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julie
Builder 2
1 month ago

Do you know your Home Service Community Coaches?

We want to make sure you know who they are!

Our Community Coaches are experienced home service pros from diverse trades and backgrounds who are active in the forum and genuinely here to help. Whether you're navigating a tough business decision, looking for advice from someone who's been in your shoes, or just need a second opinion, these are the people to ask.

Greg - [HUGEHomePros​]
I'm a general contractor with 6 years of experience in the business, starting as a handyman brand, growing into a remodeling company. These days, I help pros with their marketing strategies, operational challenges, and avoiding the same mistakes I made early on!

Judith - [judithvirag​]
17+ years in the cleaning industry. These days I spend a lot of time helping other pros with building their teams and strategic management of the business and I wish someone had told me sooner about how to create culture.

Daniel - [PestFreeCanada​]
I've been in pest control for 15 years. These days I spend a lot of time helping other pros with entrepreneurship and team management, and I wish someone had told me sooner about marketing and finances.

Anthony - [AnthonySalazar​]
5+ years in pet waste removal, and I've spent most of that time figuring out how to stand out in a crowded market. These days I help pros build authority through content and brand-building. I wish someone had introduced me to direct response marketing a lot sooner.

Travis - [travisshepherd​]
30+ years in facilities engineering and construction management. One year in building my exterior cleaning and painting business from the ground up in Indiana. Ask me about operations, leadership, and what it's like starting over.

Zach - [MTLcontractors​​]
General contractor, 20+ years in the trades. Ask me about managing full-scale renovations and creating content that actually builds trust with clients.

Rosie - [roselvaggio​]
I'm a residential and commercial cleaning with (almost) 10 years in the business. I mostly help other pros with culture/retention, systems, and leadership development.

Simon - [TurfT​]
I've spent nearly 20 years across electrical, cleaning sales, and lawn care.These days I help pros build AI-powered systems that handle the admin work most of us are still doing manually at 10 PM. I wish someone had shown me sooner how much time you can get back when your office runs itself.

Cory - [WiringByron​]
I'm an electrician with 18 years in business and I love to help out other businesses with Systems / Tech stacks / Sales and Marketing. 

If you've got a question and one of these coaches is in your corner, don't be shy.
Tag them in any thread, and they'll be happy to weigh in! 👇

This community is built on real people sharing real experiences, and a big part of what makes it worth showing up to is the people who consistently show up for others. 🙌

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  • roselvaggio's avatar
    roselvaggio
    Verified Community Coach
    1 month ago

    So excited for this opportunity! After ten years, I love developing more leaders and continuing to show up everyday to learn something new. Home service entrepreneurship is truly an art!

  • judithvirag's avatar
    judithvirag
    Verified Community Coach
    1 month ago

    HI Everyone, such a priviledge to be included in this group of amazing coaches.  Please reach out if you need help.  I am here to assist!

  • blueocs's avatar
    blueocs
    Contributor 3
    1 month ago

    Hello judithvirag​ and roselvaggio​! We are a husband and wife owned cleaning business, would love to chat sometime and share about our journey and gain your valuable insight into the industry we serve. :) 

    • roselvaggio's avatar
      roselvaggio
      Verified Community Coach
      1 month ago

      Happy to help! My husband is our “ninja in the background” and that comes with a unique set of tools haha. Let me know when you’re free!

      • blueocs's avatar
        blueocs
        Contributor 3
        1 month ago

        I feel that statement! We both have strengths that are completely different from one another and make doing what we do work so much better. I'll send you a message :) 

      • blueocs's avatar
        blueocs
        Contributor 3
        1 month ago

        I will be available Tuesday afternoon next week. 

  • HUGEHomePros's avatar
    HUGEHomePros
    Verified Community Coach
    1 month ago

    Hey that's me on there! We may be on that poster but you better believe we are going through it every day also. I'm continually making mistakes but trying to learn from them. I love that part of Rich Dad Poor Dad when Robert K tells his rich dad he's not selling any copy machines, and his dad responds with "you aren't failing enough". Keep failing and if you want my two cents, drop me a line in here or even better, tag me in your post so the whole group can benefit. 

    • Goodsteward's avatar
      Goodsteward
      Contributor 2
      1 month ago

      I started my junk removal business 3 months ago and I haven’t been able to get the momentum I was hoping for with clients. It seems like every time I give the client a quote, some kid comes along and does it for 1/3 the price. How do I compete with that? 

      • HUGEHomePros's avatar
        HUGEHomePros
        Verified Community Coach
        28 days ago

        You don't - thing is if you start competing on price, it's a race to the bottom. What you should do is make sure what you are charging isn't unreasonable. If you are confident this is what you need to charge, don't worry about being undercut. What you need to look at is what value you are bringing. Are you and that guy doing the same exact quoting process? If so, how could your customer tell. Are you taking forever to get someone a quote? Are your quotes professional? Junk removal is tough because it's perceived low skill but there are definitely things you can do.

        The free fixes: be a good communicator, get your quotes out fast, looking clean, good google my business page, building authority with social media. Have all your friends leave you great reviews with pictures (you can provide them the pictures)

        Fixes that cost money: wearing good looking uniforms, having a good truck wrap, building out automations in your business. 

        Now I'm not the guy to tell you to have a lower price but when I started out, I did things for cheap so I could get lots of reviews. When my reviews were over a certain threshold, I gave myself a raise. But if you are confident in what you are charging right now, then stop worrying about being undercut and focus on what you can do to get the customers you DO want. 

    • thprice15's avatar
      thprice15
      Contributor 2
      1 month ago

      Thanks for being here! Yes.  This statement from Robert K, as well as a scenario discussed from one of Jessie Itzler's books where at the dinner table each night his wife's father would ask the kids how they failed that day, and celebrate it! The main key being, we need to be willing to fail but take notes about them, find out how to solve to avoid repeating that failure, then rinse and repeat! I love the idea of a AAR (After Action Review) where soldiers gather with their team after a mission and assess how they failed, and what to avoid next time.  
      Great being here with y'all and I love learning from each person's experiences so that we can avoid some issues we haven't seen yet!
      God bless.

    • julie's avatar
      julie
      Builder 2
      1 month ago

      Couldn't agree more. Gotta get comfortable at failing 🙂‍↕️

      Thanks for the reminder, Greg! 

  • PestFreeCanada's avatar
    PestFreeCanada
    Verified Community Coach
    1 month ago

    No one should ever stop growing, learning and helping. Those are fundamentals of a great business owner.

    I have already learned so much from you all on here and glad that I can show some usefulness to some of you too. I can't wait to hear more success stories and grow together.

    • julie's avatar
      julie
      Builder 2
      1 month ago

      "Never Stop Learning" is the motto 🙌

  • Homeownership's avatar
    Homeownership
    Contributor 5
    1 month ago

    There is such a great fund of knowledge here.  I will be tagging them with my questions as soon as I can. 🤜💥🤛

  • Janierucker's avatar
    Janierucker
    Contributor 4
    1 month ago

    Hello everyone! I'm Janie Rucker, owner of Denise Family Tree Financial & Career Solutions LLC. I don't know the coaches yet, but I would love to connect, learn from their experience, and grow my network. Looking forward to meeting other business owners and being part of the community!

    • julie's avatar
      julie
      Builder 2
      1 month ago

      Hey Janie, thanks for introducing yourself and welcome to the Home Service Community! Spark your own post, continue convos in the thread, and tag a coach where you see fit. Looking forward to seeing you around the community 👋

  • Janierucker's avatar
    Janierucker
    Contributor 4
    1 month ago

    Not yet, but I would love to connect and learn from them. As a growing business owner, I'm always looking for opportunities to network, gain knowledge, and build relationships within the home service community.