Colony Confidential Podcast

We're reporting LIVE from Pest World 2019 in San Diego this week, catch up with some of the exclusive interviews news we scored at Orlando in 2018 when we launched the Colony Confidential Podcast.  Join us for Live coverage from this year's show on IG, Facebook and more.

Spending more time going through your tough questions on pricing the job right.  We discuss how to go about raising the price for your existing customers and what qualifies a customer as an exception to the rules. Join us for LIVE Coverage from Pest World 2019.  Starting on October 14th.  

More on Pricing this week. This week we discuss collections and more.  Pest World San Diego is coming up. Keep an eye on our Social Media Channels for our BIG giveaway and all the latest.  

Continuing with the Money Talk, today we discuss Pricing - it can make or break your business.  This episode gets down to details of how you should approach setting up your pricing structure so you are charging a fair price for your service.   Do you know what you're worth? Do you know the truth cost of your technicians? Take notes because you're going to learn a lot with this one.

We covered a lot of ground with Finances over the last episodes.  And we have more questions to answer - But first we take a moment and throw you a curve ball. Hear what we've got in store for the upcoming weeks. 

The Pricing Episodes generated more mail and questions than we've ever received.  So here's your first installment of Answers on How to set pricing for a new Business owner and Tips and strategies we used to go from working in the business to working ON the business.

Mr. & Mrs. America, Focus on Finance continues with more on Pricing, Budgeting and special notes on how to raise prices over the course of a contract.

Hear the final recommendations of what's happening in the industry and get a leg up on the competition.  Are you primarily Commercial only business? Lessons for your future growth are in here.

This Series packs a college level education.  Paul Giannamore of The Potomac Company does not disappoint. He tells us about his early start with entrepreneurship, starting a business selling used farming equipment throughout Europe while a student at Cornell University.   Here's a few of the Top Things we learned... Latin America and Eastern Europe are the new frontiers in Pest Control Business Ow...

September is the month most businesses start working on budgets and forecasting.  We get it going with a bang thanks to our Incredible guest Paul Giannamore,  the kind of person who makes you feel smarter after a single conversation.  Don't take our word for it, get into this conversation and hear his take on what sets top earning companies apart, how to build a rock solid foundation for your busi...

LIVE from The  NJPMA 72nd Annual Clinic, Trade show and clam bake.  What an event!  This is a great episode if you want to know about innovations in the industry, with guest interviews from B&G Pelsis, FiberTrap and more.   

Here's the rest of our discussion on what really helps to set us apart from the competition.  Learning from other people's mistakes is one sure way to be at the top of your game.  You don't have to go through the recovery after failure this time.  It's so much smarter to save your energy for the valuable lessons no one else can teach you.  Do yourself a favor and become a member  Here

Hi confidants! We had a really fake break over the last few weeks, because like most of you listening - we're always working even when we say we're not.  So maybe that is the only secret here, when you are into what you're doing, it really doesn't feel like work.  Otherwise there are no secrets to our success, because we share it all.  Listening to this episode will highlight the habits that have...

Catch up with us real quick while we get ready for the NJ Trade show on August 15th Rutger's University. We have a customer/pricing debate and some big announcements to share. Go download our ebook.

The last awful insect of our summer series - ticks! We're giving you all the intel you need to know to keep ticks away from your home.  For starters - Don't feed the birds, try to keep all wildlife away from your property, trim the trees and shrubs no branches touching the house.  Clean up leaf litter and plant deer resistant shrubs. Do you know how to do a tick drag? When's the last time you did...

We've been talking about the reasons you hate the summer season most.  This Time it's Fly Treatment and prevention for when you've had enough. Including the 99.99999% Guaranteed thing you're overlooking in those Commercial Kitchens and the Course of Correction that will Take Care of it - Works at home too. Learn More about the ways you can keep your residence or office free from fruit flies or hou...

We started talking about the biggest pain in the a$$ bugs of the summer a few weeks back, this time around we're back to hook you up with some info on one of the hardest pests to get rid of - if you don't know what you're doing.  Let's get into it about these ants.  The first step to success is Identification!  Making sure you know what you're treating for is so key with ants especially because th...

Meet Ed, Joe and some more of the Family in the Summer Pests Reloaded episode.  This one is Re-Edited and Full of Laughs  Listen In and Enjoy.  

We're talking about summer pests and get specific about mosquitos this episode gives you specific recommendations on how to treat and why they're so difficult to get rid of.  Also some little known facts about how they behave and the dangerous diseases they carry.  Did you know that Mosquitos prefer beer drinkers? Find out what the Ed and Joe have been up to.  Sign up to get your cheat sheet for g...

Colony Confidential records LIVE at the Annual New York Pest Management Association's Spring Meeting.  Meet the city's PMP's, owners and manufacturers behind the Business, and hear about their paths to success in the business .

We believe that training doesn't have to be boring.  That's why we're here! Catch all the details of the Training and Networking Opportunity for you to hang with Ed and Joe on Spring Tour NYC 2019!

We finish up our discussion on the State of the Union. Pest Control Union that is...and Make a very Special Announcement.  Register for the Upcoming Webinar on getting Google Guaranteed in your city.  Space is Limited.  Click the Link  to Sign Up.   https://searchkings.zoom.us/webinar/register/8037f9e5840a8830c5b9141539e44ee6    

Catch Up Here as we make some Big Announcements Ed and Joe talk about some recent travels, smuggled coffee beans the true story of Ed's now famous scar. And things get a little crazy talking about California's proposed rodenticide ban.

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Taking on some of your tough questions.   How to become a bed bug specialist. An expecting mom (Ed is not the father) asks about the prep before a treatment and gets answers on the alternatives for all the steps. Plus some of the pros vs. cons of chemical and heat treatments. Our favorite mouse traps for a person that doesn't want to use any poisons around the house.   Exclusion made simple AND......