Opening The Gates To More Listings

Today's guest is the author of How to Price Your Platypus and is an international speaker, specialising in helping audiences to discover simple ways to improve their pricing. He speaks at conferences (including several estate agency events) about the ways you can make a higher price ‘stickier’. He also works one-on-one with clients, helping them apply his Platypus Pricing Process. He also speaks to and works with sales teams, helping them improve the profitability and the value they deliver. Similarly, he is frequently engaged to speak to CEO groups and smaller business audiences.As a fractional CMO, he applies psychology research into consumer behaviour to business and marketing.In this conversation, you will discover simple, quick and easy changes that will make a dramatic difference to your profits and learn simple techniques that will increase your average order value.You will be entertained, you will be engaged, and you will leave ready to make immediate changes which will improve your profits.

Today's guest is the Head of Operations at The Agency UK and has been working in the industry since 2001.As Head of Operations at TAUK, she builds the systems that bring clarity, create consistency, and drive momentum across TAUK because freedom works when foundations are strong.She's also looking to build a team of like-minded and client-focused Personal Estate Agents in the York area.With well over two decades in estate agency, she has experienced every part of the business, from working on the front desk as a viewing assistant, Negotiator, Valuer, Branch Manager, heading up a large sales progression team, franchise support, to leading operations nationally. As a mum of four, her journey has shaped how she leads with empathy, integrity, and honesty, while keeping space for laughter and enjoyment along the way.For over ten years, she worked within one of the UK’s largest franchised estate agency networks, supporting franchisees and driving growth. Her time as National Operations Director allowed her to implement strategies that connected people, process, and performance, always focused on helping agents thrive.In this episode, we discuss some of her key learnings from over the years, self-employed estate agency, navigating the industry as a female, and loads more valuable topics.

Today's guest is the Co-Founder and CEO of Survey Shack, which is the first interactive, affordable, and informative self-survey app, guiding users through each step of the property survey process.He left school at 16 with a plan to trade derivatives then build something of his own and by 20, he was one of the youngest traders in London, learning to operate under pressure, think commercially, and back himself.At 18 he started buying property and later retrained as a surveyor, drawn to a profession where his output could start helping others. However, he kept seeing the same problems: deals collapsing, frustrated sellers, and a lack of clarity for buyers. Rather than keep explaining the flaws, he has set out to fix them and that is how Survey Shack began and a simple way for buyers and sellers to assess condition quickly and clearly at low cost. It reduces risk, saves time, and builds trust. We are changing the status quo.Survey Shack are now raising under EIS to scale across the UK and expand into B2B across the property spectrum.Their focus is tools that capture condition data at source and make decisions faster and fairer.Survey Shack is solving today’s problems and building towards a future where fully autonomous condition assessments are the norm.In this episode, we discuss surveys, the process of moving home, what can be done to improve the industry, plus many more valuable topics.

Today's guest is a 4 times ICON agent with eXp and has sold 600 properties since going self-employed at the start of 2020, having previously been with Purple Bricks since 2017 and was also the number one agent in the UK for eXp in 2023.We discuss how he has managed to hit these numbers, achieve these records, move to Spain and still keep his business running in Wales, plus loads more absolute gold.

Today's guest is the Founder and CEO at AZ Real Estate and AZ Alliance.She is a real estate professional with over two decades of experience in the UK and Russia. Formerly with Cushman & Wakefield and JLL in Russia and the UK, she was top office agent in Moscow in 2006 and then headed Russian Cross-Border Investment desk in London, followed by running C&W's Alliance Program across EMEA. In 2015 she's advised CBRE Residential on launching their Russian Desk in London. She is well known and regarded within London and European professional peer network thanks to her long-term involvement in Urban Land Institute (ULI), WIRE and several mentoring schemes. In this episode, we discuss the international property market, the Prime sector, her new self-employed business, AZ Alliance and so much more.

Today’s guest started with Location Location as a junior negotiator in 2006 and within a short period of time became the top-performing sales consultant in the company taking on the role of Branch Manager in 2009. She became Sales Director and equity partner in 2012 and has been an integral part of establishing Location Location’s reputation as one of North London’s leading estate agents.Now she is the Managing Director of Location Location and leads one of the UK’s most respected estate agencies, recognised with prestigious awards like the EA Masters for Best Overall Agency and the Negotiator Awards for Best Single Office in the UK. Her passion for empowering others, exceptional marketing, and fostering a high performance culture has been central to the agency’s success.And if that wasn’t enough, she is also now the Chair of Ambassadors at Agents Together.In this episode, we discuss, the power of consistency, authenticity, vulnerability, mindset, networking, Agents Together and so much more.Make sure to give this conversation a listen with one of the most well thought of leaders in estate agency across the UK.

Today's guest is the Co-Founder of Jitty.Jitty offers a clearer, smarter way to buy a home, with the tools and transparency buyers deserve.Consumers can explore, save, and share homes with their AI-powered search features.For agents, they offer more visibility for your listings, at no cost and help you get in front of new homebuyers that can't find your properties on other platforms.Jitty is backed by global property leader REA Group — with cutting-edge tech built by the team behind Deliveroo and deep industry expertise.In this episode, we discuss how Jitty is helping the property market for both consumers and agents, the power of AI and what's to come, the complacency of Rightmove and loads of other useful content for the future of the UK property market.

Today's guest is the owner of Social For Brokers and helps busy mortgage advisors create social media posts that keep their pages informative and up to date.He's worked with top UK networks and 200+ advisers since launching his business in 2020.We discussed his journey from working in a golf shop in Scotland to estate agent and now business owner.In this conversation, you will learn how to stand out with social media, the importance of a growth mindset and surrounding yourself with the right people, the power of effort and consistency, self-development, thinking outside of the box and so much more in this value packed episode.Make sure you don't miss this one as it was a brilliant chat with someone who is really switched on to how things work and attracting eyeballs to your business.

Today's guest was one of the Founding Principal Partners of St. James's Place Wealth Management PLC and after 26 years of helping shape SJP into the highly respected FTSE-100 business it is today, he founded ClozeSure.ClozeSure is a pioneering new solution designed to support sellers, estate agents and conveyancers in managing the risks associated with property transactions, particularly during the vulnerable period between exchange and completion.Acting as a safeguard, it is the first-of-its-kind product that guarantees sellers 100% of their agreed sale price if their buyer fails to complete after exchange. ClozeSure is actively partnering with estate agencies, conveyancing firms, and property portals to bring this solution to market and empowering property professionals to offer a more robust and reliable service to their clients and enhancing the proposition of agents and conveyancers.In our conversation, we discuss the challenges when selling a home, managing financial risk, standing out from the competition, justifying your worth, defending fees, the importance of relationships and so much more.Make sure to give this episode a listen and hear from a very experienced professional when it comes to making the right investments and risk analysis.

Today's guest is the Marketing Director at Momentum Portfolio and the estate agent who became a marketer and the marketer who built a marketing agency and now helps grow self-employed property brokerages.As Marketing Director at Momentum, she leverages her background in agency marketing, property (residential & commercial), and operations to build an in-house delivery function for their growing portfolio. She's on a mission to support their internal customers, from HQ to their self-employed estate agents, fostering collaboration across their brands and nurturing a growing team committed to innovative, omnipresent, data-driven marketing.With a combination of strategic growth and a hands-on approach, I help our brands thrive in a cluttered landscape, demonstrating how modern ways of working can meet and exceed customer expectations in industries that are only beginning to adapt to current times.Beyond her career, she's a proud mother of two girls and is aiming for equality and balance, both professionally and personally, showing her daughters and others that they can build a life they love.In this conversation, we discuss self-employed estate agency, marketing, equality and loads more valuable content for estate agents, so make sure to give the episode a listen and hear from someone right at the heart of one of the leading brokerages in the country.