Opening The Gates To More Listings

Simon Gates
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May 8, 2025 • 57min

Episode 187: Steph Walker & Chris Buckler

Today's returning guests have recently joined forces to create a super brokerage with TAUK.They aim to help personal estate agents build thriving businesses and fix the relationship between the public and estate agents.One of them is a no nonsense and straight talking powerhouse of the industry, whilst the other is a coach, mentor, and self-confessed estate agency geek.You do not want to miss this conversation and hear from two of the best minds within the industry, who as a combination, bring incredible amounts of value to this episode.
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May 5, 2025 • 45min

Episode 186: Dayalan Mahesan

Today's guest is a self-employed estate agent with Keller Williams and has taken the industry by storm over the past five years.He is a Keller Williams “Top Producer Agent”and part of the Keller Williams Agent Leadership Council.In this conversation we discuss self-employed estate agency and getting started, landlord lead generation, the importance of networking and being part of your community, plus the power of an email newsletter and creating a database.We also chat about how important training and education is for estate agents to succeed, which is why you should consider joining the book club that this guest has created.Make sure to listen to this episode to learn from someone that has started from scratch in a new area, made a real dent in his local market and is making a real name for himself in the self-employed world.
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May 1, 2025 • 52min

Episode 185: Ian Wilkinson

Today's guest is the Founder of Snowden Wilkinson Estate Agents and Agent MXM.Having founded Snowden Wilkinson 20 years ago, we talk about his learnings from over the years, such as the power of social media, allowing your team to have a personal brand, marketing to different demographics, and much much more.We also discuss his new venture into the self-employed world and he gives lots of valuable advice on how to become an attraction agent in your local market.You don't want to miss this episode if you want to learn from someone that is still at the coal face after 20 years of ownership in the estate agency industry and has bags of experience to share.
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Apr 28, 2025 • 55min

Episode 184: Holly Boylan

Today's guest is Head of Operations & Client Experience at The Avenue and is set on providing the best environment for the agents they partner with to WIN and become the business owners, they truly want to be.This incredibly inspiring conversation covers the importance of culture, mindset, fitness, processes, and finding your niche.If you want to find out some of the secrets behind the success of The Avenue, you don't want to miss this discussion with one of the driving forces behind the scenes helping their agents to succeed.
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Apr 24, 2025 • 55min

Episode 183: Ali Harper

Today's guest is the owner of Harpers Property People and is a triple eXp ICON.He is now based in Northumberland, but his career has seen his work in London for some of the biggest names within the industry such as KFH, Spicerhaart, Purplebricks, and Keller Williams, before deciding to launch his own business in June 2021.Harpers have gone on to sell over 300 properties during this time from a cold start and if you want to hear how these phenomenal results have been achieved, you better not miss this episode!
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Apr 21, 2025 • 53min

Episode 182: Toren Farrelly

Today's guest is Director of Mode Photo, specialising in property marketing throughout Essex, London & Hertfordshire.From photography, videography, and floorplans, to EPC’s, CGi’s virtual staging, and drone photography, Mode Photo aims to deliver the full package in one visit at the highest standard within 24 hours.Some call them Amazon of property marketing and I can see why from our conversation.If you're wanting to find out more about how you can up your game when it comes to marketing your listings and in turn, win more business, get higher fees, and sell more properties, you will definitely want to give this episode a listen.
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Apr 17, 2025 • 1h 10min

Episode 181: Matt Giggs

Today's returning guest is the founder of The Giggs Group and co-host of the Property-Pxrn Stars podcast.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 helps Estate Agents To Complete More Deals, Build Stronger Client Relationships & Achieve Their Business Goals and has coached and spoken about these subjects at public events including being selected by Rightmove as a coach to show agents how to build their business.I massively benefited from his coaching back in 2018 and would not be where I am today without his mentoring, so could not wait to get him back on the podcast and let the listeners benefit from his wisdom as well.His first appearance in episode 73 is one of the most listened to podcasts I've released, so this is definitely not one to miss as it's full of absolute gold!
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Apr 14, 2025 • 45min

Episode 180: Dan Firth

Today's returning guest is the Managing Director at Bid, which partners with estate agents to offer greater choice and security for someone when selling or buying a home.He's also a consultant and trainer to the property industry and a mentor with Agents Together.His twenty plus year career in the property industry has seen him work for some of the largest players in the market, from corporate, online, and hybrid space.There is loads of value to be taken from this conversation to implement within your business immediately that could have a huge impact on revenue and profitability.
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Apr 10, 2025 • 50min

Episode 179: Alistair Trippett

Today's guest is the Managing Director of Heywoods Estate Agents.He purchased Heywoods in October 2022 whilst only in his twenties and has been the driving force behind it going from strength to strength and increasing the profitability of the business over the past couple of years.On his mission, he has embraced learning from others, collaboration, the power of a network, leveraging social media and video content.He also has an extensive background in property as a landlord and developer, having started his career at just 18, so offers a well-rounded view on estate agency and the property market.Prior to this, he was diagnosed with bone cancer at the age of 12 and had chemo and 15+ operations to salvage his leg.I would very much describe him as someone with an incredibly wise head on young shoulders and found this a really inspirational conversation that will no doubt inspire many others who listen to it as well.
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Apr 7, 2025 • 48min

Episode 178: Mark Hinkins & Danny Lambert

Today's returning guests and duo are the Ant & Dec of the CRM world for estate agents as I bring to you this special episode recorded live at Rex HQ.This conversation is one from the archives and actually took place all the way back in May 2024 and has finally found its way out of the lost episodes and into the published category.These guys really know what they are talking about when it comes to the CRM side of things in the property industry and I know a lot of agents who use Rex and talk very highly of it.Give this episode a listen if you want to find out more about making the most from data, relationships, prospecting, and using your CRM.

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