Guides for trades business owners.
Real numbers, the exact words, and systems you can install this week. Every one of them ends the same way, with something you can do about it this week.
Newest first.
Condo and HOA Work in Florida: How Trades Owners Win the Bid
Florida associations are spending. Here is who buys, how boards decide, and the math on whether a condo expo is worth your whole day.
Running a Trades Business in Palm Beach County: Price for the Soft Months
Palm Beach County runs on two clocks. Here is how to see what your soft months really cost, one tech at a time.
How to Hire an HVAC Technician Without Hiring the Wrong One
What an empty truck seat costs a month, why a fast hire costs more than the wait, and the one interview question that shows how a tech works.
Revenue per Technician per Day: The One Number to Read Every Monday
How to read revenue per technician per day against what one truck day really costs, and the table that shows which truck lost money last week.
HVAC Profit Margin: The Number Your P&L Is Hiding
One HVAC job from quote to actual, and what one unbilled hour a day costs a two truck shop in a year.
The Fractional COO For Contractors: What One Actually Does In A 12 Person Shop, And What One Should Cost
What a fractional COO does in a 12 person shop, and the year one math against a full time operations manager.
How Much Does an HVAC Business Coach Cost? The Published Prices, Compared
Every published price in trades coaching, who does not publish one, and the 12 month math on a $1.4 million shop.
Average Close Rate For Contractors: You Didn't Lose 39 Quotes, You Lost 12
Why the close rate percentage hides your biggest pile of quotes, and the math that finds it.
The Org Chart For A Small HVAC Company: How Many Boxes Have Your Name In Them?
The eight seats a small HVAC shop needs, and the dollar cost of the ones still sitting in your name.
Your $25 An Hour Tech Costs You $45. Here Is The Math.
What one hour of your best tech really costs, and the floor rate that covers it.
What Counts As An Emergency At 11pm, And Who Gets To Decide
Which calls get a truck tonight, which wait until morning, and who decides without calling you.
The First SOP To Write Is The One Costing You The Most
How to find the one process that is costing you real hours before you write a word of it.
27 Of Your Last 60 Quotes Never Got An Answer
What the quotes nobody answered are worth, and the three touches that close the loop.
What are your quiet quotes worth?
Four numbers and about two minutes tells you what the quotes nobody ever answered are costing you. No download. The number is free to see.
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