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If you’re a Roofing Contractor looking to grow your business, make more money, and have more free time this is the podcast for you. Your host Dave Sullivan has been a successful roofing contractor for over 30 years and he shares the good, bad, and the ugly of his experience in contracting. Each week Dave interviews the industry’s top experts to pull out their best business tips and strategies that you can use to take your business to the next level. Get the answers to the questions you have to the day to day problems you face in the “real world of construction” from those that have been there and done it. Whether you have a shop of 1 or 100 there’s something here for you.
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Jul 28, 2017

Learn why your profile on Google My Business is critical to your business getting found on the internet in today’s interview with Aaron Hockel of Alta Vista Strategic Partners. Google has just rolled out two new features that you’ll want to know about and implement, and Aaron is going to tell us how to get the most out of them. We start out with the basics and then get into the advanced tips and tricks to get your business to the top of the list. Aaron was also my guest on Episode 6, so feel free to go back and take a listen to that conversation.

Using What Are Google Posts  and How To Set Up Google My Business Messaging 

What you’ll hear in this episode:

  • Google My Business—what is it and why should I care about it as a roofing contractor?
  • Tips to improve your location in Google Maps:
    • Register your Google My Business account
    • Get a lot of Google reviews
    • Add pictures and offers regularly to your listing
  • Why photos are necessary to your Google listing:
    • You will get THREE TIMES as many click-throughs!
    • Photos will increase traffic and visibility
  • What are Google Posts—how it works and how a roofer can use it
  • Google Messenging benefits:
    • Immediate text capability to the company
    • Quick and easy setup and use
    • It’s totally FREE!
    • It will bring you, new customers

Resources:

Visit the website: www.altavistasp.com

Email Aaron: aaron@altavistasp.com

For more information about these Google features, read Aaron’s full articles:

What Are Google Posts

How to Set up Google My Business Messaging

Jul 21, 2017

Do you spend your days just putting out fires instead of feeling in control and growing your business? 

In today’s interview with business coach Tony Booth, you’ll learn how to take a step back and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your company using The Contractor’s Evaluation Wheel. 

This simple tool helps you look at the eight key areas you need to master to run a successful contracting business. We discuss the questions you need to answer to stay in control and know exactly where to focus your efforts to maximize profitability. 

What you’ll hear in this episode:

  • Tony’s Contracting Coachcast podcast—3 years strong!
  • What the podcast covers: common sense vs common practice
  • The Contractor’s Evaluation Wheel—8 key areas of your business:
    • The brand and awareness: What does the market think of us and how are we different?
    • Sales and marketing: Who is our ideal customer and what do we do to reach them?
    • Estimating: How do we determine if the job is a “go” or a “no-go”?
    • Project planning: How are we going to be successful?
    • Project management: How well is my project team communicating?
    • Accounting: Do we have accurate bookkeeping?
    • Resources: Do I have adequate staff to get the job done, and do my employees feel like part of the team?
    • Management and controls: Do I have an overall budget and a clear organizational chart?
  • What’s next for Tony’s podcast, including upcoming courses

Resources:

Michael Stone episode #14
Leslie Shiner #15
www.contractingcoach.com
Email Tony: tonyb@contractingcoach.com
Jul 7, 2017

Controlling your labor costs should be one of the top goals of running a profitable business. For most of us, Labor is our #1 job cost and the one variable that can take a profitable job and turn it into a loser. In today’s interview with Dean Logan, you will learn how, by using electronic timekeeping, you can be sure that you're paying for the “true" time worked on the job. Dean formerly ran his family roofing business and developed a time keeping an app that saved his company over $100,000 in labor cost the first year. His app was so successful that he formed Labor Sync and has taken his program to the public. Listen in and find out what it’s all about and if it is right for you.

            What you’ll hear in this episode:

  • Dean’s background in the family roofing business
  • The realization that led to the Labor Sync app development: Cutting costs requires accurate time tracking
  • Developing the tool, including ease of use and accommodation of a non-English speaking workforce
  • Benefits of the Labor Sync app:
    • Costs only $10/month per active employee
    • Saves you money from day ONE
    • Gives an accurate picture of labor hours and costs for each job in real-time
    • Allows for real-time adjustments
    • Allows accurate payroll procedures
    • Separates drive time from work time
    • Allows employees to track their hours and know what pay to expect
    • Gives you the ability to customize over 250,000 reports
    • Integrates with Quickbooks
  • How GPS ties into the app with real-time locations
  • The biggest problem in the field comes from employee pushback, particularly from “old-timers”
  • How the app tracks repair and service jobs with four main buttons
  • How the app justifies invoices and verifies billable hours
  • Coming soon in version 3.0: scheduling interface, overtime tracking, increased integration with accounting software, and more
  • New features of the app come from customer recommendations
  • Protection of data from hackers through Google security platforms
  • How the app is used in any company with a mobile workforce

Resources:

For more information, call 877-411-5666

Email: support@laborsync.com or sales@laborsync.com

Website: www.laborsync.com (Free trial and training available!)

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