Financing Options for Service Industry?
Anyone out there offer financing options for their services. We are a house cleaning service and through our training center (we teach cleaning) we thought we would reach out to Affirm and sell our classes with financing option. When I spoke to Affirm they asked why not our cleaning services? Well, yes why not? Anyone has tried this? If you have what are some to dos and do nots have you learned?If you added ONE new service tomorrow, what would it be? 🤔💭
You know that one service customers keep asking about? The one that makes you think, “Maybe we should start offering that…” What would you add, and what would it take to make it happen? Share your thoughts below! 👇 In this Masters of Home Service episode, kasyallen, Haley Rogers, and Austin Rogers (arogersavai) get into choosing new services that fit your customers, testing demand before spending big, and tracking the numbers to see if a new service is worth it. 👉 Want to put their tips into action? Download our free cross-selling and upselling scripts. Never miss an episode of Masters of Home Service. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
At What Point Does “More Revenue” Stop Being the Goal?
As business owners, we’re constantly encouraged to grow. More clients. More employees. More service areas. More revenue. But eventually, growth comes with more management, more overhead, more complexity, and sometimes… not that much more profit. We’ve hit points in our business where the question shifted from “How do we make more?” to “How do we make what we already have work better?” Better margins. Better clients. Better systems. Better retention. More revenue per client. Less dependence on the owner. I think there’s a huge difference between growing a business and just making a business bigger. For those of you who have been at this for a while: how do you decide when to keep pushing for revenue growth versus optimizing the business you already have? And has anyone intentionally decided NOT to grow past a certain size?
What are you doing right now to make the phone ring for your business?
what is your go to advertisements or sales tactics to get lead generation? We have been in business for over 17 years now servicing the Tampa bay area and this year has hit us the hardest. I am an isa certified arborist and I do engage in networking and community events but despite our best efforts we are still experiencing a lack of leads. I don't want to just throw money at the wall but we are running out of options. what are some things that are working for you?Is your business showing up in AI search? 🔍✨
Have you ever asked AI something like “Who’s the best plumber in [your city]?” or “Find me a landscaper near me” just to see if your business pops up? If you appeared, what are you doing to make sure you maintain visibility? If not, PhilRisher has a few website tips that could help. 👇 In this Masters of Home Service episode, he covers website best practices that can help your business stay visible as search changes, from answering real customer questions to sharing pricing and local information and putting more work into your ‘knowledge base’. 👉 Want to put these tips into action? Download our free website optimization playbook for this episode. Never miss an episode of Masters of Home Service. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Any tips for making YouTube videos that actually bring in customers?
If you're creating videos for your business (or thinking about it), what's one thing you've learned that makes a difference? In this Masters of Home Service episode, Jacob Palmer (Palmer Electrical) talks about how simple YouTube videos became one of his biggest lead generators. He shares practical advice on filming real jobs, building trust before the first phone call, and using video content to win more local customers without relying on paid ads. Never miss an episode of Masters of Home Service. Subscribe on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Has anyone hired a commission-based sales rep for their business?
Has anyone hired a commission based sales rep for their landscaping company? Looking to grow our company and it’s getting harder to handle all the requests in a timely enough manner, but same time we aren’t busy enough to have another crew lead. Looking to weigh options and interested in feedback on how it’s worked for others.Is a Salesperson Different from the Person Who Makes The Quotes?
I had an interesting discussion with my mentor lately. Some background: I promoted a team member from carpenter to operations manager. I gave a base salary plus a percentage of gross profit above a certain mark. We didn't hit that mark so he basically just got his base salary for the quarter and was really disappointed, came in and just asked for a really high base instead. I was talking to my mentor about how our sales flow is structured and he mentioned I need to be thinking of the sales person as a lead generator, then the person who would be managing the execution as the person who needs to put the estimates together. That kind of blew my mind a little bit but the more he talked about it, the more it made sense. Keep in mind our projects are all custom essentially so there's different details for everyone, even if it's kind of the same thing. If I go and make the job walk, make the estimate then sell to the team, but then try to incentivize it based on a budget, it's not necessarily fair because the production staff had no part in making that budget. BUT if I'm able to create the "at bats", the foreman walks it with the client then assigns the amount of time and material it will take. Then there's less opportunity to miss details or something get lost in communication. I can give him a plaud unit to make sure to summarize everything. This would also solve the problem of clients treating me like the project manager even though I'm not supposed to be the project manager. I was the one that shook their hand and took their deposit so why wouldn't they send me the grout selections right? Anyway, if you read through all that - I'm curious what your opinion on this is.
