

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Simon Gates
Opening The Gates To More Listings with Simon Gates is a podcast designed to help estate agents find more listings and increase the profitability of their business.
There will be a variety of different guests across the industry being interviewed to share their knowledge on how to achieve this.
There will be a variety of different guests across the industry being interviewed to share their knowledge on how to achieve this.
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Sep 21, 2023 • 42min
Episode 79: Elle Wood
Today's guest helps estate agents and letting agents attract more sellers and landlords with digital marketing.
She helps them dominate social media effortlessly & affordably and is known for giving regular social media tips.
Before this, she was awarded best estate agent in the UK during her several years as an estate agent before turning to helping them instead.
Some great lessons to be taken from this episode and implemented for any agents looking to grow their business.

Sep 14, 2023 • 50min
Episode 78: Richard Bray
Today's guest has been an estate agent since 2017, following a long career in banking and the financial sector.
Prior to getting into estate agency, he had plenty of experience buying and selling houses.
A lesson he applies from his banking days is that it's all about establishing rapport and good relationships.
He has taken the Beds/Bucks property market by storm in recent years and you will find out how in this episode.

Sep 7, 2023 • 43min
Episode 77: Gemma Noonan
Today's guest is the Managing Director of The Giggs Group and has over 20 years of experience in the coaching and HR space.
She is an expert in leadership, team building, training & development, and, performance management.
Specialising in driving change and culture and helping individuals and teams to understand and apply their values (personal and organisational) in everything they do.
She describes herself as a people leader, supporting business leaders and their teams to achieve their strategic plans.
A certified Executive Coach and currently volunteer as a Governor / Chair of Governor for two schools and a mum of two boys, she has her work cut out.

Aug 31, 2023 • 52min
Episode 76: Anton Babkov
Today's guest is the CEO at Rexlabs.
Rexlabs is home to leading proptech solutions like Rex Software, Siteloft and Spoke.
They believe that 'home' is an inherently human experience and build tech products to empower agents to deliver great customer experiences to owners, landlords, buyers and sellers.
They currently service more than 10,000 users across 1,800 agencies, selling billions of dollars in property every year in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.
What better person to talk about opening the gates to more listings than the person running the show at Rexlabs.

Aug 24, 2023 • 45min
Episode 75: Daniel McGowran
Today's guest is the referred agent and owner of Daniel James Residential in Oswestry.
He has 20 years of experience as an estate agent and started his own business in late 2020.
Not only that, but he is also a mentor at Agents Together as well.
Challenging the status quo, this is one not to be missed!

Aug 17, 2023 • 45min
Episode 74: Vicky Bibiris
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 and if that wasn’t enough, she is also a volunteer mentor at Agents Together.
Her website bio has the word impactivist on it and you will understand why after listening to this episode.

Aug 10, 2023 • 53min
Episode 73: Matt Giggs
Today's guest is a BS-Free REAL Estate Agent Coach and he teaches Estate Agents to scale without the sleaze.
He started his career at one of the biggest estate agencies in the world and lead his first region of 9 offices from 92nd to number 1 in the company in less than three years.
Since then, he has built 8 different Estate Agency brands, handled over 200 billion pounds worth of successful property sales, and sold properties in both the 7 and 8-figure categories leading to multiple industry awards. He now coaches and speaks about these subjects at public events including being selected by Rightmove as the coach to show agents how to build their business.
I massively benefited from his coaching back in 2018 and could not wait to get him on the podcast so the listeners can benefit as well.
This is definitely not one to miss!

Aug 3, 2023 • 45min
Episode 72: Alice Bullard
Today's guest has been in the industry for over a decade now and is the Managing Director of Nested.
She sits in a great position to share advice on how to make it in this market by working with self-employed agents to grow their businesses.
There is lots of valuable content in this episode to go away and execute.
I really enjoyed recording this episode and hope you enjoy listening to it too.

Jul 27, 2023 • 42min
Episode 71: James Skudder
Today's guest has worked in the industry for 20 years and launched his own estate agency, Country Living Group in July 2020.
He has made a name for himself in Pembrokeshire for selling higher-end properties and doing some excellent video work, whilst leveraging social media to increase his audience for now and the future.
This is not one to be missed, from a guy who has been showing just how to do it in the modern market.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to episode 71 of Opening The Gates to More Listings.

Jul 23, 2023 • 47min
Episode 70: One Year Anniversary Special
I am on the other side of the microphone in this episode, interviewed by James Kendall.
I have been asked many times what my answers would be to some of the questions that I ask my guests and it only felt right to celebrate the one-year anniversary by giving some of my responses.
I hope you enjoy the episode and thank you for coming along on this journey with me so far, here is to the next year!
Please remember to like, follow, subscribe, review, and share the podcast in an effort to help it keep growing and attract even more high-calibre guests.


