The Roofer Show

Welcome to part three of my Top 10 takeaways on how you can run a more profitable roofing business. This Top 10 list has been culled from all of my previous interviews with experts, my own 30 years of experience, my years of coaching other contractors and listening to the mistakes they have made, and by watching my competitors make mistakes.  You can listen to the first part right here in Podcast...

Welcome to part two of my Top 10 takeaways on how you can run a more profitable roofing business. This Top 10 list has been culled from all of my previous interviews with experts, my own 30 years of experience, my years of coaching other contractors and listening to the mistakes they have made, and by watching my competitors make mistakes.  You can listen to the first part right here in Podcast 20...

Welcome to the 200th episode of The Roofer Show! I’ll be sharing the best of the best takeaways on how you can run a more profitable roofing business. I’m bringing you a Top 10 list that I’ve culled from all of my previous interviews with experts, my own 30 years of experience, my years of coaching other contractors and listening to the mistakes they have made, and by watching my competitors make...

Join me as we take a dive into sales today with Ryan Groth from the Sales Transformation Group. Ryan will be covering how to build a successful sales team, how to compensate and motivate your team members, and he shares some techniques to really nail down the sales process. Ryan also takes us into a conversation around the meaning of success and how that definition changes over time. You’re really...

Today I’m replaying a course that I did for The Contractor Success Academy.  The Contractor Success Academy is hosted by Webrunner Media’s Mark Levesque and is a series of around two dozen FREE online courses. In this episode, I cover my 1-Page Business Plan . It’s a FREE download, so be sure to get it! You’ll learn about how to plan, design, and implement a solid business plan. This is especially...

If you want a consistent flow of qualified leads you need to listen to my mini-course with Marc Levesque and learn how a professional PPC campaign can get your company’s name in front of new prospects ready to buy your services. Once you have their attention Marc gives you the secrets to converting those clicks into qualified leads using the right landing pages. What You’ll Hear in This Episode: P...

Remember that 3-legged stool principle I teach? You’ve got to sell the work, you’ve got to do the work, and you’ve got to keep score, which is the bookkeeping part. All three of these legs have to be in balance so that it doesn’t become weak or your business is going to fall over. Today, I’m thankful to have Steve Kreitzberg from Apparatus Contractor Services, LLC , on the show. Steve’s company sp...

Kyle and Marie Hoffman are the owners of Roofing & More, Inc., and I think you’ll be able to identify with some of the struggles they’ve faced in getting their family-run business to the success level it is today. Kyle and Marie will be sharing the systems and processes they put in place that eased their journey along the way. There are lots of lessons in the show today, and I’m sure you’ll be abl...

I’m pleased to have Becca Switzer from Roof Sales Mastery back on the show with me today. If anyone knows about the sales process, it’s Becca. She has tons of direct sales experience and she’s mastered the sales art of the storm restoration industry, too. Becca really knows her stuff, and she’s ready to share what she knows about increasing your profits when working from the insurance claims side,...

To run a profitable roofing business, you have to understand the basics of accounting and the basics of setting up your financial system. Dave welcomes his go-to accounting expert, Diane Gilson, back to the show to discuss the easiest way to do just that! Diane Gilson created Info Plus(+) Accounting® In 1994 to help business owners establish job-cost accounting systems so they can access critical...

4: Add 10% (or more) of Your Gross Sales to Your Bottom Line The biggest mistake so many roofers make is to think that they’ll make more money if they sell more. BUT if you don’t have a stable and substantial gross profit on your jobs, and you take on the extra cost involved with higher volume, you’re just setting yourself up to earn less and less. AND, as you grow, you will create more work and s...

3: How Job Costing Helps You Spot (and Eliminate) Your Low-Profit and Loser Jobs Every low-profit and “loser” job is wiping out the profit you’re making on other jobs! When you replace projects that lose money (or only yield minimal profits) with jobs that achieve your gross profit targets, you substantially increase your gross profit. (The podcast has “do-the-math” examples.) If different types o...

#2: How to Locate and Charge for Lost or Invisible Costs If you DON’T job-cost, it’s easy to miss various Time and Materials (T&M) costs that accumulate on a job. Even when you charge a fixed price for your projects, you may very well encounter Change Orders as a job progresses. If you’re job costing, many software programs (such as QuickBooks desktop) will help you easily convert job costs into I...

#1: Why Job Cost? + Ways to Use Estimate vs. Actual Reports Many company owners wonder why they should bother with job-costing. They think they can simply watch their checkbook and wait until tax time to see how they did LAST YEAR. Unfortunately, by then, it’s too late to fix the prior year’s problems.  The reality is that if you run your company without knowing your numbers, you’re “driving in th...

There are so many mistakes to be made in the area of markup and profit, and there are plenty of contractors out there making those mistakes--and those are the ones who can’t keep their businesses afloat. If your business isn’t as profitable as it needs to be, then you need to hear what Michael Stone has to say. He’s been with us in Episode 14 and Episode 66, and now he’s here to talk about the spe...

My guest for today is Todd Dawalt and he has an awesome podcast called The Construction Leading Edge. It's for business owners and contractors who would like to grow and do away with any disorder in their business. On the show today I have a really great conversation with Todd about ways to improve your business. And Todd has some great giveaways too, like a video series with a ton of really simpl...

My friend, Brian Javeline from MyOnlineToolbox, joins me today and we’re going to be getting into “Marketing 101” for roofing contractors. We’ll drill down into how to get the best leads of all: the qualified leads. You’ll hear about how to bring qualified visitors to your website and learn how to convert them to prospects. This really is a simple plan for getting more quality leads and you’re not...

If you have ever been involved with a legal dispute or if money has been withheld on your project you know that it can just suck the life out of you. And cost you a ton of money. In today’s interview with our legal expert Philip Siegel you’ll learn how you can review and escape these 10 killer contract clauses. Philip delivered this same talk to the Western States Roofing Association last June to...

The easiest way to generate more revenue is to increase your close rate. In Part 2 of today’s interview with contractor business coach Kyle Hunt, we discuss tips in each area of your sales process: The Initial Phone Call: What you must do to make a great first impression, 5 Powerful Words When Talking With A Roofing Prospect, The In-Person Meeting: How to prepare, what to bring, and the approach y...

The easiest way to generate more revenue is to increase your close rate. In today’s interview with contractor business coach Kyle Hunt, we discuss tips in each area of your sales process: The Initial Phone Call: What you must do to make a great first impression, 5 Powerful Words When Talking With A Roofing Prospect, The In-Person Meeting: How to prepare, what to bring, and the approach you should...

The number one problem we entrepreneurs face in the contracting industry is how to find the best talent for our businesses. Danny Kerr from Breakthrough Academy joins me in this conversation about how to find the best people to recruit and retain. Listen in for your own takeaways as Danny and I cover hiring issues, how to build great teams, and industry trends. What you’ll hear in this episode: Da...

Most contractors are leaving money on the table because they are not using their true labor burden before mark up. They mistakenly think they are making money on their jobs but have nothing left over at the end of the month. In today’s interview with financial expert Diane Gilson, we’ll use her free tool to determine all the hidden costs that you need to include in your true labor cost to make you...

The roofing business is all about keeping that 3-legged stool strong and in balance: You have to sell the work, do the work, and keep score. This simple formula removes the chaos and frees up more of your personal time.  On today’s show, I’ll be touching on each of these elements by sharing the marketing lessons that I’ve been learning while getting my own roof replaced, how to do the kind of work...

Having a consistent process for your project production is a must to maximize your job profits. If you're tired of getting those phone calls from the job or angry customers you’ll want to listen to my interview with Tim Faller. Tim has consulted on production with hundreds of construction companies and we discuss his best practices for reducing slippage and making more profit on every job. “The mo...

We all know how important leads are to our business, but how do you keep track of them? How do you qualify them? Erick Vargas, the COO of Followup CRM joins me today and we’re going to cover how to do all this and more, including how to pick the “cream of the crop” clients. This is going to save you time and make you more money, and that’s what this show is all about!  What you’ll hear in this epi...