Opening The Gates To More Listings

Simon Gates
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Oct 27, 2022 • 29min

Episode 18: Chris Trott

Today's guest is qualified by the recognised member of ‘Propertymark’ holding a level 3 qualification in the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA). He became an estate agent in 2007 just before the property market crash and in 2013 he moved to Dubai to sell real estate and has recently just celebrated two years of business ownership at Coast & Country Real Estate.  He is the proud President of the Worthing District Estate Agents and has been for the last 3 years and also sits on the management board that represents ‘Time for Worthing’, which is a group of local residents and businesses who collectively set out to improve and promote the image of the town and surrounding areas.
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Oct 23, 2022 • 41min

Episode 17: Graham Lock

Today's guest founded House Network in 2005 and is the Founder & CEO of The FIA. The FIA recently won their first ESTAS award for Best Agency Network. He has a mission of building the best independent estate agency network in the world. The advice given in the episode highlights how to become the best agents and win awards along the way.
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Oct 20, 2022 • 34min

Episode 16: Tanya Baker

Today's guest took the leap from working on the High Street to starting her own business in the summer of 2021. She has very quickly built a reputation for using social media effectively to win more business. There are some great tips shared in this episode for anyone looking to get out of their comfort zone and get more listings. 
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Oct 16, 2022 • 40min

Episode 15: Sean Newman

Today's guest is a veteran and well-respected figure in the industry. He helps Estate Agents become entrepreneurs and raise the standards in estate agency at the same time. He shares great advice on how to be successful, earn a great income and have a great lifestyle.
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Oct 13, 2022 • 31min

Episode 14: Phil Jones

Today's guest is the Managing Director of Ashdown Jones and Co-Founder of Firewave. As well as running his own estate agency, he is a direct mail and content specialist for the industry. Continuously learning and teaching, he shares some great advice and practices what he preaches. 
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Oct 6, 2022 • 34min

Episode 13: Matt Baldock

Today's guest is a director and co-owner of Charles David Casson and a Fine & Country licence holder. He is all about his team (not staff) and a firm believer in people before numbers. Continuously doing what he can to improve the Estate Agency industry both for the people working in it and the clients they are helping. He brings lots of great learnings to this episode from his experience as a sales/letting agent, and business owner, and from just being one off the good guys of the industry. 
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Oct 2, 2022 • 35min

Episode 12: Ben Marley

Today's guest is Commercial Director at The ESTAS Group and a volunteer mentor at Agents Together. He Helps businesses to grow customer acquisition and improve retention through consumer data and insights. He brings lots of great learnings to this episode from his experience as a supplier and consumer in this industry. 
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Sep 29, 2022 • 48min

Episode 11: Christopher Watkin

Today's guest is 'The Landlord Whisperer' and he helps Letting Agents attract Landlords to swap agents to their lettings agency amongst many other things across the industry. He shares his tried and tested methods that estate and letting agents up & down the country are using to grow their business. 
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Sep 25, 2022 • 26min

Episode 10: Ian Macbeth

Today's guest is the Founder and Managing Partner of Avocado Property. After years of experience in the corporate world, he created a new type of estate agency just as Covid hit in March 2020 and shares how he navigated this to create the Avocado brand that you see today. 
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Sep 11, 2022 • 32min

Episode 9: Mark Hinkins

Today's guest is the UK Head of Sales at Rexlabs. He gives some great advice on how to best use the data you have in your CRM to retain existing business and create new business as well. He also shares some really interesting stats that can make a huge difference in the way you go about generating more listings. 

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