The HUGE Convention is the premier education conference for the home service industry. On August 23-25 at Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, you can experience a business life-changing event. The business skill you can learn will change how you run your company and your company's success too! Jonathan Maynard owns the HUGE Conference, was gracious enough to join us and add some of his entrepreneurial spirit to the podcast. Enjoy the show! TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically impr...
Jul 28, 2023•29 min•Season 5Ep. 244
We spent time with many thought leaders at the Violand Executive Summit . In this episode we sat down with Justin and Wyatt Sifford about their recruiting expertise and sales management systems at Wylander . We also had the pleasure of connecting with Kinyon Martin of Restore Rite , a Super Tech Client, and preferred restoration company in Idaho. Enjoy the podcast and be ready to take notes! TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your team's performance with a system of short ...
Jul 27, 2023•36 min•Season 5Ep. 243
We spent time with many thought leaders at the Violand Executive Summit. We talked to influencer Marcie Richardson of Guarantee Restoration , who is on the Board of the Restoration Industry Association . We also connected with Shawna Parsons of Violand Management Associates , who has an amazing history in the service industry. Enjoy the podcast. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your team's performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your team in soft...
Jul 20, 2023•33 min•Season 5Ep. 242
We had many great conversations at the Violand Executive Summit. We talked to the famous John Monroe about staffing and Cara Driscole of Violand Management Associates . We also had the pleasure to sit down with Daniel and Tabatha Berry of 1-Tom-Plumber Oklahoma City and Restoration 1 of Oklahoma City , with their great insight into the industry. We hope you will enjoy these conversations. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your team's performance with a system of short dai...
Jul 10, 2023•54 min•Season 5Ep. 241
We had many great conversations at the Violand Executive Summit. First we talked to Jeff Jones of Violand Management Associates with Mandy Rewis of AnswerForce . We then spoke with Josh Miller, President of Rainbow International with his great insight into the industry. Following this, we spoke with Kevin Casey a Violand client who also shared his perspective on the industry. We hope you will enjoy these conversations. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performa...
Jul 06, 2023•56 min•Season 5Ep. 240
Chuck Violand has been having the Violand Executive Summit for 18 years bringing classes to his clients at Violand Management . His clients are the best and the brightest in the service industry so he needs to bring great content for them. There were so many super business experts at the event lecturing and taking notes. We were able to talk to many business owners, coaches, professors and experts we expect you will benefit from the Violand Executive Summit Series. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech Univ...
Jun 30, 2023•37 min•Season 5Ep. 239
Peter Man of Oransi has a great story that motivated him to start his business. He is passionate about this field. Enjoy the podcast! TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your team in soft skills. Your team can make you more profits by teaching them soft skills. Your team will never leave you for investing in them. Go to https://supertechu.com/ for more info. One to One Business Coaching with Eric: E...
Jun 24, 2023•33 min•Season 5Ep. 238
Ed Marchiselli of The Seal has an essential product for the service industry. Every company needs a differentiator and the Seal will do that for you. Our clients judge us daily, so why not make the judgment favorable with an id that shows the team member has passed a background check? Clients feel safe when they see that a third-party company did the verification. This creates happy calm clients that will use you year after year! TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your tea...
Jun 13, 2023•45 min•Season 5Ep. 237
Claire Ficke of Company Cam joined us on the podcast to tell us the benefits of Company Cam and share her business development acumen. We have used Company Cam as well as many of our clients and we can not say enough great things about their service. Claire has great insight into what the service industry needs and what she can provide. Enjoy the show! TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your team i...
Jun 09, 2023•49 min•Season 5Ep. 236
Part 2 of this series with Eric and Larry reviewed marketing tactics that worked for them in their service business. We hope you take away a few elegant ideas to create business for your company. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your team's performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your team in soft skills. Your team can make you more profits by teaching them soft skills. Your team will never leave you for investing in them. Go to https://supertech...
Jun 02, 2023•41 min•Season 5Ep. 235
Interplay Learning is back on the podcast with longtime friend of the show, Ken Midgett, and his counterpart Dan Clapper. We sat down to discuss all of the new technology employed to better train field service technicians in a way they like to learn. https://www.interplaylearning.com/ TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your team in soft skills. Your team can make you more profits by teaching them s...
Jun 01, 2023•48 min•Season 5Ep. 234
Eric and Larry reviewed marketing tactics that worked for them in their service business. They implemented many marketing strategies learning what worked and did not work. The strategies that did work are presented in this episode so the listeners could benefit. We hope you take away a few elegant ideas to create business for your company too. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your team in soft sk...
May 26, 2023•26 min•Season 5Ep. 233
Using technology to attract talent with Thad Price of Talroo. Thad breaks down the marketing used to discover applicants that we all need. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your team in soft skills. Your team can make you more profits by teaching them soft skills. Your team will never leave you for investing in them. Go to https://supertechu.com/ for more info. One to One Coaching: Eric has helped...
May 19, 2023•44 min•Season 5Ep. 232
In this episode of the monthly book club with Brandon and Chris from Floodlight Consulting , we talk about the book The Dichotomy of Leadership by Jacko Willink and Leif Babin. The book presents that leadership requires understanding when to lead and when to follow. We all have different takes on the leadership principles and have a great conversation. We are sure you will take something away of value. Here is the youtube link to watch the episode. Chris and Brandon have a great podcast called H...
May 11, 2023•56 min•Season 5Ep. 231
We are having a special episode this week to talk about the upcoming Experience Trade Show in Ft. Lauderdale , FL May 8-10. We are super fan of The Experience and have been involved for many years. The Experience Partners with Restoration & Remediation to Supercharge the Industry’s Best-in-Class Event! The Experience Conference and Exhibition features cleaning, restoration, and remediation processes, products, and procedures. Attendees come from near and far to experience live, hands-on demo...
Apr 24, 2023•31 min•Season 5Ep. 230
The Blue Collar Nation podcast is highlighting the companies that are doing it right and getting it done! Periodically, the podcast will highlight success stories from our title sponsor, Super Tech University's line up of clients. Best Plumbing , from Nebraska is a true success story. Born out of the ashes of a failed business, owner Vaughan Russell has grown Best Plumbing into a 2 location, multi-million dollar enterprise, Using both weekly business coaching from Eric Sprague and the full Super...
Apr 20, 2023•39 min•Season 5Ep. 229
We had our coach and mentor, Howard Partridge , on the show today to talk about creating a system and culture in your service business where you can get some freedom from the grind and still make great money. Howard figured out how to do this and then taught us how to do it. Now you can learn how, too. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your team in soft skills. Your team can make you more profits ...
Apr 14, 2023•40 min•Season 5Ep. 228
Next Level Restoration Technician It is crucial to train up your team. Especially those roles that have interface with both clients and team members. Tom is having a training on these skills May 15-17. Being a project manager is no easy job. You need both great technical skills and people skills. This event is going to develop these skills. The job is part art and part science. Eric and Larry sat down with the amazing Tom McGuire to chat about what it takes to be a great PM and the skills and tr...
Apr 11, 2023•46 min•Season 5Ep. 227
We all go knock on doors to try to drum up business with referral partners for our service business. How about we take a different approach to building a referral network. Join us on this episode with Peter Lyons of the Restoration Golf League . The league, born out of the California lock downs during the early days of the pandemic, has become a nation-wide league that shows all of us that we can better grow our business by becoming part of a community. Peter also runs a successful environmental...
Mar 29, 2023•46 min•Season 5Ep. 226
Service businesses live and die by answering the phone. Mandy Rewis from Answer Force joined us to talk about how important it is to answer the phone in a timely manner, with a warm voice and a good script. Hiring an answering service to have capable people answer the phones 24/7/365 is a game changer for many service businesses. Join us on this interesting conversation about how to make more money on the phone in your service business. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve y...
Mar 24, 2023•54 min•Season 5Ep. 225
Eric and Larry break down the basis of the Harvard study about the 85% rule of financial success. It's an old study, but still as applicable today as it was all those years ago. So listen in and find out how to cater your business to using the principles of the 85% rule. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your team in soft skills. Your team can make you more profits by teaching them soft skills. Yo...
Mar 16, 2023•41 min•Season 5Ep. 224
In this episode of the monthly book club with Brandon and Chris from Floodlight Consulting , we talk about the book The Road Less Stupid by Keith J. Cunningham. Cunningham is the model for the Rich Dad in Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor Dad. This book is a text book for building a thriving and sustainable business while minimizing the frequency of major mistakes. This book is a must read for all entrepreneurs. Enjoy. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performan...
Feb 23, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 5Ep. 223
We were honored to have Aaron Salow from XOi join us on the podcast to talk about making life better in the field for technicians. XOi is an amazing tool that can really help all techs, but especially the newer ones, excel in the field and not feel as if they are all alone to figure everything out by themselves. Enjoy this lively conversation as Aaron explains his background in the blue collar space and how XOi can help your company. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your...
Feb 10, 2023•48 min•Season 5Ep. 222
Eric and Larry will be doing a restoration seminar with Derek and Katie of Spot on Solutions in Houston, in conjunction with Howard Partridge's Inner Circle on February 21 in Houston. Click below for details: https://howardpartridge.isrefer.com/go/rich/lwilberton/ TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your team in soft skills. Your team can make you more profits by teaching them soft skills. Your team...
Feb 08, 2023•28 min•Season 5Ep. 220
Learn everything you need to know about Joe Crisara's upcoming True Grit . Eric and Larry will be in Vegas going through all the training and the escape rooms to hone their skills and learn along with everyone else. Enjoy this episode as Uncle Joe breaks down what we can expect from this awesome event. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your team in soft skills. Your team can make you more profits ...
Feb 08, 2023•37 min•Season 5Ep. 221
Joshua Gillow of Yes Express and the host of the Outer Spaces Podcast thinks out of the box. We had a great talk and you will enjoy the episode. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your team in soft skills. Your team can make you more profits by teaching them soft skills. Your team will never leave you for investing in them. SPONSOR: C&R Magazine C&R magazine is the leading periodical in the...
Jan 19, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 219
Victor Rancour is a top entrepreneur in the HVAC and Plumbing space. His Southern California based service company, Absolute Airflow , has scaled to more that $50 Million a year in just 4 short years. Listen as Victor talks about the mindset it takes to grow and scale your service company. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your team in soft skills. Your team can make you more profits by teaching t...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 218
The economy is on a bit of a roller coaster right now so we thought it would be good to have on Julie Viola, a commercial banker to fill us in on what to expect in 2023 and what we need to do to be prepared for it. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your team in soft skills. Your team can make you more profits by teaching them soft skills. Your team will never leave you for investing in them. SPONS...
Jan 09, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 5Ep. 217
Eric Hansen of Inland Productivity Solutions has great insight on the computer systems needed in your business. We had a great conversation that you will benefit from. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your team in soft skills. Your team can make you more profits by teaching them soft skills. Your team will never leave you for investing in them. SPONSOR: C&R Magazine C&R magazine is the le...
Jan 09, 2023•57 min•Season 5Ep. 216
Mike Pailliotet is an influencer in the floor cleaning and restoration industry. He has an event every year called Mikey's Fest where he brings people from the industry and educates them to have a better business. Mike has a forum that is super popular, helping professionally daily in their business called Mikey's Board . Enjoy our wide ranging conversation. TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your ...
Jan 07, 2023•36 min•Season 5Ep. 215
