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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Mar 28, 2019 • 1h 24min
Nailing Your Pricing Strategy With The "One-Truck Breakdown" Exercise
Allan Ferguson is a nationally recognized business consultant, and the founder of Service Professionals Australia, a service industry training company. He is also the founder and managing director of Omega Homes, Sydney's leading plumbing, electrical and air conditioning company, as well as the founding partner of Leading4Growth, an online leadership platform that provides ongoing leadership training in both business and life. In this episode, we talked about Pricing, Training, Business Growth...
Mar 21, 2019 • 1h 7min
Building A Compelling Brand To Attract Lifelong Customers
Tonya Eberhart is a speaker, book author, and founder of BrandFace, a firm that provides assistance to real estate professionals and owners in building their brands and landing more clients. She also established the Reboot Campus online training platform for media sales professionals. Michael Carr has been a top-selling real-estate auctioneer since 1991, with 24 years of experience and involvement in over 68,000 home sells. A former BrandFace client, he co-authored "BrandFace for Real Estate Professionals" with Tonya. In this episode, we talked about branding, speaking, digital marketing...
Mar 14, 2019 • 1h 4min
Mastering Marketing for Home Service Business Success
Matt Jones is a digital marketing expert formerly from the plumbing industry. He is a founding partner and digital expert of Tradiematepro, and is also the owner and facilitator of the Site Shed podcast. Matt's passion lies in helping contractors develop the competencies they need to win at business. In this episode, we talked about digital marketing, contracting, business leadership...
Mar 7, 2019 • 53min
Creating Content On Social Media The Smart Way
Shaina Weisinger is the founder and CEO of Repurpose House (formerly Podcast Memes), a company specializing in teaching clients how to repurpose existing content, optimized for social media. She also hosts the Content Coalition podcast, where she has interviewed people from HubSpot, Godaddy, and other major brands and companies. In this episode, we talked about video marketing, social media marketing, content marketing...
Feb 28, 2019 • 59min
Scaling Your Plumbing Business The Right Way
Richard Behney is the founder of The Million Dollar Plumber. He was the President and CEO of AttaBoy Plumbing for 16 years, and now does consulting for plumbing businesses. An experienced figure in the plumbing industry, he regularly hosts the Potty Talk Live podcast. In this episode, we talked about plumbing, business management, digital marketing..
Feb 21, 2019 • 1h 12min
Getting Accounting Done the Fast & Easy Way
Randal deHart is the co-founder of Fast Easy Accounting, an accounting firm in Lynnwood, Washington that specializes in construction accounting. An expert in outsourced contractor bookkeeping services with 25 years of experience in the construction industry, Randal runs a podcast called the Contractor Success Map. In this episode, we talked about bookkeeping, accounting, success...
Feb 14, 2019 • 1h 14min
Taking Your Business Operations To The Next Level
Danny Kerr is currently the Managing Partner of Breakthrough Academy, Inc., a company that specializes in helping business owners establish efficient management strategies and a strong development plan. With a diverse career spanning recruitment, crew leadership, and franchise management, he has learned many invaluable lessons throughout the course of his journey as a self-made entrepreneur, and is passionate about helping trade and home service businesses take their operations to a higher level. In this episode, we talked about recruitment, leadership, motivation…
Feb 7, 2019 • 57min
Connecting Digital with Traditional Marketing For Maximum Results
Mike Davis is the CEO of Valpak, a direct marketing company specializing in print, mobile and online advertising solutions and coupons. He has had over 20 years of experience in leadership and growing companies across various industries, from music to ecommerce to marketing. In this episode, we talked about direct marketing, growth hacking, consumer behavior...
Jan 31, 2019 • 52min
Creating More Value For Customers With Fewer Resources
Paul Akers is the Owner and President of FastCap, and the author of the best-selling book 2-Second Lean. FastCap is an international product manufacturer with distribution in over 40 countries, and is recognized as a Lean leader among American manufacturers. In this episode, we talked about productivity, mindset, operations...
Jan 23, 2019 • 36min
Hiring Remote Workers to Scale Your Business Faster
Nathan Hirsch is the founder and CEO of FreeeUp.com, a talent marketplace that connects thousands of freelancers with businesses all over the world. He started hiring virtual assistants for his Amazon ecommerce business, which has over 10,000 customers, and earning up to 7 million dollars a year. Today, Nathan manages over 500 prevetted virtual assistants and freelancers on the Freeeup.com marketplace, and is passionate about helping businesses scale through working with remote talents. In this episode, we talked about customer service, hiring, processes...
