Podcasts about home improvement contractors

The second half of 2024 is here, and the home improvement landscape is shifting. On this episode of Contractor Click, we're delivering the essential forecast you need to navigate the rest of the year successfully. We'll cover economic projections, emerging trends, and actionable strategies to help your business not just survive, but thrive. Don't miss out on this vital information to stay ahead of the curve.

Running a successful home improvement business takes more than just a hammer and nails. It takes understanding the financial tools that can fuel your growth and profitability. Join hosts Danny and Mady Barrera on the Contractor Click podcast as they break down the complexities of financing with industry expert Christopher Scoville of Improvifi.

In this episode of the Contractor Click Podcast, we talked about how important it is for home improvement contractors to develop a complete digital ecosystem. This includes using different platforms like email, social media, and podcasts. Doing this helps businesses grow and stay ahead of competition. Planning and carrying out this strategy well is crucial for effectively serving and connecting with clients.

In this episode, we focus on key elements crucial for the growth of contractors specializing in home improvement. We begin by emphasizing the value of a positive attitude towards change, reflecting on experiences from 2023, and turning challenges into learning opportunities. We then discuss the importance of setting clear life goals, planning, and aligning personal objectives with partnerships. Drawing inspiration from Joshua 1:9, we highlight the necessity of being strong, courageous, and resilient in business. In the digital marketing space, we explore strategies centered on clients, shifting from traditional metrics to revenue goals, and consistently enhancing creative approaches. The conversation also covers effective advertising, emphasizing personal connections, video content, and promotions. Businesses, especially in home improvement, are encouraged to evolve and adapt, with specific tips for success. For contractors in home renovation, we touch on leveraging influencers, user-generated content, and diversifying marketing through channels like podcasts. We stress the importance of embracing adaptability and transformation, operating within exclusive partnerships, and maintaining a commitment to continuous learning for personal growth in the dynamic business landscape of home improvement. Tune in for valuable insights tailored to contractors navigating the evolving world of home improvement. Check out https://concretemarketingcrew.com for more information Subscribe to our YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/@ConcreteMarketingCrew

Welcome to another exciting episode of Your Concrete Success Podcast! In this episode, we have a fascinating conversation with Tanner Mullens, the visionary entrepreneur behind DripJobs, a groundbreaking CRM solution tailored specifically for the concrete coating industry. Tanner's journey is nothing short of inspiring. He recognized the challenges and inefficiencies that concrete coating contractors face in their day-to-day operations, from managing projects to staying connected with clients. Determined to make a difference, he embarked on a mission to create a CRM system that would revolutionize how contractors do business. Join us as we delve into: Tanner's personal background and what inspired him to dive into the world of CRM development for concrete coating professionals.The incredible features and functionalities that make DripJobs a game-changer for contractors, helping them streamline their processes, improve communication, and boost efficiency.Real-life success stories and testimonials from contractors who have experienced firsthand the transformative power of DripJobs in their businesses.Insights and tips for contractors looking to leverage CRM technology to enhance their operations and achieve greater success.The exciting future of DripJobs and how it continues to adapt and innovate to meet the evolving needs of the concrete coating industry. If you're a concrete coating contractor or a business owner looking to optimize your operations and take your business to the next level, this episode is a must-listen. Tanner Mullens and DripJobs are at the forefront of industry innovation, and their journey is a testament to the power of vision and dedication. Tune in now and get ready to be inspired and informed by the incredible story of Tanner Mullens and the evolution of DripJobs. Don't forget to subscribe to Your Concrete Success Podcast for more industry insights, success stories, and valuable tips to help you thrive in the competitive world of concrete coatings.

In this episode, Gary speaks with John Bowser, President and CEO of Target Media.  John talks about the importance of embracing newer forms of media to drive down cost per lead and specifically reaching your ideal target audience.  John talks about the new frontier in media advertising with both audio and video streaming services and the up-and-coming opportunity for targeting the gaming industry, where all users are connected to the Internet.  It is fascinating to learn how you can get even more precise in your outreach, so you are not spending money on advertising to those who do not fit your specific requirements.  John does an amazing job of explaining this new way of looking at media advertising and how even smaller contractors can now afford to advertise on streaming radio and television.  Be sure to catch this episode and raise the bar on your media strategy! 

In this episode, Gary speaks with Andrew Henke, Managing Partner of Brix Recruiting, a recruiting firm that specializes in the home improvement contracting space. Andrew talks about the importance of going beyond just job postings to attract new talent. Most contractors are not embracing many of his tactics that could prove to be highly effective for your business. Andrew also gets into comprehensive screening and the interview process. Just like the functional areas of your business, recruiting must have a documented process that should be followed for each search. He talks about the importance of embracing technology and the length of the recruiting process, adding that you should always be in a recruiting mindset. The conversation also gets into recruiting KPIs and why they are so important to your recruiting process. Finally, Andrew talks about putting together a referral program for identifying new candidates for your open positions. This is a fantastic episode for those who want to identify and attract the best people for their teams.

In this episode, Gary talks with Doug Schatz, VP of Partnerships for Socius Marketing, about what home improvement contractors should be thinking about when it comes to their marketing. This includes the reduction in lead flow post-pandemic, what contractors should be looking for in a marketing partner, and the importance of data-driven processes to drive marketing decisions. Gary and Doug also get into predictions for the coming year, the changes and constants that remain in digital marketing and the importance of SEO in bringing high quality organic leads to your website. This is an excellent episode for anyone interested in learning more about what it takes to be successful with marketing efforts.

Tom Reber, HGTV Host, Construction Business Coach, Founder of We Live Unafraid Apparel and Host of The Contractor Fight Podcast, joins us for episode 237 of Art of Construction. Tom Reber is the creator of The Contractor Fight, a movement of Home Improvement Contractors who are taking back control of their businesses & fattening their wallets. He is one of the most sought after contractor coaches & consultants in the United States. Tom is a longtime friend of Art of Construction and was previously featured on AOC Show 85: How to Make Your Contracting Business Successful. Since his first AOC appearance in 2017, a lot has happened. Join Devon and Tom as they reflect on their journeys forming their respective tribes of warriors and fighters hungry to grow their business, the experiences and philosophies that laid the foundation for the The Contractor Fight, and the importance of owning your crap to truly grow in the Art of Construction.  Claim your FREE copy of Tom's new book Winning the Contractor Fight by visiting thecontractorfight.com/book

Gary Zaccaro, the president of Ambassador Home Improvement. He’s been renovating homes on Long Island since 1993. Gary and his company have focused their efforts on helping children with disabilities to make their homes easier to navigate and as a result, was invited to the White House for his contributions and received an award that’s proudly on display in his show rooms. He has been on NBC television three times in the past few years and spends most of his time now working with his family to help homeowners achieve their dreams with their home inside and out. Ambassador Home Improvement has the highest ratings of any contractor on Long Island, keeping the customers smiling through the entire process.

 Discover how you can increase your sales as a contractor without overworking Know more on how to avoid unwanted mistakes in your business as a contractor Learn how to avoid “Feast or Famine” through recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of your business Resources/Links: Check out Tom's Worksheet: http://www.thecontractorfight.com/50 Summary Is it difficult for you to take your business as a contractor to the next level? Do you want to steady and widen your sales? Are you ready to avoid “feast and famine”? Tom Reber is the creator of The Contractor Fight, a movement of Home Improvement Contractors who are taking back control of their businesses and fattening their wallets. In this episode, Tom talks about how it's possible for you to increase your sales as a contactor without overworking. He also shares his insights on what you should do and what you should avoid as a contractor. Check out these episode highlights: 1:25 - Tom's ideal client: “Our ideal client is the already successful Home Improvement Contractor. The guy, or the girl, that person who they know they have another gear. They've proven they can make some money; they can sell some jobs; they can get the phone to ring. But they just can't seem to get to that next level, whatever that next level means for them.” 1:53 - Problem Tom helps solve: “Well, contrary to popular belief, the average Home Improvement Contractor in the United States only makes about 55 to 60 grand a year. And so, with all the risks they take, and this and that, most of them like, you know, most entrepreneurs, you're good at the craft, right? You know the thing, but nobody ever taught you how to run a business, how to lead people, how to sell, what it means to really know your numbers, marketing, and all those things. And so, that's really the big problem. At the end of the day time these guys are, they're broke, they've worked 10, 20 years in a career that they have nothing to show for it.” 2:58 - Typical symptoms that clients do before reaching out to Tom: “It's feast or famine. You know, the phone's ringing 40 times a day or it's not ringing at all. I've got a crazy amount of work and I don't know how I'm going to do it all. Or I've got nothing on the calendar for the next, you know, three weeks. So, feast or famine.” 3:55 - Common mistakes that people make before they find Tom's solution: “Well, they try it out to work the problem. They just think putting in more hours, more time, taking on more projects, more clients more jobs, that's a big mistake people make. They also, try to do it all instead of what we say hit one nail in at a time. You know, if I'm a carpenter and I'm tapping a nail in over here and one in over here, at the end of the day, if I never finished a nail, I got upset nails, I accomplished nothing. Exactly. And so that's a big thing.” 5:03 - Tom's Valuable Free Action (VFA): “So, this is the game-changer. Seriously. Like, we've seen this happen with thousands of people over the years. If you simply figure out exactly what it's going to cost you to produce the job, so, say labor's going to be 300 bucks, the material's going to be 100 bucks, it's 400 bucks. At least double it and sell it there so that you'll have after you produce the work, you have what we call a 50% gross profit.” 6:01 - Tom's Valuable Free Resource (VFR): Check out Tom's Worksheet: thecontractorfight.com/50 7:13 - Q: Why do I do this? A: It really comes down to the fact that my mission with The Contractor Fight and our company is to bring respect and dignity back to the t...

 Discover how you can increase your sales as a contractor without overworking Know more on how to avoid unwanted mistakes in your business as a contractor Learn how to avoid “Feast or Famine” through recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of your business Resources/Links: Check out Tom’s Worksheet: http://www.thecontractorfight.com/50 Summary Is it difficult for you to take your business as a contractor to the next level? Do you want to steady and widen your sales? Are you ready to avoid “feast and famine”? Tom Reber is the creator of The Contractor Fight, a movement of Home Improvement Contractors who are taking back control of their businesses and fattening their wallets. In this episode, Tom talks about how it’s possible for you to increase your sales as a contactor without overworking. He also shares his insights on what you should do and what you should avoid as a contractor. Check out these episode highlights: 1:25 - Tom’s ideal client: “Our ideal client is the already successful Home Improvement Contractor. The guy, or the girl, that person who they know they have another gear. They've proven they can make some money; they can sell some jobs; they can get the phone to ring. But they just can't seem to get to that next level, whatever that next level means for them.” 1:53 - Problem Tom helps solve: “Well, contrary to popular belief, the average Home Improvement Contractor in the United States only makes about 55 to 60 grand a year. And so, with all the risks they take, and this and that, most of them like, you know, most entrepreneurs, you're good at the craft, right? You know the thing, but nobody ever taught you how to run a business, how to lead people, how to sell, what it means to really know your numbers, marketing, and all those things. And so, that's really the big problem. At the end of the day time these guys are, they're broke, they've worked 10, 20 years in a career that they have nothing to show for it.” 2:58 - Typical symptoms that clients do before reaching out to Tom: “It's feast or famine. You know, the phone's ringing 40 times a day or it's not ringing at all. I've got a crazy amount of work and I don't know how I'm going to do it all. Or I've got nothing on the calendar for the next, you know, three weeks. So, feast or famine.” 3:55 - Common mistakes that people make before they find Tom’s solution: “Well, they try it out to work the problem. They just think putting in more hours, more time, taking on more projects, more clients more jobs, that's a big mistake people make. They also, try to do it all instead of what we say hit one nail in at a time. You know, if I'm a carpenter and I'm tapping a nail in over here and one in over here, at the end of the day, if I never finished a nail, I got upset nails, I accomplished nothing. Exactly. And so that's a big thing.” 5:03 - Tom’s Valuable Free Action (VFA): “So, this is the game-changer. Seriously. Like, we've seen this happen with thousands of people over the years. If you simply figure out exactly what it's going to cost you to produce the job, so, say labor’s going to be 300 bucks, the material's going to be 100 bucks, it's 400 bucks. At least double it and sell it there so that you'll have after you produce the work, you have what we call a 50% gross profit.” 6:01 - Tom’s Valuable Free Resource (VFR): Check out Tom’s Worksheet: thecontractorfight.com/50 7:13 - Q: Why do I do this? A: It really comes down to the fact that my mission with The Contractor Fight and our company is to bring respect and dignity back to the trades. For years, decades, people have been telling us, "If you don't go to college, you're a loser." You know, "The trades are a good fallback option," and stuff like that. Tweetable Takeaways from this Episode: “ If you simply figure out exactly what it's go...

This past LawTalk belonged mostly to the listeners.  Among the calls we handled: A follow-up on a previous show about suing Home Improvement Contractors.  We taught the caller how he can also get attorney’s fees and punitive damages if he prevails at court – and why attorneys in private practice are more interested in representing the homeowner as a result; An inquiry about the liability of stockholders in a closely-held corporation for the acts and omissions of the corporation itself; Copyrighting , and otherwise protecting, the name and songs of a band; An ugly eviction case; with the tenant causing serious damage to the unit just before he was being put out on the street (and why he tried to have the landlord arrested in the process).  Advice given for both landlords and tenants. We also talked about a new decision from a very influential Bankruptcy court in New York regarding the dischargeability in Bankruptcy of Student Loans.  The vast majority of people (including lawyers), believe that such debt is not dischargeable.  This new decision shows that’s not necessarily the case.  If the discharge in that case holds up on appeal, there will be large numbers of Bankruptcy filings by people whose student loans are eating them alive.

We were pleased to have as in-studio guests: The Hon. Michelle Seagull, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection and Atty. Matthew Hallisey, managing principal at Matthew Hallisey Governmental Affairs, LLC. We discussed what the Department can do to help us consumers, and started off with Home Improvement Contractors.  We never even got to the rest of our agenda (scams, medical marijuana, the state’s Lemon Law regarding motor vehicles) due to the high volume of listener calls.  It was great!  Been a long time since we had that amount of active listener engagement.

In this episode I spend time with the #1 Renovation Originator at Caliber Home Loans - Dominic Carlucci He's built a fantastic business on working with Home Improvement Contractors and great service. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Discover the new initiatives Google’s team is working on to help you win with digital marketing! Learn about all the new trends in local homeowner search behavior and upcoming changes and features to Google My Business, Google AdWords, and Google’s new Local Service ads that the home improvement industry can look forward to! What you can expect to learn - The latest trends in local search and homeowner search behavior Google’s new advertising product - Local Service ads and the process to become a Google Guaranteed business - How to determine if your marketing and advertising is actually working - Other exciting changes coming soon to Google Maps, voice search, and Artificial Intelligence

Sean lays out a 4 point plan designed at helping Home Improvement Contractors work in Renovation Lending. Including a sample of what the estimate should include. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Discover 5 easy DIY ideas to boost the effectiveness of your digital marketing and optimize your online presence. With digital marketing constantly changing, there's a lot a local business has to keep up with to stay ahead of the competition. It's no longer enough to just have a website. To win the hearts of homeowners today, it requires a coordinated approach across multiple channels. Join us to learn: - Latest trends in digital marketing, including voice search, Google AdWords, search engine optimization, social media, content writing, reputation management, and so much more - Why the customer journey has changed and how home improvement businesses should adapt to win more jobs - Proven tactics to making sure your business is found by the right homeowners in the exact moment they're searching for your services - How to manage your entire online presence using one platform with one secure login - Analyzing data and past performance to determine future marketing campaigns.

What if getting a new customer was as easy as asking for it? Home Improvement Contractors now have to think about how they're going to market their business in the Age of Assistance - Google Assistant, Amazon's Alexa, Microsoft's Cortana. Listen and learn Google's view on how voice-enabled devices are changing the customer journey for the home improvement industry. Google's own Patrick Tam, ‎Strategic Partner Manager, SEM & Platform Partnerships, talks through key challenges unique to the industry and ways to overcome them.

The show covered Home Improvement Contracts and Home Improvement Contractors extensively – how homeowners can protect themselves, the  legal and financial remedies available to them, and how Home Improvement contractors can keep from getting into trouble.  We also taught listeners how to collect on a rubber check (using the criminal courts if necessary), and educated the owners of small businesses that even if the bum check they wrote is a corporate check, they may still have personal criminal liability for doing so.  Listener calls included questions about botched home repairs and the rights of condominium owners to collect and use proxies for voting at Association meetings.

LawTalk for June 17 featured Atty. Mark Rosenblum, a partner in the Hartford law firm of RoginNassau. Our program touched upon Contracts in general, Construction Law, the law regulating Home Improvement Contractors (from the perspective of both the Homeowner and the Contractor), and Mechanic’s Liens (which have nothing to do with the person who repairs your car…)

In Massachusetts there are certain licensing requirements that Home Improvement Contractors must meet and rules governing the contracts between homeowners and contractors.   In this episode of Grolman LLPs audio law school, Attorney David Owens discusses what it means to be a Home Improvement Contractor, what the requirements are for licensing, how the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation provides resources to review Contractors history and license status, and what a contract to work on your home is required to contain and should contain.   http://www.mass.gov/ocabr/consumer-rights-and-resources/home-improvement-contract/