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Remodelers On The Rise — 382 episodes

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From Chaos to Clarity: Your 3 Step Financial Plan for Remodeling Success

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What Your Remodeling Business Is Actually Worth (And How to Increase It)

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You Can’t Scale What’s Stuck in Your Head

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The Truth After 18 Years in Business: There Is No Shortcut

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Know Your Numbers and Then Do Something About It

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Lessons From a Fred Case Award Finalist

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Simple KPIs, Clearer Accountability

8

Faith + Business: Kyle on The Generous Business Owner

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Taking the Chaos Out of Construction

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More Focus on Fewer Things

11

You Don't Scale, Your Team Does: Building Teams That Last

12

Practical Marketing for Remodelers

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From Handyman Roots to Strategic Growth

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When the Butterflies Fade: Rediscovering Purpose in Your Business

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AI Is Great, But You Have to Use Your Brain First

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Protecting Your Work-Life Balance While Scaling Your Remodeling Business

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Building a Balanced Business

18

Move Quickly, Don't Rush: 12 Reminders From 2025

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Slow Down and Reflect: Three Simple Ways to Review Your Year as a Remodeler

20

Level 10 Meetings That Actually Work

21

Built to Last: Lessons from a Second Generation Design Build Remodeler

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Remodel Your Marriage with Dr Joshua Straub

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Optimism Through the Hard Seasons

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Plan Better, Build Better: Virtual Design That Works

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Working Together: Lessons from a husband and wife remodeling team

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Stories That Sell: A Remodeler's Guide to Better Sales Conversations

27

Build to Give Back: A Remodeler's Guide to Generosity

28

It's NOT All About Business

29

The Golden Goose of Aging in Place with Chris Moore

30

Building Your Remodeling Business with Purpose

31

How Much Can Your Remodeling Biz Afford to Spend on Marketing? (Hint: it's not X% of revenue)

32

Reclaiming Your Life: A Conversation with Dr. Noah St. John

33

What Great Leaders Say — and How They Say It

34

Be Good, Not Just Nice: Leadership and Integrity with Pete Burak

35

Building a Client-First Remodeling Business

36

"We Painted the Wrong House" - Lessons Learned from My Son's Summer of Entrepreneurship

37

Onboarding That Works: How To Set Up New Hires for Long-Term Success

38

Recapping the Rise Conference: Ideas, Inspiration, and Implementation

39

Live from the RISE Conference: Ask Kyle Anything (and Everything)

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A Historic Craftsman and Physical Therapist Start a Remodeling Business

41

From Hustling to Leading: Dan's Journey at Ford Custom Renovations

42

Crafting a Strong Remodeling Business with Curtis Lawson

43

From Hammer to Helm: Letting Go of the Tools and Leading the Team

44

Starting, Struggling, Succeeding: Rob Fisher on Building a Remodeling Business

45

Moving Beyond DIY Marketing: How This Remodeler Transformed His Website and Strategy

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How Remodelers Can Fix Culture and Boost Morale

47

Want a Stronger Team? Start with These 4 Leadership Habits

48

10 Ways to Stay Upbeat (When Business Has You Feeling Beat Up)

49

Planning for the Unexpected: Protecting Your Remodeling Business

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Effectively Choosing Your Next Hire

51

Live from JobTread Connect: Real Insights from Industry Leaders

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How Remodelers Invest Their Work Time (And Why It Matters)

53

A Trip Through Kyle's Calendar: Real Business Conversations from the Week

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Inside Kyle's Head: 9 Things Remodelers Need to Hear This Week

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What Every Remodeler Should Know About Growing Smart

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"Our Brand Is Our Promise": Building Trust Through Great Branding

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Remodelers Ask, Kyle Answers

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Streamlining Sales for Remodelers

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Strengthening Your Company Culture with Danielle Russell

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4 Numbers Every Remodeler Needs to Know

61

Building a Top Remodeling Team: DISC & Leadership

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Who Is Your Next Hire? Strategic Team Building for Remodelers

63

Understanding and Optimizing the Taxes You Pay

64

Leveling Up Your Remodeling Business: Marketing, Sales & Strategy Check-In

65

Employee Engagement: The Four Drives That Motivate Your Team

66

Building a Remodeling Brand: Marketing, Storytelling, & Client Experience

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8 Takeaways from JobTread Connect

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How to Build a Successful Remodeling Business

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Building a Successful Sales Process

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Go Niche or Go Home!

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Grading Your Life: Insights to Thrive in 2025

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A Strategic Approach to Smaller Projects

73

5 Marketing Resources To Generate Quality Leads

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Kyle's Personal Project Experience With A Local Contractor

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Building Strategic Partnerships for Marketing Success

76

The Importance of Strategic Planning in Your Marketing

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The Power of Peer Groups

78

A Review of A.J.'s Design + Sales Process

79

SEO Strategies for Local Success

80

Effective Marketing for Remodelers with Logan Shinholser

81

Here Are The Metrics That Top 10% Remodelers Review Every Month

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Managing Your Team Well: Effective One-on-One Meetings

83

The Value of Continuous Improvement

84

The Benefits of Cost-Plus Pricing

85

Using KPIs to Make Informed Decisions and Drive Business Improvement

86

5 Free Financial Resources for Your Remodeling Business

87

Marriage, Life, and a Remodeling Business: Working Well with Your Spouse

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The Power of Consistency in Staying in Touch with Previous Clients

89

Creating a Clear Progression and Training Program for Your Team

90

Streamlining Your Estimating

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Investing in Team Development for Long-Term Success

92

Fostering Teamwork and Positivity in Your Remodeling Business

93

Enhancing Your Sales Process and Building Your Work-Life Integration

94

Tips for Married Business Owners

95

Strategic Partners and Packaging Project Development

96

The Power of a Positive Mindset and Clear Vision

97

The Importance of Having a Financial Plan

98

2 Topics Today: Crank Up The SOPs & Crank Up The Marketing

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Pricing for Profitability: Lessons Learned

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Proven Tips for Your Remodeling Business

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Optimizing Your Sales Process: Technology and Strategies for Success

102

From Challenges to Triumph: Jared Lewis on Building a Successful Remodeling Business

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41 Little Observations About Life

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Are You Ready to Hire?

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Honing Your Process: SOPs for Design, Development, and Beyond

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6 Hiring Myths Remodelers Need to Know

107

Why Do You Want to Grow Your Remodeling Business?

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Using DISC to Build Your Dream Remodeling Team

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Do You Have These 3 Things Dialed In?

110

The Team. The Team. The Team

111

The Power of Charging for Design and Development

112

Keeping Your Business & Marriage Strong: Lessons in Running a Remodeling Business with Your Spouse

113

How to Build a Strong Remodeling Business

114

The Power of Project Scheduling: A Conversation with Paul McManus

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Mapping Your Path to Success: Tools and Strategies for Vision Planning

116

Building Know, Like, and Trust: 1 Remodelers Success Story

117

Navigating Job Costing in Your Remodeling Business

118

What's Your Dream Remodeling Business?

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Behind The Scenes With JobTread: Two Remodelers Share Their Experiences

120

Implementation Matters

121

Leading Your Remodeling Team to Success with Vicki Suiter

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JobTread? Other Software? It Doesn't Matter Unless You IMPLEMENT IT

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How "Open Book Management" Has Worked Wonders for This Remodeler

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Leveling Up Your Sales Process

125

Effectively Marketing Your Remodeling Business

126

Remodeler, Know Your Numbers!

127

Driving Traffic and Converting Leads: 4 Keys Remodelers Need to Understand

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From $250k to $2.5 Million Through the Power of Referrals

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Remodelers On The Rise is Celebrating 15 Years in Business!

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Who's Your Next Hire and WHY?

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Time Management: Identify Your Bottlenecks and Learn This Foundational Skill

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Keys To Success For A Strong Remodeling Business!

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The Power of Strategic Partnerships in Your Remodeling Business

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Creating a Culture of Service

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The Power of Data: Adapting to Shifting Consumer Insights in the Remodeling Industry

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Transform Your Team's Attitude (From Bad to GREAT) Like This Remodeler

137

Cost of Project Execution Training Live and In-Person

138

The Importance of Estimating for Profitability in Remodeling

139

Generate Great Project Leads in 2023 (and beyond) - Here's the marketing to focus on!

140

A Behind The Scenes Look at Our Crafting the Client Experience Event

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Job Tread, BuilderTrend, Co-Construct - Oh My! How to Successfully Implement Software in Your Remodeling Business

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Unlocking Success: The Power of Accurate Job Costing in Remodeling Business

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Impactful Interviewing Skills Remodelers Need to Learn

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2 Quick Tips to Strengthen Your Sales Process

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How This Remodeler Grew Their Business to $5.2 Million With Coaching

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How 1 Remodeler is Creatively Utilizing Overseas Help

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Inspiring the Next Generation of Craftspeople

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Growing Your Remodeling Business with Video

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The Quick 5

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10 Ways You Can Give Your Clients a Remarkable Remodeling Experience

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Core Pillar: Financials

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An Interesting Conversation with 2 Authors of "Pretty Good House"

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Wildcard Topics to Help Strengthen Your Remodeling Business

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Resources That I Recommend

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Should You Start a Podcast Like This Remodeler?

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Templates, Templates, Templates!

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Finishing the Final 5% Well

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Kyle's Thoughts on the Last 10 Remodelers Community Topics

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Have you heard about JobTread? Kyle Interviews the Founder

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What Does It Take to Make Consistent Progress?

161

Rapid-Fire Questions with Kyle

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How to Create a Realistic and Solid Plan for the New Year

163

The Advantages (& How to!) of Work In Progress (WIP) Accounting

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A Fresh, Modern, Proven, & Powerful Way to Estimate and Price Your Projects!

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Recruiting Starts with Retention

166

Leveraging Referrals

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Effectively Working with a Designer Who is Out of State

168

5 Stories from Kyle's Coaching Calls

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The Muddy Shoes Architect Shares His Expertise

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A Clear Game Plan for TRAINING Your Field Team

171

Why Did Kyle Switch from a Simple IRA to a 401k? Should You Too?

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3 Critical Things A Remodeler Must Know

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The Softening Market and What You Need To Do About It!

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Here's an Exact Blueprint for Your Pre-Construction Meetings!

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5 Essential Tips for Canvas

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Capacity-Based Mark-Up - How These 2 Remodelers Are Charging for Their Work

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Let's Talk About Your Sales Process

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What's Kyle's Story?

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31 Remodelers Give Advice for Running a Successful Remodeling Business!

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How to Use Your Website & Marketing to Save Time, Pre-Qualify Leads, Leverage Automation, and Close Higher-Margin Projects with Spencer Powell

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Remodelers On The Rise Profile: Josh Nelson, Nelson Builders

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The Final 5%: How to Finish Your Remodeling Projects Strong - Part 2

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The Final 5%: How to Finish Your Remodeling Projects Strong - Part 1

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Your Questions About Running a Strong Remodeling Business!

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Financial Independence for Remodelers with David Gerstel

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Using Personality Tests (Like DISC) to Lead Your Team Well with Jef Forward

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How Remodelers Make and Save Money with Job Costing with Diane Gilson

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Calendly, MailChimp, and Automatic Prospect Follow-Up with Dave Pollard

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3 Things Every Remodeler Must Understand

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Remodeler, Are You Charging Enough?

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Building Financial Value and Net Worth with Erik Jackson

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Building Your Business Around 1 Type of Project

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"The Myth Of The Markup" - Michael Anschel & Kyle Hunt

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From $850,000 to $5,200,000 in Sales - The Power Of Coaching & Implementation

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Why & How One Remodeler Changed Their Business Name & Branding

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Feeling Beat Up About Recruiting Your Next Great Hire? Listen to This!

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Job Costing Is Critical

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Holding a Productive Monthly Leadership Meeting

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See This Remodeler's Strategy for Instagram!

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See This Remodeler's Strategy for Instagram!

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Successfully Charging for Design and Project Development

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Strategic Planning for Your Remodeling Business with Doug Howard of Remodelers Advantage

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Don't Give Away Your Design & Project Development Time! Start Charging More

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Setting Boundaries with Clients with Michael Knoche

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This Remodeler has $2,500,000 In Sales with a 15% Net Profit and Too Much Stress!

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"What do you even do, Kyle?"

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10 Things Remodelers Need to Remember to Finish October Strong

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Winning the Contractor Fight with Tom Reber

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How to Organize Your Sales Pipeline & Best Practices for Following Up with Prospects

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6 Hiring Myths That Hold Remodelers Back from Success with Ed Earl

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Advice for Running a Successful Remodeling Business

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Batting Practice!

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Feeling Worn Out?

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Productivity & Planning in Your Remodeling Business - Part 2

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The Worst Podcast Ever!

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Productivity and Planning

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Why is Estimating so Vitally Important to Being Profitable?

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Detailed Flow Chart: From Their First Impression Warranty Follow-Ups, Here's How to Stay on Track

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How Do You Create a Wonderful Place to Work?

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The Curse of Too Many Leads and How to Leverage It for the Future

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What are you looking to get out of your remodeling business?

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Setting Key Goals in Your Remodeling Business

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Expected vs Actual - Take it More Seriously

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Getting Your Production Team Involved with Estimating

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Are you making $90,000 when you should be making $150,000+? Here's why.

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The ROI of Kindness with Brian Biro

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Why WIP Accounting Matters

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How 2 Remodelers are Using the Canvas App in Their Business

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Quick Advice to Fire You Up About Your Remodeling Business

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What Is Something You Need To Fix In Your Business and WHY?

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Know Your Numbers: The Fundamentals

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Getting Over Your Head-Trash Around Charging for Design & Project Development

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How To Have Hard Conversations About Material Costs

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A Quick History of the Remodeling Industry

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Should you niche down and only focus on kitchens?

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Move Up The "Moment of Truth"

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Using Your Website to Qualify Leads

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Are You Just Going to Go Through the Motions?

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Business Transition Planning – Planning for Your Departure and the Future of your Business

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From Swinging the Hammer to Running a Business: Strategies for Taking your Remodeling Company to the Next Level

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Remodeler, Go Get Some Google Reviews!

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Valuable, Repeatable, Teachable: An Estimating Approach with SOLID Job Costing!

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Charging for Design and Project Development: One Remodeler's Success Story

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Why can't I find rockstar employees?

245

Planning: This Month, Next Month, The Following Month

246

Keeping Your Head Up in Turbulent Times

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Is Your Business Fit?

248

Design Methodology: A Discussion on Process - Takeover with Michael and Dave!

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Don't Leave Your 2021 To Chance - How To Budget & Plan For A Successful Year

250

Remodeler, You Need to Push Your Comfort Zone!

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Holiday Marketing for Remodelers

252

"Skills are Cheap, Passion is Priceless"

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In Marketing, Focus Less on What to Do and More on Doing It

254

Keeping a Positive Attitude During COVID

255

10 Questions to Ponder in the 4th Quarter

256

Letting Go of Control as an Owner

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How to Combat an Abundance of Backlog and Increased Cycle Time

258

Job Costing with Diane Gilson

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Is "Free" a Four-Letter Word?

260

What Are You Going to Stop Doing?

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Answering your questions: Employee Management, Job Costing, Trade Partners, Google Listings, and more!

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Questions Your Remodeling Prospects Want You to Answer

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Charge more for your work. You're worth every penny. Tell that voice in your head to shut up

264

Learn To Grow Without Growing Your Risk

265

Lessons I've Learned

266

"Take Your Wife on a Date" - Improving Your Business and Building Work/Life Balance

267

Mini and Live Coaching Call: Technology, Project Expectations, and More!

268

You're on the right path with your remodeling business, let's take the next step!

269

When is it time to hire help?

270

Fresh Ideas for Recruiting and Retaining Employees

271

Lessons Learned from Rebranding Our Remodeling Business and Passing it on to the Next Generation

272

10 Tips to Improve Your Initial Phone Call

273

What's Your Markup?

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It's not always about the money - Perks and benefits to offer your employees/team

275

50 Remodelers on How to Run Your Business Well

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Track Your Leads! When You Measure Your Marketing, You Can Improve It!

277

You Can't Do It All, So What's Your Plan?

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How to Communicate with Your Team to Create a More Profitable Remodeling Business

279

Go All-In on Your Ideal Client - Live Q&A with Tate Watson

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A Montage of Topics

281

Are you delivering a remarkable client experience?

282

Estimating: You owe me for the years, not the hours

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Create An Organized Sales Pipeline - It will help you close more remodeling sales!

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Remodeler: Your Time Is Valuable - Charge for Design & Estimating!

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What is the biggest mistake construction companies make when it comes to hiring people?

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How do I say "No..." well?

287

Honor the Absent

288

Don't Be Ashamed of Asking for the Money You've Earned

289

Getting Clients to Sign a Project Design & Development Agreement

290

Set Yourself Up for Hiring Success

291

Bring Excitement and Energy

292

The Value of Follow-Up

293

Remodelers: 6 Steps to Building Your Marketing Plan

294

Make a Big Deal About Change Orders

295

How can I grow my remodeling side business to get to a point where I am comfortable leaving a steady job? (The answers are important for established remodelers too!)

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Crafting a Company Culture that Creates Strong Employees

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Reduce your cycle time

298

Change your attitude, behavior, and get over it.

299

Get a Handle on Your Budget

300

Top Five Costly Production Mistakes with Tim Faller from Remodelers Advantage

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Is it time to raise your markup?

302

How to tackle hard conversations with employees

303

Remodeler, Do you know your numbers?

304

What's your backlog stomach?

305

Getting a glazed, zombie stare during employee meetings? Let's change that!

306

Know Your Value

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Do you use SMART goals? Discover why they help with productivity and more on The Remodelers Show!

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I'm Trying Something New - The Remodelers Show launched today!

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How to charge for design and project development and how it's a 'win' for your client

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10 Ways I Can Help Grow Your Remodeling Business

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The "Bad Boys of Remodeler Marketing" (Spencer & Kyle) Motivate You To Create Content That Provides VALUE To Your Ideal Clients

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A Smorgasbord of 8 Sales Tips

313

A golden opportunity to integrate more technology into your remodeling business

314

Remodeler: Should you offer handyman services or take on smaller projects during COVID? Hear some good insight from Mike Medford

315

10 Ways To Remain Upbeat Instead of Beat-Up

316

Discussing some things to make you think: A 1-week kitchen remodel? All sub-contractors? 93% sales close rate?

317

5 Keys to Leading Well in a Crisis

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A recording with 48 remodelers on how to lead your company well through the Coronavirus

319

Do You Just Wing It When You Do Your Initial Phone Call?

320

Remodeler: Do You Ever Feel Like You're Herding Cats?

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Transparency: You're not going to tell me it's smart to show my clients a price breakdown, are you?

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Hey Business Owner - Stop doing "$10/hour" work! Focus on this instead

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3 Key (And Doable!) Ways To Create a Business Culture that Attracts and Retains Great People

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3 Stories from Remodelers Like You

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Fast-Paced Blitz with Carl Utter

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Kyle's Marketing Top 10 List for 2020

327

4 Unique & Cutting Edge Ways to Market Your Remodeling Business Online

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BuilderTREND or CoConstruct?

329

3 Quick Things You Must Understand in Your Remodeling Business

330

A Trip Through Kyle's Evernote

331

A Trip Though Kyle's Inbox

332

The Hodgepodge Episode: Payments, Sales, and Improving Your Business

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Selling Smarter: Strengthening Your Sales Process from Start to Finish - Part 2

334

Selling Smarter: Strengthening Your Sales Process from Start to Finish - Part 1

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Improve Your Website by Listening to this Podcast

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How You Can Improve Your Mindset and Confidence to Build a More Successful Life and Remodeling Business

337

Live Recording About Marketing, Your Sales Process, and Exceptional Customer Service

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What is your unique leadership style and what do you need to do (and not do) to lead your staff and clients more effectively?

339

5 Simple and Powerful Ways to Stay-in-Touch with Previous Clients

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Your Questions Answered

341

Here's What Happens When You Implement a Strong Sales Process

342

Turn More of Your Remodeling Leads into Paying Projects

343

10 Ways To Deliver a Remarkable Client Experience

344

Growing Your Company Through Self-Awareness & DISC

345

Around the Horn on Marketing, Sales, and Office Management with Bryan Sebring

346

Optimizing Your Online Presence with Spencer Powell

347

Profit First for Contractors

348

Forget About Business Success - Focus on What Really Matters

349

5 Surefire Ways to Attract More Referrals

350

Following Up With Previous Clients

351

Meetings Getting Stale With Your Key Employees? Try This Approach

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Prioritizing Your Marketing Efforts

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$10, $100, $1000

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Using Music To Change Your Mindset

355

Are You Charging Enough?

356

5P: Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance

357

Job Cost Reports

358

The One You Feed

359

10 Questions to Ponder This Weekend

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If you don't do anything about it, nothing changes

361

One Thing

362

A New Way to Look at Employee Recruiting

363

Faith at Work

364

First Impressions

365

10 Tips to Improve Your Initial Phone Call with a New Remodeling Prospect

366

Imagine This

367

How Bad Do You Want It?

368

Eat Your Frog!

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Show 14: Pam Kofsky with Elegant Interior Designs Reveals Her Complete Marketing System and What She Does to Generate New Clients in Her Design/Remodeling Business

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Show 13: Don Kennedy with Pro Master Home Repair shares his ideas on how to never starve as a remodeler and how to build a team that actively sells for you.

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Show #12: Andy Haste with Riverside Construction shares how his weekly strategic meetings have made all the difference in his remodeling business plus shares the very best way he's generating new business.

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Show #11: Kip de Moll shares what to do when you are overwhelmed and stressed out in your remodeling business, how he stepped back and took control of his life and business and fell back in love with remodeling and he shares a great estimating resource

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Show #10: Dave Roberts talks about the power of assembling a strong team that can operate without the owner being there and how he does it, how he bounced back strong from 2009 struggles and how 33% of his business is coming from Houzz

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Show 9: Todd Cella of Utah Basement Kitchen and Bath shares the unique way he hires (he has 35 employees), how cancer changed his life and gave him new 'goggles', the speed of trust, and how he developed a concise and compelling guarantee for his busi

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Show 8: Jason Gettum with Gettum Associates reviews the importance of honesty, integrity, and building confidence into your remodeling sales process

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Show 7: Bill Patrick of EGStolztfus Homes, LLC shares his insights on working with the right people and determining if your working relationship will be a good fit.

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Show 6: Bob Gockeler started his journey as an entrepreneur with $300 and a burning desire to succeed and shares his Fast That Eat the Slow mentality

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Show 5: TJ Elbert with Elbert Construction shares his past mistakes and key things he is doing now to build a great exterior remodeling company

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Show 4: Randall Soules with Scientific Remodeling Systems shares some insightful tips on how to make incremental improvements that pay off big

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3: Neil Parsons with Design Build Pros reveals some powerful ideas for building systems and having the right mindset

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Show 2: Rob Baugher talks about how he made a big change and started running a real business vs letting the remodeling business run him.

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Show 1: Dennis Gehman with Gehman Remodeling shares why he decided to take a big leap of faith and how he became one of the top remodelers in Pennsylvania