Elevate Podcast

Episode 73: Cameron Nicholls – Setting up and succeeding in a competitive market

One of the questions we get asked most at Elite Agent is about how much it costs to go into business in real estate on your own, Cameron Nichols of Nicholls and Co did just that about four years ago, at the age of 27. Although he’s had his ups and downs along the way, Cameron has carved himself a…

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Episode 72: Keller Williams – From Training Company to Tech Company with Angie Ponsell

This week our guest, Angie Ponsell is from Keller Williams in Atlanta, Georgia. Angie Ponsell has been with the company for all of her 17 years in real estate and she says Keller Williams has always been more of a training company than a traditional real estate ‘franchise’. But under the stewardship of industry legend Gary Keller the company is…

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Episode 71: First National Group CEO Ray Ellis – global trends and industry predictions for 2019

In this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast, Samantha McLean talks to Ray Ellis, CEO of First National Real Estate network, about the NAR 2018 which is held in Boston. Their important takeaways, new expo trends, and lessons Australia's real estate industry can learn from the National Association of Realtors plus, the future of First National taking into account the…

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Episode 70: Compass, Leonard Steinberg and the future of real estate

Compass are a name on everyone’s lips right now, whether it’s to do with technology, attracting top talent, making acquisitions or simply raising capital. For this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast, we are in a New York State of Mind with Samantha McLean meeting Chief Evangelist of Compass Real Estate, Leonard Steinberg who talks about how they attract top…

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Episode 69: Gina McCartney’s tips on lead generation and conversion, maintaining balance in leadership + marketing predictions for 2019

In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast as part of our series, The Leadership Diaries, Samantha McLean talks to Gina McCartney, Executive GM of Marketing and Events at realestate.com.au, about digital marketing, lead generation and conversion plus her own leadership journey, some marketing predictions -- and what's next for the Edge (Elevate, Match and Reach) product series.

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Episode 68: Edward Smyth and Karen Stewart on building a team and playing to your strengths

On paper Edward Smyth and Karen Stewart’s partnership seems peculiar. Coming from very different backgrounds, Karen has been in real estate for 15 years on the Gold Coast whereas Ed joined the industry just two years ago after working as an investment banker in the UK, it’s hard to see how their styles would mesh. But in this episode of…

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Episode 67: Stefanie Dobro’s tips on building trust and closing more deals

In the last few months, there has been a fair bit of talk about the “changed market” but it’s been a challenge over in the west for some time now, where agents have needed to put their all into getting deals together. In this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast, Samantha McLean talks to Stefanie Dobro, a top performing agent…

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Episode 66: Investors and short term letting – one size does not fit all

In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast, Samantha McLean talks to Mike Johnson of MadeComfy, a short-term letting platform. Many of your investor clients out there have probably heard stories from colleagues and friends about how much money can be made on places like Airbnb and Booking.com, but not every property and every situation will bring high returns --…

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Episode 65: Colin Anstie with the latest on Social Media for real estate agents including tips on how to go viral

In this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast Samantha McLean talks to Colin Anstie of Raging Digital about what social platforms you need as an agent including how to optimise them, how to give yourself the best chance of ‘going viral’, and Colin also shares with us some of his favourite productivity tools that he says can save you plenty…

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Episode 64: Shane Kempton on how Team Experience (TX) creates Customer Experience (CX)

In this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast as part of our series, The Leadership Diaries, Samantha McLean and Shane Kempton of Drive Performance Coaching dig into answering the question a leaders born or made, why team experience or TX is critical for a good customer experience, and why you need the trifecta of documented vision, purpose and values to…

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Episode 63: Brian and Paul White on the evolution of Ray White from ‘The Shed’ to global real estate powerhouse

In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast Samantha McLean talks to Brian White AO and Paul White, Joint Chairmen of Ray White about what they remember of their grandfather Ray, their father Alan, the growth of the company from one Shed to over 1000 franchisees, plus advice for future leaders.

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Episode 62: Alister Maple-Brown – Customer service excellence and becoming an employer of choice

In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast as part of our series, The Leadership Diaries, Samantha McLean talks to Alister Maple-Brown, CEO of Rockend, about excellence in customer service, becoming an employer of choice, what businesses should be looking for in moving to the cloud -- as well as his own leadership journey, how innovation decisions are made --…

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Episode 61: Kate Strickland – Peak performance and building an awesome pit crew

In this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast as part of our series, The Leadership Diaries, Samantha McLean talks to Kate Strickland, Director of Marshall White Bayside, about her journey in leadership, how to keep your energy levels up, whether or not there is a place for ego in real estate, as well as her advice for aspiring leaders and…

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Episode 60: Mark McLeod – Growth in a slower market

In this episode of the Elevate podcast, Samantha McLean talks to Mark McLeod, Chief of Growth at Ray White, about the approach agents should take in the slower market, the 'sequence of sale', how to have the right conversations at the right time and his advice for fellow industry leaders.

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