PowerTips Unscripted

How can designers and production staff improve their success in the remodeling industry?  Guest Jeff Borovitz joins Victoria and Mark to talk about the deadly sins that get in the way of reaching your full potential.  

Jeff has worked and trained with many members of the Remodelers Advantage Roundtables community and brings that experience in talking about patterns and trends to continue, and avoid.

Since 1991, Jeff has worked with businesses across the globe, helping thousands improve their sales organizations and sales culture.  Jeff is now the owner of Sandler Training, a sales and leadership training company that helps business owners increase revenue, shorten sales cycles, and hire better-performing sales teams.  

Victoria, Mark and Jeff talk more about:

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In this episode, guest Alan Hanbury of Hanbury Builders Inc. discusses three common areas where remodeling contractors are underperforming because they believe their gut rather than facts.

Alan also talks about referral marketing, the effects of job costing done half-heartedly, and hiring when taking net profitability into account.

Alan is president of House of Hanbury Builders Inc., and recently retired after 45 years as owner of the full-service remodeling firm in central Connecticut. Alan now concentrates on teaching, consulting and other business coaching opportunities. 

Victoria, Mark and Alan talk more about:

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For many remodelers, digital marketing is the “voodoo” magic. With so many options, where do you begin? Well, Spencer Powell has the answer.

In this episode, Spencer dives into his new book, The Remodeler Marketing Blueprint. He talks about everything that you need to know about being found online, successfully.

Spencer is the CEO of Builder Funnel and founder of Builder Funnel Academy, author, and radio host. Spencer has been a longtime guest and sponsor of the show, and gives listeners even more knowledge about marketing in the remodeling world in this episode.

Victoria, Mark and Spencer talk more about:

• How this journey began.
• How marketing has changed over the years.
• What the marketing blueprint looks like for remodelers.
• The biggest mistakes remodelers are making today.
• And more…

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Learning the best way to work with purchasing managers can help create great outcomes for both sides of the remodeling business.  With over a decade of experience in operations and purchasing for a national homebuilder, Bradley Hartmann has researched and found the importance of having purchasing sales teams devote their time exclusively focused on the specific needs and opportunities for remodelers. 

Bradley, founder and CEO of The Behind Your Back Sales Co., goes in depth about what suppliers really say behind your back on this episode of PowerTips Unscripted.

Mark, Victoria and Bradley talk more about:

• Why it may feel like Remodelers are second-class citizens in the eyes of lumber and building material dealers
• What suppliers are saying behind remodelers backs
• The sales fundamentals missing from most remodelers
• How Remodelers can best position themselves to get the best pricing and service from dealers
• Questions Remodelers should ask to determine if they are the best fit for a specific supplier

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For many, determining the compensation for an employee is nothing more than doing a quick google search, or in our members case, maybe asking their peers what they pay a particular position.  But Tom Miller doesn’t really agree with that methodology.  Instead, his company helps businesses apply the best compensation strategies that help recruit great talent.

Tom is the founder and president of The VisionLink Advisory Group, a compensation design firm that services private businesses across North America. Tom and his firm have served over 600 companies across all industries. 

In this episode, Tom discusses how to help small businesses apply the best practice compensation strategies that help recruit great talent, encourage execution of the business plan, and growing a company.

Victoria, Mark and Tom talk more about:

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Effective communication is measured by outcomes. Communication without an outcome is like traveling without a destination. The communication techniques used in selling are frequently more disastrous than helpful.

In this episode, Dave Yoho will expound upon several powerful communication techniques that have a psychological background, and have been proven to lead individuals to the outcome(s) they desire.

The measure of all communication is the outcome achieved. If you are not receiving the outcome desired with your communication – change what you are doing.

Dave Yoho is the president of Dave Yoho Associates, a widely recognized small business consulting company. He sits on the board of public companies, has appeared in over 100 video training series and has made over 5,000 speeches in all 50 states and 17 foreign countries.

Victoria, Mark and Dave talk more about:

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In this episode, we take a closer look at the sales process. We are always looking for fresh ideas and concepts that apply specifically to remodelers and those in the building community.

Our guest Jen Neige is adamant that you should be selling to design, NOT designing to sell, and she shares how you can improve your closing ratio, gain more control of the sales cycle and earn a design fee within two hours.

Jan Neiges is a National Kitchen and Bath certified Kitchen Designer and on the nine-member board for NKBA. Jan brings her 20 years of experience as a kitchen and bath designer and her 40 years of sales experience to share the selling process that she has developed.

Victoria, Mark and Jan talk more about:

• Background on how Jan began working on this process.
• Why this process is so important for remodelers to consider.
• What some of the issues are within the industry faces that drives the need for using this process.
• And more…

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Small business owners spend a lifetime building a company and have one shot at getting their exit right.

Yet waiting to pounce on this unsuspecting group is a legion of financial mercenaries, private equity predators and corporate giants set up to prey on owner’s lack of experience when it comes to mergers and acquisitions.

These financial engineers use sleazy tactics like “strategic pacing,” “re-trading,” and “proprietary deal flow” to dupe owners into selling their life’s work for pennies on the dollar.

Our guest in this episode, John Warrillow, passionately advocates owners reframe how they approach their company from thinking of it as a job to building a transferable and valuable asset.

John is the founder of The Value Builder System, a simple software for building the value of a company used by thousands of businesses worldwide. He is a past Keynote Speaker at our Remodelers Summit and has been a guest here on PowerTips Unscripted in milestone episodes 01 and 100.

Victoria, Mark and John talk more about:

• The selling trends that John foresees with business owners who were hit hard during the pandemic.
• The biggest mistakes John sees owners make when it’s time to sell.
• The evil tricks large corporations and private equity groups use to pray on inexperienced owners.
• How owners let potential buyers know they are interested in selling without looking desperate.
• When owners should tell their employees they are thinking of selling.
• And more…

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Networking has been called the number one rule of business success. That’s fine for those outgoing high-personality types like Victoria, but what is the less-than-sociable remodeler supposed to do?

Our guest for this episode, Matthew Pollard, has written a new book in The Introverts Edge series that addresses just that. He shares some of the secrets from the book and other tips and advice about taking your networking to the next level.

Matthew’s system outlines how to build your dream Rolodex, from identifying high-level connections to getting them thrilled to be in your corner. The best part is, you don’t have to be someone you’re not.

Matthew is an internationally recognized consultant, speaker, blogger, author, mentor, coach, and serial entrepreneur with five multi-million dollar business success stories under his belt, all before the age of 30. He is the founder and CEO of Rapid Growth, LLC, dedicated to achieving maximum ROI for businesses of all sizes.

Victoria, Mark and Matthew talk more about:

• What motivated Matthew to write about networking for introverts.
• Why so many introverts struggle with, or even hate, networking.
• Suggestions and advice for what introverts should do differently.
• The number one networking mistake Matthew sees introverts make.
• And more…

Matthew’s Website with links to his books, media, speaking dates, etc.

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Have you given any thought to your exit strategy? How are you going to leave your business when you’re ready to retire and enjoy your remaining years?

It is never too early to start, and you should really be planning for that day, no matter how many years you have left.

There are many options when it comes to planning a successful exit and our guest, Dave Leff, joins us to talk more about his process, one that he is closing on within the next few weeks.

Dave, President/CEO of Leff Construction – Design/Build, explored a number of different options over the past five years and ultimately determined that an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) was the direction that provided the best outcome.

Victoria, Mark and Dave talk more about:

• When Dave first started thinking about exiting his company.
• The main things Dave did to prepare his exit strategy.
• The main options Dave considered for your exiting and the pros and cons of each option.
• The decision to go with the ESOP option.
• How an ESOP works and the benefits and challenges.
• And more…

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