Contractor Cents

By Ruth King

Discover ideas, tactics, news, and information that matters to your contracting business and you. Increase productivity, profitability, customer and employee satisfaction.... more

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Contractor Cents episodes:

August 24, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 440 - Why Your Ads Fail & What You Can Do About Them – Part 1
If your business is like most businesses your ads fail. In this first of a two
part series, Neil Shoney tells you why they fail and what you can do about
them. Then you can have a real return on the advertising dollars you invest.
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18min
August 17, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 439 - What Would Financial Freedom Look Like for You?
What if you had financial freedom? What if your business was incredibly
profitable, had enough cash to cover any emergency, and you could retire
wealth?
This is possible for you. My guest, Chad Hufford is a financial planner and
coach who helps blue-collar professionals and entrepreneurs translate
business income into personal wealth, long-term clarity, and financial
resilience.
It all starts with mindset. He’ll help you get your mindset going in the right
direction so that your financial freedom plan becomes a reality.
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Nick Uttam
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19min
August 10, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 438 - Stop Paying for Leads: Let Your Customers Do the Marketing
Which is better: Word of mouth or paid ads?
My guest, Chris Fresh, says that word of mouth still beats paid ads. Chris is
the founder of the Plumbing Sales coach. His philosophy is “always be
serving” which has help technicians communicate better, provide a better
customer experience, and increase your company’s profitability.
He’ll tell you why word of mouth is better and how to make it a reality in
your company.
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Nick Uttam
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20min
August 03, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 437 - The AI Playbook Every Contractor Needs
The AI tsunami is here. How do you start…productively getting what you
want and need out of AI? My guest, Rudy Poe, teaches contractors how to
go from an “AI stranger” to a confident daily partner, giving you the skills
that last a lifetime.
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Nick Uttam
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17min
July 27, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 436 - The Growth Mistake Most Business Owners Make
The challenges of growth. You might assume that growth can be fixed by
hiring more people, marketing, changing software, adding more trucks, and
the other conventional things you might do as you grow.
My guest, Jenny Benbrook, has shown why doing these things doesn’t solve
the problem. She’ll give you the real answer to grow profitably and
productively. Jenny is a previous Contractor Cents guest. In her previous
episode she discussed whether you need all the software you have.
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19min
July 20, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 435 - What 30 Years in Business Can Teach You
My father always told me that the smartest business people learn from the
mistakes of others so they don’t make them. In this podcast, you’ll get the
opportunity to learn real world, boots on the ground, leadership lessons from
Keith Flores…a highly respected entrepreneur, HVAC industry leader, and
founder/operator with over 30 years of experience in the trades and
business world.
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19min
July 13, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 434 - The Delegation Mindset: How to Let Go and Grow
Do you get frustrated when your team members can’t read your mind? How
about when you get the feeling “If it needs to be done right, I have to do it
myself?” Or, maybe you can’t grow because you don’t like to delegate?
Skye Warren, Founder of the Unconventional Organisation, gives you the
three biggest reasons owners struggle to delegate and how to eliminate that
struggle.
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Ruth King
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Nick Uttam
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16min
July 06, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 433 - Profit Is Oxygen: Start Running Your Business That Way
Revenue is ego. Net profit is oxygen. Stop thinking revenue and start
thinking net operating profit….oxygen is that important.
My guest, Jackie Sponsler, Director of Onboarding and master Business
Advisor for CEO Warrior gives you how to look at cash flow, profits, and
more so you can truly focus on oxygen.
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Ruth King
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Nick Uttam
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19min
June 29, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 432 - Still Mad About Your Tax Bill? Do These 6 Things
It’s the June and probably many of you are still complaining about how much
you paid in taxes and vow to never do that again. What if you had six things
to do today to legally reduce your taxes?
Mike Milligan Certified Financial Planner and , founder of 1. Oak Financial
gives you some strategies that can help you now.
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Ruth King
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18min
June 22, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 431 - Buying a Building? Buying a Business? Here’s Another Funding Option
What do you do if need funding for your business? Maybe to purchase your
building, to buy out a partner or funding so your children can purchase your
business and you can walk away…or maybe some other reason. Many times
you turn to your banker. An SBA loan may also be an option for you.
Dillion Caraway, Senior Loan Officer at Live Oak Bank, the #1 SBA 7(a) loan
funder in the United States, gives you some options when you need funding
for real estate, to purchase a business, and more.
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Ruth King
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Podcast Produced by
Nick Uttam
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...more
19min

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How many episodes does Contractor Cents have?

The podcast currently has 501 episodes available.

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