

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Tommy Mello: $200 Million Founder|Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur Columnist
The Home Service Expert podcast is the No. 1 podcast for ambitious home service entrepreneurs, whether they are in plumbing, HVAC or another niche. In this show, Tommy Mello, a $200M business founder, will talk with the best entrepreneurs and experts in the home service industry and beyond, to share insights that have made them successful: from the newest marketing tools to the best scaling strategies. Previous podcast guests include Terry Nicholson (former national trainer of NYSE-listed home services company), Craig Smith (President of HomeAdvisor, a home services marketplace valued at $2B+), Cameron Herold (former COO of three $100M+ companies), etc.
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Oct 14, 2022 • 1h 2min
Using Marketing Technology to Become a Powerhouse in the Home Service Industry
Wesley Mathews is the co-founder and Chief Growth Officer of High Level Marketing, a nationwide full-service digital marketing company. High Level Marketing has been helping businesses grow their reach and impact online since 2009, and quickly became one of the fastest-growing web marketing firms in Michigan. In this episode, we talked about digital marketing, customer satisfaction, SEO, CRM, branding...

Oct 7, 2022 • 59min
Using Text Messaging to Turn More Leads into Happy Customers
Aaron Weiche is the co-founder and CEO of Leadferno, a text messaging platform that aims to help close more leads faster. He is an entrepreneur, founding and leading multiple companies and digital marketing agencies over the past 20 years. Prior to Leadferno, he was the CEO of GatherUp where he led the company to experience 5X growth in a span of four years and appeared in the INC 5000 list for 2019. He continues to share his expertise as a co-host for a podcast on running a SaaS company called TheSaaSVenture.com, as well as through international speaking engagements on the topics of digital marketing, customer experience, conversion, and messaging. In this episode, we talked about text messaging, digital marketing, conversion…

Sep 30, 2022 • 1h 4min
Hiring Employees You Won't Want to Fire through the Core Fit Hiring™ Process
Ryan Englin, CEO of Core Matters, helps blue-collar companies enhance hiring and retention. He discusses building trust in hiring, focusing on candidate behaviors rather than experience. Englin highlights the need for rigorous recruitment practices and the value of effective onboarding that aligns with employee aspirations. He emphasizes fostering workplace relationships over monetary compensation, showcasing how camaraderie boosts job satisfaction. Additionally, he shares insights on transforming recruitment through technology and the importance of team dynamics.

Sep 23, 2022 • 56min
Building Your Team of A-Players by Focusing on Employee Satisfaction & Retention
Tommy Mello is the author of Home Service Millionaire and the founder of A1 Garage Doors, a $150 million-plus home service business with over 500 employees in 16 states. Through HomeServiceMillionaire.com and the Home Service Expert podcast, Tommy shares his experience and insights to help fellow entrepreneurs scale their businesses. In this special episode of the Home Service Expert podcast, Tommy answers your biggest questions about branding, relationship building, employee retention, financing, leasing...

Sep 16, 2022 • 1h
Top Recruitment Strategies to Attract High Caliber Talents
Barb Bruno is the CEO of Good as Gold Training, a company that delivers comprehensive, logical, and easy to implement training to help guarantee that participants realize a strong return on their investment of time and money. She is recognized internationally as one of the top experts in the Talent Acquisition and Staffing and Recruiting Professions. Barb released the book "High-Tech High-Touch Recruiting" in September 2020, a book that talks about providing recruiters with an end-to-end process for recruiting the highest caliber talent that can become engaged employees. In this episode, we talked about hiring, recruiting, training, learning management systems, interviews, performance reviews...

Sep 9, 2022 • 1h 7min
Adjusting your Leadership Style to Bring Out the Best in your Employees
Danny Kerr is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Breakthrough Academy, a company made to help contractors transition from being doers of all things, to builders of great systems and leaders of great people. At 20 years old, Danny took a leadership position for a franchise company and grew sales by 300% in one year, and over the next six years was managing over 150 staff in the organization. In this episode, we talked about training, recruitment, ROI, KPIs, leadership, working environment, productivity...

Sep 2, 2022 • 1h 18min
Capitalizing on Tax Programs to Recover From Pandemic Losses
Tony Swantek is the Chief Operating Officer at Jorns & Associates. Composed of tax credit veterans with decades of industry experience serving clients of all sizes and in virtually all industries, Tony's team specializes in helping employers obtain federal and state tax credits as well as disaster relief incentives. In this episode, we talked about tax deductions, tax credits, IRS, clean data, ERC & PPP loans, loan forgiveness...

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Aug 26, 2022 • 47min
Q&A with Tommy - Dialing in on Proper Systems and Delegation to Double your Efficiency
Dive into the world of business efficiency with insights on effective time management and delegation. Discover essential strategies for marketing success, financial literacy, and the importance of CRM systems. Uncover actionable tips for scaling home service businesses and building strong customer relationships. Learn how accountability can transform leadership and drive growth. Plus, get inspired by recommended reads that can reshape your approach to management and branding!

Aug 19, 2022 • 45min
Vertical Track: The Event That'll Create 1,000 Recession-Proof Businesses
Jim Leslie is the Chief Technology Officer of A1 Garage Door Service. He is known as Tommy's right-hand man and go-to guy for building software needed by A1, and is also a great contributor to the success of organizing Vertical Track events. In this special episode of The Home Service Expert Podcast, Tommy and Jim talked about Vertical Track, and what participants can expect from the 3-day live event in October.

Aug 12, 2022 • 1h 17min
Building A Strong Workforce To Outlast Your Competitors Through Change Leadership
Randy Pennington is the owner of Pennington Performance Group, a management consulting company that offers ground-breaking solutions to drive performance and organizational climate change for clients around the world. He is also the author of two best-selling books, "Make Change Work: Staying Nimble, Relevant, and Engaged in a World of Constant Change", and "Results Rule!: Build a Culture That Blows the Competition Away." In this episode, we talked about change leadership, culture, burnouts, customer experience, work-life harmony...


