2154: Friday Rant: Don't Let Perfect Be The Enemy of Good
The Level 10 Contractor Daily Podcast
Release Date: 08/01/2025
2345: Sunday Podcasts: 99 Pearls of Wisdom From Kevin Kelly
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It’s Sunday, and as you know, that’s when Rich turns his attention to spiritual and personal growth topics, and today he’s going to stick to personal growth. He recently ran across a list of advice from a gentleman named Kevn Kelly, who was one of founders of Wired magazine, and who was called “the Most Interesting Man in the World” by podcaster Tim Ferriss. Take a listen, I’m sure you’ll find a few things in here--or a few dozen--that will be worth your while.
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2344: Topic Showcase: Blogging
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Every Saturday, we showcase a topic important to you by rounding up the greatest highlights and clips from Level 10 Contractor’s ENTIRE podcast run. This week, we discuss the importance of blogs on your website. Blogs are a great way to engage your prospects and build the case why you are the superior choice. They are also masterful tools for winning the SEO war.
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2343: Why It Doesn't Matter How Big Radio & TV Audiences Are
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Friday’s podcast focuses on media buying… and Rich is going to make some pretty strong points about his favorite metric… C P M! That’s right, cost per thousand. This is just one more example of why it’s so important, and why it’s imperative that you be fluent in media speak, or you will get killed in negotiations. First, Rich will give an overview and an explanation… then he’s going to play a recording of a call between him and some media reps… this is good stuff!
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2342: TBT: Beating Google's Algorithm By Simply Understanding It
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Thursday’s TBT podcast is a strategy call between Rich and the marketing person at a garage door and garage flooring company who is looking for a little help with their website. We are going to pick up the conversation right AFTER Rich goes through a demonstration of some really good Service Area pages on a Level 10 Client website… then he gets into a conversation about what it really takes to beat Google’s Algorithm, among other things. Other topics covered include: Why other SEO companies can’t seem to figure this out, how SEO is like a war… and how to strategically create troops...
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2341 - Dealing With Crummy Internet Lead Services
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Rich Harshaw explains why most remodeling companies are terrible at marketing: owners excel in sales or production but almost never in true marketing strategy. Without a real expert, companies rely on generic messaging, weak websites, and ineffective ads. Rich urges contractors to focus on strengths and hire specialists to win market share.
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2340: Book Review: Made To Stick
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Tuesday’s podcast is a book review--Rich doesn’t do a whole lot of these, so you can be sure that if he’s recommending--and reviewing--a book, it’s probably a good one! This one is called “Made to Stick” by Chip and Dan Heath… and as the name would suggest, deals with the concept of making ideas stick in peoples’ brains. This is the book where the concept of “The Curse of Knowledge” first came from… and it goes through a formula the authors call “Success” which is an acronym for Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional, and Stories. S U C C E S… I...
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2339 - 5 Ways To Make Your Print Ads Work Better
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Most print ads fail because they look identical. Rich Harshaw explains how to stand out using five strategies: vary ad sizes, get personal, go bold with design and headlines, offer helpful information guides, and tell compelling identity-based stories. These tactics trigger attention, boost leads, and dramatically improve ad performance.
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2338: Sunday Podcast: Back To The Basics
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Today’s podcast falls more into the personal development category… and it’s all about the small stuff. Or not doing the small stuff. Or trying to figure out why you’re so averse to doing the small stuff. From health to wealth to relationships and spirituality… Rich’s message will help you identify and DO the little things.
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2337: Topic Showcase: Websites
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Every Saturday, we showcase a topic important to you by rounding up the greatest highlights and clips from Level 10 Contractor’s ENTIRE podcast run. This week, we focus on the hub of your marketing… your website. A strong web presence is crucial to success in this day and age, and we aren’t just talking about having a pretty website. Pretty is the default today. Your website has to do real work to get the proverbial date with prospects. If your website is not making a compelling argument why you are the absolute best buying decision possible, you’ll lose business to the company putting...
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2336: Ninja Level TV Negotiation
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Rich takes all the data supplied to him by TV stations in Boston, and walks one of Level 10’s Advertising managers through the numbers as a training exercise. So basically, you’re going to get real-world training on media buying directly from Rich… right here today, on this podcast. You’re going to hear Rich interpret the data through his favorite lens--CPM, or cost per thousand. During the course of the call, he points many things out to his pupil… but also calls on him to make his own conclusions… then once they’ve crunched the numbers, he formulates a negotiation strategy....
info_outlineFair warning, today’s podcast has some elements of being political in it… but the message itself isn’t political at all. It’s about kindness, empathy, and compassion… and how to give yourself and others permission to be less than perfect. This will be helpful in both your personal life and your business life.