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Welcome to the Ignite Podcast, specifically designed to help estate agents ignite the growth of their agency, hosted by Sam Ashdown and Phil Jones. We'll share original content on all things marketing and agency related - from growth and lead generation, to creating and developing your personal brand and building a dream team. You'll hear from the biggest and best marketers, experts and agency coaches from around the world in exclusive interviews. And discover our top level tips, tricks and tactics that are designed to help YOU accelerate the growth of your business. About Sam and Phil: Sam and Phil are mother-in-law and son-in-lawn and co-directors of AshdownJones (the Lake District estate agency), AJ Mastermind (the home of world-class independent estate agency growth) and several other companies. Collectively they have a couple of decades of industry experience between them. We hope you enjoy the Ignite podcast. Let us know what you think by leaving a review. If you want to find out more about AJ Mastermind and what we can do for your agency go to: https://www.ajmastermind.co.uk
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158 What Makes a World-Class Mastermind? Sam Chats with Emma to Find Out
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May 03, 2024 |
157 The Brave Agent - The 3 factors that will ensure you are playing at the highest level
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Apr 26, 2024 |
156 Spring Budget 2024 Special - Sam & Phil’s Take on FHLs, CGT & More
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Apr 19, 2024 |
155 The Market Response Plan - your step-by-step guide to beating the market!
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Apr 12, 2024 |
154 Bonus Mini Episode Sam and Phil's Thoughts on Sacking Vendors
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Apr 05, 2024 |
153 Would You Sack Yourself From a £56,250 Fee?
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Mar 29, 2024 |
152 The 'Fail-Proof' Secret to Successful Recruitment with Michael Mortimer
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Mar 22, 2024 |
151 Bold and Daring with Megan
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Mar 15, 2024 |
150 The Buy Back Your Time Principle
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Mar 08, 2024 |
149 How To Add £100K to Your Agency THIS YEAR
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Mar 01, 2024 |
148 How to Grow Your Business, Not Run It with Paul Avins
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Feb 23, 2024 |
147 Why You NEED to Start Systemising Your Agency
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Feb 16, 2024 |
146 The Core Values Series - Creativity! And How it Can Be Utilised in Any Role
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Feb 09, 2024 |
145 Challenge 2023 - A Year of Challenges
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Feb 02, 2024 |
144 Our Greatest Hits from 2023
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Jan 26, 2024 |
143 From the Impossible to the Inevitable - A Framework that Will Help You HIT Your Goals this Year (part 2)
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Jan 19, 2024 |
142 From the Impossible to the Inevitable - A Framework that Will Help You HIT Your Goals this Year (part 1)
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Jan 12, 2024 |
141 The Core Values Series - Energy! What We Look For in a Team Member, with Emma and Mac
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Jan 05, 2024 |
140 13 Things We Wish We'd Known in 2023
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Dec 29, 2023 |
139 The 5 Factors We Measure Our Team Members' Performance and Development By (FIRST LOOK!)
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Dec 22, 2023 |
138 Protect Your Pipeline and Plan for Profit in 2024
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Dec 15, 2023 |
137 How to Plan your 2024 around YOU - and not the other way around!
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Dec 08, 2023 |
136 The Core Values Series - Family 1st! Our Team's Take
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Dec 01, 2023 |
135 Sam and Phil's Winter Reading Recommendations
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Nov 24, 2023 |
134 Profitable Communication: 5 Laws to Help You Deliver Your Message More Successfully
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Nov 17, 2023 |
133 Would you go on Holiday with your Team?
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Nov 10, 2023 |
132 'I'm Bored' and Other Lies
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Nov 03, 2023 |
131 3 Winter Campaigns to get you Excited this Year
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Oct 27, 2023 |
130 Being a Busy Fool
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Oct 20, 2023 |
129 Fill Up Your Pipeline
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Oct 13, 2023 |
128 Writing Your Content with Paul Travers
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Oct 06, 2023 |
127 Challenging Team Members
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Sep 29, 2023 |
126 Build Up Your Brand
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Sep 22, 2023 |
125 Matt Hughes - The King of Video
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Sep 15, 2023 |
124 The Real Agent Series with Lisa & John Curran
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Sep 08, 2023 |
123 Top 5 Questions Agents Are Asking Right Now - Summer 23 Edition
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Sep 01, 2023 |
122 Sam and Phil's Summer Reading Recommendations
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Aug 25, 2023 |
121 Get Your Life Back with Alexis Kingsbury
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Aug 18, 2023 |
120 The Lakeland 50 - Where Almost Doesn't Count
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Aug 11, 2023 |
119 How to Handle Your Finances Like a Pro
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Aug 04, 2023 |
118 You are a CEO - So Start Acting Like It! - Part 2
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Jul 28, 2023 |
117 The Real Agent Series with Levi Fowler & Julien Powell
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Jul 21, 2023 |
116 You are a CEO - So Start Acting Like It! - Part 1
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Jul 14, 2023 |
115 The Ultimate Property Listing with Neil Whitfield
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Jul 07, 2023 |
114 How to Train New Starters to Speak Your Language
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Jun 30, 2023 |
113 Dan Todd: How to Become a Facebook Ads Maestro
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Jun 23, 2023 |
112 How to Add £100K to Your Bottom Line in 12 Months
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Jun 16, 2023 |
111 Doing what most agents won’t to become a high-value market leader - Julie Hill
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Jun 09, 2023 |
110 Difficult conversations with demanding vendors - how to get them right
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Jun 02, 2023 |
109 9 Ways to Make Your Team Meetings Awesome
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May 26, 2023 |
108 How to Avoid Staff Burnout - Lessons from 3 Team Members Leaving in One Month
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May 19, 2023 |
107 Operation Momentum
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May 12, 2023 |
106 Show Don’t Tell
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May 05, 2023 |
105 Unearthing Hidden Gems: Maximise Attention for Your Estate Agency!
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Apr 28, 2023 |
104 20 Questions with Bex Williamson our in-house designer
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Apr 21, 2023 |
103 Q1 DONE bring on Q2! Our AJ quarterly planning process
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Apr 14, 2023 |
102 Marketing Magic with Michael Price
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Apr 07, 2023 |
101 5 Key Highlights from our 2023 Spring Mastermind
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Mar 31, 2023 |
100th Episode Special Edition! IGNITE your agency
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Mar 24, 2023 |
099 How to Get Your Team to Think Like a Boss
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Mar 17, 2023 |
098 Pick N Mix - John DiJulius and Toby Salgado
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Mar 10, 2023 |
097 Grooming Guidelines - The Dress Code is it Legal and Ethical? with Rita Cunningham
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Mar 03, 2023 |
096 The Everyday Warrior Mindset with Mike Sarraille
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Feb 24, 2023 |
095 Be More Corporate! 5 things Independents can learn from Corporates
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Feb 17, 2023 |
094 Mike Michalowicz - Eradicate Entrepreneurial Poverty!
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Feb 10, 2023 |
093 2022 Mistakes We Won't be Repeating in 2023!
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Feb 03, 2023 |
092 'Prediction Marketing' - What it is and how can you use it to build your Agency for FREE!
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Jan 27, 2023 |
091 The Strategic Business Audit - Business Wheel Part 2
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Jan 20, 2023 |
090 The Strategic Business Audit - Lifestyle Wheel Part 1
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Jan 13, 2023 |
089 Salaries...What do they look like in your agency?
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Jan 06, 2023 |
088 Pick N Mix - Michael Bruce and John Rossman
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Dec 30, 2022 |
087 7 Fatal Mistakes Estate Agents Made in the Last Crash... And How to Avoid Them - Part 2
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Dec 23, 2022 |
086 7 Fatal Mistakes Estate Agents Made in the Last Crash... And How to Avoid Them - Part 1
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Dec 16, 2022 |
085 Pick N Mix - Cara Ameer and John Jantsch
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Dec 09, 2022 |
084 Pick N Mix - Gary Vaynerchuk and David Marquet
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Dec 02, 2022 |
083 The Fabulous Follow-up
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Nov 25, 2022 |
082 Growth ‘how to think about it the right way’
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Nov 18, 2022 |
081 3 Lead Generation Tactics You Need to Be Using Right Now
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Nov 11, 2022 |
080 - Inside the Mind of an Agency Acquirer
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Nov 04, 2022 |
079 What are your Barriers to Success?
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Oct 28, 2022 |
078 Cash – friend or foe?
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Oct 21, 2022 |
077 How to motivate your employees through better leadership
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Oct 14, 2022 |
076 Recruitment… Seeing It Over The Line
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Oct 07, 2022 |
075 “The Business That Can Spend The Most To Acquire a Customer Wins” - What This Means For Your Agency.
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Sep 30, 2022 |
074 The Industry Experts Series with Sam Ashdown
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Sep 23, 2022 |
073 The Industry Experts Series with Jerry Lyons
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Sep 16, 2022 |
072 The Industry Experts Series with Stephen J Brown
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Sep 09, 2022 |
071 The Industry Experts Series with John Paul
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Sep 02, 2022 |
070 The Industry Experts Series with Perry Power
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Aug 26, 2022 |
069 The Industry Experts Series with Chris Watkin
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Aug 19, 2022 |
068 The Industry Experts Series with Sean Newman
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Aug 12, 2022 |
067 The Industry Experts Series with Sarah Edmundson
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Aug 05, 2022 |
066 5 Ways to Double Your Fee
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Jul 29, 2022 |
065 Growing Your Business to Full Capacity with Graham Hardy
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Jul 22, 2022 |
064 3 Things YOU Must Do Before EVERY Marketing Campaign
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Jul 15, 2022 |
063 Business Owner vs Entrepreneur - Which one are you & why does it matter?
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Jul 08, 2022 |
062 6 Reasons For YOU to Join a Mastermind
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Jul 01, 2022 |
061 How Can You Build Your Dream Team?
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Jun 24, 2022 |
060 How to Create the Right Community
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Jun 17, 2022 |
059 Having a No Matter What Mentality
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Jun 10, 2022 |
058 Opening a New Branch of an Estate Agency - Part 2
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Jun 03, 2022 |
057 How to Nurture Your Leads through Email Marketing - Rob and Kennedy
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May 27, 2022 |
056 A Frank Talk With a Special Guest and a Challenge for You!
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May 20, 2022 |
055 5 Things I Learnt From Disney
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May 13, 2022 |
054 Commission Does it Work? Sam Says No, What do You Think?
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May 06, 2022 |
053 Left Handed Knights (Doing What Other Agents Can't and Won't)
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Apr 29, 2022 |
052 Why You Need Haters (and How to Love Them)
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Apr 22, 2022 |
051 Don't Make Them Think: Phone Manner, How to Give Your Client the Best Experience Possible
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Apr 15, 2022 |
050 Don't Make Them Think: Call To Action, Give Your Clients a "Next Step"
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Apr 08, 2022 |
049 Don't Make Them Think: How to Make Your Website Easy for Your Clients
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Apr 01, 2022 |
048 Andrew Armitage: Your Website is Way More Than Just a Marketing Tool
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Mar 25, 2022 |
047 You Are What Your Stock Is...
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Mar 18, 2022 |
046 The Rollercoaster of Estate Agency: Sam's Take
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Mar 11, 2022 |
045 Phil Claims This is the Number 1 Lead Generation Tool for Estate Agents Ever
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Mar 04, 2022 |
044 How to Build Your Dream Estate Agency ft. Our Firewave Members
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Feb 25, 2022 |
043 Why You Should Never Say 'No Problem', 'No Worries' or 'Bear With Me' in Business
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Feb 18, 2022 |
042 Five Quick and Easy Lead Generation Tactics You Can Use to Sell Your First Five High-value Homes of 2022
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Feb 11, 2022 |
041 Tom Panos: How to Get Bigger Fees, Better Listings and More Clients
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Feb 04, 2022 |
040 Shep Hyken: How to Keep Your Clients Happy - A Guide to World-Class Customer Experiences
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Jan 28, 2022 |
039 Opening a New Branch of an Estate Agency - Part I
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Jan 21, 2022 |
038 Lee Cockerell: How to Make a Magical Customer Experience in Your Estate Agency
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Jan 14, 2022 |
037 How to Measure Your Estate Agency's KPIs and Why It's so Important for Business Growth
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Jan 07, 2022 |
BONUS: Agency Affairs - What's Happened This Week
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Jan 06, 2022 |
036 Kevin Hines: Your Brain Health and Your Business
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Dec 31, 2021 |
035 Five Podcasts Every Estate Agency Owner Needs to Listen to
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Dec 24, 2021 |
034 Five Lead Generation Mistakes We See Estate Agents Make
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Dec 17, 2021 |
033 The AshdownJones Interview Process: How to Find Your Perfect Hire
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Dec 10, 2021 |
032 Our World-Class Follow Up - Five Steps to Success
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Dec 03, 2021 |
031 How and Why to Plan Your Yearly Marketing Activities
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Nov 26, 2021 |
030 Overrated or Underrated: Estate Agency Vol. 2
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Nov 12, 2021 |
029 What is a Mastermind? And Why Are They So Important to Business Growth
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Nov 12, 2021 |
028 Brian Kurtz: Direct Marketing for Estate Agents
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Nov 05, 2021 |
027 Five Books Every Estate Agency Owner Needs to Read
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Oct 29, 2021 |
BONUS: Agency Affairs - What's Happened This Week
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Oct 25, 2021 |
026 Christmas Marketing Campaigns to Grow Your Estate Agency
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Oct 22, 2021 |
025 Building a Dream Team - Happiness, Motivation, Meetings, and Energy
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Oct 15, 2021 |
BONUS: Agency Affairs - What's Happened This Week
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Oct 13, 2021 |
024 How to Make World Class Decisions
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Oct 08, 2021 |
023 Darin Adams: Energy, Lead Generation and Targeting Your Ideal Client
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Oct 01, 2021 |
BONUS: Agency Affairs - What's Happened This Week
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Sep 29, 2021 |
022 John Beede: Adventure, Self Development, and How to Overcome Your Biggest Challenges
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Sep 24, 2021 |
021 Toby Salgado: Radio Advertising, Lead Generation and Building Your Business
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Sep 17, 2021 |
BONUS: Agency Affairs - What's Happened This Week
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Sep 15, 2021 |
020 Bespoke Brochures: How to Win More Instructions for Your Estate Agency with Bespoke Property Marketing
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Sep 10, 2021 |
019 Sales Letters: The Difference Between On the Market and Not on the Market Direct Mail
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Sep 03, 2021 |
018 Overrated or Underrated: The Estate Agency Edition
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Aug 27, 2021 |
017 TikTok: Why an Independent Estate Agent Should Use it
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Aug 20, 2021 |
016 Becoming a Million Pound Sales Only Agency and How You Can Do It Too
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Aug 13, 2021 |
015 John DiJulius: How to Create a World-Class Customer Experience
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Aug 06, 2021 |
014 Adam Woods: How to be Confident on Camera
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Jul 30, 2021 |
013 John Rossman: Leadership, Amazon and how to be the Very Best Business Leader
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Jul 23, 2021 |
012 BLAST: Our Social Media Formula to Convert Your Followers to Clients
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Jul 16, 2021 |
011 Michael Bruce: Portals, Growth, Client Experience, and how the Property Industry is Changing
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Jul 09, 2021 |
010 John Jantsch: Attracting and Retaining Your Ideal Clients to Grow Your Estate Agency
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Jul 02, 2021 |
009 LEGEND: Our Legendary Conversion Formula to Turn Valuations Into Instructions
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Jun 25, 2021 |
008 Cara Ameer: Creating a Strong Brand Identity for Your Estate Agency
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Jun 17, 2021 |
007 Gary Vaynerchuk: How to Build Your Brand, a Bigger Company and be Happier in Your Business
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Jun 11, 2021 |
006 Marketing to Not on the Market Homes to Grow Your Estate Agency
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Jun 04, 2021 |
005 David Marquet: The Importance of Strong Leadership
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May 25, 2021 |
004 The Three Most Important Skills a Super-Successful Estate Agent Needs
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May 25, 2021 |
003 The Market Share Trap: What Should Your Estate Agency Focus On?
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May 25, 2021 |
002 How We Launched our Estate Agency: from the Beginning - Phil's Side of the Story
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May 25, 2021 |
001 How We Launched our Estate Agency: from the Beginning - Sam's Side of the Story
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May 25, 2021 |