Profiles in Prosperity

Nancy O’Hare-Zika is owner of Yellow Dog Creative in Michigan, focusing on the marketing needs of companies in the skilled trades industry. Nancy shares some great low-cost ways to market your business, as well as sharing some current trends in marketing. You can contact Nancy through her website, https://yellowdogcreative.com.

In 2005 Nikolai Matveev came to the USA speaking no English and with no experience in our industry. Flash forward to the present and he’s an owner of a large,  successful Plumbing and HVAC business that he and his business partner started in 2013. How did he do it?

Chandler Pernell is going to be a force in our industry. He joins us to share his story of how he joined our industry, how he transitioned his role within the family business, and his vision for the future.

The Best Bibliophile returns to tell us about the top business books he read in 2020. And he has a special offer for listeners of this podcast.

Colleen Keyworth is the 2020 Woman of the Year. Colleen is the Director of Sales and Marketing for Online Access, an HVAC web marketing company located in Michigan. Colleen has a multi-faceted perspective on the industry. She gives us a bit of her professional history, and helps us with ideas to improve employee recruiting.

In 1983 a young Tim Boudreaux started Tim’s Air Conditioning. Thirty-seven years later he sold it and is heading off into a well-funded, adventurous, and active retirement.  In this episode Tim generously shares the story of his company and some of what he learned along the way including: his valued relationship with Lennox, Vicki LaPlant, Focus on the Future, an enterprising yellow page rep, moving to a bigger market, business processes, and more. Tim built a great company and Tim’s success is well-deserved. Learn from those that have been there and done it!

If you’re in business very long, you will eventually have an opportunity to interact with the media, for good or for bad. How you manage that interaction can make a big difference for your company. Lorri Allen, the Soundbite Coach, is an expert on all aspects of the modern media. You need to know what she can tell you.

Lori and Delayne Stickling are growing their family business. This is definitely a company to watch. What are they doing to grow and improve?

Thanksgiving is the best of holidays! Appropriate for this great holiday season, we speak with Jason Ball, president and owner of Artic Bear, who is well-known for his great company and his involvement in the community. Please listen to the very end; I’ve got a small request for you.

Lori Tschohl is the owner of Eagle Pipe and Mechanical in Port Ludlow, Washington. An amazing businessperson with a unique path into the HVAC industry, Lori shares how she went from a career owning several McDonalds restaurants, to starting two jewelry stores, and then becoming a business owner in HVAC.