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Get Found Online In The AI Era; Contingency Removal Battles

A few weeks ago I wrote this blog: Your Grandma's SEO is officially dead. In that blog, I mentioned how our online lead volume plummeted over a few short months because the rules for online search...

May 7, 2026 2 min read
Get Found Online In The AI Era Contingency Removal Battles

Woohoo! It Crashed! Your Grandma’s SEO No Longer Works!

We get as much as 50% of our business from online leads – thanks to the thousands of hours of work from our exceptional marketing team. And…much of that work was rendered null and void over the...

April 17, 2026 3 min read
Older woman with glasses and a white polka dot blouse smiling while typing on a laptop in a modern café.

What Can We Learn From Nissan Motors’ Collapse?

This is probably one of those many stories I shouldn’t tell – but I will anyway. My friend in high school had a very cool Datsun (now Nissan) 260Z that everyone admired. My friend and I were out...

February 9, 2026 3 min read
Red vintage sports car driving on a winding mountain road during golden hour, symbolizing road trip travel and automotive lifestyle.

Simplest, Easiest, Most Failsafe Marketing Content Idea

We send out millions of marketing emails each year. Despite that massive volume, we have very high open rates, no spam issues, and very few unsubscribes because we ensure every email is short,...

March 6, 2025 3 min read
Easiest Marketing Content Idea - Email.

Co-Marketing Fees = Higher Rates Always

A loan officer is making the rounds offering agents $5,000 of co-marketing per closed transaction. I have nothing against the idea or co-marketing in general, but I thought I’d discuss it...

May 15, 2023 3 min read
Co-Marketing Fees = Higher Rates Always

Marketing Machine Go BRRRRR/Never Stop = Success In Slow Markets

We work with and/or know numerous “mega” producing agents who do well in all environments and who never seem to be that concerned about slowdowns like we are seeing now. But, what amazes me...

July 1, 2022 2 min read
Build a marketing machine

What’s In A Company Name? (A Lot It Turns Out)

JVM LENDING’S NAME About 15 years ago during my loan officer days, I was affiliated with a brokerage with an extraordinarily sweet deal that I never would have abandoned but […]

November 19, 2021 4 min read

Is Yelp Dead?

Using Yelp In The Middle Of Nowhere My kids, brothers, nephew, and I take motorcycle trips every summer, and I just got back from our recent excursion through the Colorado […]

August 25, 2021 3 min read
Is Yelp Dead

Point Of Sale Loan Application Systems; Why They Matter

A good POS allows borrowers to fill out their loan application digitally in as few of steps and as simply as possible, while also allowing borrowers to upload documentation very easily and to monitor...

February 4, 2021 4 min read
A woman uses a Point of Sale (POS) system in her retail shop to engage and serve her customers.

Why You Should [NOT] Stop Building Your Own Brand

Every client you get will google you before engaging you, and if you don’t stand out on page 1 of the search results, you will lose clients – guaranteed.

January 22, 2021 4 min read
Real estate agent holding a FOR SALE sign

Finding Sellers/Listings With AI – Why We Know It Works

Revaluate knows the Data D's that cause people to move: Diamonds, Diplomas, Death, Divorce, Downsizing, Dumpsters, Diapers, Discretionary Income, and The Daily Grind. These indicate with a high...

November 19, 2020 2 min read
Revaluate can predict when couples, like the one pictured, are going to move using predictive analytics and AI to find when engaged, or young families are ready to move.

Your Digital Footprint & Reputation – Again; More Important Than Ever!

If you don’t have an optimized digital footprint, you are probably losing business and you don’t even know it (just like the CEO coach I referenced above – who will never know why I didn’t...

November 18, 2020 2 min read
A young man sits at a desk in a plaid shirt reviewing his digital footprint on a laptop.

Innovating In Boom Times; 50 Companies That Died Because They Didn’t

We constantly get “recruited” by large mortgage banks that want JVM to affiliate with them (b/c they want our volume, reputation and/or trade secrets). The pitches always fascinate us b/c...

July 2, 2020 3 min read
Business that fail to innovate often get killed in the future. This storefront of a business is covered in signs advertising closing sales because they are shutting down.

Viewing Client/Borrower Status in Real Time – from Application to Close; Why People Love Uber

Uber is popular for several reasons: (1) it allows people to call for a ride no matter where they are, without having to wait for a taxi to drive by; (2) there is no payment “friction” when the...

May 21, 2020 3 min read
A young woman sits on the curb of a street with her phone in hand waiting for her Uber ride to arrive. She is able to check her ride's status using client visibility software.
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