Angela Johnson has been working at A1 Garage Doors since 2008. An accomplished and results-driven operations manager who has mastered overseeing business operations and driving business development, she has had almost three decades of professional experience in the fields of customer service and sales management. In this episode, we talked about telemarketing, client service, sales management, training...
Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 163
Ravi Abuvala is a successful serial entrepreneur, and the chief scaling officer of Scaling With Systems, a firm that has helped businesses improve their systems to increase their appointment rate with high-ticket clients. In less than a decade, he has scaled and founded multiple companies, has worked with over 500 firms worldwide, and has placed nearly 600 fully-trained virtual assistants for his clients. In this episode, we talked about paid advertising, lead generation, digital marketing, dele...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 162
Lars Kristensen is an entrepreneur, marketer, and the founder and CEO of NiceJob, a company that specializes in reputation marketing for small businesses. He also established WindowCleaning.com, a premier network of window cleaners in North America serving more than 900 locations, and Stromme, a Digital Ad Agency delivering results for Samsung, Nestle, and other major brands worldwide. In this episode, we talked about marketing strategy, reputation marketing, digital marketing, entrepreneurship....
Oct 23, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 161
Martha Woodward is the co-founder of Quality Driven Software, a successful service business in Oklahoma. Despite living 90 miles away from it, Martha leads her employees effectively with a hands-off management style that she developed over the years. A frequent speaker and online teacher, she emphasizes the need for company culture turnaround and workforce empowerment. Her methods have helped many entrepreneurs develop a self-directed, self-motivated company culture that lets them enjoy freedom ...
Oct 20, 2020•58 min•Ep. 160
Lorne Sederoff is the Director of Channel Development under the Google Local Services team at SearchKings. Working closely with industry coaches, agencies, associations, and manufacturers, he develops efficient digital marketing programs for professional and home service businesses, while staying up to date and a step ahead of any changes to the Google program to give clients a competitive advantage. In this episode, we talked about local service ads, Google Local Services, SEO, SEM, digital mar...
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 159
Mary Kelly is a motivational leadership speaker, business consultant, and author of 13 books about business and economics. She helps businesses improve profit growth through training and coaching. She has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine, and various other media outlets. Some of her specialties include human resources and logistics - skills honed by 21 years of active duty in the Navy. In this episode, we talked about leadership, economic development, marketing strategies a...
Oct 13, 2020•59 min•Ep. 158
Cody Butler is the author of Got Attitude, The Definitive Guide To Generating Consulting Clients, and The 90-Day Marketing Plan. He is an expert on lead generation and marketing automation, and among the top educators in Business Growth and Marketing Strategy. Named “The World's Leading Lead Generation Expert” by Business Innovators Magazine, he has helped over 5000 businesses, from billion-dollar corporations to celebrity marketers and sporting stars, in instantly impacting revenue growth. To d...
Oct 09, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 157
Austin Clark is the owner of the Arizona branch of Moxie Pest Control, a pest control and exterminator company that has grown through both acquisitions and organic growth over the years. With his years of experience in the industry, Austin has broadened his expertise in running, expanding, and acquiring businesses. In this episode, we talked about acquisitions, pest control, maintenance, operations, recurring revenue......
Oct 06, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 156
Kelly Schols is a financial and accountability coach, speaker, and success mentor. The president of Kelly Schols Inc., he is also the author of Never By The Book and the host of the podcast of the same name. After becoming a debt-free millionaire by the age of 40, he developed a passion for teaching others his simple and straightforward message of financial freedom through countless workshops across the country. In this episode, we talked about leadership, coaching, finance, accountability......
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 155
Chad Peterman is the host of the Can’t Stop the Growth Podcast. He is the president of Peterman Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing Inc., a family-owned, full-service HVAC & Plumbing company mainly focused on residential service, installation & repair, located in Indiana. The business has 130 employees, and did $21 million in sales in 2019. It was recognized as the 2019 Residential Contractor of the Year by Plumbing & Mechanical. In this episode, we talked about HVAC, plumbing, management, real estat...
Sep 29, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 154
Chris Hunter is the founder of Hunter Super Techs and Go Time Success Group. He is also the Director of Customer Relations with ServiceTitan. Over the last two decades, he has delivered quality service and leadership in his industry, earning him over 3500+ positive online reviews and a plethora of awards and recognition. These include the Tom McCart Consultant of the Year Award, Nationally Recognized Contractor of the Year in 2016 by ACHR, and the Ron Smith Industry Trailblazer Award. In this ep...
Sep 25, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 153
Mike Dahlke is a serial entrepreneur, business coach, investor, and turnaround specialist. After leaving the financial world in 2011, he jumped into entrepreneurship, and now focuses on both home service companies and business turnaround situations that require strategy and capital. A featured speaker across the United States for different organizations, he built Blue Skies Services from $60,000 of revenue to over $3,000,000 in six seasons. Currently, he owns equity in over 15 businesses in 8 di...
Sep 22, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 152
Lenny Gray is the CEO of D2D Millionaire and Rove Pest Control, and the author of Door-to-Door Millionaire: Secrets of Making the Sale. Since 1998, he has been in the pest control & door-to-door industries. From selling door-to-door in college to earn money for tuition, he is now the president of a multi-million-dollar company, training door-to-door sales reps with effective and profitable D2D techniques. In this episode, we talked about door-to-door sales, team building, sales operations, marke...
Sep 18, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 151
John Corcoran is the co-founder of Rise25, LLC. He runs SmartBusinessRevolution.com, and has been publishing the Smart Business Revolution podcast since 2012. A writer for Forbes, Lifehacker, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Art of Manliness, Entrepreneur and many more, he landed a job as a Writer in the Clinton White House, without having any insider connections. In this episode, we talked about entrepreneurship, networking, blogging, small business, business strategy, mediation, civil li...
Sep 15, 2020•52 min•Ep. 150
Danny Kerr is the managing partner of Breakthrough Academy, a company that works with over 300 contractors across the continent, managing nearly a billion dollars’ worth of revenue. An expert on recruitment, leadership, and company culture, he continues to push boundaries and create his own success in life, while helping other entrepreneurs do the same. In this episode, we talked about hiring, systems, productivity......
Sep 11, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 149
Jim Packard is the author of Consistency is The New Currency, and has built several successful businesses, including one with roughly 16,000 representatives and 40,000 customers. A Dale Carnegie Instructor and a certified trainer for both the John Maxwell Leadership Team and the Kaufmann Center for Entrepreneurship, he shepherded various inventions through development, and has also appeared on QVC over 25 times. George Campbell is the author of The Consistency Chain for Network Marketing. From a...
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 148
Rick Cesari specializes in direct response strategies and video marketing. A direct-to-consumer marketing consultant with over two decades of professional experience, he has used these techniques to help build iconic brands such as The Juiceman, Sonicare, The George Foreman Grill, OxiClean, and GoPro, and grow companies from start-ups to over a billion dollars in sales. In this episode, we talked about direct response marketing and television marketing, strategic marketing plans, branding, video...
Sep 04, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 147
Al Levi is the author of The 7-Power Contractor and co-author of The Home Service Millionaire. A former contractor who worked for 25 years in every aspect of his family’s Long Island-based HVAC/plumbing business, Al has been rated as one of the 25 most influential contractors in the United States by Plumbing & Mechanical Magazine. He now helps other contractors learn how to run their businesses with less stress and more success through consultations, workshops, and webinars. In this episode, we ...
Aug 28, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 146
Stephen King is one of the top thought leaders in the accounting industry. He is the President & CEO of GrowthForce, one of the nation’s largest cloud-based accounting services, and has a life-long commitment to giving back to the community through charitable causes. His eBooks and blog provide insights on management accounting, business strategy, and finance to small businesses and nonprofits, the latter being his largest client sector. When not immersed in helping clients grow, he serves as a ...
Aug 21, 2020•53 min•Ep. 145
David Giannetto is the Chief Executive Officer of WorkWave, and the author of 3 books: Big Social Mobile, The Performance Power Grid, and The Decoy Artist. He has spent almost two decades leading and managing international organizations focused on the deployment and usage of enterprise-level technology, across a wide range of service-oriented industries. A frequent writer for national magazines, he also shares his expertise to various audiences as a keynote speaker. In this episode, we talked ab...
Aug 18, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 143
Michelle Myers is the founder and CEO of Pink Callers, a team of virtual assistants providing remote customer service for business owners seeking to automate their daily tasks. When she’s not busy ensuring that her company provides great service and inspires great reviews for their clients, Michelle works with other home service support businesses on an initiative called the Safe Distance Service Association, which is a free member association for home service businesses utilizing safe distance ...
Aug 14, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 143
John Akhoian is the founder of Rooter Hero, a plumbing and rooter service company with 14 locations across California and Arizona. Initially widening the reach of his business through old-fashioned marketing techniques, John now utilizes various media platforms to reach a broader audience and increase brand awareness. Before establishing Rooter Hero, he owned and operated a home service franchise for over two decades. He is also the author of three books: Creating 99 Millionaires, The Secret to ...
Aug 11, 2020•53 min•Ep. 142
Matt Michel is an internationally recognized, highly acclaimed motivational and informational speaker. He is the founder of Service Nation Inc., which operates the Service Roundtable, the world’s largest contractor alliance. Matt was the 35th and youngest person inducted into the Contracting Business Hall of Fame, and was named one of the 22 most influential people in the history of the residential HVAC/R industry by Contracting Business Magazine. In this episode, we talked about strategic plann...
Aug 07, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 141
Mark C. Winters is the co-author of the bestselling book Rocket Fuel. A CEO with more than 25 years of entrepreneurial leadership experience, Mark has worked with everyone from multi-billion dollar global enterprises to raw startups in their earliest stages. This frequent keynote speaker and Certified EOS Implementer has delivered over 500 full-day EOS workshops with companies across the United States. He has received numerous awards and recognition through his career, including being a Tech Tit...
Jul 30, 2020•56 min•Ep. 140
Jay Abraham is one of the world’s top marketing strategists and business innovators. Jay is the founder and CEO of The Abraham Group, Inc., and has been a coach and mentor to over 400 experts, including some of the biggest names in various industries. He has spent over three decades solving problems and increasing the bottom lines of more than 10,000 clients from a thousand industries and over 7,200 sub-industries worldwide. In this episode, we talked about marketing strategy, marketing consulti...
Jul 24, 2020•49 min•Ep. 139
Curt Kempton helps service companies in fine-tuning their quoting process with his service quoting software, Responsibid. As the founder and CEO of Symphosize LLC, Curt has provided invaluable assistance to businesses in closing higher-quality jobs at better rates. He has been working full-time on his passion—helping entrepreneurs achieve major goals by crafting systems best suited to their business' DNA—ever since he sold his window service company back in 2014. In this episode, we talked about...
Jul 17, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 138
Randy Stanbury is the author of The Small Business Freedom Formula. He is the founder of Service Freight Systems, a business he started at 23 years old in 1995. He has since grown it into a multi-million-dollar company, which he later sold—a true success story of a business that was essentially founded in a bedroom in his parents’ house. Nowadays, he gives business advice to stressed-out entrepreneurs in the Ontario area to help them take back control of their contracting business, achieve massi...
Jul 14, 2020•54 min•Ep. 137
Paul Maskill is the host of the Business Owners Freedom Formula Podcast. He is a true-blue entrepreneur with years of experience in owning and running companies. He also successfully sold his last company. Building a $500,000 service business while putting it on auto-pilot and keeping his freedom—a feat that not many entrepreneurs can claim—is among Paul’s career highlights. In this episode, we talked about finance, management, entrepreneurship, small business survivability......
Jul 10, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 136
Chris Yano is the CEO of RYNO Strategic Solutions, a digital marketing company focused on the home services industry, as well as the host of the “To The Point” Podcast. A former race car driver, he has done countless keynotes, breakouts and webinars on best practices in digital marketing for companies in the home services space. In this episode, we talked about entrepreneurship, internet marketing, search engine optimization, account management......
Jul 03, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 135
Joe Crisara is called America's Service Sales Coach, and is a world-wide sales educator and entrepreneur. He combines 40 years of contracting experience with strong expertise in performing “Pure Motive Service.” He co-developed a sales educational firm and website for HVAC, plumbing and electrical service contractors, www.ContractorSelling.com, that helps thousands of owners, managers, service techs and sales people in the HVAC, plumbing and electrical contracting business create high revenue an...
Jun 26, 2020•56 min•Ep. 134
