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PropMedia Podcast
PropMedia Podcast: Where Real Estate Media Professionals Build Better Businesses
Hosted by Matty Fisher and Moses Nickerson, co-founders of Pixlmob and PropMedia.com, the PropMedia Podcast is the go-to show for real estate photographers, videographers, drone operators, and media professionals who are building businesses, not just taking pictures.
Each week, Matty and Moses sit down with industry leaders who've scaled from solo shooter to successful media companies. We cut through the fluff to deliver actionable strategies on pricing, client acquisition, business growth, workflow optimization, and staying ahead of industry changes.
Whether you're shooting your first listing or managing a team of photographers, this is where you'll learn how to expand your services, work with luxury clients, leverage new technologies like AI and 3D tours, navigate the off-season, and build the systems that turn your photography side hustle into a thriving full-service media business.
This is where ambition meets execution in the real estate media world.
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PropMedia Podcast
PMRE 2025 with Todd Kivimaki from Spiro and Josh Mais from AutoEnhance.AI
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PropMedia Podcast: Episode 16
Matty and Moses from Pixlmob and PropMedia.com are joined at PMRE by Todd Kivimaki, co-founder of WOW Video Tours and Spiro Media.
Todd shares the story of how he started his real estate media business 22 years ago, when he was in his second year of college. Being creative and owning a camera, he looked for ways to make money. When his parents were selling their house in 2004, Todd noticed that listings only had about six photos on the internet, which was still dial-up. He decided to put video on the internet for real estate listings, a novelty at the time.
The conversation continues with Todd detailing the growth of WOW Video Tours, including his initial idea for a brokerage subscription model in Lima, Ohio. This early model involved agents paying a flat monthly fee for Todd to shoot all their listings.
Todd explains how the current brokerage deal structure is a "top-down selling" approach, focusing on the broker-in-charge. This strategy focuses on "speaking broker," emphasizing the benefits of professional media for increasing market share, recruiting agents, and simplifying media buying. Todd also addresses the challenge of scaling a large business, managing high volume, and delegating tasks to avoid the "owner trap".
Later in the episode, the hosts speak with Josh Mais, who started as a real estate photo editor before launching his real estate photography business in Kansas City in 2012. Josh discusses the evolution of the real estate media industry from focusing on the "craft of photography" to the "craft of business," largely driven by the growth of teams and automation tools. Josh is also the founder of Show&Tour, a platform built to efficiently deliver media and handle volume.
Josh and the hosts discuss the impact of AI on the industry, noting that while AI is great for consistency and scale, there will always be a need for the "human touch" and personal service.
Key Topics Covered:
- Building a Real Estate Media Business
- WOW Video Tours and the Brokerage Subscription Model
- The Strategy of "Speaking Broker" for Brokerage Deals
- Avoiding the "Owner Trap"
- Scaling a Media Company and Managing Volume
- The Founding of Show and Tour
- The Evolution of Real Estate Media Industry
- The Role of AI in Photography and Business
- Diversifying Commercial Real Estate Services
Guest Information:
- Todd Kivimaki: Co-founder of WOW Video Tours and Spiro Media (spiro.media)
- Josh Mais: Founder of Show and Tour (showandtour.com) and works with Autoenhance.AI