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PMP Industry Insiders — 291 episodes

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Episode 274: Brace for Impact: Economic Signals Pest & Lawn Owners Should Watch

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Episode 273: Answering the Call: When & How to Deploy AI Voice in Your Business

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Top Takeaways from April | Insiders Rewind

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Episode 272: Scale Smarter with ROI-Driven Marketing in Pest & Lawn

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Episode 271: How to Build Strong Mid-Level Management in Pest Control

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Episode 270: Reactive to Proactive: Rethinking Driver Safety in Pest Control

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Episode 269: Q1 Wrap: A Cooling Economy or Just a Cold Winter?

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Top Takeaways From March | Insiders Rewind

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Episode 268: After the Exit: How to Keep More of What You’ve Built

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Episode 267: Exit by Design, Not by Exhaustion: A Planned Exit vs. A Desperate One

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Episode 266: Why Getting Involved with Regulatory Issues Matters

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Episode 265: 100 Years In: How Sprague Pest Grows & Wins in Commercial Services

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Episode 264: No More Artificial Harmony: Master Conflict and Build a Better Company

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Top Takeaways from February | Insiders Rewind

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Episode 263: Legislative Day: Focus On State Pesticide Preemption

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Episode 262: Practical AI Lessons from a Mid-Sized Pest Company

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Episode 261: What Florida’s Crackdown on Illegal D2D Pest Sales Means

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Episode 260: Growth Without the Grind: Building Sales and Systems That Don’t Burn You Out

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Top Takeaways from January | Insiders Rewind

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Episode 259: How to Reach Your Next Million

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Episode 258: The King Green Journey: Growth, Family & Private Equity

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Episode 257: I Sold My Business, Now What?

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Episode 256: 2026 Pest Control Reality Check

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Top Takeaways from December | Insiders Rewind

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Episode 255: AI's Impact on Pest & Lawn Marketing Trends

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Episode 254: Safety Training That Actually Works

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Top Takeaways from November | Insiders Rewind

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Episode 253: X-Rai Call Analytics Dashboard — Explained

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Episode 252: Why M&A Isn’t Just for the Big Guys: Part 2

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Episode 251: When AI Picks the Pest or Lawn Company: What Businesses Must Know

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Episode 250: Reflections on PestWorld & 250 Episodes!

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Top Takeaways from October | Insiders Rewind

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Episode 249 - New Pest Control Industry Cost Study Data Revealed

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Episode 248: Why M&A Isn’t Just for the Big Guys

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Episode 247: Unlocking Profit with Tiered Pricing for Pest Control

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Episode 246: Empowering Pest Techs with Automated, Real-Time Data

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Top Takeaways from September | Insiders Rewind

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Episode 245: Building Business, Industry & Community with Audrey Hall

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Episode 244: Budgeting Breakdown: What Pest & Lawn Pros Should Spend On What

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Episode 243: How to Build a Successful Sales Machine

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Episode 242: Go Big & Simplify: Lessons from Big Blue Bug

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Episode 241: Getting People Decisions Right

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Top Takeaways from August | Insiders Rewind

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Episode 240: Return on Motivation (Just When You Thought You Had Enough MBA Buzzwords)

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Episode 239: Culture, Legacy & Leadership at Sherrill Pest Control

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Episode 238: Insider Look: A PMP Shares His Journey to $3M & Peer Group Takeaways

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Episode 237: Turnaround Tactics: Fix Your Team’s Deadline Problems for Good

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Top Takeaways from July | Insiders Rewind

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Episode 236: How to Grow a Pest Company Through Fintech

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Episode 235: How to Establish a Legal, Effective AI Policy

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Episode 234: OBBBA: Operational & Tax Impacts for PMPs

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Episode 233: Opportunities & Challenges for Pest Control Firms Today

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Top Takeaways From June | Insiders Rewind

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Episode 232: From Authority to Ownership: Leadership from the Trenches

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Episode 231: The Biggest Marketing Mistakes We See

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Episode 230: Untapped Talent: How a VA Can Help You Grow

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Episode 229: What’s Trending in Commercial Insurance?

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Top Insights From May's PMP Industry Insider Podcast

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Episode 228: The Ideal Branch Size for Pest Control

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Episode 227: QualityPro: Taking Your Company to the Next Level

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Episode 226: Cybersecurity in Pest & Lawn: Real Threats, Real Solutions

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Episode 225: Are You Recession-Ready? Prepare Your Pest & Lawn Business for a Slowdown

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Top Insights from April's PMP Industry Insider Podcast

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Episode 224: Triangle & Voice for Pest: A Field Report

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Episode 223: Passing the Torch: Part 3

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Episode 222: Are AI CSRs Really Here? An Implementation Q&A

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Episode 221: Tariff-Proof Your Pest Business: What To Do Right Now

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Top Takeaways From March's PMP Industry Insider Podcast | Insiders Rewind

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Episode 220: Why Accurate Reports + Actionable Data = Success

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Episode 219: Creating Cohesion: The Power of a Singular Vision

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Episode 218: Evolving With Your Business: An Entrepreneur's Journey

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Episode 217: Taxes 101: Make Better Decisions & Save Money

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Episode 216: Marketing, Sales & More: The Agent AI Playbook for Service Business Owners

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Insiders Rewind: Top Insights and Takeaways From February

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Episode 215: A Top 100 Turnaround: The Bugman's Brian Olson Returns

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Episode 214: 4 Pest Industry Trends for 2025

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Episode 213: 3 Takeaways from Beyond Service

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Episode 212: A 7-Point Plan to Get Ready for the Season

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Insiders Rewind: Top Insights and Takeaways from January

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Episode 211: Passing the Torch: Part 2

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Episode 210: Passing the Torch: Part 1

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Episode 209: The Long Game: Mastering Exit Planning for Your Business

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Episode 208: Recapping 2024 & Forecasting 2025

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Episode 207: 2025 Marketing Trend Shifts

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Episode 206: How to Make Money with AI in Pest Control

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Episode 205: 60 Years of Growth: Lessons from Arrow’s Leaders

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Episode 204: A Sit-Down with NPMA President Faye Golden

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Episode 203: Search Everywhere Optimization: The Evolving SEO Landscape

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Episode 202: 2024 Election: What It Means for Pest & Lawn Businesses

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Episode 201: Avoiding a ‘Nuclear Verdict’

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Episode 200: Top Insights from 200 Episodes

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Episode 199: The Critical Role of Due Diligence in Pest Control M&A

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Episode 198: Q&A: Listener Mailbag

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Episode 197: End-of-Season Wrap-Up

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Episode 196: Turning Around a Pest Control Business

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Episode 195: PestWorld 2024 Preview

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Episode 194: How to Fuel Growth by Reducing Taxes

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Episode 193: The Blueprint for a Dream Workplace

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Episode 192: From Lead to Lifetime Customer: Transforming Sales in Pest Control

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Episode 191: AI in Action: Enhancing Pest & Lawn Call Centers

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Episode 190: Journey of a Pest Control CEO

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Episode 189: Meta Marketing: What Makes a Great Facebook & Instagram Ad?

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Episode 188: When Private Equity Comes Calling: Navigating the PE Acquisition Process

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Episode 187: Revolutionizing Search for Businesses: What You Need to Know About Search GPT

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Episode 186: The Power of One: Harnessing the 'One Number' to Drive Business Growth

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Episode 185: 8 Critical Factors for Profitability in Pest & Businesses

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Episode 184: GPT-4o: Unleashing Its Power for Your Business

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Episode 183: Review Generation & Its Impact on Your Growth

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Episode 182: Fly On The Wall: What We're Hearing in Peer Group Meetings

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Episode 181 - 6 Keys to Customer-Centric Innovation

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Episode 180: Google AI Overview: The Next Frontier of Digital Marketing

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Episode 179: 3 New Regulations Employers Need to Know

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Episode 178: Protecting the Future of Pest Management

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Episode 177: What To Do About Distracted Driving

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Episode 176: Optimizing Your Taxes as a PMP

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Episode 175: Rentokil's Leaders Talk Growth Strategy

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Episode 174: Lawn Care Issues Update

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Episode 173: Optimize Your Organizational Health with Patrick Lencioni

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Episode 172: The Economy Here & Now

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Episode 171: What's on Deck for PPMA

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Episode 170: Say THIS, Not THAT: Mastering Customer Phone Calls

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Episode 169: From Zero to $100 Million+

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Episode 168: Customer Reviews: Do's & Don'ts

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Episode 167: Is Work From Home Dead?

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Episode 166: Q&A with an AI Expert

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Episode 165: How To Be Better Than Average In Pest & Lawn

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Episode 164: The Single Biggest Marketing Mistake & How to Avoid It

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Episode 163: The People Component of EOS

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Episode 162: Get the Most Out of a Selling Technician

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Episode 161: Signs You Might Need a Culture Change

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Episode 160: Reviewing '23, Planning for '24

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Episode 159: Home Service Industry Roll Ups & What It Means for You

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Episode 158: Pest Control Insurance Market Update

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Episode 157: Developing Your Leadership Bench

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Episode 156 - 9 Levers to Control Labor Costs

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Episode 155: How to Leverage AI in 2024

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Episode 154: Why to Host a State of the Company Meeting

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Episode 153: How to Craft a Successful Transition

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Episode 152: The Difference Between Information & Insight

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Episode 151: How to Build a D2D Team

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Episode 150: Lawn Care Wisdom with Joe Kucik

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Episode 149: A Winning AI Strategy for your Pest & Lawn Company

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Episode 148: What’s Next for WorkWave

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Episode 147: Is Demand for Home Services Slowing Down? Part 2

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Episode 146: Is Demand for Home Services Slowing Down? Part 1

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Episode 145: PestWorld 2023 Preview

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Episode 144: Questions to Ask about Noncompetes & Nonsolicitations

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Episode 143: Lead Like a SEAL

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Episode 142: Kolbe Assessment: Get the Right Person in the Right Seat

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Episode 141: D2D: Get the Sales You Need With a Proven Playbook That Works

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Episode 140: One Activity That Improves Every Number

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Episode 139: Plan Next Year — Now

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Episode 138: How to Upgrade Your Safety Protocols

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Episode 137: How Investors Look at Your Pest Control Company

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Episode 136: Doubling Down on Peer Groups & Best Practices

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Episode 135: Q2 Review

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Episode 134: Why Cancels Are the Key to Growth

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Episode 133: Budgeting Mistakes & What to Do Instead

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Episode 132: Is Open Book Management Right for You?

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Episode 131: What You Need to Know About Sales & Use Taxes

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Episode 130: 10 Ways to Get a Tax Audit

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Episode 129: The Most Profitable Pest Ever

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Episode 128: Termite Liability & You — Part 2

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Episode 127: Termite Liability & You — Part 1

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Episode 126: A Chat GPT Field Report

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Episode 125: Q1 Review: M&A, Door-to-Door & More

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Episode 124: How One LCO Leverages Marketing Automation Tools

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Episode 123: How to Deepen Your Company’s Community Involvement

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Episode 122: When Is It Time to Fire Your Marketing Firm?

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Episode 121: HR Hot Topics: Noncompetes, Independent Contractors & Exempt Employees

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Episode 120: Is My Money Safe? And Other Small Biz Banking Questions

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Episode 119: How to Evolve & Grow in Lawn Care

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Episode 118: How to Expand Your Business Through M&A

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Episode 117: How to Create Dashboards That Work

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Episode 116: EOS Implementation - A Field Report

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Episode 115: Should You Incentivize Your Team with Phantom Stock?

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Episode 114: When to Go Low Tech in a High-Tech World

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Episode 113: ChatGPT: The Pest and Lawn Game Changer

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Episode 112: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Balance Sheets

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Episode 111: Looking into the Pest Industry Crystal Ball

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Episode 110: Peer Groups — Next Level Opportunity or a Waste of Time?

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Episode 109: Q4 Recap and New Year Predictions

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Episode 108: Rentokil Terminix — an Exclusive Integration Update

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Episode 107: How to 10X Your Pest Control Company

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Episode 106: Strategic Planning Made Simple

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Episode 105: Inside the Mind of a Pest Control Purchaser

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Episode 104: Your Questions — Answered

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Episode 103: Combating the Ever-Rising Cost of Digital Marketing

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Episode 102: PestWorld in Review

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Episode 101: Q3 Reflections

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Episode 100: Analyst Tim Mulrooney Is Back for Our 100th Episode!

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Episode 99: Selling Strong, No Matter the Market

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Episode 98: How to Sell Pest Control via Text Message

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Episode 97: Up Your Hiring & Onboarding Game

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Episode 96: Build an Effective Leadership Incentive Plan

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Episode 95: How To Create a Common Sense Budget

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Episode 94: Inspect What You Expect: The Key to Excellence

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Episode 93: Will the Inflation Reduction Act Prompt More IRS Audits?

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Episode 92: Treat Your Company as an Investment

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Episode 91: Maximize Your Google Paid Budget

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Episode 90: The Most Important Ratio for High Profitability

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Episode 89: Save Fuel with Tighter Routes

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Episode 88: Q2 Wrap: Inflation, Pricing & The Economy

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Episode 87: Building a Company Through Acquisition

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Episode 86: How Captive Insurance Works

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Episode 85: Acquisitions at Arrow Exterminators

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Episode 84: How Much You Need to Raise Prices to Combat Inflation

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Episode 83: How to Develop a Culture of Execution

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Episode 82: When Is It Time to Fire?

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Episode 81: The Business Case for Partnering with Private Equity

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Episode 80: How to Grow Your Pest Business with SBA Financing

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Episode 79: M&A Q&A with Anticimex

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Episode 78: When Do You Need a Manager?

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Episode 77: Creating Your Brand Through Operational Excellence

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Episode 76: Get to the Next Level with Cross-Functional Sales Teams

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Episode 75: Q1 2022 Wrap-Up & Predictions

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Episode 74: Terminix/Rentokil Update: An Exclusive Sit-Down with John Myers

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Episode 73: 10 Steps for a Killer Customer Experience

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How to Automate Your Critical KPIs

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Episode 71: How to Improve Sales in the Office

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Episode 70: Budgeting for Marketing That Works

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Episode 69: Who Is the Essential Field Technician?

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How to Deal with a Cash Crunch

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Episode 67: Digital Marketing - Beyond the Website

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Episode 66: Motivating Your Team Through Recognition

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Episode 65: Retaining Team Members & Fostering Culture

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Episode 64: 4 Decisions Every Business Must Get Right with ‘Scaling Up’ Author Verne Harnish

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Episode 63: How to Get Your Techs to Sell

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Episode 62: What’s Ahead in 2022?

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Episode 61: Rentokil Buys Terminix: The Deal of the Century and What It Means for You

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Episode 60: Finding Great People in an Impossible Labor Market

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Episode 59: Is Your Pest Control Company Financially Fit?

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Episode 58: What We Heard and Saw at PestWorld 2021

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Episode 57: How to Limit Your EPLI/Cyber Exposures

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Episode 56: How to Get Top Dollar When You Sell Your Pest Control Company

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Episode 55: Q3 in Review and What‘s Ahead?

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Episode 54: From Chaos to Consistency with ‘E-Myth’ Author Michael E. Gerber

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Episode 53: Stress Less and Accomplish More in Your Pest Control Business

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Episode 52: How to Amp Up Your Office with Technology

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NPMA’s Incoming President Talks Industry Issues

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How to Supercharge Your Sales Efforts

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10 Ways to Take Your Digital to the Next Level in the Off Season

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Episode 48: Legal Pitfalls in Pest Control

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Episode 47: The State of M&A in the Pest Control Industry

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Episode 46: COVID 2.0: What Employers Should Know

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Episode 45: Q2 2021 Wrap-Up

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Episode 44: Grow Faster with More Profit through Office Automation and Efficiency

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Episode 43: What PMPs and LCOs Should Know about the Chemical Supply Chain

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Episode 42: Public Pest Companies, Valuations + the Pest Index

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Episode 41: PMP Industry Insiders Launches Standalone Website

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Episode 40: Inside the Blockbuster WorkWave/Real Green Systems Deal

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Episode 39: Why All Companies Need an Operating System

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Episode 38: Technology Trends and Opportunities for the Lawn Industry

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Episode 37: How to Build a Network to Get You to the Next Level

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Episode 36: What Happens After the Deal?

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Episode 35: The Good, Bad and Ugly of Changing Software

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Episode 35: The Good, Bad and Ugly of Changing Software

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Episode 34: How to Grow Your Company Brand

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Episode 33: How to Build Your Business Through Community Involvement

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Episode 32: How to Lead in a Crisis

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How to Build a Rock Solid Leadership Team

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Episode 30: The Ins and Outs of Buying Out a Partner

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Episode 29: Reflecting on Q1 & Recalibrating for Q2

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Episode 28: How to Recruit & Retain A Players

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Episode 27: How to Use Data Analytics to Grow Your Business

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Episode 26: 2021 Digital Marketing Strategies That Get Results

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Episode 25: Why Mistakes Matter -- And How to Learn from Them

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Episode 24: How to Grow a Lawn Care Company from the Ground Up

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Episode 23: How Values, Attitudes & Attributes Drive Culture at Fox Pest Control

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Episode 22: Develop a Stellar Sales Team

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Episode 21:What Is Your Why? How to Find Real Success in Business

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Episode 20: How to Lead Your Business to the Next Level

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Episode 19: Building a Large Company in a Small Market

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Episode 18: Transitioning Your Business from Good to Great

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Episode 17: The Business Case for Diversity

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Episode 16: What's Ahead in 2021?

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Episode:15 - What's the Value of your Business?

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Episode:14 - Top Takeaway from CO2@Home

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Episode:13 - Preparing for a Biden Administration

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Episode:12 - The State of the Industry, 2020

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Episode:11 - Election 2020 - How Will Politics impact Pest Control

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Episode:10 - Confessions of a Private Equity M&A Hunter

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Episode:09 - How Does Your Digital Marketing Stack Up?

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Episode:08 - Leveraging Industry Associations to Grow your Business

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Episode:07 - Building Your A-Team

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Episode:06 - Digital Business Transformation

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Episode:05 - Scaling Through Innovation: The Secret to Growth Efficiency

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Episode:04 - Family Ties: Challenges to Scaling a Family Business

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Episode:03 - AI and the Future of Pest & Lawn

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Episode:02 - Impressions of an Investment Analyst

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Episode:01 - PMP Industry Insiders