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To The Point - Home Services Podcast — 366 episodes

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Guaranteed Tactics To Win in Sales & Marketing Today

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Why This $14M HVAC Company Is Still Independent After 73 Years | Bobby Ring

3

Why They Left a National Brand to Build Their Own Plumbing Business

4

$62M & Growing: The Strategy Behind this Multi-Trade company in Indiana.

5

From $10/Hour Tech to CEO of a $20M Home Services Business | Patrick Somers

6

How a Third-Generation Home Services Business Is Scaling to $35M

7

How He Built a $35M Business With 56% Gross Margins & 21% EBITDA in Under 8 Years | Helmi Ben Flah

8

The Reality of Scaling a $20M Multi-Trade Home Services Business | Isaac Turpin

9

From $6/Hour to Building a $30M Home Services Business

10

Yelp Responds To Contractors' Biggest Complaints | Part 2

11

Yelp Responds To Contractors' Biggest Complaints | Part 1

12

The Highest ROI Marketing Channel Most Contractors Get Wrong

13

WELL SH*T! Throat cancer!

14

Preaching Through the Pipes: Bubba Thurman's Journey to Leading a $100M Business

15

How Josh Campbell Built, Scaled, and Sold Rescue Air | VIP Guest Josh Campbell

16

Why This $45M Home Services Company Still Refuses to Sell | VIP Guest John Waldorf

17

How Redwood Services Built a $1.1B Home Services Platform | VIP Guests Richard Lewis & John Conway

18

Inside a $67M Family-Owned Home Services Business | VIP Guest Hugh Joyce

19

Building a $30M Home Services Business & Still Independently Owned | VIP Guest Jason Hanson

20

The NEW To The Point Home Service VIP Room Podcast | A New Era of To The Point

21

Inside the $2.5B Blackstone Deal with Champions Group

22

Unleashing Explosive Growth: How These Titans Built a $250M Home Services Empire! 🚀

23

Stay Fly: Lessons on Business, Resilience, and Relevancy with Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath

24

I Shot Bin Laden In the Face 3 Times: The Robert O'Neil Story from RYNOx

25

Tommy Mello at RYNOx: The Playbook Behind a $1B Vision

26

Ken Goodrich Interviews Current Goettl CEO Jake Gress at RYNOx

27

Stop Posting Crap! Why Your Social Media Isn't Getting Leads | Ep. 313 w/ Jen McKee

28

Jim Abrams Reveals the Service Scripts That Close More Jobs - Part 2

29

Offense vs. Defense & Why I Walked Away After 18 Years

30

Angi CEO Jeff Kip Answers Contractors' Toughest Questions

31

Why Exterior Illumination Might Be the Most Overlooked Goldmine in Home Services

32

Jim Abrams on How He Built a BILLION-Dollar HVAC Company

33

Dan Martell: How to Grow Your Business SO Fast it Feels Like CHEATING

34

The Leadership Gap Costing Contractors the Best Young Talent

35

The AI Race Contractors Can’t Afford to Lose w/ ServiceTitan CEO Ara Mahdessian

36

Turning Pain & Addiction Into a $17M Multi-Trade Growth Engine

37

Break Episode

38

Goal Setting 2026

39

The Best of 2025

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From $600K to $10M in a Town of 10,000

41

Private Equity, Culture Shock, & Rebuilding: Anna Yano’s Story

42

New Leadership That Helped Scale Abacus from $30M to $100M

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From Accountant to Accountable for $10M Growth

44

The 1% Club: How to Scale, Sell, and Still Stay Hungry

45

Is AI the New SEO? How Contractors Can Win the Next Search Revolution

46

From Folding Table to Finding Legacy w/ Brian Gottlieb

47

Ken Goodrich's 2026 Market Outlook & New 1,000 Day Plan

48

The Art of Overcoming Customer Complaints & Escalations

49

The Business Playbook We Wish We Had 10 Years Ago

50

Use Trends To Give Your Business a Personality & Stand Out

51

The Power of Words & Attention: Chris Yano Keynote at Home Service Freedom

52

TTP Micro Episode: A.I vs Human: Call Handling Revolutionized in Home Services

53

Lessons Learned: A Post- PE Breakdown 2.5 Years Later

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The Turning Point: The Moments That Changed My Business Forever

55

A Home Services State of the Union with the LSD Group

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Why Some Home Service Businesses Stall at $5M While Others Hit $50M

57

TTP Micro Episode: Peterman Leads With Financing With A High Close %

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Paul Kelly is Personally Raising Home Services GOATS!

59

From the Trenches to $30M and Enduring Loss No Parent Is Ready For

60

Former Mob Boss Michael Franzese & Ken Goodrich Interview at RYNOx 2025

61

Hunting, Hustling & High Performance: How to Build an ELITE Sales Team

62

TTP Micro Episode: Low Cost, High ROI, Immediate Leads You've Been Sleeping On

63

UnGooglizing the Industry Debate with Ismael Valdez

64

TTP Micro Episode: Decrease Callbacks, Increase Billable Hours, Retain Techs

65

The Automated Technician’s Toolbox: Real-World AI Solutions

66

An Olympic Coach’s Advice for Tradesmen Who Can’t Afford To Break Down

67

Blue Collar Success with a Masterclass in Operational Excellence

68

4x Superbowl Champ Terry Bradshaw Talks Champion Caliber Contractors

69

Actionable Leadership Advice From $250M Parker & Sons President Daryl Bingham

70

Cracking the Code: The Blueprint for Platform-Worthy Companies

71

The "Undercover Boss" Playbook for $100M by Jeff Dudan, Homefront Brands CEO

72

TTP Micro Episode: Grit, Growth & Getting After It

73

Peak Season Strategies to Maximize Your Revenue This Year

74

Are You Being Held Hostage By Your Technicians?

75

TTP Micro Episode: Winning In The Shoulder Season

76

From 3 Vans to $50M in 5 Years – How to Hit the Ground Running and Grow Fast

77

The 5-Year Sprint from $5M-$65M with Zero Technical Skills

78

TTP Micro Episode: Lessons I've Learned

79

From Wagon Wheels to $20M+ – The Incredible Story of F.F. Hitchcock

80

How to Handle Tariffs & Price Increases Like A Pro with Leland Smith and Aaron Gaynor

81

TTP Micro Episode: The Most Underrated Growth Strategy

82

From Ashes to Impact: How Monkey Wrench’s Community Commitment Fueled $25M Growth

83

Leaders vs Managers: and the SIX mistakes to focus on

84

RYNOx 2025: Expansion Wars with Tommy Mello & Tom Howard

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How To Make Yourself Unstoppable 365 Days A Year w/ Sean Crane

86

RYNOx 2025: Ken Goodrich & Ismael Valdez Discuss How Adversity Creates Best in Class Operators

87

How To Outwork, Outbrand & Out-Culture the Competition

88

From $3M to $10M: The Home Service Marketing Blueprint That Works

89

TTP Micro Episode: Why Most Home Services Marketing Strategies Fail

90

RYNOx 2025: Culture, Growth, and Scaling Home Services Businesses w/ Chad Peterman & Wyatt Hepworth

91

Why 99% of Salespeople Fail -Here’s the $42M Sales Process That Actually Works with Weldon Long

92

Former Mafia Boss, Michael Franzese, Shares Mob Secrets

93

The Systems that Took a Restoration & Cleaning Business From 0 to 82 Locations

94

Chris Yano’s Ultimate Motivation: ALPHA Wolf Mentality

95

TTP Micro Episode: Improve CSR Performance with Real-Time AI Call Intelligence

96

The Contractor SEO metrics you’re not paying enough attention to

97

HVAC Search Volume Is Down, Here Is How To Succeed In Today’s Economy

98

Smart Pricing Strategies to Help Grow Your AC Company

99

Goal Setting 2025

100

A Special Holiday Message

101

Best of 2024

102

Why You Don't Need More Website Traffic to Grow Your Trades Business

103

A Proven Scalable, Repeatable Model For Growth Using Leadership Tactics | James Freeman

104

TTP Micro Episode: I Came From Nothing & Became Something Thanks To Mentors

105

Ex-Banker To A $20M Home Service Company with Matt Pozda

106

The $115M Texas Plumbing & HVAC OG Speaks | Alan O'Neill

107

TTP Micro Episode: 2025 Partnerships & Free Competitor Analysis

108

Redwood Services Rise to $400M & Keep the Culture

109

How to Spot Future Billion-Dollar Talent with Ken Goodrich | Landon Brewer | Chad Peterman

110

TTP Micro Episode: The New President & Your Plan

111

Budget For 2025 With The Boys

112

Sage Business Advice From Home Services Legends Pt. 2

113

TTP Micro Episode: Managing Your Marketing Agency Expectations

114

Sage Business Advice From Home Services Legends Pt. 1

115

Gridiron Greatness & A Lone Star Legacy

116

TTP Micro Episode - The Attention Game with Chris

117

How to Lead Home Services Companies At the Highest Level

118

From High School Dropout to 35M Business Queen

119

From Losing it All Twice, to 50M

120

The End Result of Unsexy is Success

121

Insecurities and Struggles Behind the Success of Tommy Mello

122

Do You Feel Like You're Falling Short?

123

Goodrich Guerilla Marketing Tactics That Still Work

124

The Current State of the Home Services Market

125

The Days Of Just Generating Leads Are Over For Elite Digital Marketing Companies

126

Coaching Sales with Virtual Ride-A-Longs

127

Battle Of The West Coast Titans

128

A New Era of Digital Marketing is Upon Us

129

A Walter Bond Next Level Mindset

130

How This Home Service Company Doubled Conversions with Automated Follow-ups

131

Happy 4th of July!

132

From Prison To Princess on a Path to $70M

133

How the 100-Ironman Cowboy Mindset Applies to Your Business

134

Mental Toughness in Business and Life w/ James Lawrence (Part 1)

135

How This COO Took This HVAC business from $6M to $20M in 5 years

136

Purpose, Process & Payoff in Business & Life

137

Flat at $2m for Years to $1.5m Growth in 2023 w/ Rachel Sylvain

138

How Acosta HVAC & Electrical Scaled to a 10 Million Dollar Success

139

Are You Making These Critical Leadership Mistakes? w/ Scott Mann

140

Home Services Lessons from the Battlefield (From a Green Beret)

141

Our New Cohost On: Home Service Fundamentals, KPIs, Growth Hacks, and Elite Leadership Skills

142

His $30M HVAC Company Grew With This Marketing Strategy w/ Mark Paup

143

7 Things I Learned Growing My Business from a Pop-Up to $30 Million w/ Mark Paup

144

Humble Beginnings to Industry Giants – The Journeys of Home Services Legends

145

RYNOx 2024 Legends Panel Reveals Secrets to Successful Acquisitions and Growth

146

Actionable Growth Strategies for Your Home Services Business

147

AI Tips to Increase Efficiency & Profits in Home Services w/ ServiceTitan Co-Founder Ara Mahdessian

148

Coach Nick Saban's Winning Formula for Home Services

149

Fireside Chat with Titans of Home Services - Paul Kelly and Jonathan Bancroft

150

How These Tradesmen Built Home Services Empires and Became Millionaires

151

How We Run RYNO Strategic Solutions and Stay Happily Married | Chris and Anna Yano

152

3 Game-Changing Hacks for Home Services Business Growth with NexGen CEO Ismael Valdez

153

Tips to Thrive in a Competitive Private Equity-Backed Market w/ Alicia Green

154

How Go Green Plumbing Nearly Doubled Revenue in 2023's Home Services Landscape w/ Alicia Green

155

What to Do & Not Do When Setting Goals for a Successful 2024

156

How to Build a Bottoms-Up Budget Your Team Owns (and Succeeds with) | Chris Hoffmann

157

Crush 2024 with Actionable Advice from the Best in the Biz

158

A Special Holiday Message Just for You!

159

Crafting Success in 2024: A Contractor's Blueprint for Operational Excellence and Customer Acquisition

160

Riding the Waves of 2023: Lessons Learned and Strategies for 2024

161

Critical Lessons for Home Services Success in 2024 w/ Amanda Zink

162

Leadership, Marketing, and Operational Excellence Lessons to Crush 2024 w/ Claire Ferrara

163

Steve Miles' Strategies for Excelling in an Unpredictable Home Services Market

164

Simple & Effective Strategies to Market Your Home Services Business in 2024

165

Roger Wakefield’s Top Tips to Grow Your Home Services Business With Social Media

166

From a Plumber to Making $30 Million a Year – Brad Bacon's Remarkable Journey in Home Services

167

Jim Abrams' Proven 10-Point Formula for Success in Home Services

168

Jim Abrams on How He Built a BILLION-Dollar HVAC Company

169

Mental Fortitude - The X-Factor for Success In Home Services w/ Trey McWilliams

170

The Blueprint for Thriving in Home Services - Leadership Lessons from Frank Harrison

171

Unlocking Success in the Home Services Industry with The Freedom Event

172

Revolutionizing HVAC Home Services: SmartAC's Innovative Monitoring Solution

173

How Jason Buehler Scaled His HVAC Business to $18m in Under 5 Years

174

20/20 Hindsight for an Aggressive Market

175

Alternate Ways to Keep Growing in the Slow Season with Chris Yano & Tall Paul

176

Re-Release: The E-Myth Way To A Successful Service Company

177

Call Coaching Tips to Max Every Call

178

Demand Leads Are Down So Now What?

179

FINALLY, an Answering Service That WORKS!

180

How To Grab Attention And Turn It Into Business

181

The History of RYNO - An American Dream

182

Pumping Up Your Roofing Game with Todd Price

183

You Don't Have To Pay All The Taxes

184

ACCA 2023 Panel: How to Win The Game in A Down Economy

185

Clash of the West Coast Titans

186

Stop Being So Damn Difficult & Just Do It

187

The Journey From Apprentice to President of a 100MM+ Home Services Company, Pt. 2

188

The Journey From Apprentice to President of a 100MM+ Home Services Company, Pt. 1

189

The Operator Role is Critical to Successful Growth, Pt. 2

190

The Operator Role is Critical to Successful Growth, Pt. 1

191

Digital Marketing Competitors Come Together For Clarity, Pt. 2

192

Elevate and WIN, Again and Again

193

Digital Marketing Competitors Come Together For Clarity, Pt. 1

194

Grow Mean & Lean with Mary Jean

195

Key Home Services Financials & Metrics to 73MM and Beyond

196

RYNOx 2023: Paul and Josh Kelly

197

RYNOx 2023: Howard Behar

198

Memory Coaching Can Change the Game Pt. 2

199

Memory Coaching Can Change the Game Pt. 1

200

RYNOx 2023: Legends Panel

201

RYNOx 2023: Industry Influencers Panel

202

Gary Vee at RYNOx: Consumer Attention Arbitrage

203

The Future Of Home Services Training

204

Being Excellent to Others Creates Excellence

205

Influential Listening is Critical to Great Communication, Pt. 2

206

Influential Listening is Critical to Great Communication, Pt. 1

207

Content is King, from the King of Roofing Content

208

The Impact of Online Reviews and SEO

209

A Walter Bond Next Level Mindset for 2023

210

Goal Setting

211

Best of 2022

212

Trade Marketing Magic Playbook Pt 2 - Brand & Digital

213

A $10MM to $30MM Leap In A Small Market

214

RYNOx Announcement

215

Recession and Inflation: it’s a Celebration!

216

Free Shit You Can Do to Afford More Marketing

217

Trade Marketing Magic Playbook, Pt. 1 - Traditional / Print

218

Smart Home Technology: Nest & The Rest

219

Digital Marketing Breakdown with Clover

220

Unlocking the Levers to Operational Excellence and Massive Growth

221

The Wow, Who, What, and How of Branding

222

How the Hell Do You Get Rid of Fake Online Reviews

223

Home Service Advice From the Wizard of Ads, pt. 2

224

Home Service Advice From the Wizard of Ads, pt. 1

225

Are You Creating Raving Fans of Your Business?

226

$16M in 5 years at 25% NET Profit

227

From Minimum Wage to Maximum Growth

228

Win Or Learn with Private Equity Deals, Pt. 2

229

Win Or Learn with Private Equity Deals, Pt. 1

230

ACCA Q&A Panel with Home Services Titans

231

Legendary Advice From the HVAC GOAT, Jim Abrams pt. 2

232

Legendary Advice From the HVAC GOAT, Jim Abrams pt. 1

233

The Proven Battle Strategy of a Top 5%'er Contractor

234

We Invite You To The $4-25MM Bardi Party

235

Value-First Marketing with a 95MM+ CMO

236

How Your Vision Creates Growth and Opportunities

237

Change the Human, Change the Game

238

Success as a 35MM+ Franchisee Contractor

239

Creating Profits by Focusing on People

240

From Golden Glove Boxer to Golden Glove Business

241

Lessons Learned from 2.5 to 25MM in 6 Years

242

Legendary Advice for Running a Profitable Business in the Trades

243

Finding Proof, Not Promises: An IAQ Conversation

244

Gary Vee and Chris Yano talk PPC, SEO, Recruiting, and NFTs

245

Developing Your Champion Mindset

246

Create a Best in Class Experience for Customers and Employees

247

"Iron Mike" Tyson's Guide to Being Great

248

Ken Goodrich's 1,000 Day Plan

249

What Legacy Are You Building?

250

The New Era of American Contractors

251

Service Einstein Building Blocks for Contractors

252

It's Not Magic: The $210M Parker & Sons Story Pt. 2

253

It's Not Magic: The $210M Parker & Sons Story

254

We're All in the People Business

255

Explosive Growth in a New Industry by doing the Right Things

256

The Marketing Battlefront of the Consumer Experience

257

The Tesla Model for the Trades

258

The Path From Small Family Contractor to a Billion

259

Changing the Landscape of Philanthropy and Private Equity: The Pulte Way

260

Best of 2021

261

Happy New Year

262

Mental Toughness Mastery From the Iron Cowboy (Pt. 2)

263

Mental Toughness Mastery From the Iron Cowboy (Pt. 1)

264

A Blueprint On Personal & Professional Goal Setting For 2022

265

How Two Companies Can Combine To Sell

266

The Future of Field Management Software

267

An Alternate Way To Scale Your Company Without Private Equity

268

Gain Maximum Traxion For Maximum Profitability

269

The 7 Centers of Management Attention: Part 4

270

How a Husband and Wife Created a $50mm Powerhouse

271

The Industry Legend that Trained the Industry Legends, Pt. 2

272

The Ultimate Home Service Success Strategy

273

3 Big Successful Decisions I Was Scared to Make

274

The 7 Centers of Management Attention: Part 3

275

The Industry Legend that Trained the industry Legends

276

From False Starts To $100MM+ in Revenue..TWICE

277

Transforming the Trades Through Technology

278

The 7 Centers of Management Attention: Part 2

279

Raise The Roof With Best Practices

280

Create a Culture of Accountability to Boost Your Bottom Line

281

Decades of Creating Multi-Million Dollar Salespeople

282

The 7 Centers of Management Attention: Part 1

283

Future HVAC Industry Headwinds & Insights

284

Putting People and Processes Over Profits

285

Is Your Trades Toolshed Tailored to Train your Team?

286

Part 2: The Dave Geiger Story to $500MM

287

Empowering Women to Empower the Trades

288

The Leland Smith Blueprint to a $500MM Service Champion

289

Actionable Advice Along the Path to 30MM and Beyond

290

Effective Methods to Ironclad Success for Your Business

291

Part 1: The Dave Geiger Story to $500MM

292

Tactics To 10X Your Average Ticket Without Replacement

293

Strategic Ways to Impact Net Profit for Your Business

294

How To Get Punched In The Face & Keep Going

295

Simple Ways to Take the "MIZ-tery" Out of Sales

296

Easy Solutions To Keep Your Employees Grateful & Happy

297

The Howard Air Showroom & Design Center: Making HVAC Sexy

298

A Chris Confessional: Don't Be an A**hole, Be Authentic

299

My Company Isn’t for Sale...or Is It?

300

How the Baddest MF'er in Mobile Hit $50MM

301

Cut Out the Fat to Transform Yourself and Your Business

302

Tall Paul Takeover: Best of 2021

303

From Horizon Services to Service Champions: How the Best Grow Past $100MM

304

How to Get Involved with Schools to Beat the Tech Shortage

305

Are You a Warrior, Lover, King/Queen, or Hero?

306

Path to the True American Home Service Company Dream

307

Meet GaryVee At Our RYNOx Service Summit

308

The Nexstar Way To The Next Star Service Company

309

Using Video Marketing to Recruit Techs & Attract Leads

310

How an Ex-Con Built a $10M Service Company

311

How to Build a Healthy Bottom Line

312

Is Ecommerce The Future Of The Trades?

313

Powerful Thinking for Positive Results

314

How I Grew My Business $23M with Service Agreements

315

Best of "To The Point" in 2020

316

Battle-Tested Training for Home Service Success

317

Solving Labor Shortage with Labor Velocity

318

Why PR Is A Must For All Size Contractors

319

Build Yourself From a Business to a Brand

320

How a Single Sales Tech Sells $7 Million a Year

321

Why Purpose is Essential for Contractors

322

C-Level Consulting for Next Level Contractors

323

Could Leasing Be the Future of the Trades?

324

The NEXGEN Triple OG of the Trades

325

Raw Contractor Consulting with Real Results

326

The Gary Vee Factor to Home Services Growth

327

7-Power Contractor for 7-Figure Success

328

Billion Dollar M&A Advice For The Trades

329

Fast Tracking Growth Through Franchising

330

2020 Titan of the Year: Leading by Reputation

331

Collaborating for Success: A $140M Perspective

332

The Ironman of the Service Industry

333

Creating a Simple Business Plan

334

Making an Impact in the Family Business

335

Easy Method to Handle ANY Objections

336

What Your Marketing Company Should Be Doing

337

Using SBA 7(a) Loans to Grow Your Business

338

Creating a Badass Brand

339

Territorial Management: The Bosch Standard

340

M&A The Wrench Group Way

341

Creating a Master Sales Team

342

How to Have Massive Growth in Smalltown USA

343

The Most Likable Name in HVAC

344

Will The Real Tommy Mello Please Stand Up

345

Using Technology and Creativity to Win Over the Market

346

Proven Secrets to 5X Growth in 5 Months or Less?!

347

Becoming a Leader in Customer Experience

348

Ask Ken ANYTHING!

349

Why You Should Offer Financing to Your Customers

350

Using Mindset to Grow from COVID-19

351

Acquisition Psychology: Should I Sell or Should I Buy?

352

1X Dealer of the Year, 9X Medal of Excellence, 100X Gator Hunting Badass

353

Critical Call Coaching in a Crisis

354

What's The Catch With The CARES Act & PPP?

355

The Latest from Capitol Hill

356

A $100M+ Company War Room Conversation On COVID-19

357

Digital Marketing Q&A

358

Are You The Tooth Fairy Of The Trades?

359

Why Offering Multiple Services is a Great Strategy

360

The "E-Myth" Way To A Successful Service Company

361

Can A Remote Service Company Really Work?

362

Think Outside The Box, Then Do Something With It

363

How To Get Punched In The Face & Keep Going

364

How To Get From $200k To $100M & Survive A Recession

365

The Foundation

366

Transparency In The Trades