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206 - [OPERATIONS] How to Resolve Conflict With Your Customer

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205 - [BACK OFFICE] How To Measure Your Margins Properly, Tradies

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204 - [BACK OFFICE] How Much Margin Tradies Should Make

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203 - [BACK OFFICE] What To Do About The Price Increase (For Tradies)

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202 - [BACK OFFICE] How Tradies and Builders Should Price Their Jobs

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201 - [MANAGE YOUR TEAM] How To Conduct A Performance Review - Easy Guide Questions

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200 - [BACK OFFICE] Fixed Price Quoting - How To Manage It

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199 - [BACK OFFICE] Fixed Price Quote Vs Cost Plus Quote - Which One Is best for Tradies

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198 - [MARKETING] Tradies, Time to Write Your New Year Business Plan

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197 - [MARKETING] Christmas Changes Over The Years. Your Trade Business Needs To Change Too

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196 - [YOUR TEAM] A Christmas Party - Why You Should Have One

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195 - [YOU] Dealing With Christmas Madness For Tradies And Builders - How To Say No

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194- [Back Office] Normalising Profit and Loss Report For Tradies And Builders

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193 - [Back Office] Tradies, When Should You Write Off A Bad Debt?

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192 - [SALES] The Customer Buying Cycle

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191 - [YOUR TEAM] Leadership Tip for Tradies and Builders

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190 - [MARKETING] - How Tradies Can Market Their Business Through Branding

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189 - [SALES] Great Customer Service Creates Repeat Buyers

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188 - [MARKETING] Invest Now, Benefit Later - That's Business!

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187 - [BACK OFFICE] How Much Do Tradies Really Make?

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186 - [SALES] Tradies, Improve How You Present Your Business

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185 - [OPERATIONS] Have You Benefited From The $25K Home Builder Grant, Tradies?

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184 - [SALES] Here's what you should do when a customer ghosts you

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183 - [SALES] - Have You Even Been Ghosted, Tradies?

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182 - [MARKETING] Tradie Growth Hack - Turn The Wheel

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181 - [MANAGE YOU] Loss Masking (With Your Own Hours) - Don't Do It!

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180 - [OPERATIONS] Pty Ltd or Sole Trader - Which is best for you?

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179 - [MARKETING] Jon's Journey Episode 12: Tradies, This is What You're Up Against

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178 - [MARKETING] What tradies should avoid when business is drying up

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177 - [BACK OFFICE] Understanding Your Margins And Costs Properly

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176 - [MARKETING] Tradies, Should You Drop Your Price Because Of COVID-19?

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175 - [MARKETING] Marketing Examples For Trades And Builders To Be Doing During The Pandemic

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174 - [MARKETING] What Marketing Is Right For Tradies And Builders In This New World?

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173 - [BACK OFFICE] How To Get Qualified For A Stimulus Package For Tradies And Builders

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172 - [YOU] In A Time Of COVID-19 - How's Your Emotional State Right Now?

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171 - [MARKETING] Something you can do to help your trades business survive

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170 - [MARKETING] [FREE Webinar] Tradies, Should You Be Doing Email Marketing?

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169 - [MARKETING] Email marketing for tradies - is it a thing or is it pointless?

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168 - [MARKETING] How To Nurture Trade Business Leads?

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167 - [SALES] What's Your Trades Business Worth?

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166 - [MARKETING] Calculate The Customer Lifetime Value In A Trade Business

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165 - [SALES] Tradies, Confidence In Your Price Comes From Confidence In Your Service

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164 - [SALES] Tradies, Here's How To Be Confident With Your Pricing

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163 - [MARKETING] What To Do When Someone Says “Your Quote Was More Expensive”

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162 - [OPERATIONS] Tradies, What Happens If You Get Sick?

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161 - [MARKETING] What To Do If You're Quiet - Should You Have A Side Hustle?

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160 - [OPERATIONS] Why You Shouldn't Work On A Time And Materials Or Hourly Rate Basis

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159 - [OPERATIONS] Dealing With The Christmas Rush

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158 - [YOUR TEAM] All The Best Things In Your Business Take Time And Effort

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157 - [OPERATIONS] How To Manage Variations - Don't Lose Money To Scope Creep.

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156 - [MARKETING] Language Matters - A Friendly Reminder For Tradies

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155 - [YOU] The Importance Of Setting A Goal In Your Trades Business - Short VS Long Term

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154 - [MARKETING] Follow-up Calls And Closing Sales Deals - It's Your Job Tradies!

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153 - [BACK OFFICE] Trade Apprenticeship - Are They Really As Cheap As You Think?

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152 - [OPERATIONS] Trade Apprenticeship - Is It A Cheap Help or Useless?

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151 - [BACK OFFICE] Know Your Numbers (Episode 4) - Profitability

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150 - [BACK OFFICE] Know Your Numbers (Episode 3) - Understanding Your Business Costs

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149 - [BACK OFFICE] Know Your Numbers (Episode 2) - Lead Indicators

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148 - [BACK OFFICE] Know Your Numbers Episode 1 - Why It's Important To Know Your Numbers

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147 - [OPERATIONS] The Secret Of Success For Your Trades Business

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146 - [BACK OFFICE] Why Being Cheap Doesn't Help You Win More Quotes

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145 - [BACK OFFICE] Systems - How To Scale Your Trade Business

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144 - [OPERATIONS] 3 Trade Business Growth Options: Pros And Cons

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143 - [YOU] Stop Selling Yourself Short - Learn How To Build Self-Confidence

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142 - [YOU] Choosing The Right Things To Work On (AKA How To Prioritise)

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141 - [YOUR TEAM] Having A Good Culture - Is It Necessary In Your Trades Business?

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140 - [YOU] The Best Way To Manage Your Team Of Tradespeople

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139 - [YOUR TEAM] Trades Business Management: How To Lead Your Team

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138 - [YOU] Attract The Best Tradies: Your 5 Step Hiring Process

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137 - [YOU] Know Your Value As A Trades Business - How To Achieve Stability

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136 - [OPERATIONS] Trades Business Hack: How To Get Off The Tools And Win More Time For Yourself

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135 - [MARKETING] Choose The Right Target Market For Your Trades Business

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134 - [SALES] How To Avoid Time Wasters (AKA Bad Customers)

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133 - [SALES] How To Charge More And Make Better Margins

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132 - [MARKETING] Why Marketing Is Important For Your Trades Business

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131 - [MARKETING] Jon's Journey Episode 11: How to waste your marketing money

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130 - [YOUR TEAM] Why You Need To Invest In A Good Work Culture

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129 - [BACK OFFICE] Where To Borrow Money For Your Trades Business?

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128 - [MARKETING] A Good Apology Goes A Long Way

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127 - [YOU] Look After Yourself (Episode 4) - The Importance Of Good Posture

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126 - [YOU] Look After Yourself (Ep 3) - Self-Care: Fit Your Mask First

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125 - [YOU] Look After Yourself (Episode 2) - The Best Ute (Vehicle) For You

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124 - [YOU] Look After Yourself (Ep 1) - Work Boots

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123 - [SALES] Does A Sales Invoice Expire? Here's What You Need To Know

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122 - [YOUR TEAM] Why A Christmas Party Is NOT Enough To Build Your Company Culture

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121 - [MARKETING] The Trades Business Flywheel - How To Build Business Momentum

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120 - [YOU] Christmas Message And Stories About How Clients Won By Being Confident

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119 - [MARKETING] Know Your Value As A Trades Business (Episode 3): Rogue Tradies

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118 - [OPERATIONS] Know Your Value As A Trades Business Episode 2: Having A Business Structure

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117 - [MARKETING] Know Your Value As A Trades Business Episode 1: Having Business Liability Insurance

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116 - [SALES] Tradie Mistake Number 4: Not Having A Profitable Business

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115 - [MARKETING] Tradie Mistake Number 3: Not Being True To Your Word

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114 - [YOU] Tradie Mistake Number 2: Being Sh*t In Time Management

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113 - [OPERATIONS] Tradie Mistake Number 1: Being A Dodgy Tradie

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112 - [YOU] The Basics Of Hiring People For Your Trades Business

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111 - [MARKETING] Trades Business Growth Strategies - How To Increase Your Work Capacity

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110 - [MARKETING] Email Marketing For Trades Business - Why I Don't Recommend It

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109 - [YOU] Jon's Journey Episode 10: The Unexpected Journey To Spain

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108 - [YOU] Don't Look Back In Anger --- But Look How Far You've Come!

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107 - [SALES] Upselling Techniques - A Sneaky Trick or Entirely Appropriate?