Keith | 7-Figure Contractor Growth Expert

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@irentdumpsters @CollinJHumphrey Yeah we’re doing better than ever in the concrete world. But agreed word of mouth is slow right now. Referral networks on the other hand are alive and well. And ofc SEO always thriving regardless what the ChatGPT boys say.

@CollinJHumphrey Chilll

Why all the contractors getting 2008 vibes?

@DannyMagazu In my experience WhatsApp or iMessage groups are most common. We use WhatsApp for the field and Discord internally. I can’t stand using Slack.

What do home service businesses use as their main internal communication platform? Is Slack the most common?

@tannerdripjobs Guy that’s starts with subs can hire w2 crews along the way if he wants to make the business more sellable or squeeze some more margin out of it.

Two guys start a painting business. One does subs, one does employees. Sub guy scales fast. He sells a bunch of jobs and finds a team of subs to knock them out. W2 guy goes slow. He focuses on building a team 1 by 1 and even working on the jobs himself Which one wins after 5 years?

@keyan_concrete @pjmcgeary I can’t imagine anyone would need much more than this. Simple usually works the best.

I never liked the clunky CRMs. I made a Trello board that acts as my sales pipeline. I then use Zapier to create simple automations. For instance when leads come in, it generates a new card on the board and also creates a google contact on my phone. You can set all sorts of automations for when cards age, or if they’re moved down the pipeline etc. and cards can be assigned to people on your team. You could have it automated to collect and import new website leads, but also have automations set for when a new card is manually created which would be good for fb message leads and phone call leads that someone enters manually as they come in. One of my favorite things is when people call and go to voicemail, voicemail directs them to website form, they fill out form, then suddenly a missed call number turns into a valid contact via automations and I can jump on it from there. It might not be a one shot solution, but maybe alongside your other crm you can find a good strategy pairing the two. I also can’t speak to how it would work for your use case, given the extreme difference in volume, but it’s worked really well for me in my business.

If someone (aka another service business owner) can help me answer this, I’ll love you forever. How do you manage your leads at scale and make sure nothing falls through the cracks WITHOUT having something clunky and over-automated like GHL? For example, you get leads in one day from: -FB message -FB ad form submission -Website form submission -Phone call -Text referral ***My question is this — what system do you use to make sure all of those leads are being entered into a follow up cadence if they are not booked immediately?*** We’ve been doing this manually (and I’m doing a lot of the heavy lifting by managing the pipeline and making sure our team doesn’t miss anything) but I know for a fact I need to use some sort of automation to systemize all of this. I’ve been an absolute hound on this and it’s made me a lot of money, but I know to get my time back and to continue scaling I need to shift at least a little bit.

@CollinJHumphrey Neither if pursuing commercial work to be honest

Need some help guys. Starting a licensed plumbing company with 2 partners. We’re not trying to do everything. We’re going all in on water heaters first. Residential & commercial. Get known and really good for one thing, specialize, buy in bulk save folks money, etc.… then grow from there and add services as we go. Which name you picking? — Buddies Water Heaters — The Water Heater Pros Vote 👇 Thanks y’all

@bowtiedmeathead Floral business or really any creative business. Ofc will need good networking skills but that really goes for any business or career.

My wife and I were talking the other day about potential career options for my 15 yrs old daughter who really struggles in school and is likely not college bound/material. For guys it’s easy… Don’t want to go to college, pick a trade or figure something else out such as a police officer, firefighter etc. It’s not as easy for girls. I think she would do well in sales since she is attractive, has the personality and is extremely social (spends hours everyday talking on the phone to all her friends). For parents with daughters who aren’t on the college path…what are some real, high-income career options you’ve seen work?

@ZherkaOfficial Peruvian food is a top 3 cuisine in the world up there with Japanese and Italian. Mexican food being a close 4th.

South America has the worst food known to man with the exception of Mexico. Italian cuisine is still better than everything

@AmericaninBKK @HouseLyndseyRN @OpenVAERS Can’t DM you can you DM me?

@HouseLyndseyRN @OpenVAERS PM me. I am about to do some tests with Augmented NAC. Will use specialized blood tests to measure the results. It's for my wife. Can send you the planned protocol.

While it's clear covid vaccine injury must be addressed and hallelujah that ACIP appears to be doing that in a few days. Is it really a good idea to start defining vaccine injury by vaccine type? The 90% of vaccine injuries experienced by the covid vaccine takers overlap every other vaccine type in terms of reactions. If someone presents with GBS and took the Covid Vaccine and the Flu shot, and lets throw shingles in for good measure... is this PACVS???? It's VACCINE INJURY = POISONING. Call it either of those. Don't create a new classification. We should be having a national discussion on Vaccine Injury. And while we are at it can we discuss the bullshit platform the FDA produced this week? @RetsefL @RWMaloneMD

@TS_Secrets I tried skiing once. never again. I grew up skateboarding my whole life to snowboarding was just natural. I can’t believe snowboarding is any more taxing on the body than skiing.

I’m 43 and I only know how to snowboard. Never learned to ski. My wife says I need to switch because “you can’t snowboard forever.” But I’m not convinced. Snowboarding feels easier on my brain: • Both feet locked in • One board • Less thinking Skiing looks like too controlled with two sticks and two skis going different directions. So now I’m curious… Anyone over 40 still snowboarding? Or is my wife right and I should finally learn to ski before I break something? Disclaimer: the video isn’t me 😂

@stevehunsaker1 The richest guy I know watches Kobe Bryant motivational videos every mornings at 4am before the gym lol. I think it’s a “new money” thing though.

I have NEVER met a rich entrepreneur who consumes motivational content on the internet. Not one. Lesson there.

@mnolangray @Panzaredda Offices are obsolete. Absolutely no use in almost any application I can think of.

I'm generally pro-return to office, but I acknowledge that one of the stronger arguments against this view is the fact that the typical American office space is one of the most soul-destroying spaces in the developed world.

@TrdeToScale Office job probably won’t be here in 5 years so yeah definitely blue collar.

You’re 22. You get two job offers: Option A: Office Job • $70k salary • 40 hrs/week • No overtime •Low stress Option B: Blue Collar Job • $90k salary • 40 hrs/week • Overtime available • Physically demanding You must stay 5 years. Which option do you choose?

@jchal McDonough is metro Atlanta and doesn’t belong on this list. Swap it for Huntsville AL

Sunbelt cities to watch: Greenville, SC Wilmington, NC Savannah, GA Chattanooga, TN McDonough, GA What did I miss?

@eevblog It’s because it’s so easy to return items. You just drop them at Whole Foods. Amazon doesn’t care because the seller takes the hit

As a seller on Amazon, the return rate is crazy. What do people do, buy a multimeter, measure something and then return it?

@dom_lucre Plus sized compared to what?

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@PaulBeaty2 @Mr_Husky1 Maybe not originally but it’s 100% the reason any new driveway would be poured this way. I deal with the City of Atlanta permit office everyday between the homeowner. And don’t even try to change impervious area around “state waters” which FYI is every body of water lol.

@tenxkumar @Mr_Husky1 These existed before impervious surface fees started on the 1990s. Good practice, but not the reason.

Anyone know why people did driveways like this?

@Louis8594 @EliteRager69 @Mr_Husky1 The driveway in the photo definitely does not predate impervious code. Any one in construction can tell that concrete is max 15 years old. I'm talking pervious concrete not pervious pavers. Clearly you have absolutely no idea what youre talking about just spouting shit.

@tenxkumar @EliteRager69 @Mr_Husky1 You’re the one stating incorrect information with a dumbass avatar of a hard hat dude… those driveways predate any code related to impervious code period end of story. For being “3 certified impervious contractors” (lie) you should have that depth of information.

@Louis8594 @EliteRager69 @Mr_Husky1 Okay buddy whatever makes you feel better. I can show you 10 permits I’ve had to pull this year related to impervious areas. I’m also a NASCLA GC in 7 states and one of 3 certified contractors to pour pervious concrete in the state of Georgia. Keep talking down though.

@tenxkumar @EliteRager69 @Mr_Husky1 No one cares about your resume you’re shitting dumb incorrect info to create engagement dipshit (your welcome) I own a concrete company, GC firm and develop large scale commercial projects. Be quiet you’ve said enough lmao

@Louis8594 @EliteRager69 @Mr_Husky1 I deal with this stuff daily in my concrete company but okay.

@EliteRager69 @tenxkumar @Mr_Husky1 He’s dead wrong… these driveways were around LONG before impervious laws were a twinkle in this genius’s papa’s eyes… simply put, it was a cost saving measure. Dude just speculating like he knows stuff lmao