Trap Talk Live

Send a text It’s the time of year we start planning the next year for our company. Some of us will look into event marketing as an opportunity to further our brand reach, recognition, and hopefully collect some leads. This episode helps you avoid common mistakes and pitfalls that can happen in the booth or at your table. Whether it be a Home and Garden Show, County Fair, or even Main Street event,...

Send a text Every time the phrase “recurring revenue” is brought up in industry circles, it seems like every suggestion is non wildlife related… General pest services, snow plowing, pressure washing, lawn care… In this episode I share some recurring revenue strategies that have proven to work WITHOUT having to put a plow blade on the front of your truck or tow a trailer with mowers behind you. Ple...

Send a text This episode we sit down and talk with past guest Dalton Stephenson about his motivation to be the next Western Region Director of NWCOA, the importance of organizations like NWCOA, and what it means to be a member. Please be sure to support our sponsors: - Animal Traps and Supplies : www.animaltrapsandsupplies.com * Use “HUNTSMAN10” at check out for 10% off your order {some restrictio...

Send a text This week’s episode is a series of rapid fire interviews we did at our booth at the AAC Distributing conference this week in Syracuse IN. Thank you for everyone that came by and sat behind a microphone for a few minutes with me. Please be sure to support our sponsors: - Animal Traps and Supplies : www.animaltrapsandsupplies.com * Use “HUNTSMAN10” at check out for 10% off your order {so...

Send a text In light of this week’s current events I thought I would talk about the impact the content we created can have on ourselves, our businesses, our teams, our families, and our communities. Please be sure to support our sponsors: - Animal Traps and Supplies : www.animaltrapsandsupplies.com * Use “HUNTSMAN10” at check out for 10% off your order {some restrictions apply} - AAC Distributing:...

Send a text This episode we talk with Tracy Sullivan of the Wildlife Operators Living Fund to share with you W.O.L.F.’s mission to support the Nuisance Wildlife Industry.  If after listening to this episode, you find it in your heart to support this mission, I ask that you join Kandace and I in our commitment and help create opportunities for W.O.L.F. to provide support with a monthly commitment....

Send a text This episode is a short one explaining how we ended up getting $10,000 from the Jobber Grants program, what we intend to use it in, and a long term plan of the program we create works out. Please be sure to support our sponsors: - Animal Traps and Supplies : www.animaltrapsandsupplies.com * Use “HUNTSMAN10” at check out for 10% off your order {some restrictions apply} - AAC Distributin...

Send a text On this episode I bring in Jayce Jefferson, our technician since May of 2024. We talk about what nuisance wildlife work is to a newcomer, the journey he has been on the past 16 months, and what he thinks the future of nuisance wildlife work holds. Please be sure to support our sponsors: - Animal Traps and Supplies : www.animaltrapsandsupplies.com * Use “HUNTSMAN10” at check out for 10%...

Send a text This episode we talk about losing our way and other dangers that come with seeking out growth with no purpose or mission. It’s a raw look into the past 18 months of struggles with staffing, revenue, systems, and client management that may be insightful to any struggles you may be having in your organization. Please be sure to support our sponsors: - Animal Traps and Supplies : www.anim...

Send a text This week’s topic hits on the Pareto Principle of 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. At Huntsman Wildlife we use this to regularly purge our client list of problematic clients and are known to “fire” clients who are consuming more resources than what they paid us for. Please be sure to support our sponsors: - Animal Traps and Supplies : www.animaltrapsandsupplies.com * Use...

Send a text I made a stupid decision to ignore a growing problem, until it was too late. This episode explains our most recent podcast absence and my hopes are it will keep a few of you from making the same mistakes I have made the past few months. Mental health is something not talked about in our circles enough. I am not naive enough to think this podcast is going to affect a massive change in t...

Send a text Took some time off because we had to move our offices, because I pissed off our landlord, because I can be a moron sometimes. But from this unfortunate series of events out of a Lemony Snicket storyline, I have come to learn some important take-aways that might help others before they get themselves into the mess I got myself into. Please be sure to support our sponsors: - Animal Traps...

Send a text This episode we talk about some of the similarities between dating and having employees. It gets a bit “weird” but I promise you will enjoy yourself and hopefully find a way to better meet your team’s needs. Please be sure to support our sponsors: - Animal Traps and Supplies : www.animaltrapsandsupplies.com * Use “HUNTSMAN10” at check out for 10% off your order {some restrictions apply...

Send a text This episode we sit down and talk with Dalton Stephenson of Gold Country Wildlife to discuss his experiences being a smaller company servicing a large geographic area. Please be sure to support our sponsors: - Animal Traps and Supplies : www.animaltrapsandsupplies.com * Use “HUNTSMAN10” at check out for 10% off your order {some restrictions apply} - AAC Distributing: www.aacdistributin...

Send a text This episode we sit down and talk with Mike Holcomb, owner and founder of Ready Now Roofing in Cincinnati Ohio. (www.readynowroof.com). Mike has been a contractor partner with Huntsman Wildlife for over three years now and he takes some time to talk about his introduction to wildlife operators, the roofing myths we have worked through together, and tips and ideas on how our audience ca...

Send a text The start of the year always puts us in a mindset to create goals and plans for the coming year. This episode I share with you our plans for Huntsman Wildlife’s 6th year in hopes to both keep me accountable through the year and maybe give you some ideas or thoughts on things to do for your company’s upcoming 11.5 months. Please be sure to support our sponsors: - Animal Traps and Suppli...

Send a text This episode we talk with Jack Searls of AAC Distributing about the importance of building relationships with vendors. Having a good vendor relationship is a helpful tool when it comes to trainings, assistance, product development, and more. AACD does a great job at all of that. If you are not already signed up, go to the AAC Distributing vendor portal and join. As we point out many ti...

Send a text This episode we sit down and talk with Chris O’Banion of Varment Guard (formerly of Advanced Wildlife) to discuss pricing and the pitfalls many of us can sometimes fall into. Please be sure to support our sponsors: - Animal Traps and Supplies : www.animaltrapsandsupplies.com * Use “HUNTSMAN10” at check out for 10% off your order {some restrictions apply} - AAC Distributing: www.aacdist...

Send a text Trying to stay on top of all that you need to for successful Google Ads and business listings can be stressful. Every time you think you have it figured out they go and move the goal posts. Then you go online in the groups and see other companies getting their profile suspended or worse, deleted, and that’s enough to frighten any business owner. In this episode we sit down with Matt Ho...

Send a text We all know that fall brings the start of the slower season for many of us. With that brings the hardship of keeping our teams productive and valuable to our clients, our community, and our company. This episode touches on a handful of ideas and tips we compiled from our company and the companies of some of our friends on using that down time and slow season to your advantage to streng...

Send a text After the AAC Distributing ExclusionPro conference we gave a couple key take away ideas we wanted to share with you all. Please be sure to support our sponsors: - Animal Traps and Supplies : www.animaltrapsandsupplies.com * Use “HUNTSMAN10” at check out for 10% off your order {some restrictions apply} - AAC Distributing: www.aacdistributing.com *XclusionPro, Ridge-Guard, Kritter Cap, a...

Send a text This is a different episode than our usual. This episode is the audio recording of the talk I gave on content at the AAC Distributing ExclusionPro Conference earlier this week in Syracuse Indiana. Hope you enjoy. Next week we will start a more in depth series on content and what has worked and not worked for us in the past five years. Please be sure to support our sponsors: - Animal Tr...

Send a text This week we dive into community events and figure out what events might be the best option for your company to be a part of, or even for your company to create and host. We discuss examples of events our company has been a part of the last 5 years and how those events impacted our company and how some of them still impact our company today. Please be sure to support our sponsors: - An...

Send a text The irony is not lost on me that the podcast I am recording late in the week is about consistency. When it comes to content, consistency is not just about how often you post. It is about HOW you post, WHAT you post, and WHERE you post. From your blog, to social media, to even paid commercials on television or radio, having consistent themes to your content is VITAL! Please be sure to s...

Send a text This week we are joined by our first ever guest on Trap Talk Live, my wife, Kandace. We discuss what it is like being the spouse of an operator during the start up period, the stress it has on everyone involved, and what worked and didn’t work for us in these first five years of operating Huntsman Wildlife. Please be sure to support our sponsors: - Animal Traps and Supplies : www.anima...