The Elevate Podcast – Hosted by Samantha McLean
‘Elevate’ is the official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real estate industry sales professionals, property managers, and leaders. Each episode, we will bring you behind the scenes coaching, news analysis, exclusive interviews, technology, and more to help you list more, sell more, and elevate your results. To connect with all things Elite Agent visit eliteagent.com/subscribe.
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Feb- 2021 -26 February
Empowering women in real estate and the community: Laura Valenti
In this episode of the Elevate podcast, Laura shares her property management journey including why domestic and family violence became a focus that she feels the real estate industry can help address. …
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19 February
The real estate tech that’s here to stay: Josh Callaghan
In this episode of the Elevate Podcast, Josh Callaghan shares his insight into virtual tours and other future trends that will shape the real estate industry, along with his tips on evaluating which technology is right for your business. …
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12 February
The science of social selling: Drew Davies
In this episode of the Elevate Podcast, Drew Davies shares his real estate journey including how he went from broke to million-dollar agent, while building a massive Instagram following along the way. …
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5 February
How to find and use your personal point of difference: David Walker
n this episode of the Elevate podcast, David Walker discusses achieving the billion dollar milestone, building Ray White Upper North Shore, the importance of nailing the listing presentation and the difference between OK agents and those who are great. …
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3 February
Lessons in leadership: Michael Sheargold
In this episode of the Elevate Podcast, Michael Sheargold shares his insight into leadership and performance coaching, including the difference between managing and coaching, and why it matters, along with how to pull your team together as we kick start 2021. …
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Jan- 2021 -29 January
The road ahead for REIA: Anna Neelagama
In this episode of the Elevate podcast, recently appointed REIA CEO Anna Neelagama outlines the industry's priorities for the period ahead …
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15 January
Challenging the status quo: Mina Radhakrishnan
In this episode of the Elevate Podcast, Mina Radhakrishnan talks about :Different and its tech-focussed approach to property management, how the property management industry will change in the future and :Different’s plans to work with agencies. …
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8 January
How to sell 100 properties a year: Will Ainsworth
In this episode of the Elevate podcast, Will Ainsworth shares his tips on maintaining momentum and selling 100 properties a year …
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Dec- 2020 -18 December
Generation next: Matt and Luke Lahood
In this episode of the Elevate Podcast, Matt and Luke Lahood discuss family, how the younger generation helped the industry adapt to the changes of COVID-19 and why this Christmas will be a very different real estate event. …
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15 December
The 2020 property market in perspective: Dr Nicola Powell
In this episode of the Elevate Podcast, Domain senior research analyst, Dr Nicola Powell shares her expert insight into the 2020 property market. …
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11 December
Patience, purpose, and pipeline: How Jason Roach secured success
In this episode, Jason Roach shares the story of how he came to be in real estate and his tips for prospecting, along with why it’s imperative to be patient and have faith in yourself. …
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4 December
How to empower your team for growth: Sunil Kumar
Sunil Kumar is the founder and CEO of Reliance Real Estate – a brand which is renowned for fast-paced growth driven by an ethos of empowerment. …
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Nov- 2020 -27 November
Imogen Callister: World-class social media strategy
[ This episode of the Elevate podcast is brought to you by Connect Now After a career that’s spanned journalism and included working at the REA, Imogen Callister started The Media Coach earlier this year. Her new business embraces a passion for both storytelling and real estate, and sees her… …
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23 November
The art of the chase: Tim Heavyside
Tim Heavyside is an 18-year veteran of the real estate industry and is a director and auctioneer at Fletchers Real Estate in Melbourne. …
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20 November
Using data to drive relationships: Travis Williams
This episode of the Elevate podcast is brought to you by Connect Now Travis Williams is the founder and CEO of Box+Dice - an Australian tech-co which has pioneered cloud-based real estate technology over the past two decades to become one of the country's leading CRM and transaction platforms. A highly… …
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13 November
Looking back, moving forward: Owen Wilson and Kul Singh
REA Group CEO Owen Wilson and Chief Sales Officer Kul Singh need little introduction as the leaders of one of the industry’s largest real estate portals. But this year the REA Group has also endured the challenges of COVID-19 from a business and industry perspective. As a result, they’ve worked… …
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10 November
Master strata faster: Simone Firns
Simone Firns is proficient in four languages, a whizz at debt-collection and now a valued Owners Corporation Manager with Melbourne firm Network Pacific Real Estate. AREA winner in 2018 for Excellence in Customer Service and part of the Network Pacific AREA winning team in 2019 for Game Changer of the… …
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6 November
Personal service at scale: Jamie Billerwell
Quirky. Funny. Laser-focused. Jamie Billerwell of Code Property Group has so far had her biggest year as a BDM in her career to date. The combination of a hot Sunshine Coast market, a great team, and being spurred on by winning Property Manager of the Year at the AREAs last… …
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Oct- 2020 -30 October
The Art of Modern Communication: Kamal Sarma
Talk to anyone and they will say that 2020 has been full of lessons in effective communication, with probably still more to come. But what are the lessons we need to take forward into the future to set us up for success in connecting on a deeper level with our… …
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27 October
The industrial revolution (in real estate)
Malcom joined Colliers International in 1994 in the North Sydney office as an industrial sales and leasing agent. He now manages the Australian Industrial agency team, comprising of over 100 experts nationally, and as NSW State Chief Executive he also leads the 730+ staff in the NSW team across six offices… …
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23 October
The Power of Storytelling: Holly Komorowski
Founder of home.byholly, Holly Komorowski is one of the best storytellers in the business. Her ability to look beyond the face-value of a property and create clever marketing campaigns centred around the story behind the property, it’s owners and the community, has captured the imagination of locals - and it's seen her and her team win AREA awards in each of the last three years, …
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16 October
How to effectively nurture leads in your real estate CRM: Trevor Bragg
This episode of the Elevate podcast is brought to you by Connect Now “Automation won’t do everything for you. You still have to make those calls. And that’s the thing, there is a balance with automation. ” Learn how implementing the best CRM (Customer Relationship Management) technology for your business can… …
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9 October
A hopeful future for real estate: Stu Benson
This episode of the Elevate podcast is brought to you by Connect Now The pandemic lockdown upended Australia’s real estate industry this year, but auctioneer Stu Benson is still optimistic about what’s in store for the future. Stu has been in the industry for 20 years and is the Director of … …
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6 October
Leadership with Purpose: Leanne Pilkington
Leanne Pilkington is a pioneer of industry firsts in real estate. The President of the REINSW, founder of Catch up with the Property Girls, the Real Women in Real Estate network and Managing Director of boutique real estate group Laing + Simmons, Leanne was the 2019 winner of the Gold … …
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2 October
The secret to building long relationships: Mark McGill
With two decades almost evenly split as an architect and real estate agent, Mark established himself as one of the top agents on the Sunshine Coast. Founder of The McGill Group, Mark received the 2019 AREA award for Excellence in Customer Service. In this episode of the Elevate podcast, Mark … …
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Sep- 2020 -29 September
Trust your gut but lead with your heart: Sadhana Smiles
Sadhana Smiles was recently appointed to the role of CEO of Real Estate Industry Partners (REIP). Over the years, however, she has earned a reputation as a pillar of support for women and a champion of diversity in the real estate industry. In this episode of the Leadership Diaries, Sadhana … …
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26 September
From selling ads to delivering solutions: Jason Pellegrino
Jason Pellegrino joined Domain as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in August 2018. He was previously Google's Managing Director Australia and New Zealand and a member of the Asia-Pacific regional leadership team. In this episode of the Elevate podcast we go back in time where Jason explains how his… …
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18 September
How smart tech can supercharge lead generation
This episode of the Elevate podcast is brought to you by Connect Now Alex Ouwens is co-founder of Ouwens Casserly Real Estate, better known as OC. Helmed by Alex and his business partner Nathan Casserly, OC… …
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15 September
How to successfully scale your business by outsourcing
This episode of the Elevate podcast is brought to you by Connect Now When we talk about scaling it generally means one of three things – hiring, automating or offshoring. CEO of PMVA Tiffany Bowtell knows about all three. Tiffany is a new regular in Elite Agent Magazine and so we … …
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11 September
The traits of top performers in real estate
This episode of the Elevate podcast is brought to you by Connect Now Have you ever wondered how the best agents and auctioneers stay on top even during the toughest of times? With more than 4,300… …
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4 September
Riding the real estate wave
This episode of the Elevate podcast is brought to you by Connect Now Director of Richardson & Wrench Elizabeth Bay/Potts Point Jason Boon has made his mark as Sydney’s go-to inner-city agent for almost 30 years. In this episode of the Elevate podcast, Jason put down the surfboard to talk to … …
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Aug- 2020 -28 August
The Executive BDM
This episode of the Elevate podcast is brought to you by Connect Now Looking for tips and strategies to put your best foot forward as a BDM for Property Management? Partner of Place Bulimba Lisa Perruzza carved out a position as a BDM over a decade ago and since has positioned … …
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24 August
Tapping into Australia’s rental marketplace
This episode of the Elevate podcast is brought to you by Connect Now REA Group’s Chief Consumer Product Officer Val Brown is responsible for the group’s rent strategy. She discusses the finer points of their plans to support Australia’s growing rental marketplace. In this episode of the Elevate podcast, Val talks about … …
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21 August
Business in Paradise and playing to strengths
This episode of the Elevate podcast is brought to you by Connect Now Conor Canning from PRDNationwide Hobart might have found love in ‘paradise’ earlier this year and he’s proud of that. But he’s equally proud of the business and team he’s built; three offices in beautiful Hobart and consistently among a handful … …
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14 August
The first 100 days
When stepping into a leadership role, what would your first 100 days look like?
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Managing Director of RE/MAX Australia and forward thinker Joel Davoren has stepped into a leadership role at a challenging time, but there’s no limiting what he can achieve next. …
