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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Jun 11, 2021 • 1h 10min
How to Identify and Seize Windows of Opportunity to Thrive in Times of Change
Brian Biro is a professional leadership speaker, coach, and best-selling author who has delivered more than 1,400 presentations around the world. His clients include Lockheed Martin, the US Army, Microsoft, the University of Notre Dame, senators and representatives from thirteen western states, and hundreds more. He was also rated the #1 speaker at four consecutive INC. Magazine International Business Conferences. In this episode, we talked about leadership, possibility thinking, team-building...
Jun 4, 2021 • 1h 6min
Going for "No" to Win Every Single Sales Opportunity
Andrea Waltz is the co-author of the best-selling book, Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There. She launched her own training company at the age of 24, and is a Speaker Member of the Direct Selling Women's Alliance. She was named one of 25 Sales Experts You Should Follow On Twitter by Hubspot and 25 Sales Influencers to Follow on Twitter by Salesforce.com and Live Hive. In this episode, we talked about training, marketing, team building, coaching, public speaking...
May 28, 2021 • 1h 9min
Creating A Winning Brand Strategy to Dominate Your Market And Boost Sales
Ryan Lucia is the founder of Aaron Overhead Doors, Such n Such Media, Garage Door Store, and the Torsion Talk Podcast. A former software executive, Ryan decided he wanted to go blue-collar. He started his own business with a wife and two children at 36 years old. He has since become a mentor, sales leader, marketer, philanthropist, and entrepreneur who has started multiple businesses, including a marketing agency. In this episode, we talked about leadership, sales management, SEO, B2B, marketing...
May 21, 2021 • 58min
Optimizing Your GMB Page to Generate A Flood Of Customers
Joy Hawkins is the owner and president of Sterling Sky, Inc. and a Search Engine Land Columnist. She has examined thousands of Google local listings for SMBs in the US and Canada since 2006. Certified in both Google Search & Display, she enjoys spending time managing Google Ads accounts. She has been a speaker at various search engine marketing conferences such as SMX & LocalU, Pubcon, and Mozcon. In this episode, we talked about SEO, online marketing, online advertising, social media, blogging...
May 14, 2021 • 57min
Q&A With Tommy - Growing Your Biz Without Working Like a Madman
Tommy Mello is the author of Home Service Millionaire and the founder of A1 Garage Doors, a $40 million-plus home service business with over 200 employees in 9 states. Through HomeServiceMillionaire.com and the Home Service Expert podcast, Tommy shares his learnings and insights to help fellow entrepreneurs scale their businesses. In this episode, we answered some of our listeners' most pressing questions.
May 7, 2021 • 1h 13min
Embracing Multiplier Leadership To Bring The Best Out Of Your Team
Dirk van Reenen is the founder of BERGflow, a company launched in 2017 that specializes in helping service based companies build better teams to grow and scale through talent acquisition systems, focused organizational structure and processes and training. Prior to founding BERGflow, Dirk ran a business for six years until the age of 27, eventually becoming the CEO of a company doing close to $800M in sales annually. In this episode, we talked about leadership development, team building, human resources...
Apr 30, 2021 • 1h 1min
How to Leave the "Commodity Corner" to Price Your Services The Right Way
Jaynie Smith is the bestselling author of the books Creating Competitive Advantage and Relevant Selling. An international speaker and consultant, she has spent over 35,000 hours consulting CEOs and C suite executives, and two decades working with Fortune 500 companies. She received one of the 15 Top Performer Awards for CEO coaching, and has been featured in Entrepreneur, and Industry Week, among many other publications. In this episode, we talked about competitive advantages, marketing, sales...
Apr 23, 2021 • 1h 6min
Streamlining Your Booking Process to Close More Customers
Austin Haller is the founder of Schedule Engine, a customer service support solution for home service contractors. Prior to founding Schedule Engine, he owned and led a $30M energy company, which he and a partner acquired and sold for 3x the invested capital in less than 3 years. Armed with 15 years of experience in the industry, he has been focused on bringing pioneering technology and services to contractors. In this episode, we talked about team building, strategic planning, operations management...
Apr 16, 2021 • 1h 6min
Applying the Grow, No Grow Strategy to Make Over 20% Net Profit Consistently
Kim Archer is the Vice President of Coaching for Business Development Resources, Inc. and the lead trainer for BDR's financial courses, Accounting & Office Management and QuickBooks for the HVAC Contractor. The architect of BDR's Profit Launch business planning workshops, she created the templates used to produce hundreds of monthly financial statements, with combined client revenues over 1.8 billion dollars in annual client revenues. In this episode, we talked about team building, coaching, leadership...
Apr 9, 2021 • 1h 11min
How to Create a Clear Organizational Structure to Inspire Accountability in Your Team
Danny Kerr is a Managing Partner at Breakthrough Academy, managing over $900 million worth of revenue and helping over 300 entrepreneurs take their businesses to the next level. At 20 years old, Danny took a leadership position for a franchise company, and grew sales from $400,000 to $1,300,000 in just a single year. In this episode, we talked about hiring, systems, productivity...
