IM HVAC Growth Podcast

Doug MacMillan from the Letter M joins Rob Murray for a conversation around using marketing to help grow your HVAC business. Doug has been in the marketing industry since the early 1990s and is a columnist for Mechanical Business magazine to keep the conversation around brand and marketing going and engage contractors in a broader understanding of what brand means. This conversation focuses on a discussion around the broader commitment to building identity and personality.

Adam Gracie is the President of Therm-All Mechanical & Electrical Group. Therm-All services all of Southern Ontario, from households to industries, and small businesses to municipalities. In this conversation, Rob and Adam about how to hire the right people for your HVAC business, how to build trust with your customers, how to get out of the truck and start working on the business as an owner and much more!

Wes is the President of Conestogo Mechanical, a mechanical contracting firm, offering high-quality services for commercial, industrial, institutional, & multi-residential buildings. He has been in the business for 24 years and worked his way from an apprentice to President of the company. Wes covers maintenance plans, bringing software into your company to help scale, how to get buy-in from your team and more.

On this episode Karen from DMC Services in Kansas joins us for a conversation on how DMC doubled their revenue overnight by taking risks and up levelling their mindset.

Michael Grochmal from Atlas Care joins Rob Murray for a powerful conversation on building an exceptional and consistent client experience, how to differentiate yourself to charge a premium, managing your staff so they live out the company's core values and are customer focused, and much more!

In this episode, Rob speaks to the CEO & President of the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI).

Sandy brings a wealth of knowledge after speaking to both small and large HVAC businesses across Canada. He shares what makes a successful business, the importance of having energy efficiency on your mind, profitability, and more!

Roy Bryan from Bryan's Fuel joins Rob Murray for a conversation on how to approach succession planning for your HVAC business with your family. Bryan's Fuel started in 1924 and has rapidly continued to grow ever since in Ontario.

Jason Laskis from DC Air joins Rob Murray for a conversation on the importance of air furnace filter efficiency especially during COVID, getting found on Google for the right content by the right customers, how to manage peak periods and when to use natural gas heating and electric heating (solar panels), and much more!

Jason Laskis is a young up and coming leader in the HVAC industry. Jason began working in the industry while earning a degree in Political Science at McMaster University. After completing school, Jason joined the DC Air team focussing on sales and management. In addition to his post secondary degree, Jason has earned numerous certifications from HRAI to sharpen his HVAC knowledge. Jason is a key member of the award-winning West End home Builders Association (WEHBA) sitting on both their events and U40 committees. The focus on greater sustainability and environmentally friendly applications in the HVAC industry is of great interest to Jason. As a young professional, Jason is constantly looking to expand his knowledge and keep up with new trends and fresh ideas.

Brad Cross from Cross Heating joins Rob Murray for a conversation on how to build systems in your HVAC business so you can work on your business not in your business, why going outside of the HVAC industry for training is essential, the importance of joining associations to propel your growth, and much more.