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PART THREE: Resisting the Discount Pressure Series: Ethical sales delivering healthy margins  Guest: Jon Dale from Little Fish Business Coaching We’ve all been guilty of thinking that discounting our products or services is the only way to sell them. Whether you have done it before or are contemplating doing it, let me tell you, that is not a smart business move. Why? First of all, it devalues you...

PART TWO: How to sell your value and maintain a solid sales process Series: Ethical sales delivering healthy margins Guest: Jon Dale from Little Fish Business Coaching Pricing is a major problem in today’s world not only for producers and sellers but also for buyers and consumers. Not knowing how to properly price products can be a hindrance when it comes to selling them and finding the right cust...

Part One - Why having decent margins is important Series: Ethical sales delivering healthy margins  Guest: Jon Dale from Little Fish Business Coaching Sales! They can make or break a business. Whether we like sales or not, we are all in the business of sales. All of us are selling something. A product, a service, ourselves to other people and so on.  Over the years, I've seen and heard many &...

Anyone that runs a business has costs. Some more than others, but regardless, they exist. Typically speaking, we pay our bills as we get them. We'll use direct transfer, or we'll pay by credit card knowing that we have 30, 60 or 90 days to pay the balance. What many of us DO NOT do well is use these everyday expenses to our advantage.  Most of us are familiar with 'Flyer Points&apos...

Part Three – Laying the right foundations for your business Series: Tax Essentials for Tradies and Contractors  Guest: Tab Burkhalter from  The Numbers House Accounting is one of those topics that is hard to make sexy, but when you learn new tricks, it can make an incredible difference to both your business and your personal life.  When I started my business journey, I never had any advice or coun...

Part Two – Understanding cash flow and reporting Series: Tax Essentials for Tradies and Contractors  Guest: Tab Burkhalter from  The Numbers House Accounting is one of those topics that is hard to make sexy, but when you learn new tricks, it can make an incredible difference to both your business and your personal life.  When I started my business journey, I never had any advice or counsel from an...

Episode 200 of The Site Shed podcast. In this podcast, I run through The Site Shed's journey over the last 3 years. I talk about the beginnings and how my digital agency,  Tradie Web Guys  got me into the education space initially. I cover off on The Site Shed's top 5 all-time podcasts. TSS109 - Modular Building with Bill from Archiblox TSS113 - When is the right time to expand with Al L...

Part One - Why you need to keep two sets of books Series: Tax Essentials for Tradies and Contractors  Guest: Tab Burkhalter from  The Numbers House Accounting is one of those topics that is hard to make sexy, but when you learn new tricks, it can make an incredible difference to both your business and your personal life.  When I started my business journey, I never had any advice or counsel from a...

Maximising Gross Profit in Your Business with Danny from BT Academy Series: Scaling your business from '$500k to $5 million' Guest: Danny Kerr from  BT Academy Part One: Building Your One-Page Strategic Plan -  [LINK] Part Two: Structuring Your Company for Maximum Productivity -  [LINK] Part Three - How to Generate Rockstar Employee Applications -  [LINK] It's no surprise that BT Ac...

How to Generate Rockstar Employee Applications with Danny from BT Academy Series: Scaling your business from ‘$500k to $5 million’ Guest: Danny Kerr from BT Academy Part One: Building Your One-Page Strategic Plan – [LINK] Part Two: Structuring Your Company for Maximum Productivity – [LINK] It’s no surprise that BT Academy is one of Canada’s fastest growing companies. As you’ll soon find out, Danny...

Structuring Your Company for Maximum Productivity with Danny from BT Academy Series: Scaling your business from ‘$500k to $5 million’ Guest: Danny Kerr from  BT Academy Part One: Building Your One-Page Strategic Plan –  [LINK] It’s no surprise that BT Academy is one of Canada’s fastest growing companies. As you’ll soon find out, Danny is a friggin business guru. Over the last couple of years, Dann...

Strategic Planning, done simply with Danny from BT Academy Series: Scaling your business from ‘$500k to $5 million’ Guest: Danny Kerr from  BT Academy It’s no surprise that BT Academy is one of Canada’s fastest growing companies. As you’ll soon find out, Danny is a friggin business guru. Over the last couple of years, Danny and I have spoken on many occasions and every time, I’m blown away by how...

How up to speed are you with IP Law? Guest – Anthony Verna From –  Verna Law Podcast – The Law and Business Podcast IG – @vernalawpc Here are some other similar podcasts you might like if this one tickles your fancy.  Internet Law 101 How to handle negative media Podcast Highlights 04:39 – Legal jurisdiction 06:07 – The worldwide patent myth 06:49 – What is a patent 07:20 – What is a trademark 08:...

So, is ‘meditation’ for hippies, or high functioning operators? Guest – Luke Shipley From – 100 Meditators –  Instagram Like listening to powerful mindset and self-help related podcasts? Here are a few we’ve recorded in the past. From A-B with Stephen Scoggins General Health and Wellness Fit for work Managing depression Managing Guilt Mental Health For Tradies part one Mental Health For Tradies pa...

Series - The Future Of Energy Part Three - The future of residential energy Guest - Joe Edginton From -  Energy Culture The Future Of Energy series has been designed to offer multiple perspectives from various guests within the energy sector. Comprising of three separate episodes and three separate guests, we cover the evolving energy market, from the grid and our energy providers, right through t...

Author, podcaster, entrepreneur & home service millionaire Guest – Tommy Mello Book landing page Book resources Podcast Like hearing success stories from other tradie sand contractors? If so check out these other podcasts.  Zero to $850,000 in 2 years From A to B with Corey Philip Proof that your trade business can run while you travel the world Stephen Scoggins from A to B Podcast Highlights...

Series – The Future Of Energy Part Two – Solar power, fuelling communities Guest – Alex Georgiou From –  Shine Hub The Future Of Energy series has been designed to offer multiple perspectives from various guests within the energy sector. Comprising of three separate episodes and three separate guests, we cover the evolving energy market, from the grid and our energy providers, right through to the...

The future of virtual reality in construction You’d have to have been living under a rock for the last ten years to not notice the rise of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). It seems to be everywhere we look. To the point where now, we can turn our mobile devices into a VR unit and go explore what feels like another dimension. Years ago, I was at a tradeshow in Munich, Germany, where...

Series – The Future Of Energy Part One – The Future Of Our Energy Sources The Future Of Energy series has been designed to offer multiple perspectives from various guests within the energy sector. Comprising of three separate episodes and three separate guests, we cover the evolving energy market, from the grid and our energy providers, right through to the residential electrician, who’s out there...

Series - The Ultimate Referral Marketing System For Tradies & Contractors Part Three - Creating strong referral partnerships Guest - Michael Griffiths From -  www.referralmarketingguru.com.au/ Book: The Referral Marketing System - Available on Amazon. There are few tradies that don't take advantage of referrals. I have many clients who literally ONLY get work through word-of-mouth and ref...

Series - The Ultimate Referral Marketing System For Tradies & Contractors Part One - Building Your Referral Team Guest - Michael Griffiths From -  www.referralmarketingguru.com.au/ Book: The Referral Marketing System - Available on Amazon. There are few tradies that don't take advantage of referrals. I have many clients who literally ONLY get work through word-of-mouth and referrals.  It&...

Series – The Ultimate Referral Marketing System For Tradies & Contractors Part One – Building Your Referral Team Guest – Michael Griffiths From –  www.referralmarketingguru.com.au/ Book: The Referral Marketing System – Available on Amazon. There are few tradies that don’t take advantage of referrals. I have many clients who literally ONLY get work through word-of-mouth and referrals.  It’s no...

Don’t fall victim to the laws of the world wide web! Internet Law 101 With Richard Chapo from  www. SocalInternetLawyer.com As the internet continues to become a greater part of our lives, so does the legalities that surround the ever-expanding ‘world-wide-web’. It’s amazing (and kind of scary) to think how far the internet has come since it was launched in the eighties and made available to every...

‘The One Page Marketing Plan’ with Allan Dib How this podcast with Allan Dib happened. I love to read. Business books especially. I just love the wisdom I can extract from them.  I love them so much, that I recently started a Youtube playlist on The Site Shed’s channel called ‘Book Reviews’ Here’s the link to the channel Here’s the link to the Book Review playlist   Please go like and subscribe by...

Productivity issues exist everywhere you look. Work, home, school, sport, social occasions, to name a few.  Over my professional career, I have certainly been through patches where productivity is far from optimal. If I’m brutally honest, even today as I type this, my days’ productivity has been seriously rattled.  There is no perfect system for productivity. No golden egg, no magic wand. For each...