PowerTips Unscripted

There’s not much that’s more frustrating than missing out on business opportunities close to home. Understanding the numbers that surround your business’s trade area is critical to determining what may be flying under your radar. Through analytics, you can interpret those numbers and take advantage of what they tell you. In this episode, Nick Ogle […] The post Ep.83: Using Trade Area Analytics to Grow Your Business with Nick Ogle appeared first on PowerTips Unscripted.

We’re just back from the 2019 Remodelers Excellence Week, Remodelers Summit, and Roundtables meetings, and our opening video was about thinking like a child, and allowing yourself to fail so that you can learn from what went wrong. It’s all a part of evolving as a business, as a person, and the art of growth. […] The post Ep.82: What Can Be Learned from Success with Wayne Rivers appeared first on PowerTips Unscripted.

All remodelers have a sales department. All remodelers have a production department. But few officially recognize a human resources department.  Alex Raisanan used her experience to build an HR department for TraVek, a remodeling company in Scottsdale, AZ. Through skill and creativity, the department was able to build its team by 123 percent in a […] The post Ep.81: The Department Your Company Doesn’t Have, but Should with Alex Raisanen appeared first on PowerTips Unscripted.

An aging skilled workforce is retiring, and there’s a shortage of younger people taking their place. It’s a hot topic among remodeling companies, who are still searching for the right answers to solving their labor shortage. In  this episode, Mischa Fisher, Victoria, and Mark discuss what you can do to bridge the skills gap, and […] The post Ep.80: Bridging the Skills Gap from an Economist’s Perspective with Mischa Fisher appeared first on PowerTips Unscripted.

Caring for our veterans should be a national priority when they come back home. The Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) program offers grants to service members and veterans who have certain severe service-connected disabilities. The grants assist with building, remodeling, or purchasing an adapted home, but the program needs remodelers and builders to make it work. […] The post Ep.79: Helping Veterans Remodel with SAH Grants with Jay Latona appeared first on PowerTips Unscripted.

In a low-unemployment economy, recruiting and retaining the best talent is a continuous effort. You need a powerful competitive advantage — one that’s nearly impossible for anyone else to copy.  It’s your company culture. In this episode, Steve Anderson tells Victoria and Mark why that is, and how you can develop a successful culture — […] The post Ep.78: The Most Powerful Competitive Advantage with Steve Anderson appeared first on PowerTips Unscripted.

It’s easy to be successful in a great economy. You can get away with a lot of bad habits, lack of systems, and high overhead when jobs are large and margins high. But when the economy contracts, job sizes shrink, and margins erode, those bad habits can have a huge affect on the health of […] The post Ep.77: Recession-Proofing Your Company with Dave Edwards appeared first on PowerTips Unscripted.

It’s time for another Unscripted Back-Up. It’s a chance to revisit some of our best and most informative episodes. They’re jam-packed with information you can use — so if you missed it the first time around, here’s your chance to catch up. This is one of our most popular episodes, and digs in to a […] The post Ep.76: [Unscripted Back-Up] Managing Your Customers with Chip Doyle appeared first on PowerTips Unscripted.

It’s incredibly busy in the remodeling world at the moment — leads are pouring in, proposals are flying out, and jobs are being scheduled like crazy. We’re seeing businesses with 30 percent growth, year over year. Yet there’s a silent killer lurking beneath all the fevered growth: insufficient cash flow. In this episode, Mark’s flying […] The post Ep.75: Cash Flow: The Silent Killer appeared first on PowerTips Unscripted.

Everyone would love to have raving fans — and today’s guest is the most popular mascot in sports.  Tom Burgoyne has had a 30-year career as the best friend of the Phillie Phanatic — the most popular mascot in sports.  In this episode, Tom talks to Victoria and Mark about what the Phanatic has taught […] The post Ep.74: Pheel the Love — How the Most Powerful Force in the Universe Builds Great Companies with Tom Burgoyne appeared first on PowerTips Unscripted.