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Floor Academy
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 12 ต.ค. 2019
Floor Academy's mission is to get the heart and soul of the industry, the installers, to stop playing contractor and to become better business owners. With each episode we explore different parts of operating a business so that yours can become more efficient and effective. The lessons learned come from your peers, competing to succeed in a variety of different markets so you can integrate them into your own.
That’s A Wrap - Ken Ballin & Allen Lewis
It’s been 5 years and 3 months, 283 episodes, and countless guests. All good things must come to an end though. I am honoring the show by taking it back to my very first guests Ken Ballin and Allen Lewis to see how we all have changed over the last 5 years. What’s new, what’s different, and how our goals have changed. Change is a necessary part of life and so is reflection. Enjoy this look back on the show, the industry, and our lives.
Special thanks to all of our sponsors. I’ll star with Jason Goldberg who was the first sponsor of the show with Retail Lead Management and Tralama. Without his belief in the concept, me and and seeing the long term vision, none of the past 5 years would have been possible.
I would like to thank Ardex, Better Tools, Flooring Domain, IQ Power Tools, Johns Manville, Kronus Soft, Laticrete, Nova Tile and Stone, Russo Trading Company, Schluter Systems, SnapTech, ThermoSoft, Tile Tools .com, Traffic Digital, Virtual Estimates Now, Uzin, and The International Surfaces Event.
Check out our sponsors
TileTools.com - www.tiletools.com
The International Surfaces Event - www.intlsurfaceevent.com/
Uzin - us.uzin.com/
Support the show (www.patreon.com/flooracademy)
Check out our website and store @ www.flooracademypod.com
Floor Academy is a podcast hosted by Kyle Hedin that provides small business information and guidance to flooring, tile and stone contractors on how to build a successful and sustainable business. The podcast aims to help contractors move from owning a job to owning an asset, by providing insights and strategies related to management, entrepreneurship, and networking.
Floor Academy covers a range of topics related to flooring, tile and stone business management, including small business advertising, paid traffic, and organic traffic. The podcast also provides information on promotional marketing, LLC setup, simple small business management, and networking strategies.
The podcast aims to help carpet, tile, stone, hardwood, floating floor, and many more types of contractors develop a deep understanding of business management, including effective networking and entrepreneurship strategies, which are crucial to achieving long-term success in the flooring industry. By discussing various topics related to small business management, such as finance, operations, marketing, sales, human resources, branding, advertising, interviewing, taxes, company structures, and more the podcast provides valuable insights to help flooring, tile and stone contractors become successful business owners.
Special thanks to all of our sponsors. I’ll star with Jason Goldberg who was the first sponsor of the show with Retail Lead Management and Tralama. Without his belief in the concept, me and and seeing the long term vision, none of the past 5 years would have been possible.
I would like to thank Ardex, Better Tools, Flooring Domain, IQ Power Tools, Johns Manville, Kronus Soft, Laticrete, Nova Tile and Stone, Russo Trading Company, Schluter Systems, SnapTech, ThermoSoft, Tile Tools .com, Traffic Digital, Virtual Estimates Now, Uzin, and The International Surfaces Event.
Check out our sponsors
TileTools.com - www.tiletools.com
The International Surfaces Event - www.intlsurfaceevent.com/
Uzin - us.uzin.com/
Support the show (www.patreon.com/flooracademy)
Check out our website and store @ www.flooracademypod.com
Floor Academy is a podcast hosted by Kyle Hedin that provides small business information and guidance to flooring, tile and stone contractors on how to build a successful and sustainable business. The podcast aims to help contractors move from owning a job to owning an asset, by providing insights and strategies related to management, entrepreneurship, and networking.
Floor Academy covers a range of topics related to flooring, tile and stone business management, including small business advertising, paid traffic, and organic traffic. The podcast also provides information on promotional marketing, LLC setup, simple small business management, and networking strategies.
The podcast aims to help carpet, tile, stone, hardwood, floating floor, and many more types of contractors develop a deep understanding of business management, including effective networking and entrepreneurship strategies, which are crucial to achieving long-term success in the flooring industry. By discussing various topics related to small business management, such as finance, operations, marketing, sales, human resources, branding, advertising, interviewing, taxes, company structures, and more the podcast provides valuable insights to help flooring, tile and stone contractors become successful business owners.
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That’s A Wrap - Ken Ballin & Allen Lewis
มุมมอง 714 วันที่ผ่านมา
Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/615628/open_sms) It’s been 5 years and 3 months, 283 episodes, and countless guests. All good things must come to an end though. I am honoring the show by taking it back to my very first guests Ken Ballin and Allen Lewis to see how we all have changed over the last 5 years. What’s new, what’s different, and how our goals have changed. Chan...
Choose Your Words Carefully - Kerry Lenz - Rice’s More Than Floors
มุมมอง 1221 วันที่ผ่านมา
How important are the words you choose to use on your website, marketing and even in your daily conversations? How does it affect the way you are viewed, your products, or even your business? I have been big on making sure to say client over customer and project over job for a long time and there are others. Kerry Lenz has also shifted the words she uses in her business to better convey what se...
Choose Your Words Carefully - Kerry Lenz - Rice’s More Than Floors
มุมมอง 121 วันที่ผ่านมา
Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/615628/open_sms) How important are the words you choose to use on your website, marketing and even in your daily conversations? How does it affect the way you are viewed, your products, or even your business? I have been big on making sure to say client over customer and project over job for a long time and there are others. Kerry Lenz has...
Rebranding Your Company - Shane Levinson - Vision Flooring
มุมมอง 1328 วันที่ผ่านมา
How did you originally decide to name your company? Have you ever thought of changing your name? What kind of damage will it cause? Will people still recognize you? Will you lose clientele? What does it take to rebrand an entire company? Shane Levinson is a serial entrepreneur and combat veteran. Shane started in the flooring business with his father Jerry Levinson nearly a decade ago, posting ...
Rebranding Your Company - Shane Levinson - Vision Flooring
มุมมอง 528 วันที่ผ่านมา
Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/615628/open_sms) How did you originally decide to name your company? Have you ever thought of changing your name? What kind of damage will it cause? Will people still recognize you? Will you lose clientele? What does it take to rebrand an entire company? Shane Levinson is a serial entrepreneur and combat veteran. Shane started in the floor...
AI Is The Play - Jason Potts - Ballin Knows Best
มุมมอง 18หลายเดือนก่อน
Where do you find the time to write a blog, book client appointments, setup marketing campaigns, and get installs done? It’s a lot of hats to wear and we didn’t even get in to all of the other ones you wear. Technology has come a long way though and it’s here to help you in ways you never imagined. Cartoons like “The Jetsons” are soon to be reality with robots in homes and businesses, as well a...
AI Is The Play - Jason Potts - Ballin Knows Best
มุมมอง 6หลายเดือนก่อน
Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/615628/open_sms) Where do you find the time to write a blog, book client appointments, setup marketing campaigns, and get installs done? It’s a lot of hats to wear and we didn’t even get in to all of the other ones you wear. Technology has come a long way though and it’s here to help you in ways you never imagined. Cartoons like “The Jetso...
Managing Installation Crews - Marcos Guerequeta - Local Flooring Group
มุมมอง 11หลายเดือนก่อน
A single crew is easy to manage especially if you are on it. Two crews is manageable. More than that and you start having a lot of moving pieces between availability, type of work possible to assign, type of work produced, etc. How can you not only manage a schedule effectively for yourself but with great communication to the clients as well? Marcos Guerequeta is the owner of Local Flooring Gro...
National Price Differences - Ron Nash - Laticrete
มุมมอง 27หลายเดือนก่อน
Why does one store have a product priced at X amount of dollars and another at Y? Why does the price change as I move through different regions of the country? What goes in to pricing a product for national distribution? Why is having this conversation with other installers who don’t understand the big picture a pointless exercise? Multi-time guest, fan favorite, and friend of the show, Ron Nas...
Tapping in to a New Market Segment - Chris Resti - Crest Tile and Mosaic
มุมมอง 10หลายเดือนก่อน
Have you ever wondered how to get the higher end projects? What does it take to accomplish them? Who do you need to know? How do you need to perform? There are plenty of things that need to change and thinking that you do the best work in town isn’t going to cut it. Chris Resti owns Crest Tile and Mosaic near Rochester, NY. With a focus on fabricating mosaics and wall art, his journey didn’t be...
Building Your Lead Workflow Part 2 - Tony Pieroni - Flooring Dealer Sales Accelerator
มุมมอง 292 หลายเดือนก่อน
What happens with your missed calls or text messages? How about emails? How many times do you follow up with a prospect before considering the lead dead? How do you nurture a lead that is in its infancy? If someone isn’t ready to book now and get work done do you consider them a bad lead? All of these questions have to do with lead workflow and can have a big impact on how busy you can stay. Mo...
Building Your Lead Workflow - Part 1 - Tony Pieroni - Flooring Dealer Sales Accelerator
มุมมอง 522 หลายเดือนก่อน
What happens with your missed calls or text messages? How about emails? How many times do you follow up with a prospect before considering the lead dead? How do you nurture a lead that is in its infancy? If someone isn’t ready to book now and get work done do you consider them a bad lead? All of these questions have to do with lead workflow and can have a big impact on how busy you can stay. Mo...
Why Flooring Installers Are Paid Like Rockstars
มุมมอง 322 หลายเดือนก่อน
Nobody wants to work. People want too much money. Nobody will do it as well I can. What other excuses do you have for not having employees and trusting them to complete a project? It doesn't have to be that way but it will take some work and systems to have reliable, attentive, and empowered employees that do the right thing even when you are away. Matt Garcia, owner of Craftsman Hardwood Floor...
Opening A Showroom - Billy Fritzel - Fritzel Flooring
มุมมอง 362 หลายเดือนก่อน
Is it really worth it to have a showroom? Will it truly help your installation business? Won’t it just create more work and get in the way of running installs? It could not be worth it, it could get in your way, and it could create more headaches. However, it could also open up a new revenue stream, limit liability, and give you a path to something other than the “daily grind”. Billy Fritzel is...
My Education Never Ends - John Cox - Cox Tile
มุมมอง 142 หลายเดือนก่อน
My Education Never Ends - John Cox - Cox Tile
Workman’s Comp Savings - Brad Lenz - Rice’s More Than Floors
มุมมอง 233 หลายเดือนก่อน
Workman’s Comp Savings - Brad Lenz - Rice’s More Than Floors
Opening a Second Location - Chris Rogers - Wally’s Carpet and Tile
มุมมอง 313 หลายเดือนก่อน
Opening a Second Location - Chris Rogers - Wally’s Carpet and Tile
Creating Your Client Experience - Reggie Burke - Bayview Flooring
มุมมอง 163 หลายเดือนก่อน
Creating Your Client Experience - Reggie Burke - Bayview Flooring
Marketing for your Stage of Business - Justin Shaw - Driven For Growth - Part 2
มุมมอง 324 หลายเดือนก่อน
Marketing for your Stage of Business - Justin Shaw - Driven For Growth - Part 2
Marketing for your Stage of Business - Justin Shaw - Driven For Growth - Part 1
มุมมอง 234 หลายเดือนก่อน
Marketing for your Stage of Business - Justin Shaw - Driven For Growth - Part 1
From Installer to Retailer - Donald Perkins - Carpetland of New England
มุมมอง 214 หลายเดือนก่อน
From Installer to Retailer - Donald Perkins - Carpetland of New England
Choosing the Right Software Tom Strachan Service Buddy HD 1080p
มุมมอง 224 หลายเดือนก่อน
Choosing the Right Software Tom Strachan Service Buddy HD 1080p
Stop Selling Installations - Andrew Acker - Schluter Systems
มุมมอง 364 หลายเดือนก่อน
Stop Selling Installations - Andrew Acker - Schluter Systems
Building a Technology Stack - Victor Milazzo - Kronus Software
มุมมอง 94 หลายเดือนก่อน
Building a Technology Stack - Victor Milazzo - Kronus Software
I Had to Get Out of My Own Way - Mike Somodean - MSCS Inc
มุมมอง 54 หลายเดือนก่อน
I Had to Get Out of My Own Way - Mike Somodean - MSCS Inc
Who is Going to Come After You? - Pandy Pridemore - The Human Resource USA
มุมมอง 274 หลายเดือนก่อน
Who is Going to Come After You? - Pandy Pridemore - The Human Resource USA
Utilizing Drip Campaigns - Chris Frate - Pasquale Floors
มุมมอง 85 หลายเดือนก่อน
Utilizing Drip Campaigns - Chris Frate - Pasquale Floors
You Don’t Have To Do It All - Doug Howard - Growth Teams
มุมมอง 796 หลายเดือนก่อน
You Don’t Have To Do It All - Doug Howard - Growth Teams
Coaching Versus Cheerleading - Justin Shaw - Driven for Growth
มุมมอง 146 หลายเดือนก่อน
Coaching Versus Cheerleading - Justin Shaw - Driven for Growth