Pestie Profiles

This week we chat to Gavin Hutton from Pest Aid in Adelaide South Australia. Gavin is also the Australian distributor for Flowzone Knapsack sprayers. Gavin's original business EcoPest was one of the first significant business's acquired by Flick, so we talk about that and how he has also acquired several small pest business's to help bolster his current business Pest Aid. Definitely an episode for those looking at selling or buying another pest business!

To kick our 2nd season of interviews off we chat to Nick Peebles from Certified Home Inspections in Brisbane Queensland. Nick along with his wife, dad, mum and brother run a successful pest business with a focus on pre-purchase inspections along with some other unique services. We also chat to Nick about his time in Darwin and some of the feral animal control work that he does. Definitely a very cool episode, where we could have kept on going and still kept it super interesting!

To kick the new season off, Nicky and I have a recap of our 2021 season episodes. We chat about some of our favorite episodes, we look at the stats, discuss upcoming guests and we announce the results of the favorite manufacturer and favorite sales representative questions from our rapid fire questions. As usual plenty of laughs and a few hiccups to keep it real!

This week we chat to Brad Burnett from Pest-Nett Pest Services from Brisbane Queensland. Brad may be a mate but he still runs a very successful pest business focusing on strata. For those that are keen to build there strata portfolio in their pest management business this is the podcast for you.

This week we chat to Cameron Skedd from Acacia Pest Control Geelong, Victoria. If you thought running your own pest business was challenging? Try doing it with the challenges Cameron has! This podcast is the reason I started Pestie Profiles. It's stories like this that need to be told. This episode also gives an insight into my humble beginnings in the Pest management industry and how this man had a significant impact into where and who I am today! This is where I began my career path in pest management. This podcast is truly inspirational!

This episode we chat to Simon Jupe from Hindmarsh Pest Control based in Adelaide South Australia. Simon gives us an insight into pest management in Adelaide and some of the unique differences from the rest of the country. Simon also gives us some great marketing tips and how he has grown his business. Simon also shares with us some of the ways he handles the increasing workload while still being a solo operator. 

This episode we chat to Barry Clare from AllPro Pest Control in Brisbane Queensland. Barry has an amazing story about how he completely re-branded his pest business and turned into a business that anyone would be proud of. He shares with us many of his successes and failures so we can all learn from his mistakes and you can't help but admire his drive and determination!

This episode we chat to Laurie (aka Loz) Stephenson from Charm City Carpet Care and Pest Control in Bunderberg Queensland. We hear how this highly driven sportsman has taken over the reigns of the family business and taken it from a carpet cleaning and pest business to be Bunderbergs one stop pest business. This is the perfect episode for those that just do Carpet and pest and were contemplating expanding their services.