Ignite Your Estate Agency

In today's episode we discuss AshdownJones' journey to becoming a Million Pound Agency from sales alone.  This year we're on track to earn over £1,000,000 from our estate agency, without lettings, how crazy is that!? Listen to this episode and discover the super-successful marketing strategies and tactics and we used to turn AshdownJones into the powerhouse it is today.  We hope you...

In this weeks episode we talk to the world's leading authority on Customer service, John DiJulius. We'll discuss exactly how an estate agent can provide a world-class customer journey for their customers and go through John's thoughts on the estate agency industry. John didn’t just read the books on customer service to become the internationally acclaimed expert he is, he wrote them...

On this week's episode we discuss everything to do with being confident on camera with the founder and coach from Camera Confidence, Adam Woods. Adam has worked as a Creative Director for National Geographic, BBC and ITV as well as working as an Advertising Film Director. You can find out what Adam's 6-step Camera Confidence method is below: Calling - Achieve clarity on your vision for W...

In this episode we talk with John Rossman, the author of The Amazon Way book series, a former Amazon leader and Managing Partner at Rossman Partners. Mr. Rossman is an expert leveraging the Amazon leadership principles to help others innovate, compete and win in the digital era.  One of the leading innovation speakers , John delivers practical techniques and strategies the audience can apply in th...

In this episode we discuss BLAST, our super special social media formula we use every day in our agency, AshdownJones. You'll discover our exact social media post formula, why we use it across all of our estate social channels, the results we get and how we get the team to do it for us! It's the perfect way to increase your social media outreach, attract followers and convert those follo...

In episode 11 we talk to Michael Bruce, the British entrepreneur, co-founder of and ex CEO of Purplebricks, and founder and Group CEO of Boomin, the new property portal.  We'll discuss the importance of learning from mistakes in order to grow and scale a business and how to deliver the best experience for your clients. There'll also be plenty of discussion around Boomin, how it will chal...

In today's episode we speak to the legendary John Jantsch, who is known as the world's most practical small business marketing speaker and expert. We'll discuss growth tactics and strategies, the most profitable clients any business can have, price of services and the importance of finding the right market. As John said: "When we try to be all things to all people, we end up re...

In today's episode we discuss our legendary conversion formula, designed to turn valuations into instructions.  Converting high value homes is a skill you need to develop and we've developed this 6 step formula to help you become more successful at converting. At AshdownJones we convert valuations to instructions at a rate of 90% or more, and it's all down to LEGEND! We hope you enj...

In this episode we discuss branding and brand identity with one of the USA's biggest real estate agents, Cara Ameer from Orange County, California. Cara is an award-winning realtor, real estate media commentator, author, columnist, industry thought leader and speaker. She is also a firm believer in your brand being "what you are" and in this episode we'll delve deep into how to...

In this episode we talk to the king of content marketing and one of the world's biggest entrepreneurs, Gary Vaynerchuk. We'll talk about what the biggest real estate agents in the USA are doing right now and what UK agents can learn from them. How to build your brand, build a bigger company and be happier in your business. We got Gary Vee for 9 minutes 45 seconds (before editing) to talk...

In this episode we discuss the challenge of creating leads from properties that are not currently on the market. We'll share our ideas, tips and top level strategies that we used at our own agency, AshdownJones, to get through the doors of homes that hadn't given any signifiers that they want to sell at all. We hope you enjoy Episode 6. Let us know what you think by leaving a review. Fin...

In episode 5 we welcome our first ever Ignite podcast guest, David Marquet, retired United States Navy Captain and bestselling author of Turn the Ship Around and Leadership is Language, for a discussion on the importance of strong leadership.   We hope you enjoy! Make sure you leave a review and let us know your thoughts.  Find out what Firewave can do for your agency at: www.fire-wave.co.uk/start...

In this episode we discuss the three most important skills every estate agent must have to become super successful and grow their business. Hear our thoughts on lead generation and marketing, being tenacious, developing a thick skin and having the skill the set a vision and a workplace culture and stick to it. We hope you enjoy Episode 4. Let us know what you think by leaving a review. Find out wh...

In this episode we discuss the "Market Share Trap" and how so many UK estate agents pursue a large market share for their agency. But is it the right direction to take? What's the logic behind it? Why did we avoid it when we started AshdownJones? And why did we decide to take another path when starting our agency and build our brand solely around high-value, unique homes?  We hope y...

Welcome to our first ever Ignite podcast episode! In it we'll go into detail about how we launched our agency AshdownJones, the go-to agency for high-value, unique homes in the English Lake District. We'll dig deep into the highs and lows of building a successful agency from the ground up, as well as the strategies we used to grow exponentially. This is Phil's side of the story. We...

Welcome to our first ever Ignite podcast episode! In it we'll go into detail about how we launched our agency AshdownJones, the go-to agency for high-value, unique homes in the English Lake District. We'll dig deep into the highs and lows of building a successful agency from the ground up, as well as the strategies we used to grow exponentially. This is Sam's side of the story.  Hop...