The Site Shed | Systems, Strategy and Growth for Tradies and Contractors

Your General Health and Wellness should be your number one priority. So is it? Series name: Keeping Healthy, Happy and Mobile Guest: Cris Massis Series Overview: To find out more about this awesome initiative, I have asked David Hall and Cris Massis to join me in a short series, where we break down specific parts of the program to get a better insight into the program.  Tradies National Health Mon...

On the job safety is everyones responsibility. Are you playing your part? Series name: Keeping Healthy, Happy and Mobile Guest: David Hall Series Overview: To find out more about this awesome initiative, I have asked David Hall and Cris Massis to join me in a short series, where we break down specific parts of the program to get a better insight into the program.  Tradies National Health Month is...

Back in episode 74 for 'International World Indigenous Day' on August 9, I recorded an amazing podcast with Ben Stainer on his Indigenous upbringing and family history. In that episode, he mentioned a state government funded program that's coming up in the not too distant future, designed around training, employing and housing members of the Jerrinja Aboriginal Community on the Sout...

Injury Prevention is the best way to stay healthy As it's currently Tradies National Health Month, I thought it would be appropriate to have a guest on the show that not only deals with post trauma, but also pre trauma. It makes sense that the best way to treat an injury is not to have one in the first place, so a lot of our message this month is based around getting access to the right infor...

Being fit for work has nothing to do with how big our cannons are! Series name: Keeping Healthy, Happy and Mobile Guest: David Hall Series Overview: To find out more about this awesome initiative, I have asked David Hall and Cris Massis to join me in a short series, where we break down specific parts of the program to get a better insight into the program.  Tradies National Health Month is put tog...

Using Authority Content to stand out in a crowd. As tradespeople, we're in some seriously competitive markets. Using Authority Content is a way that we can break through the noise. Where traditional marketing is expensive and we're competing against companies that have huge budgets, it's not always viable to play on those terms. The good news is, you may not have to. In this episode...

Tradies National Health Month, 2016 is here! Series Name: Keeping Healthy, Happy and Mobile August is upon us, which means Tradies National Health Month is here! To find out more about this awesome initiative, I have asked David Hall and Cris Massis to join me in a short series, where we break down specific parts of the program to get a better insight into the program.  Tradies National Health Mon...

International World Indigenous Day International World Indigenous Day is a day that we can reflect on the native cultures, people and communities that help shape the societies we live in, wherever we are on earth. Being a white, British immigrant, my knowledge of Indigenous culture and history is limited to the (likely very inaccurate) 'propaganda' we're taught at school, so to help...

If you want to build authority, get good at building an audience. Series: Becoming an Industry Expert Cohost: Erin Haskell from HeatingHelp.com Becoming an Industry Expert Overview. You may remember back in episode TSS060 , when Dan Holohan, who is well regarded as the worlds leading expert on heating joined us on Toolbox Talks. Dan's journey is nothing short of remarkable. He's (so far)...

Engaging content keeps your customers interested. Series: Becoming an Industry Expert Cohost: Erin Haskell from HeatingHelp.com Becoming an Industry Expert Overview. You may remember back in episode TSS060 , when Dan Holohan, who is well regarded as the worlds leading expert on heating joined us on Toolbox Talks. Dan's journey is nothing short of remarkable. He's (so far) the author of 1...

Finding your niche will help customers find you! Series: Becoming an Industry Expert Cohost: Erin Haskell from HeatingHelp.com Becoming an Industry Expert Overview. You may remember back in episode TSS060 , when Dan Holohan, who is well regarded as the worlds leading expert on heating joined us on Toolbox Talks. Dan's journey is nothing short of remarkable. He's (so far) the author of 18...

Q&A - Managing Guilt From: Mike Piercey at Cornerstone Constructions Expert: Matt Jones from Cube Consulting Firstly, thanks to Mike who just emailed us the amazing review below. Hi Matt, I found your podcast via your episode on The Tradies Business Show, and have since listened to every one of your episodes. There isn't enough peer recognition in our industry, so I just wanted to drop yo...

Claiming your real estate Overview Over the years, many a time I have come across situations where clients and colleagues have been stuck in a position where someone else has set up an account, or registered a domain that belonged to them by name. Not only is this a pain in the behind, it'a also potentially quite costly. Imagine if you had some dodgy business running around with a website tha...

Q&A - Charging For Qutes From: Dave at David Ferrari Constructions Expert: Adrian Fadini from Trained to Sell Overview David sent in an email asking if we might be able to record a podcast on how to go about charging for quotes. He is a builder and he currently spends a lot of his time stuck in his office, working on intricate quotes for potential clients. The problem is that when Dave does a...

Have you ever actually worked out what your hourly rate is? Series: Selling With Confidence. Cohost: Adrian Fadini from Trained to Sell Selling With Confidence Overview. Sales is NOT a dirty word! This is part three of the Selling With Confidence series, named Selling To The Right Customers , with Adrian Fadini from Trained to Sell . As a former plumber himself, Adrian has a very unique approach t...

Have you ever actually worked out what your hourly rate is? Series: Selling With Confidence. Cohost: Adrian Fadini from Trained to Sell Selling With Confidence Overview. Sales is NOT a dirty word! This is part one of the Selling With Confidence series, named Knowing Your Hourly Rate , with Adrian Fadini from Trained to Sell . As a former plumber himself, Adrian has a very unique approach to sales....

Have you ever actually worked out what your hourly rate is? Series: Selling With Confidence. Cohost: Adrian Fadini from Trained to Sell Selling With Confidence Overview. Sales is NOT a dirty word! This is part one of the Selling With Confidence series, named Knowing Your Hourly Rate , with Adrian Fadini from Trained to Sell . As a former plumber himself, Adrian has a very unique approach to sales....

Series: Why most family businesses DON'T work. Cohost: Al Levi from Appleseed Business Series Overview. Al Levi, author of 'The 7 Power Contractor' returns to the microphone once again to invest his time and knowledge into educating us all about the vast business knowledge he has acquired over the years. Al has been an amazing asset to The Site Shed podcast, already appearing in the...

Series: Why most family businesses DON'T work. Cohost: Al Levi from Appleseed Business Series Overview. Al Levi, author of 'The 7 Power Contractor' returns to the microphone once again to invest his time and knowledge into educating us all about the vast business knowledge he has acquired over the years. Al has been an amazing asset to The Site Shed podcast, already appearing in the...

This coming Saturday, the second of July, 2016 there is a federal election in Australia. Every Australian over the age of 18 is obligated by law to vote however there is a lot of us that don't really understand what we are actually voting for. In this podcast, I have asked Michaela from The Tradies Business Show to join me on Toolbox Talks, so that she can share with our listeners her insight...

Series: Why most family businesses DON'T work. Cohost: Al Levi from Appleseed Business Series Overview. Al Levi, author of 'The 7 Power Contractor' returns to the microphone once again to invest his time and knowledge into educating us all about the vast business knowledge he has acquired over the years. Al has been an amazing asset to The Site Shed podcast, already appearing in the...

Author, world renowned heating expert, husband, father & grandfather – Dan Holohan. Fair to say that Dan Holohan is a qualified ‘expert’ when it comes to heating. Living in Long Island, New York, Dan has had an impressive journey. Following in the footsteps of his father, Dan entered the world of heating when he came to a cross road in his life. Like many of us, he was unsure what to make a ca...

It's not easy to stand out in a competitive market and it doesn't get much more competitive than being a maintenance plumber in Sydney. In this podcast you'll get to meet plumber turned sales training guru, Adrian Fadini as we learn about his journey from running a successful plumbing company, through to when he was acquired and then into what he does today with his company Trained...

Series: Powering Your Business with The 7-Power Contractor Approach Cohost: Al Levi from Appleseed Business Series Overview. You may recall meeting Al back in Toolbox Talk 46 a couple of months ago. I was so impressed with Al’s knowledge and communication skills that I asked him to come back and collaborate with me on a series to teach a little more of his ‘7 Power Contractor’ philosophy. It’s suc...

Series: Powering Your Business with The 7-Power Contractor Approach Cohost: Al Levi from Appleseed Business Series Overview. You may recall meeting Al back in Toolbox Talk 46 a couple of months ago. I was so impressed with Al's knowledge and communication skills that I asked him to come back and collaborate with me on a series to teach a little more of his '7 Power Contractor' philo...