The Flooring Business Podcast

Must hear interview if you are a salesperson in the Flooring Business.  Josh Nagler talks about how he closes more sales in the home, how he generates his own leads, and an overall robust conversations about selling in the Flooring Industry.  Josh explains that it really is a team effort. How important it is that the team works well together.  Josh also explain how he's able to get so many of...

I love Flooring Dealers like Jason. He's been in the industry his whole life and yet he has the desire to grow and change things that need to be changed.  We talk a little shop at home first and how Jason operates without a showroom. He still has salespeople and he shares how he handles meetings, warehouse, and other challenges that one would have operating without a store.  The nuts and bolt...

Discover how you can generate Quality 5 Star Reviews.  Google likes to see long reviews. Bob shares a couple tricks on how to get long reviews as well as strategies on your response.  Plus a lot of Free valuable marketing strategies that will help customers find you. 

This was a great conversations with Miranda Federico Leon, Sales Manager for Carpets of Arizona.  You'll discover how she helped Carpets of Arizona get to be a successful, profitable, $5 Million a year company.  How do you manage your team?  Do you continue to sell or just manage? Which way is best?  What do you look for in hiring a new salesperson?  Is experience important to you? 

Facebook is increasingly becoming a more important source of marketing for Flooring Retailers across the country.  Is it necessary to pay for advertising on Facebook?  If you decide to hire someone how do you make sure they are doing a good job for you?  What type of messages work on Facebook? Sales and specials? Finished photos? Work being done? Before and After Photos?  Can you test and measure...

If you don't have Buddy Mitchell in your rolodex you would be smart to add him now.  He has really mastered the Shop at home experience, along with  Hiring top salespeople Running and Growing a Small Business Working with and respecting your spouse How to compete in a tough market  & a range of other issues that are great for the Flooring Dealer doing $500K to 10 Million a year in sales. 

This was a great conversation with Dean Paulson on how to become a stocking dealer.  Where do you get the best buys?  Do you get good margins on stocking goods or do you sell them cheaper since you bought them cheaper? You'll be surprised at his answer.  Plus he tells new flooring dealers a great way to get started and open accounts with suppliers who can be difficult. 

This was a fun interview.  What motivates Todd Saunders?  Why is he driven to change the Flooring Industry for the benefit of the Flooring Dealers?  Is this about making money? No, there are better opportunities out there for Todd.  How dedicated is he? You won't believe what he has done to his own personal Facebook account. I never heard anyone do something like this before. It was brilliant...

In this episode I talk to Steven Fowler who has used the Disc Profile strategy to get to know his employees better, improve their performance, and help the entire team work better with customers.  We operate a better business when we Understand ourselves better, Understand our CoWorkers better, and Understand Customers Better.  Disc will help you do that. It will help you think about the best way...