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EPISODE · Jul 24, 2026 · 57 MIN

This Mover Made $6,000 in 3 Days During His Worst Winter Ever

from The Heavy Lifting Podcast · host Heavy Lifting Marketing

By mid-February, Joe Stanio had deferred his mortgage, asked his landlord for slack on the office rent, and had not paid himself in weeks.Then he bought a $700 snowblower off Facebook Marketplace, called his guys, and posted about it in a local Facebook group. Three days later he had $6,000 in the door. What you will hear in this episode is everything that happened after that, because Joe did not treat the snow money as a one-off. He took it apart, figured out why it worked, and rebuilt his entire business around assets his moving company already had sitting in the yard.What you will walk away with:-Why a $700 machine and one Facebook post outperformed anything Joe could have spent on ads that month-How landscaping became his hiring filter, so an untested guy never walks into a customer's home again-The reason moving is not an impulse buy, and which services are-How he cut a $250,000 portable storage setup down to $10,000, then went back and bought a second one-Why Strong Mile is the only licensed mover in New Jersey that has never owned a box truck-What sponsoring a semi-pro soccer team actually returns for a local service business-The skid steer math: one machine, 30 attachments, and how many of those are real revenue linesAbout Joe StanioJoe founded Strong Mile Movers in Metuchen, New Jersey in 2012 after roughly 14 years in construction installing fire sprinklers, and he has run it for 14 years without ever buying a truck. In the last twelve months he has added portable storage, junk removal, snow removal, handyman work, and Strongmile Mowers, all of it built on the same five star reputation he spent a decade earning.Connect with Joe StanioWebsite: https://www.strongmilemovers.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoStrongmileInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/strongmile/Connect with Heavy Lifting MarketingWebsite: https://www.heavyliftingmarketing.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theheavyliftingmarketing/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571600552571If your phone goes quiet every January, Joe just handed you the playbook for what to do with the guys you are still paying.Timestamps00:00 From fire sprinklers to a moving company10:23 The worst winter in 14 years15:45 A $700 snowblower and $6,000 in three days20:26 Movers to mowers in 90 days25:37 One reputation, five revenue streams

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