Taylor Olson, CEO and co-founder of Applause, shares how his personal and professional journey into the service industry led him to create a powerful technician performance management tool — Applause. Taylor explains how they help pest control businesses drive customer satisfaction and employee engagement through automated recognition and instant rewards. He also discusses core features like automated Google reviews, NPS scoring, and how tipping directly impacts customer retention and technician motivation. Discover how their new Scorecards feature integrates data from FieldRoutes and telematics to give managers and technicians real-time transparency, leading to measurable gains in retention and significant cost savings by reducing issues like accidents and reservices.

Join us as we discuss: 

• [2:53] Important lessons learned from early door-to-door sales experience

• [10:53] Boosting performance management and customer engagement through an intuitive mobile app

• [19:02] Giving owner-operators direct control over their techs’ goals and rewards
  

Check out these resources we mentioned during the podcast:

• Register for Ignite 2026

• FieldRoutes

• Applause

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