Alicia Ryan
Content that moves people, not just fills a feed
Most content calendars give you a mix of post types. This one is built on the Marketing Matrix: every post is engineered to move someone through a stage of the buyer journey, from not knowing you, to trusting your read on their house, to booking the listing appointment, to sending you their people. Each stage tells you how to sound and what footage to pull. And because video is the part you have to push through, every stage has a text-over-b-roll option so nothing here depends on you being camera-ready.
Your three content angles
Before the funnel mechanics, this is the heart of it: the three things you want to be known for. Every hook in this map ladders back to one of these. They’re your throughline.
The Honest Number
You tell people what they do not want to hear, then you back it with the data so it never lands as rude. Most agents are afraid to do that, which is why you keep showing up as the second or third agent on a listing that should have sold months ago.
Concierge, Not Just Listed
Preliminary walkthrough, a written list of what you handle and what they handle, then the painters, cleaners, stagers and trades lined up. Clients never have to guess what happens next. Price point does not change the service.
It Was Never About the Money
Sellers fixate on the number. Your job is getting them off it and onto why they are actually moving. You have never led with the money and that is exactly why the business works.
Your funnel at a glance
Weight your output toward the top of the funnel, where new people find you, and taper toward retention. These percentages are a target, not a rule.
Awareness
- It is never actually about the money. Most agents never figure that out.
- A lot of agents are scared to be honest with you. That is why I keep showing up as the second agent on your listing.
- The first offer is usually the best offer. Sellers learn that the expensive way.
- You cannot have the budget, the location and the lifestyle. Something has to give.
- I will tell you what your house is worth, not what you want to hear. Then I will show you the numbers.
- You moved further out to save money. A year later you are doing math on the commute.
- Seller fatigue hits in week one. You are sick of keeping the house clean and the price has not moved.
- You are selling on your own this time and there is nobody to line up the trades. That part is my job.
- Forty years in this house and now a stranger wants to walk through it on a Saturday morning.
- Three price reductions later you land on the number from day one. That detour was not free.
- The goal was never the highest price. It was the next phase of your life, funded properly.
- You should know exactly what is happening every day until the keys change hands.
- This house is your biggest asset. Let us move that equity somewhere you actually want to be.
- Imagine handing over one list and having every trade show up without you calling a single one.
- A smooth sale is not luck. It is thirty days of decisions made in the right order.
Consideration
- Pricing strategy is the whole game. Everything after it is damage control.
- Here is why a buyer decides about your house in eleven seconds, and what that costs you.
- Repaint the feature wall, trim the front trees, stain the deck. That is not fussy. That is equity.
- Dark hallway, wrong exposure, wrong bulbs. Buyers never say lighting. They say it felt small.
- Why I bring you the comparables you will not like before I bring you a number.
- Preliminary walkthrough, then a written list. What I handle, what you handle, what it costs.
- I line up the painters, the cleaners, the stagers and the carpet crew. You approve. That is it.
- Marketing strategy and pricing strategy are one conversation. I will not do one without the other.
- Before we go live you get a thirty-day roadmap with dates on it. You never guess what is next.
- It is a concierge service and the price point does not change that.
- Come walk this listing with me before the stagers arrive. This is what I am actually looking at.
- Here is the list I handed a seller on Monday. Here is where we landed by Friday.
- I run my team the same way I run my family. Take charge, finish the job.
- Four agents pitched this listing. Here is what I said that the other three would not.
- The unglamorous half of this job: the trades, the timeline, the follow-up calls nobody sees.
Decision
- Same house. Same market. Different pricing strategy. Completely different result.
- She was going to list as-is. We spent two weeks on prep and the offer reflected every day of it.
- From four thousand square feet to the right-sized next chapter, with every trade handled.
- Before: a list of things she did not know needed doing. After: sold with the equity intact.
- Watch what thirty days in the right order does to a sale price.
- Four other agents were in the running. She picked the one who told her the truth.
- Her words: you were honest with me, and you could back it up with the data.
- People do not refer their agent. They refer the person who did what nobody else would.
- Ask my past clients what happened when they did not want to hear it.
- Here is exactly what gets done between the listing appointment and going live.
- Thinking about selling in the next six months? The walkthrough happens now, not in April.
- Book the preliminary walkthrough. You will leave with a list and a number.
- Send me your address and I will tell you what your house needs before it needs it.
- If you want honest, and you want it backed by data, I am your agent. Let us book it.
- DM me the word LIST and I will send you the thirty-day roadmap.
Retention
- Sold, closed, and on to the next phase. This is the part I do the job for.
- She trusted the prep list and the market answered.
- Second house together and now a third. Watching people grow into the next stage never gets old.
- Keys handed over and every promise on the timeline kept.
- To the clients who let me be honest with them this year, this one is for you.
- That is exactly why I refer Alicia. That sentence is the whole goal.
- I have never been focused on the money. I have been focused on the people. That is why it works.
- My clients get a full play by play. Nobody is left guessing, ever.
- I run my family the same way I run my business. Take charge until the job is finished.
- If we worked well together, send me your people. That is how this team was built.
- You are in. Here is what to handle in the first ninety days of owning it.
- Keep the receipts and the reno records. Future you will price better for it.
- When to start prepping for a sale you are planning three years out.
- The maintenance that protects your equity, and the maintenance that is just spending.
- How to read your own market between now and the day you list.
Funnel-weighted, flexible
Pull a bold talking clip, or put the line over listing b-roll · Interview / B-roll
Pull a walkthrough talking clip · Interview / B-roll
Pull casual walkthrough b-roll · B-roll
Pull lifestyle listing footage · B-roll
Pull process b-roll of the walkthrough · B-roll
Pull direct-to-camera, or text over a listing · Interview
Pull a bold talking clip · Interview / B-roll
Pull client words on screen over a sold listing · Image / Reels
Pull a warm sold-day or team moment · B-roll / Image
Pull a bold talking clip · Interview
Pull direct-to-camera · Interview
Pull a warm talking or team clip · Interview / B-roll
Hooks, two ways to find them
Browse by what you want to be known for (your angles), or by where someone is in the buyer journey (the funnel). Same hooks, two doorways — grab whichever fits the post you’re making.
By angle — what you’re known for
- I will tell you what your house is worth, not what you want to hear.
- Most agents are scared to be honest. That is why I am the second agent.
- The first offer is usually the best offer.
- Three price reductions later you land on the number from day one.
- Direct is not rude when you can back it with data.
- Preliminary walkthrough, then a written list of who does what.
- I line up the painters, the cleaners, the stagers. You approve.
- Paint, trees, deck, lighting. That is not fussy, that is equity.
- A thirty-day roadmap with dates on it before we go live.
- It is a concierge service and the price point does not change that.
- It is never actually about the money.
- The goal was never the highest price. It was the next phase, funded.
- I have never been focused on the money. I have been focused on the people.
- I run my family the same way I run my business.
- That is exactly why I refer Alicia.
By funnel stage — where they are in the journey
- It is never actually about the money.
- You cannot have the budget, the location and the lifestyle.
- Forty years in this house and now a stranger wants a Saturday walkthrough.
- Seller fatigue hits in week one.
- Buyers never say lighting. They say it felt small.
- Marketing strategy and pricing strategy are one conversation.
- Four agents pitched this listing. Here is what I said.
- Here is the list I handed a seller on Monday.
- Same house, same market, different pricing strategy.
- Her words: you were honest with me, and you backed it with data.
- Book the walkthrough. You leave with a list and a number.
- DM me the word LIST for the thirty-day roadmap.
- Keys handed over and every promise on the timeline kept.
- My clients get a full play by play. Nobody is left guessing.
- Send me your people. That is how this team was built.
- Keep the receipts. Future you will price better for it.
One clip, five ways
Every good clip is five posts, not one. Here’s how to pull a week of content out of a single piece of footage.
- Reel — the full walkthrough with a hook on screen, posted to Instagram and Facebook ~10 min
- Story series — three frames: the street, the one detail, the price note, with a poll sticker ~5 min
- Carousel — the prep list slide by slide, walkthrough stills as backgrounds ~15 min
- LinkedIn post — one exported frame plus your market read in three lines ~6 min
- Coming-soon teaser — a five-second clip with the neighbourhood name and nothing else ~4 min
- Reel — the hot take with text on screen, minimal edit ~7 min
- Quote graphic — one line over a clean listing still, no face needed ~8 min
- Carousel — the same point expanded into five slides ~15 min
- Story with a question sticker — what would you price this at ~4 min
- LinkedIn text post — the same idea written out, no video required at all ~6 min
Caption starters
Copy these frameworks and drop in the specifics. Each one pairs naturally with a footage type.
Sellers ask me for the number first. I give them the walkthrough first. Here is what I flagged in this house before I said a word about price: [three things you flagged]. Then the comparables. Then the number. In that order, every time. #yycrealestate #calgaryrealestate #yyc
Nobody should sell a house alone. Here is the list I built for this seller: [3 to 4 items from the actual list]. I line up the trades, she approves, and we are on the market in [number] days. It is a concierge service and the price point does not change that. #yycrealestate #listingprep #yyc
Every seller opens with the number. My first question is why you are actually moving. [a short story from a real client, no names]. I have never been focused on the money. I have been focused on the people, and that is exactly why this has worked. #calgaryrealestate #yyc #realestateadvice
Hot take: the first offer is usually the best offer. [one line on a time you watched this play out]. Sellers get fatigue in the first week, the price drops twice, and we end up back at the number from day one. That detour is not free. #yycrealestate #sellingyourhome #yyc
Thinking about selling in the next six months? The walkthrough happens now, not in April. You will leave with a written list, a timeline with dates on it, and a number I can back up. [one line on who this is perfect for]. DM me the word LIST. #yycrealestate #calgaryhomes #yyc
When you get stuck
Start here
- Save this map to your phone and content tool
- Open your STASH tracker and find this week’s footage by type
- Schedule the three Week 1 posts now, even to publish later
- Pick your three favourite hooks from the library and write them into captions
- Set a recurring Sunday batch reminder
- Plan your next content shoot in about 8–10 weeks to keep the library fresh