The Formula with Peter Roth

The Lead Gen Lesson


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How do you go from running a bar to building and selling an HVAC company and eventually discovering a whole new business in lead generation and call centers? In this episode, we dive into a raw entrepreneurial story about getting ripped off by contractors, learning sales from scratch, and discovering that the real power in marketing isn’t ads it’s people.

From paying a technician in Bud Light to building a scalable system that generates leads and appointments. If you're a business owner, marketer, or entrepreneur trying to figure out lead generation, sales systems, or scaling, this episode shares real insights from someone who learned everything the hard way.

Timestamps

00:00 – Spending $100K on HVAC mistakes
 01:12 – The technician who worked for Bud Light
 02:20 – Starting an HVAC company with zero experience
 03:30 – Learning sales and hiring coaches
 04:30 – Selling the HVAC business
 05:10 – Discovering the solar industry
 06:15 – Why solar sales reps struggle with leads
 07:25 – Seeing the opportunity in lead generation
 08:20 – Building a virtual sales team
 09:40 – Losing money figuring out marketing
 10:50 – Why human callers outperform ads
 12:00 – Accidentally building a call center
 13:10 – The problem with Facebook & online ads
 15:00 – Why “exclusive leads” don’t really exist
 17:00 – Competing with bigger advertisers
 18:30 – The reality of ad fatigue
 20:00 – Why most business owners struggle with ads


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