Opening The Gates To More Listings

Today's guest is the CEO of Award Winning Creative Digital Agency Estate Apps. He joined Estate Apps in 2011 and took over the running of the company in 2013. We cover loads of valuable topics in this conversation, from websites, reviews, and, social media to name a few. At the time of releasing this episode, Estate Apps have 321 5* Google reviews and clearly practice what they preach. Speaking of reviews, feel free to leave one for Opening The Gates via the link below provided by Estate Apps: https://review.openingthegates.co.uk/

Today's guest is the 2024 best valuer in the UK. She is the sales manager at Location Location and the third guest to feature from this amazing business. She is known at Location Location as Fiber Optic and you will have to take a listen to the episode to find out why. Find out more about bossing video, social media, and so much more in this brilliant conversation. Who better to learn from than the reigning best valuer, right?

Today's guest is an award winning London real estate agent and CEO/Founder of Oliver Howard Real Estate. He started his estate agency career working at Marsh & Parsons but his dare to be different attitude and social media influence meant he went on to launch his own business. If you are nervous about getting on video, leveraging social media and scared of what people might say, this conversation is definitely one for you to listen to.

Today's guest is the CEO of By Design and also hosts the Property-Porn Stars podcast with Matt Giggs. He was previously CEO of Fine & Country and we discuss his years of experience in the higher end of the market in this conversation. If you are looking to enter the premium market or grow your share of this market, the episode is one not to be missed.

Today's guest has been an estate agent for 20 years and started his own business in partnership with The Agency UK during the summer of 2023. He has quickly gone on to generate listings through a variety of strategies, which includes social media and being active in his local community. If you want to find out how he has hit the ground running as a new business, this is definitely not one to be missed.

Today's guest has been working in the industry since 2018 having been in love with property for many years and taking on some pretty scary projects since buying her first home in 2002. She is a trained negotiator and helps her clients achieve on average, 2% more for their property compared to the national average. She is also a speaker at events to help empower women, through her ongoing experience of dealing with an aggressive breast cancer diagnosis. This is a very powerful conversation that covers a variety of very important topics and I hope you enjoy it.

Today's guest launched her estate agency business in March 2021 and has taken the property market by storm ever since. Before this, she began her career in the military before establishing her own business in the Health and Fitness industry, which she ran successfully for 26 years. Having sold approximately £30,000,000 worth of property and helped almost 200 people move home in just over 2.5 years, there is a lot to learn from this conversation.

Today's guest started a position at an independent estate agent in Barkingside back in 2011 under an apprenticeship role. He knew immediately this was the career for him and fell in love with it. He swiftly progressed and moved on to a large corporate agency nearby where he then managed and grew the sales team to become one of the largest and most successful in the Barkingside/Chigwell area. Now, he is a director at Bowden Bradley, which he co-founded in March 2022. He is passionate about the marketing side of Estate Agency and feels this area of the business is really undergoing a big shift, especially with technology and social media now being at the forefront of most, expanding Estate Agencies. There is plenty to take away from this conversation for anyone looking to launch a new business or grow in another area.

Today's guest had a brief stint as an English teacher, before joining the industry in 2011 as an administrator with little first-hand experience of the sector, except as a renter himself. His own role grew, as did the company, and he was appointed a Director in 2016. In 2018 he completed the Level 3 Award in Residential Letting & Property Management and became a member of ARLA. He also joined the Propertymark Inspire programme, led by Nathan Emerson, to further advance his future knowledge of the industry.One of the good guys in the industry, a great networker, learner, and video content genius; there is lots to take from his conversation.

Today's guest has 10 years of industry experience and has sold in excess of £850m worth of property and there is plenty more to come! He operates in Staffordshire & the surrounding areas. The recording of this episode came about from the power of the invisible audience after a conversation over Instagram. There is lots of value to be had from this conversation and I hope you enjoy listening to it.