Property-Porn Stars
Welcome to Property-Porn Stars, the premium property podcast for property professionals who are either working in, or aspiring to work in, the premium home market, brought to you by your hosts David Lindley and Matt Giggs.
The 'Property-Porn Stars' are the guests joining us in the studio, each of them excellent in their own field when it comes to the premium property markets, while the hosts interview them about their approach, what they've learned, and what they would advise for others working in the premium market to add significant value to their businesses.
If the premium property market is a subject you want to learn more about, or even if it is to take some of the insights you will learn here into another market, you are sure to gain lots of value from listening.
On behalf of the show's hosts, David and Matt, we are incredibly grateful for everyone who gives up their time to listen, and we are always eager for feedback on subjects, guests and questions.
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Property-Porn Stars
Independent v Corporate, Online v Premium, Agent v Supplier...#35 David Brierley
Industry veteran David Brierley has enjoyed a fascinating and varied career throughout the industry so far; agent and supplier, high end and 'online', independent and corporate, and from trainee to mentor, to name only a few.
On a non-industry related note, David is an adventurer, and an avid sailor - accomplishing things that frighten me just to think about... sailing the crocodile (and humungous oil-tanker!) ridden Panama canal in a catamaran, and voyaging across an ocean where the nearest landmass is 400 miles away, 6 miles of ocean beneath you, and the nearest humans to you...are in the international space station! 😳
This is a great conversation, touching on:
David's journey through corporate, independent, start up, online agency, premium agency, supplier...what hed do again, and what he wouldn't!
The easyProperty deal.
Meeting a billionaire, and how they think.
Sales vs Managerial roles; how to retain your best talent.
The art and science of salesmanship.
Promotions...! How to promote salespeople, and manage managers...
What I learned on my adventures: oceans, crocodiles, oil tankers, and the remote place on earth!
And the role of fear... in business, and in your personal life; how to harness it.
Benefit from David's 40 years in business, as he kindly shares some of the best things he has learned in arguably one of the most varied and interesting careers in the industry.