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Lessons learned from Allan Ferguson – who has years of experience – in Australia
and in the US helping contractors increase revenues and profits.
He was the first contractor to introduce flat rate into Australia…where time and
material billing was the status quo.
Discover his ideas to increase your revenue and profits.
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Ruth King
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Enjoy my Thanksgiving stories and wishes for you.
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Ruth King
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Is your wife doing your books? If so, is she trained on bookkeeping? Probably not
a good idea if she isn’t. I’ve seen husbands and wives fight over the books and in
some sad cases, get divorced because of the insistence that the wife keep the
books without knowing what she is really doing.
What’s the solution? Sometimes an outsider who understands rapidly growing
companies. Katina Peters, my guest on this podcast, is one of the people who
could help you.
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Ruth King
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
In this session I give you easy to implement ideas and processes to make the
holiday season less stressful and more enjoyable for everyone.
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Ruth King
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
A genie waved her magic wand and gave you all the money you desire for
marketing...with the only caveat that it has to produce results. Where would you
spend the money? How would you know that it produced results?
Join, Marcia Barnes, author of the Book Here we Grow, to get your answer.
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Ruth King
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
You’re going to think I’m crazy talking about taxes and it’s October. However,
preparation is the best way to pay the least amount of legal, legitimate tax
without getting into gray areas.
My guest,Barbara Weltman, wrote the book on legitimate tax strategies and she
shares some with you on this podcast…so you can be prepared for this season and
the changes coming in 2024.
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Ruth King
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
You’re going to think I’m crazy talking about taxes and it’s October. However,
preparation is the best way to pay the least amount of legal, legitimate tax
without getting into gray areas.
My guest,Barbara Weltman, wrote the book on legitimate tax strategies and she
shares some with you on this podcast…so you can be prepared for this season and
the changes coming in 2024.
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Ruth King
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Water heater training. Critical for proper installation, maintenance and service.
I had the opportunity to do a financial bootcamp training at the AO Smith training facility outside Nashville Tennessee and I was blown away by their training capabilities for hands on training and classroom training.
I asked members of the AO Smith training team to join me on Contractor Cents and explain how they help you be more effective and efficient…which improves your bottom line.
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Ruth King
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
What if all of your field service challenges were eliminated? How would that change your customer’s experience with your company?
My guest, Michael Israel, Head of Field Service Evangelism at Zuper, gives you some of the tools to eliminate those challenges.
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Ruth King
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Getting the phone to ring is critical to generating revenue. And I mean
phone calls from your current customers and potential customers. What are
the latest online trends and what platforms should you use to drive phone
calls?
Join John Victoria, founder of Polianna, who also wrote the book, 5 Secrets
None of Your Competitors Know that will win you more customers. You can
download it free from his website, polianna.net.
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Ruth King
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
How does contracting differ “Down Under?” Join John Skinner, who hosts the
popular Australian podcast – Crusting it in Construction.” John gives you
some of the things Australian companies have done to increase profits, grow
wealth, and get/retain employees.
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Ruth King
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
How does the person answering the telephone affect your company’s
revenues?
A lot! If that person sounds like “death warmed over” when she answers the
phone, you’ll experience many hang ups people not booking calls with your
company.
Join Todd Daganaar, CEO of Hometown Hero Appliance Repair, who grew his
business from 10 to over 50 employees, now in three locations, with the help
of Power Selling Pros (and he will tell you that he was one of the worst on
the phone when they began).
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Ruth King
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Happy Labor Day! In this podcast I give you the reason why our labor force
is perishable and four easy to implement procedures that will help increase
your labor productivity.
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Ruth King
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
What is a growth strategy that really works? We hear all the time about
someone using some fad that worked to grow his business. You wonder,
“will that work for me and should I try it?”
Stop guessing! Join John Lenker a marketing and growth strategist, who
discusses easy to implement ideas that can help you strategically you’re
your business.
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Ruth King
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Hiring provokes many discussions – “I can’t find anyone” or “ I hired
someone and that person lasted less than a week” or many other scenarios
where employees don’t stay.
In this two part series Ryan Englin, founder of Core Matters, explains how
the apple really describes your business culture, how to hire the ones you
won’t want to fire, and great questions to ask during interviews. And, go to
www.corematters.com to download his book and get that list of questions.
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Ruth King
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Hiring provokes many discussions – “I can’t find anyone” or “ I hired
someone and that person lasted less than a week” or many other scenarios
where employees don’t stay.
In this two part series Ryan Englin, founder of Core Matters, explains how
the apple really describes your business culture, how to hire the ones you
won’t want to fire, and great questions to ask during interviews. And, go to
www.corematters.com to download his book and get that list of questions.
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Ruth King
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Get the basics of pricing, profit and loss statements, balance sheets,
software, and more through the PHCC Boot Camp program and at the
association’s national meeting, CONNECT.
Heidi Salati, National Director of Education and Training, and Monica Roach,
Executive Director of PHCC Association of Orange, Riverside, and San
Bernadino Counties tell you how to take advantage of these programs, both
in person and on-line, that can propel your business to the next level.
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Ruth King
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
We live in buildings – our homes, our offices, our factories, our plants.
Making sure we stay comfortable in them can sometime be challenging –
plumbing issues, humidity issues, heat loss and heat gain issues…you know
the issues.
What if you could really solve these issues for your customers? They’d be
customers for life…and most will be less price sensitive.
Join Neil Freidberg, Building Science Manager at LP Building Solutions, will
help you with these building science issues.
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Ruth King
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Do your commercial customers hold you hostage? What do I mean? When you send out an invoice with net 30 terms, they ignore the terms and pay you when they want to – sometimes 60 days or later.
Join Lara Hodgson, founder and CEO of Now Accounts, who gives you the tool to avoid this situation and get paid quickly.
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Ruth King
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
You’re going to think that I’m crazy. Why? Because this podcast is about
training…yes, it’s the busy season. However, you should be thinking of
training even when it’s busy! No, you don’t have to, nor should you, send a
field employee to a two day class when the opportunity to maximize billable
hours is now. However, start thinking about what you CAN and should do from a training perspective…so that you are ready for fall and beyond.
Ken Midgett and Dan Clapper show you how 10 minutes a day can help
decrease mistakes and callbacks.
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Ruth King