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The DYOJO Podcast — 209 episodes
133 Same Insurance Claims Pricing Games by Different Names
132 Insurance Claim Rejection Robots
131 Death by Water Heater (Carbon monoxide poisoning)
130 Shrinkage & Aggressive Patience
129 The Essence of an Entrepreneur
128 Identifying and fixing issues
127 Help, My Business Is Slow
126 What Does Jeff Bezos Know About Property Restoration (Puttering)
125 Do Insurance Companies Apologize?
124 Construction Ethics, Shared Goals, and Building a Stronger Future
Get Paid, Not Played: Managing Client Expectations as a Contractor
Profit Through Connection: Elevating Your Business with Industry Engagement
Court Orders Insurance Company to Reveal SOME of Their Claims Tricks
Who's The Bigger Headache for Contractors: The Government or Insurance?
Who Broke My Lamp?! Training team members to minimize the impact of mistakes
Essential Project Communications
122 Intro to Construction Project Management
Six Keys to Success for Construction Project Managers
Mastering Construction Project Management: Staying on Scope, Budget, and Time
121 The Project Management Carousel: Navigating Construction's Challenges
Three Ways to Ruin a Construction Project (and How to Prevent Them)
120 Let the Structure Speak During the Insurance Claims Process
Protecting Your Construction Company
Can Insurance Companies Fake the Claim Facts?
119 Falsifying Insurance Claims
Tragic Incident at an Oregon Lowes
Testing Contractor Competency
118 Porta Dryer Number 5 - Water Damage History
117 Xactimate Apologizes to Restorers
116 What Do Customers Know
115 Property Restoration and Insurance Claim Contractors Convention
114 No One Wants to Work
113 Learning from Job Description and Interview Fails
Standing Out in a Job Interview - Tips for Employers and Employees
Structuring Your Business for Growth - TDP 22 Replay PLUS
Rethinking Outdated Job Descriptions
Finding good construction hires from unique sources
Ep 112 Create a Competitive Business Advantage in 2024
Xactimate is a Claims Estimating Language (Clip from Ep 111)
Invest In Yourself
111 A Simple Formula for Better Construction Estimates
110 Record Breaking Charitable Contractors
109 Billions for Construction Rehabilitation from President Biden
108 Crime & Construction - Contractor Burns Truck to Cover Fraud?
Ep 107 Cashing in on Insurance Claims
Ep 106 Productivity Part 2 - Accountability & Leadership
Becoming Better Managers
Ep 105 Productivity Part 1 - Training & Expectations
Ep 104 Busy But Bankrupt
Understanding Contractor Costs and Pricing
Ep. 103 Defensible or Defensive?
Special Event - PNW Water Damage Claims Symposium
The Power of Being a Connected Contractor
Ep 102 Building A Strong Local Construction Brand
Ep 101 The "P" Word (Program Work, Preferred Vendors, and Third Party Administrators aka TPAs)
Can You Equalize The Insurance Claims Game?
Ep 100 Matching Materials for Insurance Claims
Insurance Claims Predators
Who Can Kill The Zombie Parasite Mold, Cordyceps?
Ep. 99 Let Us Discuss Moldy Things
Stop getting burned, for dumb reasons, on construction projects
TDP 98 The Secret Life of Construction Contracts RJC v. AISD Part 4
Ep 97 Book #5, Gas Stoves, and 80s Prisons
One-Day Remote Storm Response Workshop
Ep 96 Moisture Damage Documentation RJC v. AISD Part 3
Filtering Through Industry BS with Cliff Zlotnik
Workshops, Whistleblowers, and Matching Materials
Ep 95 A Tale of Two Contractor Litigation Scenarios
Content, Coaches, and Courtrooms
Ep 94 The Roadmap to Expertise with Bob Blochinger
What are you, stupid?
Be there or be square - Winter Break January 2023 and THREE exclusive DYOJO events
Ep 93 Contractors behaving badly? RJC vs. AISD part 2
SOCKTember 2022 Winners & Plans for Next Year
Ep 92 Contractor bankrupted by storm response, RJC vs AISD part 1
The customer WON'T Pay?!
Ep 91 What Is A Contractor's Time Worth?
They Hired a Cheaper Contractor?!
Ep 90 Charging for Construction Estimates?
The Myth of Free Estimates
Ep 89 Pain Points & Profitability: Project Lifecycles
Moving Beyond Scraping By As A Contractor
Ep 88 Business Catchphrases Are Killing Your Growth with Josh Zolin
Should Leaders Measure Results or Effort?
How Much Drying Equipment? An Intro To Lloyd Weaver
Ep 87 I Put Microban On Everything
Igniter of an Industry - Remembering Martin "Marty" L. King
The DYOJO Insurance Claims Standard
Ep. 86 Pain Points & Profitability: New Client Intake
Ep. 85 Project Management Resources
Help! My Insurance Company Is Acting In Bad Faith
Ep 84 Developing Your Leadership Skills
Ep. 83 Asbestos and Mold Testing for Home Repairs
Ep 82 The Power & Practice of Questions
Ep 81 Leveling Up As An Industry
Ep 80 Common Estimating Shortfalls
Marketing, Winning, & Completing Large Loss Insurance Projects
Ep. 79 Xactimate Insurance Claims Negotiations with Adjusters (XM8 007)
Four Timeless Principles for Construction Project Managers with Randy R. Rapp (Purdue)
Creating Videos and Content for Your Business (SSC 020)
Ep 78 Insurance Claims Investigations (Appraisals Part 2)
EP 77 Insurance Claims Pricing Games, Resources for Contractors and Consumers
Intro for TDP 77 - Insurance Claims Pricing Games, New Construction Pricelists
Ep 76 Behind the Scenes of THE Florida Mold Conference
Moisture, Materials, Mold, Methodologies and other lessons from AEML Winter Break TDP 76
No Dumb Questions, Plenty of Dumb Answers
I learned a TON about mold, moisture inspections, & building science - Recap of AEML Winter Break 22
Ep 75 Training Others In Xactimate with Joyce Gabriel (XM8 File 006)
Intro for TDP 75 on Training others to utilize Xactimate (XM8 Sessions File 006)
Ep. 74 Insurance appraisals (part 1) with Roger Howson and others
Intro for TDP 74 on Insurance Appraisals
Ep 73 Using Mechanics Liens to Secure Payment as a Contractor
Struggling to hire employees? Double down on talent retention (TDP 72 clip)
Ep. 72 Millennials + Workplace Culture + Guest Host Pete Consigli
The Art and Science of Insurance Claims Estimating
Insurance Claims Questions #1 from ARES Restoration - Keep Detailed Notes
Overhead and profit for insurance claims - markup vs. margin (TDP 71 Clip)
Ep. 71 Improving as an Xactimate estimator with Ben Justesen XM8 File 005
This Thursday Ben Justesen joins us for TDP 71 to discuss becoming a better insurance claims Xactimate estimator (Clip)
Ep. 66 Learning to XM8 with all the resources from Xactimate - The XM8 Sessions File 002
Ep. 70 WARNING: Michelle Blevins is taking over the world, you may be next
Ep. 69 Efficient and consistent Xactimate reviews with Chris Tilkov XM8 File 004
Ep. 68 Fake it until you Xactimate it - The XM8 Sessions File 003
Keys to NEW Sock-Raising Success - SOCKTember 2021 Pre Season Captains Call
Ep. 67 Restoration Podcastalypse Megazord Blue Collar Nation + GMS + The DYOJO
What is this SOCKTember 2021 non-sense I keep hearing about?
How to go toe-to-toe with a contractor and win every time during insurance claims negotiations
Ep. 65 The Xactimate Sessions - File 001 - Learning Xactimate from scratch with Greg Power
The Xactimate Sessions, a new audio/video series from The DYOJO Podcast
Let's talk about Lloyd Weaver
Ep. 64 Building and hiring for the restoration company that you want to be with Andrew Golkin (BOG 6 of 6)
Ep. 63 The intention to be resourceful and helpful as a leader and a team with O.P. Almaraz (BOG 5 of 6)
This book helped me to advance my career as a water damage technician into project management
Ep. 62 The importance of a value driven administrative team with Whitney Wiseman (BOG 4 of 6)
Ep. 61 Building a career, growing as a leader, and elevating the skilled trades with Josh Zolin
DEDx Talk and a special message from Ed Cross
SSC 018 Surprise and delight your team members with Josh Dunn
Ep. 59 Becoming an employer of choice with Tammy Birklid (BOG 3 of 6)
SSC 017 Developing local partnerships and win-win business relationships with Paul T. Long
Ep. 58 You Play to Win the (TPA) Game - Pro vs. Joe 012
Ep. 57 I'm gonna tell you where I suck at business - Benchmarks of Growth with Gordy Powell
Ep. 56 The Phases of Career Development and Growth with Doug Irwin
Ep. 54 - Part 2 AOB and standards of care wrap up with Pete Consigli "The Restoration Watchdog"
Ep. 55 More is not always more when it comes to growth - Benchmarks of Growth with Lisa Lavender
Ep. 54 - We discuss Assignment of Benefits (AOB) with Ed Cross and Pete Consigli (Part 1)
Ep 53. Personal and professional financial strategies to CAPitalize on your goals
Ep. 52 Mergers and acquisitions in property restoration with Mark Springer
Growing your business from surviving to thriving through soft skills training
Ep. 51 Can old dogs (like you) learn new tricks with David Olson
Ep. 50 Is soft skills training worth the time and investment with Larry Wilberton & Eric Sprague
Is the RIA a Good Ol' Boys Club & Ken Larsen's $1000 water damage book
Ep. 49 Creating a purpose that is greater than a paycheck with Al Erisman
Ep. 48 Resolving Insurance Claim Disputes with Bill Wilson and David Princeton
The "Partly False" Controversy & Claude Blackburn Shares a Story About the Early Air Mover "Wars"
Ep. 47 The founder of Dri Eaz discusses life before, during, and after property restoration
Developing Relationships with Plumbers to Increase Water Damage Leads with Kevin Hussey
Ep. 45 Unleashing creativity for personal and professional development with Danny Morgan (PVJ 010)
Ep. 46 Be a Healthy Skeptic with Ken Larsen
Ep. 44 Pairing an innovator and an integrator in property restoration with Kevin Hussey
Restoration Reading List 2021
Employee Development is Key to Retention
Ep. 43 Communicating and connecting opportunities for growth to candidates with Alex Blagojevic
Ep. 42 Empowering your employees to create a positive customer experience with Jeremy Watkin
Ep. 41 An imperfect plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow with Mark Springer
Ep. 40 - The Docusketchers with Chris Phillipsen, Alex Blagojevic, Kevin Hussey and Jeff Turner
Ep. 39 Thriving not just surviving with Shannon Tymosko of Kickass Careers
Ep. 38 I'll Show You How To Do It with Chris Stanley
Ep. 37 Lessons learned the hard way with Andy McCabe PVJ 009
Ep. 36 "Go learn it" and 20 years of business startup lessons with Lisa Lavender
Ep. 35 David Princeton returns to dispel some rumors and set the facts straight about COVID claims
Ep. 34 Idan Shpizear shares how growing your business starts with developing yourself
Ep. 33 How unleashing creativity can cause your profits to soar with Stephen Harrington
Ep. 32 David Princeton discusses solutions for home and business owners with coverage issues
Ep.31 Developing a better people process leads to better outcomes for all with Step Up 2 Success
Who's responsible for common sense in your organization?
Ep. 30 Achieving your dreams by developing a financial strategy with Terrilski Davis
Ep. 29 The long process of regulation for an industry association with Gordy Powell
The DYOJO Podcast (Trailer)
Ep. 28 Do we care about price more than our customers with John Downey
Ep. 27 Creating value when working with property managers Pro vs. Joe 006
Remember that time Ed Cross invited Bill Loveland (Xactimate) into a room full of estimators?
Ep. 26 Playing nice in the insurance claims sandbox (rather than making it a litter box) w/ Ed Fogle
Podcasts for personal and professional development
Ep. 25 Fear and loathing in social media with Michelle Blevins
Ep. 24 Pro vs. Joe 005 - FOMO your sales and your approach to adaptation
Ep. 23 Uncovering the dark truths of working with adjusters with Kirk Matthews
Can you actually make more as an owner by being transparent and sharing your profits?
Ep. 22 Growing your business without compromising your values with Lex Sisney
Ep. 21 Pro vs. Joe 004 - Motivating your team with vision
Ep. 20 Crisis leads to opportunity with Rachel Stewart
Ep. 19 Leading yourself first with Skylar Lewis
Ep. 18 Pro vs. Joe 003 - The growing pains of a young business
Ep. 17 Train to obtain with The Tech Whisperer
Ep. 16 Doing Good in Your Hood - Panel of Small Business Owners
Ep.15 No risk = no reward with Denis Beaulieu
Ep. 14 - Pro vs. Joe 002 - Powering up with good partnerships
Ep.13 Taking care of your partners with William Mendoza
Ep.12 Leadership motivation from real leaders who lead with Mike Kinney & David Smith
Ep. 11 Humor and using Instagram for your business with Water Damage Daily
Ep. 10 Pro vs. Joe 001 - Branding fails and networking
Ep. 9 Silica sand and the power of humility - Mark Whatley
Ep. 8 Extending the life of your restoration equipment - Elan Pasmanick
Ep. 7 Elevating your Mold Remediation Game - Amy Siedlecki
Ep. 6 Better Communication = Better Outcomes - Raymond Tittmann
Ep. 5 Innovation is the New Normal - Andy McCabe
Ep. 4 Facing Adversity as an Entrepreneur - Rick Dancer
Ep. 3 Property restoration law and advocacy - Ed Cross, The Restoration Lawyer
Ep. 2 Emergency Management Preparedness & Planning - Edward Colson
Ep. 1 Insurance Claims Advocacy with David Princeton