The Home Service Expert Podcast

Curt Kempton helps service companies in fine-tuning their quoting process with his service quoting software, Responsibid. As the founder and CEO of Symphosize LLC, Curt has provided invaluable assistance to businesses in closing higher-quality jobs at better rates. He has been working full-time on his passion—helping entrepreneurs achieve major goals by crafting systems best suited to their busine...

Randy Stanbury is the author of The Small Business Freedom Formula. He is the founder of Service Freight Systems, a business he started at 23 years old in 1995. He has since grown it into a multi-million-dollar company, which he later sold—a true success story of a business that was essentially founded in a bedroom in his parents' house. Nowadays, he gives business advice to stressed-out entrepren...

Paul Maskill is the host of the Business Owners Freedom Formula Podcast. He is a true-blue entrepreneur with years of experience in owning and running companies. He also successfully sold his last company. Building a $500,000 service business while putting it on auto-pilot and keeping his freedom—a feat that not many entrepreneurs can claim—is among Paul's career highlights. In this episode, we ta...

Chris Yano is the CEO of RYNO Strategic Solutions, a digital marketing company focused on the home services industry, as well as the host of the "To The Point" Podcast. A former race car driver, he has done countless keynotes, breakouts and webinars on best practices in digital marketing for companies in the home services space. In this episode, we talked about entrepreneurship, internet marketing...

Joe Crisara is called America's Service Sales Coach, and is a world-wide sales educator and entrepreneur. He combines 40 years of contracting experience with strong expertise in performing "Pure Motive Service." He co-developed a sales educational firm and website for HVAC, plumbing and electrical service contractors, www. ContractorSelling.com, that helps thousands of owners, managers, service te...

Gino Wickman is the author of Traction: Get A Grip On Your Business and Get A Grip: An Entrepreneurial Fable . . . Your Journey to Get Real, Get Simple, and Get Results. He is the founder of EOS Worldwide, a leadership team development company based in Livonia, Michigan aimed at the small business and entrepreneurial community. He developed the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), a practical m...

Joseph Sheehan is the owner of Colony Pest Management, Inc. and the co-host of the Colony Confidential podcast. In 2003, after working for his father Ed's company—a part-time position he held since he was five years old—he established Colony. Since then it has grown to $2.5 million in yearly sales by providing essential pest management services all over the New York Tri State area. In this episode...

Dustin Kaehr is a leadership and business coach at R/I Solutions, and has over 20 years of experience working with large and small organizations throughout North America, helping them with leadership challenges, operational management, and employee/customer engagement. He is the author of two books, "Retail is…50 Thoughts, Ideas, and Conversations to Make Your Business Better" and "Dear Boys…The L...

Jason Buehler is the owner and founder of Buehler Air Conditioning, a Florida-based company. Across two decades of heating and cooling experience within the Jacksonville Beach community, Jason has serviced more than 5,000 customers. He has an extensive knowledge of HVAC, coupled with integrity and professional training. In this episode, we talked about HVAC, customer relationships, energy efficien...

Meridith Elliot Powell is an award-winning author, a public speaker, and a business strategist. She travels approximately 300 days a year for speaking engagements and hosts her own podcast, providing valuable business insights to entrepreneurs based on years of industry expertise and experience. She has been cited as one of the top 15 Business Growth experts to watch by Currency Fair. In this epis...

Brian Hong has been an SEO and Digital Marketing Expert for over 15 years, and has worked on over a thousand websites to date. As the head of Infintech Designs, he supports small and large businesses alike in maximizing their online reach, improving their exposure, and increasing their sales. In this episode, we talked about design, marketing, advertising, SEO & digital marketing...

Scott Harkey is the co-founder and managing partner of OH Partners, one of the fastest-growing independent advertising agencies in the United States. Crowned by the American Advertising Federation of Phoenix as its Ad Person of the Year in 2018, Scott is a member of the 4A's Business Council. He is also on the Arizona Republic's "35 under 35 Entrepreneurs" and the Phoenix Business Journal's "40 un...

Mark Hunter is the bestselling author of High Profit Prospecting and A Mind for Sales. Well-versed in the various areas of sales—from prospecting to maximizing price—Mark utilizes over three decades' worth of sales leadership experience to help salespeople get into the right mindset and sell more effectively. As a true expert in the field, Mark has been recognized as one of the "Top 50 Most Influe...

Tom Howard is ServiceTitan's vice president of customer service and the co-founder of Blue Collar Profits. An experienced home service entrepreneur and consultant, Tom owns multiple residential and commercial service companies in California, including a pest control company and an engineering company. In this episode, we talked about business forecasting and planning, marketing strategy, lean mana...

Meaghan Likes is the founder of Bookkeeping Academy Online and owner of Likes Accounting. She uses her years of expertise and experience in helping small business owners do their bookkeeping correctly. An entrepreneur with five businesses in Northern California, Meaghan is a prominent figure in the window cleaning industry, and is the third fastest female window cleaner in the world. An active phi...

Joshua Latimer is the CEO at SendJim, and the founder of RadiusBomb.com and Automate Grow Sell. Years after taking the brave step of building his own business from the ground up, Joshua takes his efficient, optimism-fueled approach to entrepreneurship and helps small business owners worldwide in understanding how to use business systems and automation to achieve success. In this episode, we talked...

Jack Huntress spent the bulk of his career in environmental sciences. He co-founded PARCEL, a property due diligence reporting company, which gave him great insight into real estate and property management. He also established HomeBinder, an electronic records management system that leverages home inspectors to deliver property specific alerts, ongoing support, and recommendations to new homeowner...

Four world-class marketing experts discussed how home service businesses can approach their marketing to not only survive but also thrive during these challenging times. Lorne Sederoff is the director of channel development at Search Kings. He is a certified expert at anything and everything there is to do about Google for marketing and lead generation, from its algorithms to its features. Dennis...

Jeff Dudan is a published author, speaker, and servant leader. He is the Franchise Executive for Dudan Partners, a franchise development consulting company that specializes in helping entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses and franchise systems. He is also the founder and former CEO of AdvantaClean, which started out as a student housing painting business, but evolved into a cleanup company wh...

Adam Cronenberg has had over a decade's worth of professional experience in various industries, with a specific focus on relationship management, process optimization, and negotiation. As A1 Garage Door Service's COO, he has played a critical role in shaping the business's success and growing it from the ground up. In this episode, we talked about consultative selling, relationship management, pro...

Dan Antonelli is the president and chief creative officer of New Jersey advertising agency KickCharge Creative, a company that specializes in helping brands redefine themselves and stand out in all the right ways. He is an expert in graphic design and brand marketing who has worked on nearly 400 HVAC brands throughout his journey as an artist, which started when he was just 14 years old. He is als...

Marcus Sheridan is the founder and president of one of the country's most successful digital sales and marketing agencies, The Sales Lion, which just merged with IMPACT in 2018. A keynote speaker who delivers talks and inspirational speeches worldwide, Marcus was named one of 20 "Speakers You Don't Want to Miss" by Forbes in 2017. He is also the author of the hit book "They Ask, You Answer," Masha...

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Al Levi is considered a guru when it comes to small business and organizations. A master at making manuals, he is the bestselling author of The Seven Power Contractor. Gianni de Cara is the man behind the scenes on the Home Service Millionaire podcast. He runs his own business all the way from Italy. Joe Crisara is a sales trainer who helps companies understand how to close more deals, make more m...

Brigham Dickinson is the president and founder of Power Selling Pros, a leading coaching and training firm dedicated to handling phone calls for home service companies. His extensive experience in business growth, call handler training, and customer service has earned him the moniker "The Call Center Guru." He is also the author of two highly successful books on entrepreneurial success: Pattern Fo...