Opening The Gates To More Listings

Today's guest is the author of How to Price Your Platypus and is an international speaker, specialising in helping audiences to discover simple ways to improve their pricing. He speaks at conferences (including several estate agency events) about the ways you can make a higher price ‘stickier’. He also works one-on-one with clients, helping them apply his Platypus Pricing Process. He also speaks to and works with sales teams, helping them improve the profitability and the value they deliver. Similarly, he is frequently engaged to speak to CEO groups and smaller business audiences.As a fractional CMO, he applies psychology research into consumer behaviour to business and marketing.In this conversation, you will discover simple, quick and easy changes that will make a dramatic difference to your profits and learn simple techniques that will increase your average order value.You will be entertained, you will be engaged, and you will leave ready to make immediate changes which will improve your profits.

Today's guest is the Head of Operations at The Agency UK and has been working in the industry since 2001.As Head of Operations at TAUK, she builds the systems that bring clarity, create consistency, and drive momentum across TAUK because freedom works when foundations are strong.She's also looking to build a team of like-minded and client-focused Personal Estate Agents in the York area.With well over two decades in estate agency, she has experienced every part of the business, from working on the front desk as a viewing assistant, Negotiator, Valuer, Branch Manager, heading up a large sales progression team, franchise support, to leading operations nationally. As a mum of four, her journey has shaped how she leads with empathy, integrity, and honesty, while keeping space for laughter and enjoyment along the way.For over ten years, she worked within one of the UK’s largest franchised estate agency networks, supporting franchisees and driving growth. Her time as National Operations Director allowed her to implement strategies that connected people, process, and performance, always focused on helping agents thrive.In this episode, we discuss some of her key learnings from over the years, self-employed estate agency, navigating the industry as a female, and loads more valuable topics.

Today's guest is the Co-Founder and CEO of Survey Shack, which is the first interactive, affordable, and informative self-survey app, guiding users through each step of the property survey process.He left school at 16 with a plan to trade derivatives then build something of his own and by 20, he was one of the youngest traders in London, learning to operate under pressure, think commercially, and back himself.At 18 he started buying property and later retrained as a surveyor, drawn to a profession where his output could start helping others. However, he kept seeing the same problems: deals collapsing, frustrated sellers, and a lack of clarity for buyers. Rather than keep explaining the flaws, he has set out to fix them and that is how Survey Shack began and a simple way for buyers and sellers to assess condition quickly and clearly at low cost. It reduces risk, saves time, and builds trust. We are changing the status quo.Survey Shack are now raising under EIS to scale across the UK and expand into B2B across the property spectrum.Their focus is tools that capture condition data at source and make decisions faster and fairer.Survey Shack is solving today’s problems and building towards a future where fully autonomous condition assessments are the norm.In this episode, we discuss surveys, the process of moving home, what can be done to improve the industry, plus many more valuable topics.

Today's guest is a 4 times ICON agent with eXp and has sold 600 properties since going self-employed at the start of 2020, having previously been with Purple Bricks since 2017 and was also the number one agent in the UK for eXp in 2023.We discuss how he has managed to hit these numbers, achieve these records, move to Spain and still keep his business running in Wales, plus loads more absolute gold.

Today's guest is the Founder and CEO at AZ Real Estate and AZ Alliance.She is a real estate professional with over two decades of experience in the UK and Russia. Formerly with Cushman & Wakefield and JLL in Russia and the UK, she was top office agent in Moscow in 2006 and then headed Russian Cross-Border Investment desk in London, followed by running C&W's Alliance Program across EMEA. In 2015 she's advised CBRE Residential on launching their Russian Desk in London. She is well known and regarded within London and European professional peer network thanks to her long-term involvement in Urban Land Institute (ULI), WIRE and several mentoring schemes. In this episode, we discuss the international property market, the Prime sector, her new self-employed business, AZ Alliance and so much more.