Blue Collar Nation Eric and Larry

During the recent Violand Business Planning Retreat Eric and Larry had a chance to speak with Dallas Nevill, owner of Rainbow Restoration Mesa, Arizona.Dallas tells the story of how he owned an independent restoration company and experienced all the hurdles and pitfalls that can often come with owning your own business. He made a decision to convert to a Rainbow Restoration franchise and now has the processes and systems to help him in his business, allowing him to scale his operations ...

Eric and Larry recently met up with Justin Sifford, owner of Wylander, at the recent Violand Business Planning Retreat in Naples, Florida. Wylander is a recruiting company that specializes in finding and placing top talent in all areas of the nation. Working in industries such as restoration, construction, HVAC and flooring, to name a few.Our conversation centered around the unique challenges that restoration companies face when they hire for positions specific to the restoration indust...

On today's show, Eric and Larry's guest is Mike Balzano - publisher of Restoration & Remediation magazine and host of Trade Talks: Unlocking The Experience Podcast. The conversation centers around the upcoming Experience Conference and Exhibition April 3-5 in Chattanooga, TN.Its a new day for the cleaning and restoration industry! R&R magazine has now taken over The Experience Conference and Exhibition. Eric, Larry and Mike discuss what everyone can expect from...

In today's podcast, Eric and Larry sit down with long-time friend, colleague, and certified bookkeeper Electa Bartels. Electa is also the founder and owner of Profit In Your Pocket. What is Profit In Your Pocket, you ask? It is bookkeeping exclusively serving the home service industries. Our conversation today centers around small businesses and some of the unique challenges that face Home Service Businesses, especially when it comes to knowing the numbers. Bookk...

Today Eric and Larry sit down and reminisce on the reasons why and how Super Tech University started. Owning a service business in Southern California for many years, Eric and Larry found themselves in a constant cycle of working overtime, stress, and not having the freedom they dreamed of. Nearly all the issues they had stemmed from problems such as their team not knowing: How to behave in a client's home How to communicate with the client &n...

Long time friend of the podcast Joe Crisara of Service MVP, widely known in the trades as Uncle Joe, is the Blue Collar worlds #1 sales trainer and today joins Eric and Larry to discuss his new book What Should We Do?: How to Win Clients, Double Profit & Grow Your Home Service Sales.What Should We Do? is a down-to-earth primer on persuasion, selling, presentation, and closing. Full of boots-on-the-ground anecdotes and eye-opening insights, it offers a principle-centered system that helps ...