Blue Collar Nation
Eric and Larry of Super Tech University, supertechu.com, have years of blue collar service business ownership. They know, all too well, that running a blue collar business is not for the faint of heart. For that reason, the Blue Collar Nation Podcast is dedicated to making the lives blue collar service business better. With humor and an unfailing optimism, Larry and Eric invite guests from all areas to the blue collar world to share ideas and help owners run their businesses more effectively.
Episodes
322 episodes
Ken Midgett and Paige Knowles
Today we have on Ken Midgett, aka Coach, plumbing instructor extraordinaire with his star pupil, Paige Knowles. We talk about the scarcity of young women joining the skilled trades and what drove straight A student Paige to take a chance on tra...
The Tuesday Topic: Wayne Clayton of Ambassador LLC on Starting a Business from Scratch
Wayne joined Larry and Eric to talk about the traits it takes to "grow into" your business. Most people do not understand the hardships and sacrifices it takes to start a small business from scratch and actually grow it. Wayne is one th...
Intentional Estimating with the DYOJO's Jon Isaacson
In the water damage restoration world, like many trades, a large amount of money can be won or lost during the estimating process. Jon Isaacson has recently written a very important book about proper estimating with Xactimate for restorers and ...
Tuesday Topic: Field Technician Issues and How to Solve Them
TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETINGThis episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com. Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, custo...
Restaurant Repair Industry Software Discussion: Roopairs
David and Raymond Bartolomucci of Roopairs grew up in the restaurant industry. Their father owns and operates several successful restaurants in the Bay area of San Francisco. Cutting their teeth in the industry working in the family business si...
Tuesday Topic: Process Goals vs. Outcome Goals
TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETINGThis episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com. Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer ...
Million Dollar Landscaper with Scott and Kati Molchan
Landscaping, like many blue collar service businesses, is not for the faint of heart. Many landscapers start out as "technicians" and lack the general business and marketing skills to grow and scale their businesses. Ultimately, they have a "jo...
Service Fusion: Amazing Home Services CRM
Jeremy O'Hara of Service Fusion joins the Blue Collar Nation podcast to talk about keeps track of your techs, your sales, your clients, and your fleet. Having tried many CRM's over the years, Eric and Larry are really impressed with Service Fus...
Interplay Learning: Online "Video Games" for Training the Trades
CEO Doug Donovan joins us to talk about Interplay Learning's next level training for HVAC, Plumbing, and Electrical trades. These "video games" are so amazing and make learning the trades fun and exciting.Listen to hear how this super affor...
Save Your Clients Homes from Electrical Surges
Fred Kreusch of RectorSeal is a total surge protection pro. Larry and Eric are not. Therefore, Fred gives the guys a master class on all things surge protection as it relates to HVAC systems.Protect your home and your family, learn what...
Tuesday Topic: Don't Send Your Ducks To Eagle School
Have you ever promoted a top performing technician to a management/leadership role and it all went terribly wrong? We have (multiple times). Learn the system of how to figure out who can make that leap from tech to manager and how to train them...
Chuck Violand: Overcoming Our Bad Habits as Owners
Chuck Violand has been the leading trainer in the Restoration industry for decades. In his vast experience of working with contractors, Chuck has learned that the problem with most closely held businesses is t...
Good Technician In-Home Behavior Grows Service Businesses
We train our guys and gals how to do the technical work, but are we training them to be awesome in the home? Most issues in the service experience are created by poor in home technician behavior. Learn the systems we created to build u...
Success is an Inside Job: Panel Discussion with Bruce DeLoatch, Dan Udy and Bill Yeadon
Larry and Eric sat down with great friends Bruce DeLoatch, Bill Yeadon, and Dan Udy to talk about how we think and feel affects our performance as business owners and managers. This was a great panel discussion with a lot of varying viewpoints ...
Does your business look like your dream?
We all started out with a dream business. It turns out to be a dream for sure! With hard work that dream can be a nightmare or a wonderful time in life. We expect our experiences will help you have a better business you are pr...
Morning Tech Meeting Story
We all have a back ground that is interesting. This is Eric and Larry's story and how the Morning Tech Meeting began. We had a lot of fun, mixed in with a few tears, with our blue collar service business. Many blue collar serv...
Business is Theater
Giving a great production as well as great service goes a long way in the blue collar service business. Wearing a clean uniform, communicating with the client well, putting on booties, having confident eye contact, showing up in a c...
Local Marketing Strategies for Service Businesses
Eric and Larry Share their marketing experiences with their blue collar service company Shamrock in the local community. The best way, they found was looking people in the eye and shaking hands. Clients were developed at the chamber...
Local Marketing Strategies for Service Businesses: Part 2
Eric and Larry discuss the personal nature of connecting with a local market. In this episode, they share their tricks of the trade to better engage their community and create cheerleader clients that stayed with them for years.Sponsore...