Griffin Thomas

Real Life Entrepreneurship With Griffin Thomas

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In the Real Life Entrepreneurship podcast we discuss everything in regards to starting and growing a business. While this of course will include things such as setting up a business, paying yourself through a business, advertising your business and more, there are other things that will directly affect your ability to grow your business and more importantly SUSTAIN your business that come from within yourself that we will dive into as well. Some of these subjects include: Discipline, Faith, Motivation (and how to keep going when you may have none!), Relationships, Networking and more! So if an...

Author

Griffin Thomas

Category

Business

Podcast website

www.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

Aug 11, 2025

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Episodes

Google Ads Update 12/6/2023: Great Start to Our CPC Campaign 07.12.2023

Entrepreneur Griffin Thomas gives an update on his recently launched Google Ads Campaign. In this episode we take look at all matrix of the campaign such as: current CTR, current CPC, current conversions, and cost per acquisition. We also take look at Griffin's updated ad spend and why you need to evaluate your ad spend on Google. Support the show Griffin's LinkTree:

Why You Shouldn't Over Analyze Your Cost Per Acquisition When Running Marketing Campaigns 05.12.2023

Entrepreneur Griffin Thomas explains why you do not want to get too caught up in over analyzing your cost per acquisition when running marketing campaigns on platforms such as Google ads, Facebook ads etc. and he explains what he means by this. Cost per acquisition is still one of the most important metrics to pay close attention to, to ensure your ad dollars are being spent efficiently, however y...

Are You "Waiting For The Right Time" to Start Your Business? 21.11.2023

Business owner/entrepreneur Griffin Thomas gives you words of encouragement in regards to the idea that you will have the perfect opportunity and time to start your business if you are "patient".  The reality is, there is never a perfect time to start a business. There are things that we can do smartly to put ourselves in right position financially. However you do not want to get caught...

The Path to $1,000,000 Isn't Complicated! 18.11.2023

Entrepreneur Griffin Thomas explains how many aspiring business owners over complicate the basic math when trying to figure out how to start and grow a business. Regardless if you are selling a product, service, etc. every customer has an expected "average spend" with your company! From here we just do some basic multiplication and/or division and we find out really quick how many custom...

How Much Should You Spend on Google Ads or Facebook Ads? 16.11.2023

Today, entrepreneur Griffin Thomas explains from his experience how much money you should plan on setting aside per day for you advertising budget if you really want to see massive results. It should be noted these are slightly higher numbers than what I Griffin usually pays because he wants to set realistic expectations and this does not apply to pay per lead programs such as Google Local Service...

Three Things I WISH I Knew When I Started My Business Three Years Ago Today! 07.11.2023

Entrepreneur and pest control business operator Griffin Thomas gives you three things he wish he knew when he started his pest control business in 2020 that he strongly believes will help aspiring business owners any time of any year! Support the show Griffin's LinkTree:

Silencing The Doubts in Entrepreneurship 30.10.2023

Entrepreneur and owner of Preferred Pest Management Griffin Thomas explains why you need to keep the end game in mind and focusing on each individual win while growing your business. Griffin also discusses why you should take what everyone says about your business journey and put it on your shoulder and not take it to heart. Lastly Griffin explains how focusing on time management and allowing hims...

How Food Poisoning Got Me Thinking About "Work Life Balance" And Does Work Life Balance Exist in Entrepreneurship? 24.10.2023

Today, entrepreneur/business owner Griffin Thomas discusses from his couch while sick with food poisoning the power of our perspective and self awareness in our entrepreneur journey. Anyone that pretends they are go go go 24/7 are lying to you and you will feel like crap if you consume enough of their content. The goal of our content is to bring real life, day in and day out documentation of my jo...

Must Haves When Starting a Pest Control Business 12.10.2023

Owner of Preferred Pest Management and entrepreneur Griffin Thomas discusses important things you must have when you are looking to start a pest control business and have ready to go for your first department of agriculture inspection to keep your business safe. Support the show Griffin's LinkTree:

The Levels to Entrepreneurship and How to Level Up 20.09.2023

Today Griffin discusses the 3 levels to entrepreneurship he has discovered, explains which level he is currently in and how you can level up in your entrepreneurial journey regardless of where you may be today. Support the show Griffin's LinkTree:

Inputs Versus Outputs in Business 11.09.2023

In today's episode Griffin discusses how every time he has figured out what he needs to do to grow his business, he has almost always underestimated how long, how much money, etc. that it would take to actually achieve the expected result. That is what we dive into today. If you want massive results in your business, you must put in massive inputs regardless of what the expected output (resul...

GorillaDesk Review and Overview 01.09.2023

In today's episode, Griffin goes over the extreme value that GorillaDesk offers service businesses with their industry leading CRM software. If you enjoyed this episode do us a favor and give the show a thumbs up and to learn more about GorillaDesk click the link to our LinkTree! Support the show Griffin's LinkTree:

Leverage Can RUIN Your Business 28.08.2023

In today's quick episode, Griffin explains how if he was not prepared for the rainy day that just occurred in his business, then he very well could have been out of business for the near future, if not in entirety! It is important to use leverage in business wisely and to always have some rainy day funds in place for when the rainy day comes. As always be sure to like and follow the show and...

Everything You MUST KNOW When Starting and Growing a Pest Control Business Part 2 25.08.2023

In today's episode, Griffin continues our recent conversation on YouTube answering your questions about starting a pest control business, how to grow a pest control business, and of course some commentary on owning a pest control business. Don't forget to like and follow the show and checkout our LinkTree for some awesome helpful links! Support the show Griffin's LinkTree:

How to Get Out of Poverty 18.08.2023

In today's episode, owner of Preferred Pest Management and YouTuber Griffin Thomas gives background on his story of poor to "riches" and how to get your mindset right for getting out of poverty TODAY! Support the show Griffin's LinkTree:

Everything You MUST KNOW When Starting and Growing a Pest Control Business Part 1 17.08.2023

Today's pest control business podcast episode comes from our recent live stream on YouTube titled: Everything You Need To Know When Starting a Pest Control Business. This was a longer stream (something like 3 hours in entirety so I will upload this in chunks for you guys, putting at least one episode per week out of this before we move on to our other topics! Support the show Griffin's L...

How to Grow a Six Figure Pest Control Company WITHOUT D2D 31.07.2023

In today's episode, owner of Preferred Pest Management Griffin Thomas explains how he grew his pest control business to a six figure pest control company in one year without doing any D2D at all! Support the show Griffin's LinkTree:

Not Knowing These Things Almost Sank My Business 27.07.2023

Today's episode, Griffin discusses a few things that he wish he learned a lot earlier when starting a pest control business back in 2020. During our entrepreneurial journey, we will have many ups and downs. It is important to learn important lessons on the fly so you do not become the next business statistic. Be great, and go get the life that you and your family deserve! Support the show Gri...

Major Upgrades to Our Pest Control Website! 21.05.2023

In today's episode, Griffin discusses some major updates he made to his pest control website to improve website performance using tools like WP Rocket, and testing the speeds with Googles web vitals tool as well as GTMetrix! He also explains why if you own a service business/trades business why you will benefit from our content in the future. Hope you all enjoy and be sure to follow the show...

How to Get FREE Leads For Your Business 20.04.2023

In today's episode, Griffin briefly discusses how much money he has spent on Google Ads in the last month for his pest control business, and gives you a list of many things you can start doing today to get free traffic to your business and website within the next 90 days. These tactics work for all service related businesses such as HVAC businesses, pest control businesses, plumbing businesse...

Who I Am, What I Have Built & What You Should Expect When Starting & Growing Your Business 31.03.2023

In this episode we discuss who is Griffin Thomas. We discuss my life journey starting as a young kid on YouTube selling on eBay and Amazon FBA to day trading stocks and futures, to now building one of the best pest control companies in the Dallas, TX area. Then I give you guys some real talk on what to expect when starting and growing your business and some tips to keep yourself from going crazy d...

How To Create A Google Ad 28.03.2023

In today's episode, Griffin goes over how to create a Google ad start to finish. You can use this episode to follow along as you create your own Google ad or you can watch the footage from this episode on the YouTube channel as well mentioned in the show notes. This episode will suit business owners of service businesses best. Specifically, those that own or are looking to own and grow a pest...

Intro: Welcome to the Real Life Entrepreneurship Podcast 27.03.2023

Welcome! In today's intro to the podcast I introduce myself (Griffin Thomas) as well as the pest control company I have built the last 3 years to you all and give you quick insight on the type of business, investing and entrepreneurial content you can expect from this podcast. Would love to help you all in any way I can on your journey to financial freedom and I appreciate you tuning in. Soci...

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