🎙️ Episode 39: More Than Real Estate - Selling $15M+ while in Carpool Line With Rebekah McCracken

In this episode, Ashley sits down with Rebekah McCracken, a mom of four in the Twin Cities who went from juggling kids, hockey practice, and open houses to closing $15M+ in just 20 months - spending 1-2 hours a week on Instagram.

✨ The Mom of Four Who Lost Her Excuses - Rebekah spent nine years in real estate doing fine. Until fine meant packing her kids up every Sunday for open houses, paying for leads she wasn't sure about, and never knowing where her next deal would come from. She'd taken multiple Instagram courses. Nothing stuck. But when she joined Socially Sold in January 2024, everything changed. Last year was $12M. This year she's projected to hit $15M-plus, with 75% coming directly from Instagram - while managing four kids, hockey tournaments, and carpool line.

✨ One Closing in 1.5 Months Changed Everything - Rebekah didn't wait a year to see results. Her first Instagram closing came in late February, just six weeks after implementing the course strategies. That win proved to her it was real. From there, she stuck to the formula: five days a week of consistent posting, talking directly to her ideal client (families relocating to Minnesota), and letting the algorithm do the heavy lifting. Now leads come to her without open houses, without mailers, without begging her sphere.

✨ The Hockey Algorithm Nobody Expected - One of Rebekah's four boys plays hockey. She posts about hockey life, the backyard rink, hockey families in Minnesota. The Instagram algorithm figured it out before she did. Now hockey families moving back home to raise their kids are finding her. Her lifestyle IS her lead magnet. She's not performing. She's just living, posting, and letting the right people discover her.

✨ Three Things No Agent Should Skip - First: Know your ideal client inside and out. For Rebekah, it's relocation families who want to know what Minnesota life looks like. Second: Only post content that serves them. Not "Merry Christmas from my kids" - instead, "Here's where relocated families love to spend fall weekends." Third: Build the backend systems. Email flows, intake forms, lead nurturing - these automate the 80% so you can spend time closing.

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🎙️ Episode 38: More Than Real Estate - Selling houses on Instagram With Socially Sold Coach Abby Young

In this episode, Ashley sits down with Abby Young, a coach inside Socially Sold who went from zero Instagram leads to closing 17 houses in 6 months ($6.6M), then hitting $16M in production by July - her entire best year doubled in just 12 months.

✨ The 18-Year Realtor Who Finally Got It Right - Abby spent 18 years in real estate doing fine. Until fine wasn't enough. She had 943 Instagram followers and one lead from the platform in 18 years. But when she joined Socially Sold in July 2024, everything changed. By December, she'd closed $6.6M from Instagram leads alone. By July 2025, she had $16M booked or closed - with 80% coming directly from Instagram.

✨ Why Systems Beat Volume - After her first viral reel sent dozens of random DMs flooding in, Abby realized she needed structure. No systems. No process. Just chaos. Ashley told her to "slow down to speed up." Abby hired a transaction coordinator, built an intake form, and automated her follow-up. Once the backend was solid, the leads didn't scare her - they excited her.

✨ The Compound Interest Nobody Talks About - She now has 80+ people in her pipeline from Instagram - some won't buy or sell for 1-2 years. But when they do, they're hers. Ashley told her: "You don't even know what your business will look like in 3 years when all these Instagram clients come back."

✨ Three Things Every Agent Needs - Confidence: Abby went from "would they want to work with me?" to owning her results without apology. Consistency: For two years she was afraid of Reels. Once she committed, everything changed. Authenticity: She's a busy mom of three in Pennsylvania posting real life. Her clients connect with that.

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Standard Access: $97 | VIP (includes 5 bonus strategy calls): $147 | PLATINUM (includes 5 bonus strategy calls and direct access to Ashley): $297

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🎙️ Episode 37: More Than Real Estate - Mastering Instagram for Client Attraction

In this episode, Ashley Walker sits down with Shannon DiBiasi, a Socially Sold student who went from struggling on a real estate team to generating $5.4M from Instagram leads in just 5 months. Shannon's story is about more than numbers - it's about reclaiming her time, being present for her family, and proving that you don't need a massive following to build a thriving Instagram-driven business.

Here's what you'll discover:

✨ From Radio Personality to Real Estate Failure - Shannon had an unfair advantage going into real estate: she built a massive Instagram following as co-host of the nationally syndicated iHeart show "John Jay and Rich." But followers didn't equal sales. She spent years struggling because she didn't understand how to actually convert her audience into clients.

✨ The Team Lead Trap - When Shannon joined a team, she got fed leads. Sounds good, right? Wrong. She was closing 20 houses per year but only keeping 30% of commissions (giving away 70%). The leads weren't hers. The relationships weren't hers. She was barely breaking six figures despite massive volume.

✨ Why Team Leads Will Never Beat Instagram Leads - On the team, clients came via "turn and burn" - 5-minute call windows, no rapport, no connection. She was showing houses an hour away to people she didn't choose. Results: transactional relationships, zero referrals, zero repeat business. Instagram leads? Completely different. They find her. They've binge-watched her content. They choose her. She sells in her backyard. The transactions are smoother because clients already know and trust her.

✨ The Fear Factor - Shannon admitted she leads with fear. When she considered leaving the team to go all-in on Instagram, she was terrified. But her kids going into full-time school became the turning point. She realized the cost of staying the same was higher than the cost of investing in herself.

✨ Results That Prove It Works - Shannon joined Socially Sold in March 2025. First lead came in May. By September, she had closed $5.4M from Instagram leads. One month on Instagram equaled her last seven months on the team. Her mindset shifted from "I can't do this" to "How am I going to handle all these leads?"

✨ Why Suzie the Socially Sold Bot Changed Everything - When Ashley introduced Suzie, Shannon thought, "What is this?" And then it clicked. Shannon filled out her Ideal Client Avatar (something she'd never done before). She uploaded it to Suzie. Now, when she needs content ideas or motivation, she opens Suzie and gets custom captions, Reel hooks, and carousel outlines in seconds - tailored to her exact ideal client. No more blank screens. No more guessing.

✨ The Authenticity Breakthrough - Coming from radio where everyone knew everything about her, Shannon swung the opposite direction - she didn't want to be on camera anymore. She felt self-conscious. But Socially Sold's coaching pushed her to lean in. She started showing her face. She started being vulnerable. And here's what she realized: People don't judge her the way she judges herself. They just see Shannon being Shannon. And they want to work with her.

✨ Consistency is Everything - When asked what agents should do to master client attraction, Shannon had one word: Show up. For two years, she was scared of Reels. She'd post a story here and there but never committed. The algorithm doesn't care if you're famous. It cares if you're consistent.

✨ The Real Win - Better Clients, Better Life - This isn't just about money. Shannon now: Works 1-2 hours per week on content, picks her kids up from school every single day, attends their events and school functions, is a present, engaged mom (not a stressed-out, absent one) AND sells only in the areas she loves.