link right so I'm not sending you on a wild goose chase. Vegas.fairway elevate.com and throw in promo code Dustin VIP to get a massive freaking discount. A very generous discount that I can't believe that they did actually. I can't believe that. Why is my screen so bright? I told you this might go off the rails today because I'm, I'm going off the cuff here. No script, no notes, no outline, just a topic. So hope to see you in Vegas. If you're anywhere near Vegas, get there on November 13th. Hope to meet you, get your the amount of value that you will get from this one day Elevate conference and for how much it costs, it's insane. I mean, you, you. I'm about to go to my company's Rise event this, this next week. It's like fifteen hundred dollars for a ticket. I mean you can get discounted tickets if you buy them earlier. But like retail is like 1500. You go to Inman, 1500, 2000, whatever. Like it's ridiculous. Elevate fraction, fraction of that and then use discount code. Dustin. Vip. Okay, here's where agents are screwing up. And I see this all the time. And you're putting, you're posting content in the wrong place. Here's what I mean by that. And now I'm going to be speaking more about Instagram than, than anything else. But this absolutely applies to Facebook and It applies to TikTok. It applies everywhere. Okay. There are different tools that social media networks have. Okay, there's, there's posting in the feed, there's stories there. Facebook has groups and you know, everything like that. But if you're putting, if you're putting content in the wrong place, then it's, it's, it's not working. It's not working at all. And so I see agents all the time who are putting, they are posting things in their stories that should be a feed post. And I'm seeing agents post stuff as a feed post that should be a story. And, and those same agents are frustrated and they're like, feel like you're spinning your wheels on social. You're never getting any business from it. You're never having any conversations happen. And it feels like you're just speaking into a black hole and you're not getting a response. You've got to get, you got to put content in the right place. So let me break this down for you. If you are putting personal behind the scenes, like family life, personal life stuff as feed posts, it's in the wrong place that belongs in your stories. I'll explain here in a second. If you are putting a ton of business stuff in your stories, I'm not saying you should never, but if you are, if you were out showing houses and you're showing the living room and then the next house and the next house and open houses and it is all business stuff in your stories, it's in the wrong place. Some of that should be maybe repackaged a little bit, but put into your it. But it should be a feed post instead. You've got to understand how these different levers work, especially on Instagram and TikTok and Facebook. The way feed posts and stories work are very different. What you post in the feed, especially if it's short form vertical video, AKA a reel. When you post a short form vertical video, a TikTok, a real, the algorithm shows it to some of your followers, but it also suggests it to non followers. It also puts that content in front of people who do not follow you yet. So if you are showing your kids soccer game and you post it as an Instagram story, or you're hunting, or you're like you're at the grocery store and you saw something funny and you post it as a, as a post, if that gets into someone's feed and they don't know who you are, what do they care about your kids soccer game? You know what I mean? The people who care are the people who already know you. So to get in front of the people who already know you exclusively, you post in your stories feet. What you post in the feed should be meant for, yes, people that follow you, but also those that don't know you yet. So it should be more targeted for your ideal audience. It should have a good hook. It should deliver something of value. Maybe it's educational, interesting, maybe it's funny, maybe it's a combination of those things. But the behind the scenes of your life, the Halloween party you went to, your kids trunk, or treating you working on. Working. Working on your garden. I was trying to say working and gardening. You working on the garden as a feed post. That's not it. Because non followers will see it and they also won't care. That's not the stuff that belongs in the feedback. Your stories are only watched by those who already follow you, the people who already know you. So the, the type of content that you put in your stories should be to deepen the personal connection, to let people who already know you, they've already clicked follow, lets them see behind the scenes into your life, lets them see who you are as a person, what you like doing, what your family life is like, what you do when you're not working. Maybe some interesting stuff about what you do for work, of course, but that's what goes in your stories. So just audit yourself. Are you putting stuff in the right place? I see agents all the time that you're just trying to check a box like, okay, Dustin says I need to post and I should do it as often as possible. So. And then you post something and you're just putting it in the wrong place. Now look, if that's you, if I'm describing you, kudos for doing something, at least you're doing something. I mean a lot of agents do nothing. Because the confused mind stands still. The confused mind just sits there like a deer in the headlights, like, well, I don't know everything and I can't be perfect, so I'll do nothing. That is the wrong answer, by the way. So. But if you're going to do something, let's give it a little more thought and put stuff in the right place. So stuff the behind the scenes, personal life, random thoughts, memes that you find funny, stuff like that, that belongs in your story. Because in your stories the people who already clicked follow. That's what they're going to see. The stories should be to further the connection. The feed posts should be to grab people and bring them into your, into your audience, bring them into your tent, so to speak. Get them to follow you. And of course the people that follow you, it should still be relevant for them too. It's not like feed posts aren't only exclusively goes to non followers. Unless you do a trial reel on Instagram, which is another topic. Actually, it's a topic for now. I. Okay, if you want to post exclusively to people who don't follow you and not have any followers see it in Instagram, you can post a trial reel. You just have to click a little button on the like as you're posting, you're getting the post set up, there's a little trial reels button and you just boop. Not every Instagram user has this feature yet. So if you don't have trial reels, I'm sorry, that sucks. No, I don't have a connection at Instagram to fix it. I'm still waiting for the Facebook professional profile, which I still don't have the ability to do, which is really annoying. But trial reels is, it's like for trying out content to see how it's going to be received by non followers. And you can use trial reels. I rarely use it. I just don't think it works that well. I've tried it. I mean it's, it's okay. But I'd rather have my content do well by being seen by followers first. People who know me first and are expecting the certain type of content that I do and the style of content that I do and then get shown to non followers. That's, that's my person. I mean that's my personal opinion. But I've tested this. I put a bunch of content in trial reels. I've done a bunch of stuff in the regular feedback. Test it out, try it out. My whole point being there is a Tool to exclusively reach people who don't follow you with a feed post. Stories are completely the opposite. That's for. That's only for your followers. So once you get people to follow you, you want them to connect with you personally. If you've ever seen me talk live in person, and you've seen my how to get clients from social, even if you suck talk, this is what I highlight. The difference between the feed posts and stories and what you should put in each. And I'm giving you a little crash course today. I'm, you know, oversimplifying and speeding it up. But the key here is you get people to follow you. You get people to. To notice your stuff and they want more of it. So they click follow and they get into your network, right? They get into your. Your tent. Then in stories, you start letting people see who you are, let. Letting them see your personality more behind the scenes. Family life. What you did this weekend. Oh, you just went to see Tron for the third time like I did. I just saw Tron Aries for the third time. What a masterpiece. What? What a masterpiece. And if you saw my stories, you would know that I'm obsessed with Tron and Tron Aries, the neutron movie. So yeah, I just saw it the other day for the third time with my kids. It's their. Their second time, my third. Anyways, the stories are a crazy powerful tool to let people get to know you better. As long as you show what's going on in your life and you do it in an interesting way and you just have fun with it. The people who follow you for business content or to learn about real estate stuff or to learn more about the local area, they'll start to connect with you personally and remember you and like you more when they start to see who you are as a person and what's going on behind the scenes. So feed posts are meant for your ideal audience, and then you post for them. Your stories are meant for the people who already follow you and just let them see the real you. Let them see behind the scenes. It's like a reality show that your store think of your stories as like a reality show behind the scenes of your life, who you are as a person, what your personality is like. Because if you get them to follow you and then through your stories, you get them to connect with you at a personal level, they remember you, they like you, and they'll refer you and they'll. And when their timing is right, they'll probably remember you and hopefully hire you as a Buyer, buyer's agent or listing agent. So there you go. On Instagram, on TikTok, on Facebook. Make sure that when you're posting things that you put it in the right place. So just think about it through that lens. Is this something that strangers would care about? If not. If it's only some. If it's. If you want to post something and you ask that question and the answer is no, strangers wouldn't give a shit. Okay. Would the people who already know me care about this? Would they find this interesting? If the answer is yes, put it in your stories. I think that'll help a lot. That's gonna, that's gonna change the game for a lot of you because when, unfortunately, when you put the wrong stuff in the wrong place and you're putting story content as feed posts and feed posts as story content, indicates to the algorithm that your stuff isn't very good because no one's engaging with it. Nobody's watching it because it's just, it's not what they're expecting in the place they're expecting it. So you get that right, all of your content starts to perform better. You're going to notice all of your metrics improve. So run it through that lens. I think you'll see a big improvement. Make sure before we wrap it up today, make sure you go over to massive agentsociety.com jump so you can see how I'm. How I put together this Jumpstart 2026 program to help you double or triple your income in 2026. I will personally help you double or triple your income in 2026. Massive agents society.com jump and then make sure that you check out our supporting partners. Keeping Current Matters has been a partner of our show for a long time. Big fan of kcm. Be the advisor your clients trust with keeping current matters. KCM gives you easy to understand market insights. They dumb stuff down for you so you know what certain nerdy metrics mean, what certain nerdy headlines mean and more importantly, how it actually affects your buyers and sellers, what it means to them. So then you can communicate it to them and be an advisor to them instead of just somebody that regurgitates headlines that you don't even know what they mean. So KCM is amazing. Try it for free over@try kcm.com BAM and then BAM X go to massive agentsociety.com BAMX click play on the video. It is, I believe, one of the most powerful tools to take the marketing, create the creative. How do I word this? It takes so much of the guesswork and takes so much of the pressure off of you as far as being creative and creating marketing content, because they just make it for you and then you just customize it for you and your market. I mean, there's a ton more to it than that. But they give you social media posts, they give you marketing emails, scripts delivered to your inbox every single week visually. See what I'm talking about? They have a great video that shows you everything included in Bamex. If you just go over to massive agentsociety.com BAM X thank you so much for listening. I'll see you guys next week. Take care of Sam.
Podcast: Massive Agent Podcast
Host: Dustin Brohm
Episode: 410 – "Most Agents Get This Backwards on Social Media"
Date: October 30, 2025
Dustin Brohm exposes a common and costly mistake that real estate agents make on social media: posting content in the wrong place—specifically, mixing up what should be shared as Stories versus Feed posts. He breaks down exactly how agents should leverage each social media feature (with a focus on Instagram, but also relevant to Facebook and TikTok) to maximize their reach, engagement, and ultimately, their real estate business.
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"You're posting content in the wrong place... you're posting things in your stories that should be a feed post, and I'm seeing agents post stuff as a feed post that should be a story." — Dustin Brohm (09:31)
Short-form vertical videos (Reels), informative, educational, entertaining, or valuable content targeting the ideal audience.
Designed to attract new followers and engage current ones.
Should hook viewers and provide value.
Example: Market tips, funny real estate insights, educational reels about home buying—the kind of posts even a stranger might care about.
Behind-the-scenes, personal life, family activities, random thoughts, funny memes.
Intended only for those who already follow and know you—allowing connection on a personal level.
Stories are NOT for attracting new people but for deepening engagement.
Example: Kids' soccer games, daily routines, attending community events, personal reflections.
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"If you are putting personal behind the scenes, like family life, personal life stuff as feed posts, it's in the wrong place. That belongs in your stories... If you are putting a ton of business stuff in your stories... some of that should be maybe repackaged a little bit but put into your... feed post instead." — Dustin Brohm (10:41)
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"Think of your stories as like a reality show behind the scenes of your life, who you are as a person, what your personality is like... You get them to follow you and then through your stories, you get them to connect... at a personal level, they remember you, they like you, and they'll refer you." — Dustin Brohm (16:15)
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"I've tested this... My whole point being there is a tool to exclusively reach people who don't follow you with a feed post. Stories are completely the opposite. That's only for your followers." — Dustin Brohm (15:10)
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"So just audit yourself. Are you putting stuff in the right place?... If you're going to do something, let's give it a little more thought and put stuff in the right place." — Dustin Brohm (13:44)
On Fear of Imperfection:
"The confused mind stands still. The confused mind just sits there like a deer in the headlights, like, 'Well, I don't know everything and I can't be perfect, so I'll do nothing.' That is the wrong answer, by the way." — Dustin Brohm (14:10)
On Using Stories:
"The stories should be to further the connection. The feed posts should be to grab people and bring them into your audience, bring them into your tent." — Dustin Brohm (12:50)
On Becoming Memorable and Referable:
"When their timing is right, they'll probably remember you and hopefully hire you as a buyer's agent or listing agent." — Dustin Brohm (16:36)
Audit your current content:
Evaluate whether your posts belong in Stories or the main Feed. Move personal, behind-the-scenes moments to Stories.
Strategically use Feed posts:
Design them to attract and serve your ideal future clients with value, education, or entertainment.
Leverage Stories for connection:
Let your followers see the authentic, personal side of your life and business. Deepen trust.
Experiment and adapt:
Try the tools and formats discussed (like Trial Reels) and observe what works for your unique brand and audience.
Run all content through this filter:
“Would a stranger care?” (Feed)
“Would my friends/followers care?” (Stories)
Dustin’s delivery is energetic, candid, and encouraging. The tone is both no-nonsense and motivational, peppered with real-world examples and a dash of humor. He emphasizes actionable steps and relentless authenticity over polished perfection.
By simply putting your social media content in the right place—Feed for reach and growth; Stories for connection and relationship—agents can radically improve their engagement, brand perception, and referral flow. Dustin Brohm’s crash course offers actionable clarity for agents ready to grow their business and deepen client loyalty via social media in 2026 and beyond.