

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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Aug 16, 2019 • 1h 2min
Understanding the Principles of Sales to Build Better Customer Relationships
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...

Aug 9, 2019 • 1h 10min
How Getting Rid of Self-Limiting Beliefs Can 3x Your Business in Five Years
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...

Aug 2, 2019 • 1h 16min
How Communicating with Empathy Can Help Technicians Achieve a 70% Closing Ratio
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...

Jul 26, 2019 • 1h 6min
How Looking Beyond Experience Can Help You Find the Best Employees
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...

Jul 19, 2019 • 48min
Getting Ahead of The Competition with Voice Search and Google Guarantee
Lorne Sederoff runs a successful SEO agency. As the head of development of the Google Guarantee Program at Search Kings, he is a certified expert at anything and everything there is to do about Google for marketing and lead generation, from its algorithms to its features. In this episode, we talked about Lead Generation, the Google Guarantee Program, Voice Search...

Jul 12, 2019 • 1h 9min
How the Right Operational Procedures Can Make Employees Embrace Accountability
Greg Crabtree is the CEO of Crabtree, Rowe & Berger. He served as a board member of Quickparts and a global board member of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO). Alongside working with the EO, he is also involved in community service, and has had experience as a council member for the Boys and Girls Club of America In this episode, we talked about Financial Management, Entrepreneurship, Business Accounting...

Jul 5, 2019 • 57min
Using this Six Magic Words to Become a Master Salesman
Mark Matteson is a professional speaker, writer, and coach. His extensive work experience includes being the President of the Pinnacle Service Group from 1997 to 2009, a faculty member at EGIA Contractor University, and the owner of MattesonAvenue.com and sparkingsuccess.net. He is the author of the book Freedom from Fear, and has provided valuable assistance to such high-profile clients as Microsoft, Honda, GE, ConocoPhillips, John Deere, Honeywell and T-Mobile. In this episode, we talked about Inspiration, Sales, Productivity...

Jun 28, 2019 • 1h 4min
How To Build a 7-Figure Business With The Whale Vomit Method
Kevin Dubrosky is the president and founder of the Dubrosky Group. He is the author of The Whale Vomit Method, and assists entrepreneurs in building their brands as a marketing, branding, consulting, and high-performance coach. He uses the principles and lessons he learned from four years of being a franchisee in the window cleaning business, as well as from starting his own home service franchise in 1999. In this episode, we talked about branding, marketing, advertising...

Jun 21, 2019 • 1h 4min
How to Easily Generate More Business with Amazon Home Services
Tammy Duchow is a marketing strategist whose expertise is directly correlated with Amazon Home Services. She is a founding partner of eComProphets.com and the founder of Dukes Digs Pet Products. An author, speaker, and instructor since 2016, she has generated over $50 million in sales on Amazon for several fortune brands, as well as small businesses and her own private label brands. In this episode, we talked about business growth, digital marketing strategies, Amazon Home Services...

Jun 14, 2019 • 1h
Taking a Proactive Approach to SEO to Generate More Qualified Leads
Bradley Benner is an expert on online lead generation, business scaling, and brand building. He is a contractor, publicist, PR marketing and lead generation specialist for Contractor Media, and the co-founder of Semantic Mastery. He also owns a marketing company called Big Bamboo, and hosts weekly digital marketing Q&A sessions called Hump Day Hangouts. In this episode, we talked about SEO, Online Lead Generation, Reputation Marketing...


