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
The Next Frontier of Technician Training with Ken and Dan of Interplay Learning
Interplay Learning is back on the podcast with longtime friend of the show, Ken Midgett, and his counterpart Dan Clapper. We sat down to discuss all of the new technology employed to better train field service technicians in a way they like to ...
How to Grow Your Local Serving Business with Old School Marketing Tactics Part 2
Part 2 of this series with Eric and Larry reviewed marketing tactics that worked for them in their service business. We hope you take away a few elegant ideas to create business for your company.TITLE SPONSOR:
Making Your Life Easier in the Field with Company Cam
Claire Ficke of Company Cam joined us on the podcast to tell us the benefits of Company Cam and share her business development acumen. We have used Company Cam as well as many of our clients and...
Making Clients Feel Safe to Help Grow Your Business
Ed Marchiselli of The Seal has an essential product for the service industry. Every company needs a differentiator and the Seal will do that for you. Our clients judge us daily, so why not make the...
Building a Better Air Filter with Oransi
Peter Man of Oransi has a great story that motivated him to start his business. He is passionate about this field. Enjoy the podcast! TITLE SPONSOR:
The Violand Executive Summit Series - Chuck Violand
Chuck Violand has been having the Violand Executive Summit for 18 years bringing classes to his clients at Violand Management. His clients are the best and the brightest in the service industry so he nee...
Violand Executive Summit: Answer Force and Rainbow International's President Josh Miller
We had many great conversations at the Violand Executive Summit. First we talked to Jeff Jones of Violand Management Associates with Mandy Rewis of Ans...
Talking Shop with Contractors and Coaches
We had many great conversations at the Violand Executive Summit. We talked to the famous John Monroe about staffing and Cara Driscole of Violand Management Associates. We also had the pleas...
Women Making A Difference In The Service Industry
We spent time with many thought leaders at the Violand Executive Summit. We talked to influencer Marcie Richardson of Guarantee Restoration, who is on the Board of the
Violand Executive Summit: Recruiting and Company Culture
We spent time with many thought leaders at the Violand Executive Summit. In this episode we sat down with Justin and Wyatt Sifford about their recruiting expertise and sales management systems at
Eric and Larry are GOING HUGE!
The HUGE Convention is the premier education conference for the home service industry. On August 23-25 at Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, you can experience a business life-chan...
Supercharging Your CSR Position with Free 2 Grow
Charlie Felker and Nathan Keller of Free To Grow have an amazing system. Free2Grow exists to help small business owners, owner/operators, and other service-based companies grow through handling b...
The Core Collective Event With Jason Gilstrap
Jason Gilstrap of the Core Group blessed us with his presence and told us about the CORE Collective in Austin from August 30 - September 1. The best ...
Bookclub Episode: Leadership and Self Deception
We teamed up with the Floodlight Consultants Chris and Brandon for a great podcast on the book Leadership and Self Deception by the Arbinger Institute. This is a great book to show us...
How Public Relations Grows Your Business with Heather Ripley
Heather Ripley is a public relations expert in the service industry. She wrote a great book, Next Level Now: PR...
Growing Your Restoration Business and Getting Paid What You are Worth
We had a great podcast with Jeremy Traasdahl and Josh Ehmke of One Claim Solutions and Derek Preece and Katie Harris of Spot on Solutions. We discu...
Special Edition: The Experience Las Vegas with Michael Balzano and Myldred Ingram
Michael Balzano and Myldred Ingram joined us to talk about the Experience Convention. The Experience Convention and Trade Show is the ideal location for anyone seeking...
How To Lower Your Business Insurance Bill with Kate Krebsbach
Kate Krebsbach is a wealth of pertinent information for the trades when getting and renewing your liability and any other insurance we may need. She is an insurance Advisor at
Hands On Field Experience.
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Kent Sonnier of Restoration Pros in Lafayette, LA. He runs a big company and knows the ins and outs of managing a service team. Getting the mo...
Training Field Technicians with Michael Israel
Michael Israel understands the service industry. He has been in the business, working in different capacities for many years. We had a great conversation about all kinds of concepts that our listeners will enjoy and benefit from.&n...
How Plumbing Companies Can Increase Revenue with Currie Gavreau
We had a great conversation with Currie Gavreau of Honest Water Filter. Currie is an expert in the Water Filtration industry and a business expert, especially in sales. Currie has been pr...
Get The Most Out Of Your Xactimate with WeScope
We sat down and had a great conversation with Frankie Soriano of We Scope. Frankie has walked the walk in the restoration billing arena. He knows what it is like to learn a completely new syste...
Becoming a Leader Worth Following with Brigham Dickinson
Brigham Dickinson is the founder of Power Selling Pros, he is a Spartans Race aficionado, and author of Something to Give, A Journey to Become a Leader ...