

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.
Episodes
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Nov 3, 2022 • 31min
Episode 20: Andy Davies
 Today's guest is the MD of James Neave who is known by some in the industry as 'The Wise One'. 
He shares lots of great thoughts from his established career in estate agency.  

Oct 30, 2022 • 35min
Episode 19: Owen Setter
 Today's guest has been an estate agent in both London and Somerset over the past decade.
He knows his local market inside out and shares the successes he has had in this episode to leave clues for others to follow suit.  

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. 

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.
 

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.  

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. 
 

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.  

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.  

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.  

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.  


