First Reel Academy

Post your first reel in seven days, with the phone already in your pocket.

A seven-day video course for real estate agents who have never recorded themselves. One fifteen-second reel a day, recorded on your phone and posted to Instagram, Facebook, YouTube Shorts and TikTok before you have time to talk yourself out of it. One payment of $29, and the seven lessons are yours for good.

No editing, no ring light and no subscription, with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Katherine seated at a desk with a phone propped on a mug, ready to record

Seven reels in seven days

One fifteen-second reel a day, each one recorded on a phone and posted the same day. The same vertical video works on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube Shorts and TikTok, so you post once and share everywhere you already are.

Day 1

Press record

Day 2

The parked-car answer

Day 3

Walk through the door

Day 4

Point at something

Day 5

The porch steps

Day 6

Driveway to door

Day 7

Look at the grid

This is for you if

You have never recorded a video of yourself for work. Perhaps you hate how you look or sound on camera, or you do not know what you would even say. Meanwhile, you have posted hundreds of listing photos and watched them get eleven likes. If two of those are true, then keep reading.

Katherine laughing while recording herself on her phone

The first reel course, day by day

Each day is one short lesson and one reel. You never film more than one take, and you never edit. As a result, the whole week costs you about two hours.

Day 1: Katherine propping the phone on a mug and pressing record

Day 1: Press record

Prop the phone on a mug, say your name and your market, stop. Fifteen seconds. Post it.

Day 2: Katherine talking to the phone in a parked car outside a listing

Day 2: The parked-car answer

Answer the question a client asked you this week, from the driver’s seat, before you go in.

Day 3: Katherine filming the entryway while walking through the front door

Day 3: Walk through the door

Phone held out, walk from the porch into the entryway, say one thing the photos do not show.

Day 4: Katherine pointing out a stone backsplash detail while filming

Day 4: Point at something

Stand in a kitchen and point at one detail. Pointing gives your hands a job and your voice a subject.

Day 5: Katherine answering a question to camera on the porch steps

Day 5: The porch steps

Sit down outside and answer a question about your town. Relaxed, seated, no listing in sight.

Day 6: Katherine filming the walk from driveway to front door

Day 6: Driveway to door

A silent walk from the curb to the front door with one caption. Your first reel with no talking.

Day 7: Katherine reviewing a grid of seven vertical videos on the phone

Day 7: Look at the grid

Seven reels on your profile. Record one more saying which was hardest. That is your eighth, and the habit is yours.

What you walk away with

Seven posted reels on your Instagram, and on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube Shorts and TikTok if you use them, because the file is the same. The three-shot list that works for any listing. A bank of forty opening lines for real estate agents, sorted by the questions clients actually ask. A one-reel-a-week posting calendar for the next twelve months. And the thing no download can give you: you have done it, so you can do it again.

Flat lay of a phone with a video grid, a shot list card and a calendar with seven days circled

The First Reel Course box beside a phone showing Katherine

Enroll in the first reel course

$29 one payment

Seven lessons, seven reels, the shot list, the opening lines and the posting calendar, yours for good. No subscription, nothing renews.

30-day money-back guarantee if you post nothing.

Who is teaching this

First Reel Academy is run by the team behind a WordPress and marketing studio that has built websites and campaigns for real estate agents since 2016. We watched agent after agent buy a ring light, record nothing, and go back to posting photos. The course is what we say to those agents in person, turned into seven days you can do alone.

Katherine reviewing a short-form video on her phone

Is the first reel course for me?

Yes, if

  • You have never posted a video of yourself.
  • You have a phone made in the last five years.
  • You can find twenty minutes a day for a week.
  • You are willing to post something imperfect.

No, if

  • You already post reels every week.
  • You want editing, transitions, or effects.
  • You want someone else to record for you.

Questions about the first reel course

I have an old phone. Does it matter?

No. Any phone that records video is enough. Reels are watched on phones, so a phone camera is the right camera.

I hate my voice on video.

Everyone does. Nobody else notices, and by the third reel you stop hearing it. Day 6 is silent, in case you need a break.

How much time per day?

Under twenty minutes, including the lesson. The reel itself is fifteen seconds and one take.

Do I need to edit?

No. Nothing in the course is edited. Trimming the start and end inside Instagram is the most you will ever do, and Instagram’s own reels guide covers that in a minute.

What if I miss a day?

Pick up the next day. The seven lessons stay open for good after your one payment, so a missed day costs nothing.

Is there a refund?

Yes. If you post nothing in the first 30 days, write to us and the payment comes back. No form, no call. The full refund policy is one screen long.

Is it a subscription?

No. The first reel course is one payment of $29. Nothing renews, there is nothing to cancel, and the seven lessons and downloads stay open for good.

Which platforms can I post my reels to?

All of them. The course teaches inside Instagram, because that is where most agents start. However, the file you record is a plain vertical video, so it also posts unchanged to Facebook Reels, YouTube Shorts and TikTok. The full list is in the next section.

One reel, every platform

Every reel you record in the course is a vertical video under a minute long. Because that is the format every short-video feed uses, the same file posts without changes wherever your clients already are. For example:

Worldwide

Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Snapchat Spotlight, LinkedIn, Pinterest, X, Threads, Reddit, Bluesky, Lemon8, Likee, Triller and Clapper.

China

Douyin, Kuaishou, WeChat Channels, Xiaohongshu and Bilibili.

Latin America and Asia

Kwai and SnackVideo in Brazil, Indonesia and Pakistan; Moj, Josh, Chingari and Roposo in India; LINE VOOM in Japan, Taiwan and Thailand; Naver Clip in Korea; Zalo Video in Vietnam.

Russia

VK Clips and Yappy.

Open web

Loops, PeerTube and Dailymotion.

Gold 30-day money-back guarantee seal

The 30-day guarantee

If you finish the first 30 days and have not posted a single reel, you get your money back. That is the whole condition. We would rather refund you than have you pay for a course you did not use.

Start today

Your first reel is fifteen seconds long, and you already know what to say in it.

$29, one payment. 30-day money-back guarantee.

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