The Home Service Expert Podcast

Bill Hillestad has conceived, started, marketed, nurtured and grown well over a dozen companies, with combined revenues north of $1 billion. Bill uses his over 25 years of professional experience in the real estate, mortgage, financial services, and marketing industries to help businesses maximize their growth and increase their earnings. In this episode, we talked about capital, credit auditing, digital marketing...

Tommy Griffith is the founder of ClickMinded, a provider of SEO training courses for marketers, agencies, and entrepreneurs. Through ClickMinded, Tommy uses his knowledge and expertise, honed by a decade-long career that includes working with top companies such as Airbnb and PayPal, to teach effective strategies on how businesses can quickly and massively grow their organic traffic and sales. In this episode, we talked about SEO, content marketing, automation...

Zachary Babcock is the author of Prison to Promised Land, and the host of the wildly successful Underdog Empowerment Podcast. He has built his career in life coaching and entrepreneurship after a string of hardships and life choices that resulted in him spending time behind bars. Nowadays, he uses his unique story and perspectives to provide invaluable assistance in personal development, marketing, and branding to his clients and listeners. In this episode, we talked about motivation, goal-setting, podcasting...

Steve Sims has been called “The Make-a-Wish Foundation for people with really big checkbooks.” As the founder and CEO of Bluefish Concierge, he is a master at granting requests and creating fulfilling and memorable experiences for his clients, no matter how big or small their wishes may be. He is a speaker, consultant, and author who has been featured in numerous publications (including Forbes and the Wall Street Journal), and has even spoken at the Pentagon and Harvard. In this episode, we talked about Entrepreneurship, Communication, Relationship Building...

Tom Reber is a coach and sales expert who specializes in leadership within the contracting business. The co-founder of the Contractor Sales Academy and host of The Contractor Fight Podcast, he got his start in the painting industry, and reached 400 jobs a year before the recession hit. Now, he helps entrepreneurs learn how to take control of their businesses and increase their earnings, and is one of the most sought-after contractor coaches & consultants in the United States.   In this episode, we talked about leadership, recruitment, contracting...

Brad Weimert started breaking national sales records at the young age of 20, as the top sales representative of a company with 30,000 employees. In 2009, he established Easy Pay Direct, an online credit card processing company. Through Easy Pay Direct, he helps e-commerce businesses find creative solutions for payments done online, via mobile, or even in brick and mortar shops. In this episode, we talked about Recruitment, Business Growth, Financing...

Kevin Knebl is the CEO of Knebl Communications, LLC, a social selling and relationship marketing firm that specializes in helping companies realize their full selling and relationship-building potential. He wears many hats: speaker, author, trainer, and social selling and relationship marketing specialist. He's been a Joie de Vivre coach since 1994, and was named 2008 to 2010 Most Recommended Business Speaker in the World among over almost 300,000 business speakers worldwide. He also has the most number of recommendations on his LinkedIn profile than anyone else in the world. In this episode, we talked about Relationship Marketing, Social Media, Self-Improvement...

Brandon Vaughn is the CEO of Automate Grow Sell. He has years of industry experience under his belt, having served as the president of All-Clean! SoftWash (from 2012 to 2018), the owner of Vaughn Creative Works (from 2009 to 2017), and the sales and marketing manager of TigerStop Sawgear (from 2009 to 2011). He was also the recipient of the 2018 Small Business Owner of the Year Award (SBA), and became part of the Advisory Council for the Small Business Development Center. In this episode, we talked about Leadership, Business Growth, Company Culture...

Joe Cunningham has been in the HVAC industry since the ‘80s. This multi-awarded HVAC consultant has held various leadership positions at the Technical Arts Center, Successtrack Network, and even the Small Business Advisory Council under President George Bush. In this episode, we talked about Recruitment, Marketing, Training...

Jim Olsztynski served as the editorial director of Plumbing and Mechanical from 1984 to 2011. A prominent writer in the industry with years of experience under his belt, he recently came out with a book titled Bumps On The Road To Riches: How to Avoid the Big Mistakes that Kill Small Businesses. In this episode, we talked about leadership, recruitment, customer service...