Builders Torque

The conception of designing a Business as "Custom as the Home you Build"

Here are some highlights from today's episode;

00:24 Striping down your business to the studs

01:05 We need to rebuild our business and change the industry

02:14 Builders are tarnished

02:56 You need to 'collapse time'

03:58 Custom construct Code

05:07 Building a house to a plan has a predicatable outcome

06:17 Builders Talk BIG!.. Find your sweet spot

07:20 Where do you want to be?

08:42 The prevailing wisdom to 'getting off the tools'

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Today I will talk about why clients pay you & what they don't care about and it may surprise you!

Here are some highlights from today's episode;

03:06 Client's don't care

05:16 Solve problems or fulfil on a desire, this is what create money

06:18 Chasing the Feeling

08:15 You don't get paid to be a specialist, you get paid to solve a problem or fulfil on a desire

08:48 The challenge is to find what is most valuable

09:53 Every client has a different definition of value

10:47 You want to find the most valuable problem to charge the most, and costs the least

12:33 Potentially we are setting up to loose... we just become a commodity

13:02 Customers just look at the pieces, product and processes... we need to uncover the value of what the client wants

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Today I will discuss the other 3 Founding Frameworks that will guide you & also allow you to design your business to be 'As custom as the Homes you Build'

Here are some highlights from today's episode;

00:53 3 Founding Frameworks

01:21 CONSTRUCT framework helping to successfully deliver your clients custom home

01:55 This is the part builders enjoy....

02:50 If you talk to older builders....

03:34 There is a lot more processes that need to be focused on

03:55 This is where the emotion starts to come into it

06:00 Having frameworks to control allowances

06:52 We are the experts and do it all the time..

08:29 If you've got your paperwork and that system....

12:45 CASH! what we all do it for

15:02 Supervisors and how much they cost you...

15:50 Price increases are we in for a profitless boom?

17:34 CULTIVATE what are you doing to ensure clients keep giving you money

18:38 Second money is the best money

19:56 If I can add $250k by not having to find another client...

20:27 It's not till the start to knnow, like and Trust you

21:23 Cultivating a cliet is making them happy and spending more money

22:41 What are you letting them down with?

23:33 The 6 founding frameworks

If you haven't already you can go & like Builders Torque's Facebook page or you can also catch replays on my business page - Designher Builder.

Today I will discuss the first 3 Founding Frameworks that will guide you & also allow you to design your business to be 'As custom as the Homes you Build'

Here are some of the highlights from todays episode;

01:17 Founding frameworks are like engineering plans for building a home

02:21 Your business will always be broken

03:48 Founding frameworks allow you to focus on a custom plan

04:43 charging for quotes, doesn't work in all geographical areas

05:49 CAPTURE how are you capturing the attention of your client

07:08 CAPTIVATE how are you moving your clients towards signing a contract

07:50 Why do we get clients at the end of their research cycle?

09:25 Clients don't relaise all buildig businesses are the same

10:08 We're not making the noise to be SEEN

10:42 The clients aren't aware of how we can help them

11:45 Finally someone that said YES

12:10 Clients will settle for the Loudest, Cheapest or Quickest

12:55 CONVERT getting them to shake your hand

13:42 We need to give the client an experience

16:14 Clients often see a house as a house and are prepared to settle for standard

17:29 The sale only happens when they sign a contract

18:27 Learn how to become a salesperson in your business or your'll have no business

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In this show I discuss the importance of taking the time to set a vision for your business so you can design it to suit your lifestyle so you can deal with the unexpected

Here are some of the highlights from todays episode

01:02 My word of the year

02:48 Put in a Framework....

03:55 A lot of us question the time our businesses take away from our family

04:57 No real clear direction for your business?

05:33 Soon the business starts to own us

06:38 We start our businesses back to front

07:15 What does money do for us, its really just a tool!

08:05 Look at when you first started your business what were you imagining

08:34 It's just like designing a custom home

09:56 You just think I will grow!

10:53 Advice is to get off the tools!

11:39 What is scaling? Why is it better than growing

13:20 Having the systems and frameworks sets us up for freedom

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By the end of this episode will have discovered the markers required to benchmark your business and why they are so important

Here are some highlights from today's episode;

01:08 What is your businesses starting benchmark?

02:43 This starting point allows you to reflect!

04:09 What markers can you dig up?

05:21 Like flood level benchmarks you can use these markers to mitigate effects

07:08 Benchmarks will help predict busy periods

08:12 There is always those times when you think.....

09:57 These are the expenses that will occur in that time

12:32 Although builders have a lot of work they may experience hadrship

13:21 What didn't go to plan?

14:54 How many social media posts have you done, are you top of mind

18:13 We often say I have enough work, but you could be missing out

20:15 These are the numbers that help you decide where to focus in your business

21:32 Is your website set up to repel the wrong clients

22:46 Before they come in I already have an insight....

24:16 These markers give us the ability to make better judgement calls

26:23 Make sure your mind your own busiess

27:31 Why do some builders seem more successful

29:06 Just like scaffolding, frameworks can save your business

30:09 Just like the homes we build, they are not the same, same

31:41 We know there is a framework for building but we often forget them

32:44 We often resort to using tactics but the don't give you repeatable success

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By the end of the show today you would have learnt 6 different pressure that we endure in our day-to-day custom home building business' but most coaches only talk about 2 of these.

Here are some highlights from today's episode

01:16 I Believe in plans that are as custom as the homes we build

01:55 I believe in assessing the tools you have available & create frameworks around that

02:17 Frameworks are designed for .....

02:53 5 Different pressures that show up in our lives

03:30 The wonky wheel thingy!

04:17 Our businesses are run by us!

04:45 Most coaches only talk about 2 pressures

06:30 One pressure is CASH

06:43 One pressure is TIME

07:18 One pressure is ENDURE

08:34 One pressure is EXPEND

08:55 One pressure is EFFORT

09:40 One pressure is CONCENTRATE

11:50 How do you rate your pressures?

12:58 Where are you at in your Business?

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What keeps powering me in my custom home building business

Here is some of the highlights form today's episode

00:15 What keeps powering me

01:36 What does this mean for your family

02:56 Why don't we just work for someone else

03:40 I was getting a strong call!

04:58 Are we using borrowed business models

06:24 Do you only get fixed amounts of money per year?

07:27 I need to start investing in my own business

08:34 Learning how to control

09:57 We are in control of how we design our business

12:02 We need to change the business model!

13:17 Most think to increase capacity, is to put on a supervisor

14:30 I believe that bringing more women into the industry....

15:04 Do you think you could improve your husband's business

16:15 Do you have The Mentality of not knowing how to build

17:29 Helping you design your business

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It all fell apart!

Here are some of the highlights from todays episode;

00:41 Imagine siting in your lounge room....

02:24 Angela, have you had thoughts of ??

03:49 When you start your business you think you will have lots of Money

04:04 When it all fell apart

05:44 We had to make a decision - Fight or Throw in the Towel

06:56 Isn't that why you go to trade school?

07:53 I Started to realise only You can improve your business

09:16 I Started a search for a way to do business better

10:43 We would of walked away....

11:42 They say to Become a specialist...

13:07 Not just know what to do but know how to do it..

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What Builders Torque is about & who I am!

Here are some of the highlights of todays episode;

02:08 - Why I started the show

02:50 - I started on job sites.......

05:18 - Started teaching myself how to design homes & opened custom building business

06:40 - What has it got to do with you & the building industry

07:08 - The customer service side of the business is never really taught

08:12 - Need to start identifying as significant part of business (wives/partners)

09:14 - Reinforce the industry

10:02 - The only way we make

10:40 - Started Builders Torque

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