FAQs
Our most common questions, all in one place
What’s included in the KCM Membership?
The KCM Membership includes the following features and benefits:
- Daily Shareable Content: personalized blogs, charts and infographics, social graphics, videos and more – all ready to share to your sphere and integrate directly into your social media pages, email marketing, and website. Everything is made to educate your buyers and sellers and be personalized with your name, logo, brand colors, and contact info so you stand out from the competition.
- Exclusive Market Updates: The KCM Deep Dive is a weekly explanation on key issues and the Monthly Market Report (MMR) is a comprehensive walkthrough of the most up-to-date information to give you your 90-day playbook for the real estate market, along with the presentation slides, script, and source links.
- Local Data & Graphics: Hyper-local data combined with trusted national insights and powerful visuals that are easy to understand and share to your sphere. Create your own charts, graphis, and even custom social-friendly visuals using the new Graphic Builder tool.
- All-in-One Video Maker & Scripts*: Create professional videos in minutes with RealTalk by KCM, featuring expert visuals and templates to guide you to build your custom script – or use one written by our team of experts.
- *14-day access included with your free trial, then upgrade to KCM Elite to keep using RealTalk.
- Powerful Marketing Tools: It’s one thing to have a constant stream of content, but sharing it effectively is a whole other ballgame. From social media scheduling and auto-posting to building emails and newsletters in a single click, we help you streamline your content distribution process so you can know your message is getting out there consistently.
- Personalized Support & Training: As a new Member, you have the option to schedule a complimentary strategy session with KCM’s team of specialists to build a custom plan for you so you’re getting the results you want faster. With access to training webinars and an exclusive FB group community of Members to bounce ideas off of or even work with, you’ll have everything you need to get to the next level.
How much is the KCM Membership? Is there a contract?
After the 14-day free trial, the KCM Membership is available in three (3) options: Essentials for $39.95/month, Expert for $59.95/month, and Elite for $99.95/month. With an annual plan, you get the equivalent of two (2) months free per year. Learn more about our pricing & plans.
With our monthly plans, there is no long-term contract or commitment. You can cancel at anytime. Plus, we offer a 30-day 100% money-back guarantee. If you find that the KCM Membership just isn’t for you, let us know within 30 days and we’ll issue you a full refund!
Is there a discount for a yearly KCM subscription?
Yes! If you choose an annual subscription, you’ll receive 12 months of access to a KCM Membership but only pay for 10 months.
Do I need an Individual Membership or Team Membership?
The individual KCM Membership is a single-user license and is not intended for use by a team, brokerage, or any of group of multiple agents. If you have 2-24 real estate agents or 2-9 mortgage and title professionals, a Team Membership is the best option. Please reach out to kcmcrew@keepingcurrentmatters.com to get started. If you have more than 25 real estate agents or more than 10 mortgage and title professionals and are looking to utilize KCM’s content and tools, our Group Membership Solution will work best for you.
Can I see a sample of the KCM materials?
The best way to see for yourself what KCM provides is through our 14-day free trial where you will have full access to everything that our members receive!
However, if you’re not ready to start your trial just yet, you can view samples of some of our materials on our feature pages:
We also suggest that you check out one of our recent webinars as we often use KCM Membership materials in the webinars themselves. You’ll also get a great feel for how we present our analysis and content!
Will the KCM blog posts help my SEO?
KCM is not designed to increase the SEO on your website. In order to be shown at the very top and benefit from SEO efforts, your content must be unique. We’ve read mixed reports on whether or not Google ‘penalizes’ those with duplicative content, which is what KCM provides.
However, this is one of the reasons we host the content for you on our own website. If you want to put the content on your own site because SEO is not a goal for you and you want to provide valuable information to the people already getting to your website from other places, you can do that.
And if you are focusing on SEO and want to ensure you are not penalized at all, you don’t have to put the content on your site. Or you can use our post as a foundation and customize it or localize it so that it’s now unique and no longer duplicative.
Does KCM automatically post to my social media pages?
KCM provides an Automatic Social Posting feature that allows you to share your blog posts and videos to your social media platforms on an automated schedule. You can easily connect your Facebook Business page, LinkedIn and Twitter accounts and select the dates and times you would like your posts to share!
Can I email KCM’s shareable content to my database?
Yes, with the Email Builder feature you can easily create custom emails and newsletters in seconds, with personalized content that nurtures your leads into listings. Included in your KCM Membership, you get:
- Professional-Looking Email Templates for Buyers & Sellers
- Customize with Easy Drag-and-Drop Sections for Content
- One-Click Copy/Paste into any CRM or Email Platform
- Articles & Videos Powered by the Latest Market Insights
- Personally Branded with Your Contact Info, Photo, & Brand Colors
Can I post the KCM materials to my blog or website?
Many of the materials included in the KCM Membership can be used on your website if you’d like. This includes the blog posts, videos, quarterly eGuides, and the charts and graphs from the Monthly Market Reports. However, you cannot remove images from the blog posts to use them in other formats and the content is not optimized for or intended to aid the SEO rankings on your website.
You can learn how some of our Members use materials on their websites by listening to this interview with Cindy Allen, a KCM Member since 2013.
Is the information you provide local to my specific area?
The best agents know what’s happening both nationally and locally. While much of KCM’s core content delivers insights on the national housing market, KCM Local provides you hyper-local data combined with national trends and powerful visuals that are easy to understand and share.
Will I get the same content as everyone else?
Some of the shareable content provided with the KCM Membership are the same for all Members. The ways each Member utilizes the content is what creates differentiation among the competition. Solely posting our articles to social media and nothing else will not dramatically increase your business, whether they’re unique or not.
But providing specific articles to clients who need to see that info, adding the charts and graphs to listing presentations, creating videos with the materials, using the seller guide as a pre-listing package, etc… those things will set you apart as a trusted expert advisor. We also provide a 90 day success plan at the beginning of your Membership to introduce you to some of these ideas and help you get started.
I live outside of the U.S., will your materials be relevant?
Although some information might apply (such as how to effectively communicate information to a buyer or seller), most of the information we provide is directed toward the U.S. market. We do have Members from outside of the U.S., such as Canada, who find value in our Membership, but not all of the materials are relevant outside of the U.S.
