Service MVP Podcast · January 21, 2024
Build a Home-Service Brand People Recognize
Dan Antonelli explains how naming, visual identity, vehicle legibility, culture, rollout, and brand standards make a home-service company recognizable.
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Service MVP Podcast · July 10, 2023
Conduct an In-Home Service Proposal
Rick Picard lays out an in-home proposal sequence: interview first, prepare real choices, present value clearly, and protect the customer's decision.
Service MVP Podcast · April 3, 2023
Connected HVAC Data Without Losing Judgment
Ken Goodrich explains how connected HVAC data can support diagnosis, installation QA, maintenance, and dispatch without replacing qualified judgment.
Contractors' Stories · January 3, 2025
Diversify Home-Service Discovery Beyond Google
Mitch Smedley explains how direct brand searches, useful field videos, owned customer relationships, and operating capacity reduce lead-platform dependence.
Service MVP Podcast · March 25, 2024
Serve First in a Home-Service Sales Call
Rick Picard explains how customer-first intent, shared information, responsibility, and honest options change a home-service sales call.
Service MVP Podcast · April 8, 2024
Stop Business-Owner Self-Sabotage
Kelly Resendez explains how vision, documented systems, protected capacity, outside help, and clear roles keep an owner from becoming the bottleneck.
Contractors' Stories · December 28, 2024
Build a Roofing Brand on Proof, Not Promises
Heidi and Brad Black show how a roofing company can pair durable-product positioning with written proof, clear roles, and a values-led team.
Contractors' Stories · December 22, 2024
Earn the Path From Technician to Owner
Patrick Somers explains how technical training, owner-level habits, community trust, clear vision, and calm leadership can create a path to ownership.
Contractors' Stories · December 8, 2024
Handle Storm Claims Without Crossing the Line
Adam Olson explains how roof inspections, contractor boundaries, documentation, and honest communication support safer storm-claim decisions.
Contractors' Stories · November 22, 2024
Right-Size HVAC Beyond Rules of Thumb
Cory Huffman explains how load calculations, equipment selection, airflow, humidity control, measurement, and field training fit together.
Phenomenal Business Growth Podcast · November 12, 2024
Step Out of the Truck Without Losing Control
Kevin Babb explains how a plumbing owner can hire the next technician, coach decisions, document handoffs, and make time away from the truck possible.
Contractors' Stories · December 19, 2024
Turn Trade Skill Into People Leadership
Justin Wilson explains how systems, emotional intelligence, field credibility, family leadership, and persistence move a service company beyond its owner.
Contractors' Stories · February 24, 2025
Build Systems Before Franchising
Jake Still explains why a service company should document delivery, unit economics, people systems, and compliance before trying to franchise.
Contractors' Stories · January 29, 2025
Define What Growth Is For Before You Scale
Tim Fitzpatrick explains how clear positioning, operational trust, measured marketing, and a personal definition of enough can guide contractor growth.
Check A Pro Radio Show · March 31, 2026
Diagnose a Noisy Garage Door Before It Fails
Cody Johnson explains how to separate roller, opener, panel, and seal noise—and when a noisy garage door needs professional inspection.
Contractors' Stories · March 25, 2025
Grow a Roofing Company Through Service
Dustin Bower explains how repair-first advice, clear expectations, documented work, and accountable callbacks can help a roofing company grow.
Check A Pro Radio Show · February 24, 2026
Repair or Replace a Garage Door?
Cody Johnson explains how noise, cracking, opener age, spring cycles, cable condition, and measurements inform a repair-or-replace decision.
Check A Pro Radio Show · February 26, 2026
Troubleshoot a Garage Door That Will Not Close
Cody Johnson explains safe checks for a door that reverses, stalls, or feels heavy—and which spring and opener symptoms require a professional.
Contractors' Stories · March 18, 2025
Turn Warranty Calls Into Direct Customers
Scott Klintworth explains how warranty-dispatched appliance repair can earn direct customers without abandoning the volume that supports the business.
Contractors' Stories · February 13, 2025
Use Coaching to Break an Owner Bottleneck
Nathan Shafer explains how coaching, role clarity, faster decisions, and shared leadership helped a family HVAC company move beyond owner dependence.
Contractors' Stories · March 29, 2025
Add Water Treatment Without Losing Trust
Glen Blavet explains how contractors can add water treatment through technician training, recurring service, and a contractor-only sales model.
Contractors' Stories · July 3, 2025
Build an HVAC Career From the Ground Up
Brian Davis explains how Army leadership, shop work, trusted referrals, and teaching helped him grow from HVAC student to general manager.
Check A Pro Radio Show · May 25, 2025
Create a Home-Service Offer People Act On
Jim Cosmas shows contractors how to build a focused offer with urgency, real value, risk reversal, and economics the business can support.
Contractors' Stories · April 9, 2025
Modernize a Family Contractor With Less Chaos
Kevin Lipps explains how operating manuals, priority discipline, delegation, and a bold rebrand helped modernize his family electrical company.