Contractor Growth Network

By Logan ShinholserBusiness Entrepreneurship Marketing

Contractor Growth Network episodes

August 01, 2022 #339 How I Sold My $2M Pond Business
Last week we heard about how Steve grew Premier Ponds to doing $1.6M in revenue. This week we're joined by the 2 new owners of Premier Ponds to talk about how and why they bought the company for $2 million.

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1 hr 19 min
July 29, 2022 CGTV #38 Atlanta Trade Show Highlights and Employee Morale
Greg's joining today to talk about CGN's time at the Atlanta Build Expo, the role of tradeshows in business, and how he's been affected by the change in direction here at CGN.

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1 hr 1 min
July 25, 2022 #338 How I Built My $2M Pond Company
In 2001, my dad founded Premier Ponds. In 2020 he sold the business for $2 million dollars. Over the next two weeks, he's telling us all about how he grew his business, maintained it, trained two employees to be owners, and then sold it off to them. This is going to be a good one.

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56 min
July 22, 2022 CGTV #37 CGN's Biggest Failure of Q2
We're back with another "behind the curtains" episode of CGTV. Today Chris and I are having an honest conversation on the direction of CGN, the mistakes and successes of Q2, and the personal lessons we learned from it.

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42 min
July 18, 2022 #337 Should You Defend Your Prices?
Today we're talking about the question "How can I justify spending more with you than my other quotes?" and how you can answer this in your marketing and in your sales process.

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25 min
July 15, 2022 CGTV #36 Behind The Curtain of Hitting $2.5M
We've done a lot right, but we've also made a lot of mistakes along the way. Today we're having an honest conversation about the journey of CGN through all of it.

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1 hr 26 min
July 11, 2022 #336 "Not dumb, just mentally lazy"
Sometimes it's just easier to do more physical labor than actually solve the problem that's holding your business back (mental labor). This episode might hit a little harder for some. But if it does, that's a good sign. Today we're tackling an often ignored topic among business owners, mental laziness.

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21 min
July 08, 2022 CGTV #35 Is Marketing Inevitable?
The word marketing often leaves a bad taste in people's mouths. Today we're talking about why that is, and the relationship between good marketing and great sales.

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52 min
July 04, 2022 #335 Commoditization V. Customization
Is it better to be a well-oiled, templated machine, making yourself more of a commodity? Or a contracting artist that creates everything custom but is overrun with inconsistency and unpredictability? And which one makes you more money? That's what we're diving into today.

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25 min
July 01, 2022 CGTV #34 How I Am Recession-Proofing CGN
I'm not sure if you've turned on the news lately but... this is a good conversation to have any time. Today we're going over things you can do in your business to ensure consistency even in the worst of times.

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55 min

About Contractor Growth Network

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Growing up as the son of a successful contractor, Logan experienced firsthand the benefits of a healthy contracting business: less stress, more money, and more time for family. Now Logan runs Contractor Growth Network to help guide you on your journey to create a strong and reliable contracting business for your family.