46 Years in the Moving Industry: What I Wish Someone Told Me on Day One | Ep 012

Sean Stein has been in the moving business since the early 80s, back when a bread truck and 15 pads was a full operation. Today he runs A Mother's Touch Moving in Melbourne, Florida, a $4M+ company with nothing but 5-star reviews, and he's now franchising the model across the Southeast.In this episode, Sean breaks down everything he's learned across 46 years, from hiring and retaining great movers, to grassroots marketing that still works today, to why bigger isn't always better when it comes to growing your fleet.If you own a moving company and want to know what actually separates the businesses that last from the ones that don't, this is the episode.What we cover:00:00 - The Origin Story06:36 - Building The Team15:51 - Giving Back as a Growth Strategy22:49 - Marketing That Actually Works43:18 - Legacy, Risk and FranchisingConnect with Sean Stein:A Mother's Touch Moving - Melbourne, Floridahttps://www.motouchmovers.com/https://www.facebook.com/AMothersTouchMovers/https://www.facebook.com/people/Boxes-of-Love/61584219412348/Subscribe to the Heavy Lifting Podcast for weekly conversations with moving company owners across the US who are building real businesses and sharing exactly how they do it.📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theheavyliftingmarketing/📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571600552571🌐 https://www.heavyliftingmarketing.com/The Heavy Lifting Podcast is brought to you by Heavy Lifting Marketing, the only marketing agency built exclusively for moving companies.