
Applying Effective Growth Strategies to Keep a Seasonal Business Thriving
Josh Trees started We Hang Christmas Lights, a Christmas light installation business, in 1997 for residential and commercial clients in Temecula, California. By the third year of his business, he hit a net profit of right around $138,000, and to this day, his business continues to enjoy the benefits of incredibly fast growth. In this episode, we talked about marketing, business strategy, recruitment, seasonal businesses...
18 Dec 20201h 8min

How To Use Technology to Grow A Profitable Pest Control Business
Donnie Shelton is the owner-operator of Triangle Pest Control and Coalmarch Productions, both of which he has grown to multi-million dollar enterprises within the last 10 years. He is the author of two books on business development, Build and Grow! A former United States Air Force Reserve pilot and software developer for a Fortune 500 company, he is an innovator with a proven track record of helping entrepreneurs beat strategic growth challenges in the pest control and lawn care industries. In this episode, we talked about team leadership, project management, business development, pest control, software development...
15 Dec 20201h 8min

How to Embrace the Right Mindset to Bounce Back from Any Setback
Jerry Isenhour is a speaker, mentor, coach, educator, and the author of Chaos to Reinvention: How to Turn Chaos into Clarity. He built various businesses from the ground up, including a chimney service business, a fireplace & outdoor living retail operation, and a manufacturing entity. Launched in 2010, his business coaching service, CVC Coaching, primarily assists professionals in the chimney and venting industry. In this episode, we talked about strategic planning, new business development, sales, small business, marketing strategy...
11 Dec 20201h 6min

Making Sense Of Your Business Numbers to Ensure Sustainable Profit and Growth
Danielle Hayden is the co-owner of Kickstart Accounting, Inc. where she helps business owners with bookkeeping, financial analysis, and education. She is the author of the Profit Planner book series. After being a corporate finance officer for over ten years, she now assists female entrepreneurs in better understanding their numbers. In this episode, we talked about accounting, finance, bookkeeping, auditing, strategic planning, small business...
8 Dec 202053min

How To Motivate Yourself and Your Team to Thrive In Even The Worst Business Crises
Matt Granados is an author, keynote speaker, and highly sought-after motivational coach. He has helped thousands of others implement an effective and replicable system for motivating even the most unfit and unmotivated individuals over the last decade. Matt has shared his techniques and strategies with professional organizations of all industries and sizes, including Google, Twitter, and the United States Air Force. In this episode, we talked about customer service, leadership,marketing...
4 Dec 20201h 7min

How to Build a Sellable, High-Value Business with Private Equity
Adam Coffey is the best-selling author of The Private Equity Playbook. Over the past two decades, he has served as President and CEO of three national private equity-backed service companies, and currently leads CoolSys, a commercial refrigeration and HVAC service company. The Orange County Business Journal named him one of their Most Influential Leaders, and made him part of their prestigious OC Top 50. In this episode, we talked about mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, operations management...
1 Dec 20201h 23min

Understanding the New Rules of SEO to Stay Top-of-Mind with Your Customers
Matthew Woodward has published numerous detailed tutorials and case studies focused on helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses. Since 2012, he has helped thousands of people reach success in increasing traffic and profits. A multi-awarded SEO expert, he has been a speaker at events all over the world including Las Vegas, New York, London, Barcelona, Bangkok, Bali, Romania, Costa Rica and many more. In this episode, we talked about SEO, digital marketing, blogging...
27 Nov 20201h 3min

Creating Partnerships With Your Internal & External Customers to Grow a Sustainable Business
Cheryl McRae is the director of vertical marketing at Scorpion. She is an award-winning professional with over 15 years of national and international marketing experience in telecommunications, biomedical, software, real estate, travel, financial, automotive, and retail. Josh Smith is the VP of marketing at Scorpion’s Home Services division. He continually sharpens the team with industry knowledge, support, and tools to ensure that home services professionals increase their revenue and grow their businesses. In this episode, we talked about digital marketing, product positioning and branding, leadership and motivation, team building and management....
24 Nov 20201h 2min