2451: Memorial Day: My 97-Year Old Grandfather Still Won't Talk About The War
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Welcome to the podcast; it’s Memorial Day, and I’ve got a great episode for you. Rich’s grandfather served in World War 2 at the tender age of 16 years old. He’s still alive today–he’s 97–and he still won’t talk about the war. Why? Well, listen to this podcast and find out–and let’s remember those heroes today.
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2450: Sunday Podcast: Running Through Hurdles
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Welcome to another Sunday edition of the Level 10 Contractor Daily Podcast… and as you know, Sunday is the day we stop down to talk about personal development and spiritual topics… and today we are going with personal development. Rich is going to tell you the story of the unlikeliest hurdling specialist--yes, you heard me right, hurdling specialist--you know, a guy who jumps over hurdles on a track… who taught him a lesson about not only facing adversity head on… but actually going out of your way to search for adversity, grabbing it by the throat, and owning it. If that sounds a...
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2449: Topic Showcase: Using Video
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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 showcase videos and how to use them in your marketing. Videos are a fantastic way to deliver your message, whether it’s sharing your company’s identity and brand promise or educating your prospects and customers on an otherwise complicated process. You’ll even learn today how you can turn your raving customers into stars.
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2448: Identity, Part 3 of 3 - Say It Often - The Wall Drug Strategy
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Rich wraps up his three-part Identity series by revealing the secret behind Wall Drug’s 20,000 daily visitors: relentless repetition. Using stories, psychology, and real-world marketing examples, Rich explains why contractors must “say it often” to dominate their markets. Learn the power of frequency, consistency credit, accelerated discontentment, and how to “Wall Drug” your market through Facebook, OTT, and organic content strategies.
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2447: TBT - Finding The Story
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Today’s podcast really should be in the hall of fame--this is GREAT stuff. It’s part of our Throwback Thursday series, and is taken from an old webinar that Rich did back in the Monopolize Your Marketplace days called “Finding The Story.” Today’s podcast is going to get down and dirty and teach you why stories work, how to find good stories, elements of good stories, and where to put them. Then he’s going to walk through a ton of examples so you can see how it all works together.
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2446: AI for Contractors: Your 90-Day Game Plan
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At the FAST Remodeler Conference, Rich unpacked a practical, contractor-focused roadmap for integrating AI into remodeling businesses. Rather than chasing random tools, Harshaw emphasized first-principles thinking, identity-driven marketing, and human ove
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2445: In N Out Burger Actually Sucks
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Ever been to an In N Out Burger restaurant before? If you’re from California, chances are basically 100% that you have… and chances are also close to 100% that you LOVE you some In N Out. But if you’re not from California… you may not have even heard of In N Out… and even if you have, you may not have actually tried it before. So here’s the question: How good is In N Out’s food? Well, if you ask Rich, he’ll tell you that despite what all his California friends say, it actually kind of sucks. How is it that his opinion--and it turns out, a lot of Texans’ opinions could be so...
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2444: 5 Ways To Make Customers Pay Higher Prices With Smiles on Their Faces
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Welcome to the Monday podcast–you know what that means… it’s time for the latest installment of our “5 Ways to Monday” series… quick, easy to chew nuggets of advice from the master himself. Today’s topic: Getting customers to pay higher prices… with a smile on their face. The basic premise is this: People don’t actually want to pay low prices… they just don’t know what they actually should be looking for… so your job is to help them see and understand.
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2443: Sunday Podcast: The Guy in the Gorilla Suit
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Welcome to another Sunday podcast, where we delve into topics a little more on the personal development and or spiritual side of things… and I think today’s episode will in fact cover both. Rich is going to talk to you about something called Selective Attention, which is where you don’t notice things that are literally in front of your face… and show you how by doing this, you might be unwittingly ignoring people all around you that could use your help. This episode is a mash up of psychology, spirituality, and just good old fashioned being a decent human being.
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2442: Topic Showcase: Inside Reality
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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, let’s focus on what Rich calls your Inside Reality, especially as it relates to your Outside Perception. He will define these terms in greater detail in the clips, but to put it simply here: your inside reality is how great your company actually is–all the things you do differently and why you are superior to the competitors in your industry–while the outside perception is how prospects and customers perceive your company from...
info_outlineToday’s podcast is for all you roofers out there… and hey, even if you’re not a roofer, listen to this anyway because the concept Rich is going to discuss is pretty darn cool. He’s going to borrow the strategy of club memberships that is pretty common in the HVAC world, and bring it over into the world of roofers. Why would he do such a thing? Well… in talking to one of his clients, he realized that if executed properly, a roofer could promise a client that they would NEVER have to pay for a major roof repair or replacement again, EVER… which if you think about it, is a pretty strong value proposition. The key question, then, is “how do you execute it properly?”