Opening The Gates To More Listings

Simon Gates
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Jun 12, 2025 • 43min

Episode 197: Tom Panos

Today's guest is a Real Estate Influencer, Trainer, Coach, Auctioneer , Author and, Public Speaker.He is the founder of the Real Estate Gym, Australasia’s #1 real estate coach and trainer, plus he is the Co-Host of Million Dollar Agent with John McGrath and Troy Malcolm. He opened his own real estate office at 22 years of age and has been immersed in the industry for over 30 years.With a Masters degree in Management and Coaching Psychology, he teaches agents how to attract business and not just chase it.His weekly coaching videos are watched by over 20,000 agents.I'm not going to share what he discusses in this episode and you're just going to have to listen to the conversation to find out why he is one of the very best real estate coaches on the planet!
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Jun 9, 2025 • 59min

Episode 196: Mark Burgess

Today's guest is CEO at Iceberg Digital and the author of two best-selling business books on how marketing and data work to create unstoppable companies. He has been featured on both Sky TV and Forbes, speaks regularly on stage around these subjects both nationally and internationally and has been shortlisted for a lifetime achievement award in the Proptech industry.Iceberg Digital is a Multi Award winning Proptech business providing educational, engaging or entertaining content, social media management, tracking systems, lead nurturing and marketing through a unique suite of products to modernise traditional Estate Agency. The software combines traditional CRM and Marketing software in one platform, giving real-time insights to win and close more instructions.Right now, they are focused on providing innovative Estate Agency Software that makes a significant difference in transforming the way the industry works through automation and intelligence and have 1000’s of users across the UK.Their big vision is to empower the property industry around the world to work smarter.In this conversation we discuss the best ways to use a CRM in the modern era, Heads Up Alerts, AI, and what the very best agents are doing differently to stand out and succeed in the market today.This episode will get you thinking differently about how data works and why it is so important.Don't forget to buy Prepare - AI's Impact on Business!
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Jun 5, 2025 • 56min

Episode 195: Samantha Cerrone

Today's guest is owner of Cerrone Estates and an agent who has capped every year with eXp and is also a 4x ICON agent.After 20 plus years in the industry she is now looking to help and support other estate agents to change their lives personally and financially!You will understand from our conversation that she has walked the walk and has a proven track record to help other agents succeed too.With over 300 5* Google reviews and 11,000 instagram followers, there is so much you can learn from our chat on how these results were achieved.In our discussion, we cover off the power of social media, personal brand, video, reviews, starting a business, work/life balance, and so much more.You definitely don't want to miss this one!
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Jun 2, 2025 • 56min

Episode 194: Opening The Gates To More Listings Meets Estate Agency Mastery Live

Today's special episode was recorded in front of a live audience in May in partnership with Estate Agency Mastery.We discussed our biggest learnings from recording approx 10,000 minutes worth of interviews across 250 episodes since launching the first podcast just under three years ago.In this conversation you will find out what the highest performing estate agents are doing differently to stand out and what we have also found works for us personally as well.We also answer listener questions on topics such as personal brand, work/life balance, tech, AI, and what changes are coming to the industry in the next few years.Thank you to our sponsors, Propalt, Robert Irving Burns for hosting the event, and Digital Sparks for capturing the content on the night. I also just want to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to everyone for their support over the past few years and for those that made the effort to come to the live recording.When I started this podcast as a hobby from my bedroom, I could not imagine it turning into my business and recording an episode in London in front of a live audience.You have no idea how much your support means and I really appreciate it!
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May 29, 2025 • 52min

Episode 193: Peter Ambrose

Today's guest is shining a light into the black hole of conveyancing.He runs The Partnership and Legalito, specialising in the provision of services and technology that genuinely meet a need; exploiting technology to support, not replace, service.Transactions are taking far too long to go through in England & Wales, which is why I was keen to have this conversation with someone who is really trying to make a difference to the very outdated system.If you want to hear more about the difficulties we are facing as an industry and the challenges we need to overcome, give this episode a listen and find out what we can be doing to speed up the process for all involved.
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May 26, 2025 • 1h 5min

Episode 192: Ben Moore

Today's guest is (The one with the Beard) and 'The least ‘estate agenty’ Estate Agent, ever.' He helps estate agents who have two or more years operational experience start and scale their own personality driven estate agency and is also a bespoke estate agent & growth ambassador Powered by eXp UK, offering industry leading marketing & social first content designed to deliver for an exclusive portfolio of clients in Lancashire.Well known for his social media content, quality videos, and massive involvement in the growth of the self-employed model, he is someone that you want to be listening to when it comes to what makes a great estate agent.We discuss all of the above and more in this brilliant conversation that you do not want to miss from one of the most well known and though of people within the industry right now.
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May 22, 2025 • 51min

Episode 191: Sam Hunter

Today's returning guest is the CEO of RESIC Group, which manages cutting-edge businesses that solve real problems to enhance the lives of property buyers, home owners and property professionals across Australia.RESIC group consists of HoLo Home Loans, Happy Buyers Club, and, Develo.Prior to this he was the COO of Homesearch for several years and previously an estate agent in both London and Brisbane.Over his 15 years in real estate, he's had success as a sales and buyer's agent, and has been recognised as an industry leader in both Australia and the UK. Today, he's building innovative real estate technology platforms that improve the residential real estate experience for home buyers and home owners across my home town of Brisbane and the rest of Australia.He knows his way around a podcast studio having launched the World Class Agency podcast back in 2019 whilst still in the UK and also has a podcast in Australia called Taking Back Saturday.This is a conversation with someone you will not want to miss because he has founded two very successful businesses on either side of the world and shares some of his formula on how this was achieved during our discussion.From video, social media, adding value, real estate on both sides of the world, and being a buying agent, we cover it all in this long overdue sequel to episode 2.
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May 19, 2025 • 49min

Episode 190: Anthony Jones

Today's guest is the sales manager at The ValPal Network and has been part of the Angels Media team since 2012.He helps estate and letting agents grow their businesses by helping them utilise the range of products under The ValPal Network umbrella.With over 4,000 agents in The ValPal Network he is very well positioned to give advice on what the very best estate agents are doing differently to stand out from the competition. In this conversation he shares some unbelievable insights on the power of instant val tools and how to use them.If you want to understand more about how to use data and instant val tools to get you in more living rooms, you 100% do not want to miss this episode!
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May 15, 2025 • 1h 19min

Episode 189: Simon Leadbetter

Today's returning guest for a now unprecedented sixth time is the founder of We Are Unchained, a strategic marketing consultancy that helps businesses grow faster by enhancing their market insight, strategy, activity, and talent.Over his 8 years experience in the estate agency industry, he has worked with Countrywide, Fine & Country, Keller Williams, and Knight Frank.He's also a mentor at Agents Together, Propertymark Trust Ambassador and Fractional CMO for Lemon and Lime Interiors.With over 30 years of marketing experience across multiple sectors, from startups to FTSE100, he has turned failing marketing teams around, and educated hundreds of people on the science and art of marketing.His mission is to make quality strategic marketing and practical advice accessible to every business, whether they need a virtual CMO, a one-to-one mentor, or a marketing trainer.In this episode, we discuss the results of part two of the Voice of The Agent 2025, covering topics such as market share, size and types of agents, portals, proptech, AI and home staging. If you've not already read part two of the report, please do contact me for a copy of it and I will happily share it with you.You can also message me if you are interested in completing part three of the survey and sharing your voice to help shape the industry.Any insights shared will help define the future of the UK property market.
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May 12, 2025 • 58min

Episode 188: Keith Allen

Today's guest is the Operating Director of Oakleigh Blue and Founder of Letting Wizard, Straight Line Letting, Elevate Agent, and author of World Class Letting Agent.He is helping letting agents achieve their performance and financial goals by coaching and mentoring them using his 30+ years of experience and being involved in over 6,000 completed transactions.His pedigree is evidenced from being an EA Masters Winner 2021/2022/2023/2024.He is also a NLP Practitioner in Advanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CBT , Jungian Therapy, and, Sports Psychology.If you are a letting agent looking to grow your portfolio or a sales agent looking to get into the rental market, this episode is just for you with loads of golden nuggets being shared on how to win in this market.

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