Blue Collar Nation

TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com .  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service, and communicating with clients.  Morning Tech Meeting has video lessons that can be sent directly to your tech's phones for training. See other great podcasts we enjoy on our Blue Collar Nati...

TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com .  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service, and communicating with clients.  Morning Tech Meeting has video lessons that can be sent directly to your tech's phones for training. See other great podcasts we enjoy on our Blue Collar Nati...

TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com .  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service, and communicating with clients.  Morning Tech Meeting has video lessons that can be sent directly to your tech's phones for training. See other great podcasts we enjoy on our Blue Collar Nati...

TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com .  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service, and communicating with clients.  Morning Tech Meeting has video lessons that can be sent directly to your tech's phones for training. See other great podcasts we enjoy on our Blue Collar Nati...

Marvelless Mark , Rock n' Roll Keynote Speaker and Business Guru gave an amazing presentation at the experience.  He is not just a business expert who’s coming to talk at your people. He is going to get your entire crowd electrified. Imagine everyone in your audience pumped out of their minds to perform better in business next year.  TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING This episode it brought...

We had the pleasure to have Chuck Violand on the show again for the 3rd time. Chuck gives us insight as to what will be going on in his booth at the trade show and what an attendee can expect to learn there. TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com .  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, custom...

TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com .  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service, and communicating with clients.  Morning Tech Meeting has video lessons that can be sent directly to your tech's phones for training. See other great podcasts we enjoy on our Blue Collar Nati...

We had a great conversation with Jim Mannes, National Director at Shaw Flooring. Jim talks about all the cool things he will be doing at the show to educate all the cleaners how to clean the newer products from Shaw. TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com .  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sale...

Good habits are the foundation of success. Jeff Wickersham joins Larry and Eric to talk about what it takes to create the discipline to make good habits work in your favor. Jeff has passion and commitment to this ideal. In fact, Jeff has meditated for more the 1.300 days in a row. Join us to hear Jeff help us all realize what it takes to excel in all areas of life. TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEET...

Today we have Mike Pailliotet of Mikey's Board and Mikey's Fest fame on to discuss what's up with Green Glides and what he will be doing at the tradeshow. Note, there is some super interesting stuff about hard surface glides in this interview.  Mikey and Eric were geeking out on carpet cleaning while Larry was losing his mind! Great guest and a great show. TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TEC...

We will be kicking off our The Experience Trade Show series with the man who is at the helm of the show: Larry Cooper.  Learn about the cool things that will be happening at the show this year. TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com .  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service, an...

BIll Yeadon joins us on the podcast again to discuss the book, Good to Great by Jim Collins. Larry, Eric, and Bill have a spirited discussion about the content of the book. The boys, at times, deviate from the book, but all in the name of how to use the concepts in practical application in a home services business. TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING This episode it brought to you by www.morningte...

Esteemed podcasting colleagues Gerrett Stier and Jon Isaacson join Larry and Eric to full the curtain back on podcasting and how we all do it.  We also have great conversation about helping home services businesses can do to better their businesses. TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com .  Don't lose money in the field because your se...

AC Lockyer is a natural born salesman. A renaissance man with many interests, AC has created an amazing company at SoftWash Systems . AC has created the "unfranchise" model where his clients get all of the benefits of a franchise opportunity, but without the royalties and all that goes with owning a franchise. Give this show a listen as AC drops some knowledge on this episode about life...

To say Service Titan is taking over the software side of the home service industries would be a vast understatement. Now with a valuation of roughly $10 Billion, the company continues to expand into new industries and come out with new innovations. However, in this fast growth has come a lot of mythologies and misconceptions about what Service Titan can and cannot do, and more importantly, who is...

Ego. It's a loaded and often misunderstood concept. It's important to have enough to have the drive and confidence to be a high performer. However, too much and we alienate people. Too little ego and we shrink at the hard challenges of life because we think we are not smart or talented enough to make things happen. It's a fine line when "controlling" our ego. We had a grea...

Chuck Violand of Violand Management has been around a lot of entrepreneurs over his 34 years of coaching. Chuck breaks down the 6 traits that really hurt our businesses from his upcoming book, The Entrepreneurial Conspiracy. Chuck has a down to earth, self deprecating style that helps owners feel comfortable to put some of the ego aside and start admitting they need help and need to work on a few...

 When you start living The ONE Thing, you begin to understand that not everything matters equally. You get clarity on what matters most. You begin doing the most important things first and, then, you earn the right to address everything else. When you do that, results show up and they show up fast. And, as that happens, your life gets bigger.    You can get more information about Geoff and The One...

Mark Saiger has been in the home-services business for the long haul. A 3rd generation cleaning professional, Mark worked his cleaning business as a side hustle for decades when he was a band teacher. Once he decided to leave the band world behind, Mark went all in on building an amazing home services company. Mark's passion for detail and getting both the technical and human sides right in h...

Do you want to sell your business someday? Do you really know what it is worth? Are you really turnkey? Do you have a business someone with money may actually want to pay you for? These are the questions you need the answers to before looking for a buyer for your business. Many owners think their business is worth much more than it really is on the open market. Michelle Seiler Tucker has sold thou...

Bill Yeadon, Larry and Eric team up to talk about an important book that is key to helping all of us with better communication skills. Larry and Bill (extroverts) team up on Eric (introvert) to explore the ins and outs of dealing with how people spend their energy, relate to co-workers, and how to help quiet people create an environment to thrive at work or school. This is a great episode for any...

Vance Morris, Disney employee turned home service entrepreneur tells Larry and Eric the key elements he learned to create a client experience that keeps the repeat and referral customers coming. Learn about the theater aspect of the service business and also how to systematize that experience for your techs. TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeti...

Running your business is hard enough, but when you add in working with your spouse/life partner, it can get really tough. Eric sits down to interview his wife Yana who worked in their service business for many years. They talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of working together and how they learned to manage it better. TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING This episode it brought to you by www...

Gerrett Stier is a bit of a renaissance man. An electrician by trade and a podcaster by night, Gerrett brings a lot to the trades with his expertise and knowledge. Gerrett's entrepreneurial journey is the stuff American dreams are made of. Laid off from his electricians job during the big crash of 2008, Gerrett got ingenious and started selling the power distribution boxes he made in his gara...

Bill Yeadon joins us again for the monthly book club. This month Larry picked Dr. Robert Cialdini's Influence . We discuss the 6 Principles of how to be more persuasive and garner more influence. Tackling topics such as likability, social proof, and reciprocation we do a deep dive on each principle and how it applies to a home services business. TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING This episod...