The 8020 Service Business

The 8020 Service Business

Get Bigger Results from Smaller Efforts. Do less. Earn more.

Episodes

October 6, 2022 46 mins

Debbie Sardone, best known as “The Maid Coach” started residential cleaning to earn some pocket cash. She soon discovered, she could make more than just chump change and create financial freedom for her family. Debbie built her business, Buckets and Bows, into one of the top 1% of residential cleaning businesses in the nation, boasting $2.9 mil and more than fifty employees. Debbie has taken that knowledge and now spends every day ...

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Meet Kenny Chapman Entrepreneur, business consultant, public speaker, author. These roles are all rooted in the number one value of Kenny Chapman: freedom. In our conversation, Kenny reminisces on his early path from the military service into the service industry. After starting in HVAC, Kenny admits he was not the most skilled technician, but striving for personal freedom helped focus his course. His objectives: to be good at busi...

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September 22, 2022 50 mins

Meet Brant Thurgood Call centers are often where dreams go to die, but for Brant Thurgood, it was a place of inspiration. As founder and owner of Jill’s Office, a virtual receptionist service that fields phone calls for small businesses, Brant has learned a thing or two about making small businesses function more efficiently. In our conversation, we touch on everything from weight loss goals to attracting the people to help you bui...

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August 18, 2022 45 mins

Nate Farrier Owner and founder of Northern Lightning Wash, a fleet and truck washing company in Traverse City, Michigan, Nate Farrier knows a thing or two about besting the elements. From nature to competitors, he shares how he began his company at the young age of 24 and quickly became #1 in the region. We touch on a variety of pertinent subjects, from unconventional solutions for the worker shortage to a brainstorm session on var...

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August 11, 2022 49 mins

Kary Oberbrunner Stop! Before you listen to this podcast, be ready for the truth bombs that you will hear. This is definitely an episode you will want to take notes on. Wall Street Journal and USA Today best selling author, Kary Oberbrunner, has a passion and clarity for life that will leave you invigorated and ready to take on your next big goal. Kary was a seemingly ordinary pastor with a desire to expand his reach outside the th...

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August 4, 2022 54 mins

Ryan Fenn  Ryan Fenn has a passion for automation and entrepreneurship. This drive led him to create Chiirp: an automated text messaging platform that helps businesses communicate with instantly and automatically customers. As CEO and founder, Ryan knows all about the necessity of immediate contact with customers in world where people's attention spans are shorter than a TikTok video, but Ryan is not your typical Silicon Valley tec...

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July 7, 2022 46 mins

Meet Matt Clark Matt Clark knows hustle. Hustle is in his bones. As a former NASCAR pit crew coach, he lives hustle at full throttle. Matt worked with drivers Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon, but his real fuel comes from helping other people clarify their vision of their life.

In our chat, Matt digs deep on the real questions that stop people from achieving their aspirations. “What can we automate? What can we delegate? What can we ...

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June 30, 2022 39 mins

Meet Victor Hubbard You won’t meet anyone with more knowledge of about SEO than Victor Hubbard. After many years in the yellow page sales circuit, Victor and his business partner, Dave Wade, figured out a way to help their customers move into the digital age. Thus was born Performance Driven Marketing. Grab your pen and paper, because this episode is packed full with everything you wanted to know about successful internet marketing...

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May 12, 2022 36 mins

Author and consultant, Al Levi has over 25 years of experience running his family's plumbing and HVAC company in NY. Founded in 1936, it was well established and had "systems"; but not all systems are created equal. After putting out the same fires daily, Al set out to systematize and create operational manuals for every role within the company. You'll enjoy his witty recounting of the struggles and successes he encountered along t...

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April 28, 2022 32 mins

Meet Julie Broad Real estate investor. Public speaker. Mom. Amazon best selling author. Julie Broad holds all these titles, but her favorite is self-ascribed “Book Broad”. Julie tells her story about how she was determined to share what she learned in the school of hard knocks AKA real life real estate investing. After being rejected by a publisher, Julie proved to herself, and the rest of the world, she had what it takes to be a b...

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April 21, 2022 46 mins

Meet Philip St. Jacques Philip St. Jacques is a marketing master with over 30 years of experience. He and his brother, Michael, always had an entrepreneurial streak. Philip had a passion for art and graduated from Rutgers with an illustration degree; Michael graduated with a computer science major and marketing minor. Together, they were the perfect balance of creativity and knowhow. When they first started their business, St. Jacq...

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April 14, 2022 56 mins

Episode 29: Meet Jersey Josh Cronin Josh is THE man for window cleaning resources. As podcast host of WCR Nation, he spends his time giving advice to over 100 people daily. He knows his stuff. Looking for just the right color of shammy? Josh has you covered. But like most window cleaners, his passion for the squeegee started as a side hustle. After realizing he could turn it into an actual business, he started USI. In pre-YouTube d...

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April 7, 2022 48 mins

What Meaghan Likes Likes Meaghan Likes LOVES business, especially home businesses. She grew up in an entrepreneurial family and jokes, “I was more active in the chamber of commerce at the age of twelve than the people in my town.” This passion for all things business has led her to some interesting jobs: over 60 for 75 employers in her short 35 years of life.  Armed with a deep well of knowledge, Meaghan has harnessed her passion f...

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As founder and CEO of the website and app SoTellUs.com, Troy Howard has built his career around helping the small business owner thrive.

His secret: automation.

Find out how automation can not only decrease your workload while maximizing profits, but also help you stay competitive for whatever the future may bring. Listen in as Troy brings the numbers to explain how he can turn your reviews into actionable marketing.

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March 24, 2022 61 mins

Jim Dubois is The Godfather of the squeegee. He has been in the window washing industry for almost three decades. As a teen, Jim knew one thing for certain: he wanted to be an entrepreneur. After growing his first business to 600 storefronts and 300 residential homes, Jim sold it and was ready for a new goal.  One fateful day and a mattress store with dirty windows inspired him to start again, and that’s how Squeegee Pros began in ...

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March 17, 2022 34 mins

Meet Tony Morgan Are you looking to sell your service business? Tony Morgan is in mergers and acquisitions for Fleet Wash and he has the inside scoop on what it takes to have a sellable business. Tony shares parts of the process and what acquisition companies look for. However, Tony didn’t start here. Tony helped grow and run Krystal Klean with his family for more than 20 years. He knows the cleaning industry and has some great adv...

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Jason Geiman lives to help people, but serving others doesn’t always pay the bills. After many years as a firefighter, Jason started pressure washing as a side-gig to gain financial freedom. Jason grew his business, learning ALL the mistakes the hard way. After selling his business, he has his eyes set on a new project.  Jason’s next goal: “to help people be successful and have financial freedom”. Help Jason reach his goal by liste...

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Howard Partridge  What does it mean to be phenomenal? Howard Partridge is the founder of Phenomenal Products; business systems that can change your business distinctively and rapidly. His message:  YOU are phenomenal. Your business can be, too. Howard’s life story might read like the “American Dream”. Howard grew up on welfare and now owns a multi-million dollar turnkey business, but becoming phenomenal didn’t happen by accident. H...

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March 1, 2022 42 mins

Shawn Day Are you gearing up for the spring season and working toward being fully staffed? You might be behind the ball already. Shawn Day is the Managing Director of BlueSkies Services. He founded, managed, and sold his own cleaning business; Shawn knows the service business industry inside and out. His motto: "always be recruiting". He’s here to answer all the questions you need to know to be prepared and ready to hire your ideal...

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February 28, 2022 60 mins

Dom Williams Dom who? You won’t forget his name after this episode. Dom Williams started his first business when he was twelve years old and launched C&C Cleaning right out of high school. He has entrepreneurship and innovation running through his veins. Utilizing his the lessons he learned struggling to fill positions within his own service business, Dom developed HireWho, a hiring platform that automates and streamlines the whole...

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