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Series - How to escape the $1-3 Million 'Nightmare Zone' to reclaim your business and personal life. Part Three - Profitability. Get your financial house in order. Guest - Rob Kropp From - Pravar Group Web -  www. PravarGroup.com Rob and the team at Pravar Group run some seriously good business programs for trade businesses. Their speciality is taking businesses that are turning $2-3 mil...

Series – How to escape the $1-3 Million ‘Nightmare Zone’ to reclaim your business and personal life. Part One – Productivity. Be a master of it, not a slave to it. Guest – Rob Kropp From – Pravar Group Web –  www. PravarGroup.com Rob and the team at Pravar Group run some seriously good business programs for trade businesses. Their speciality is taking businesses that are turning $2-3 million and t...

Series - How to escape the $1-3 Million 'Nightmare Zone' to reclaim your business and personal life. Part One - Productivity. Be a master of it, not a slave to it. Guest - Rob Kropp From - Pravar Group Web -  www. PravarGroup.com Rob and the team at Pravar Group run some seriously good business programs for trade businesses. Their speciality is taking businesses that are turning $2-3 mil...

The relatable journey of Peter Norton and his Gold Coast Electrical Business. Guest: Peter Norton From: Enersol Electrical Social: @enersolelectrical If you like these success stories, you'll enjoy the following podcasts: From A to B with Corey Philip Proof that your trade business can run while you travel the world Creative marketing with David Gatto Stephen Scogins from A to B About this po...

This podcast is a recording from ABC Radio Sydney in October of 2018 between Matt from The Site Shed & tradiematepro and Adrian from Trained Group. They were invited on the show to answer some questions about apprenticeships and the trades in general.  It's a fun conversation that breaks up the regular podcast routine.  Enjoy.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Your Nex...

How to hold world class meetings Guest - Al Levi From - The 7 Power Contractor Web -  www.7powercontractor.com If you've been listening to The Site Shed podcast for a while now, you'll no doubt be familiar with Al.  He's been on the podcast more than anyone and he's by far the most requested guest. Here are his other podcasts. The ones that are grouped, are series'.  https...

How to build a business for exit Guest – Dominic Rubino From – Cabinet Maker Profit System Contact –  dr@cabinetmakerprofitsystem.com Web –  w ww.cabinetmakerprofitsystem.com If this topic is ‘up your alley’, you might want to check out some of our other podcast that kind or relate to this one.  Building a model that is scalable – Fares Elsabbah  [LINK] Lack of focus on Gross Profit Margin – Danny...

Corey is a member of The Site Shed and is based in Florida, USA. Over the years of running Gulf Coast Aluminum, he developed a sales strategy to help he and his growing team, better convert leads into customers. He coined this ‘The Valve Stem Sales Strategy’, which you can see below. Corey is an entrepreneur that invests in the important things in his business. Procedures and processes. The Valve...

Building a Model That is Scalable In the final episode of this series, we discuss solid, actionable steps on how tradies can build a million dollar business model that is scalable. The most important thing to note here is finding a business model which can realistically be scaled. "Any successful business has three components- The trifecta" Leadership, team, and systems. These are the th...

Stop Working for Free. Time is Money In the second episode of this series Matt conducts with Farres Elsabbagh, they discuss the importance of time for all tradies and contractors out there. Every hour of unpaid work, no matter what part of the trades you're in, will result in wasted time and assets. "Processes and how you deliver on your job is what really makes a difference" In thi...

Building Won't Make You a Million Dollars, Marketing Will In the first episode of this series I'm conducting with my man Farres Elsabbagh, we discuss how most tradies have this tendency to underestimate the importance of investing in marketing. For us to generate this lucrative Million Dollar Design Build Business, a very important first step is to understand what marketing can truly do...

Prefab: The Future of Building In the 170th episode, I brought in the legendary Warren McGregor as we discuss why Prefab is the future of building for tradies and contractors. As a former plumber, I have seen a lot of upcoming technologies starting to unfold in the trades- and that was quite a long time ago. Bill Warren speaks of cases where a building is made in one country then transported to an...

Execution will Trump Any Plan In the final episode of this series on Strategic Planning, Ed Plant joins me as we discuss why execution will trump any plan. In the world of business, owners always get encouraged to make the most rigorous planning and preparations. Although this is partially helpful, it also is important to not forget about the actual execution of what you’re planning for. Being abl...

Defining and planning the key areas of your business This second episode ties with the previous one about Beginning with the End in Mind. After being able to have an end goal in mind, it’s now a good time for business owners to define which areas of their business do they need to build a system for. Edward emphasizes how much he favors simplicity in terms of building out systems for his business....

Beginning with the End in Mind “You plan to fail if you fail to plan”. This saying applies to just about any trade business out there. Most of your business’ systems need to be planned out ahead of time for you to prepare contingencies in case things don’t turn out as expected. This is where beginning with the end in mind becomes extremely handy and important. In the first episode of this series o...

Google Adwords can get very tricky for small to medium size businesses. In this podcast, I am joined by Ilana Wechsler as she discusses her vast experience with Adwords and how exactly can businesses take advantage of cost-per-click campaigns. To enlighten our listeners out there, cost-per-click marketing is a strategy within Google that allows businesses to bid on high-traffic keywords. Google ma...

Moving Forward After An Incident After discussing how business owners can respond to incidents at work, we wrap off this awesome series by talking about moving on after an incident. It's almost a necessity for a business owner to examine the person who was hurt by the incident to ensure that they are completely back in shape. The last thing you would want is for another incident happening to...

Responding To Incidents Correctly Incidents are an inevitable part of every business. This is the exact reason why business owners should be aware of what to do when incidents occur within the workplace. In this episode, we go through a few real-life experiences of how people were able to move on from incidents at work. Shayne shares with us a previous worker who lost his arm due to a jet water ac...

Establishing The Right Safety Systems For Your Business In this series, Matt Jones and Sean Connolly go through the different factors in building out simple and correct safety systems for businesses. According to Shane, every business, at the very minimum, a workplace health and safety policy. This helps people within and outside of your company to recognize your business as one that takes these i...

Types Of Mental Health Problems Mental health problems can be a silent killer because most victims feel very reluctant to seek help. Like we talked about in the  previous podcast , mental health is something everybody has. Just like everyone's physical health, our mental health is also prone to various illnesses. Awareness of the different mental health problems will eventually equip tradies...

The True Value of Mental Health For Tradies Mental health is one of the things that you never take for granted as a tradie. Aside from the physical stress brought upon by continuous projects, it is important to keep an eye on how we take care of the mind.  In this podcast, we collaborate on how tradies and contractors can strengthen their mental health while dealing with the daily challenges of th...

How Helpful is Outsourcing in Trade Businesses? The answer to such a question is always dependent on the nature and current situation of your trade business. In this podcast, I am joined by my good friend Charlie Valher from Outsourcing Angel as we discuss the positive and negative sides of outsourcing for your trade business. Charlie and I got to tackle some pretty interesting and insightful topi...

Being Financially Prepared It is no lie that being financially prepared takes a lot of discipline and patience. However, the benefits to a financial account that is well taken care of can never be denied. After the first and second episode, BIll and Matt hop back in the booth to finish their awesome podcast series revolving around tax and accounting for tradies. "Being financially prepared is...

Structuring Your Financial Deals Bill Petrovski returns on the second episode of this podcast series to collaborate with Matt Jones in discussing the importance of a well-structured financial deal. After discussing the value of spending money wisely, they now go over what it truly takes to structure your finance deals in a way that favors your current situation.  "Cash flow is king because if...

Spending Money Wisely Bill Petrovski gives valuable tips on how to spend money wisely by using all available resources to get the best tax rate that will still let you pursue bigger financial goals. Tradies and contractors are included in the list of people who can get blind-sided by spending their funds incorrectly. "The benefit comes from the deduction of tax, not a direct rebate" Ofte...