Smaller Budget, Bigger Impact: How R1 Companies Accelerated Growth & Cut Costs By 80% With Luxury Presence

By replacing its previous marketing approach with Luxury Presence, this brokerage grew visibility, engagement, and conversions while saving more than half a million dollars.

A laptop screen featuring the home page of real estate brokerage R1 Companies

900

new Instagram followers in one year

+673%

organic website impressions

$317K

annual cost savings

Headshot of Brianna Meyer, operations for R1 Companies, with a five-star review box over the top

“Our online presence was inconsistent and poorly maintained. Now with Luxury Presence, we have polished, strategic content across all channels, aligned with our campaigns and voice.”

Brianna Meyer

operations manager at R1 Companies

The challenge

In 2023, R1 Companies was spending $400,000 a year on marketing. Still, their online presence wasn’t measuring up: Social posting was inconsistent, engagement lagged, and SEO only worked when people searched the brand directly.

Leadership at the Albuquerque-based real estate brokerage set a bold mandate: Build a cost-efficient marketing engine that can scale results across search, social, and lead generation.

The strategy

To replace its high-cost, low-return marketing team, R1 Companies partnered with Luxury Presence to build a unified, scalable platform.

The partnership focused on four priorities:

Stronger foundations

A redesigned website and SEO plan to make R1 discoverable to all buyers and sellers, not just people searching for the brand

A cohesive presence

Polished, consistent social content across multiple platforms, plus rebuilding brokerage accounts and launching the R1 Reserve Collection

Smarter lead generation

AI-powered nurture campaigns and mobile apps that help brokers and agents connect with more prospects in real time

Hands-on partnership

Dedicated managers, clear reporting, and continuous optimization to keep the engine running smoothly

The impact

Today, R1 Companies’ website outperforms NAR benchmarks in user engagement by 30% and traffic by 80%. Meyer says the company’s social presence has gone from stagnant to a “growing brand asset that drives visibility, engagement, and broker recognition across multiple platforms.”

The result: lower costs, stronger growth, and a leadership position for R1 and its agents across multiple markets.

The impact

Cut marketing costs by more than 79%

Site ranking in the top ten for 5,129 non-branded keywords

48% increase in engaged leads in just 6 months, with 1,200 in a single month

“What we set out to build two years ago — a cost-efficient, results-driven marketing engine — is delivering. We’re not just saving money; we’re outperforming industry standards in visibility, engagement, and conversion.”

Brianna Meyer

operations manager at R1 Companies

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