046: The Top 10(ish) Things to Do to Build a Sellable Business with Paul Maskill
Release Date: 04/07/2025
056: Automate, Delegate and Systemize Your Home Service Business with Mike Abramowitz
Blue Collar Prosperity
Mike Abramowitz and his team specializes in getting time back for owners while also increasing revenue without any additional spend on marketing. As co-founder of Better Than Rich, Mike leads GSD Intensives, where his 30+-person plug-in team installs custom systems and AI-powered virtual assistants support for home service pros ready to get out of the weeds and off the tools. They streamline sales, referrals, and hiring—without adding more marketing spend or burying the owner in busywork. Mike also hosts The Better Than Rich Show and runs the “Automate, Delegate, Systemize”...
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055: Using God Mode to Transform Your Business (and Life) with Trent Lowenstein
Blue Collar Prosperity
For all the gamers out there, this interview will hit home. Trent Lowenstein joined Paul on the podcast this week to discuss God Mode and business. What does that mean? When you have an abundance mindset and switch to God Mode, you realize you are 100% in control of your world. Trent Lowenestein- Former Director at Nexstar, GM for PE group shop, Director and lead coach for Tommy Mello’s program, creator of GodMode strategy for business, Hvac, Plumbing, electric shop business owner (with successful exit), now he’s the future president of Next Level Pros. In today's interview, Paul and...
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054: Stop Lying to Yourself About Your Profitability with Paul Maskill
Blue Collar Prosperity
Almost every home service business owner that I talk to has one of two excuses of why they aren't creating consistent, predictable profitability. 1) They are "reinvesting" back into their business. 2) They don't want to pay taxes. In today's solo podcast, I focus on #1, the convenient excuse that only sounds good to the person saying it - "I'm reinvesting into my business." I also share the proper way to reinvest into your business while making sure your cash flow remains healthy. Lastly, are you not sure if your pricing is right? Download my free pricing calculator:...
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053: Why You Won't Be Firing All Your CSRs Tomorrow with Brigham Dickinson
Blue Collar Prosperity
Our first repeat guest on the show is here and it's a great conversation. A year later, Paul has brought back Brigham Dickinson from Power Selling Pros. Even with AI Voice being all the talk in home service, Brigham's business focuses on training (human) CSRs. Brigham originally joined us last year to talk all about turning your call center into a profit center and training CSRs with Power Selling Pros. He’s back this year to discuss how the landscape has changed, including training technicians, and where is AI taking us. In today's interview, Paul and Brigham talk about: How we can...
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052: Lessons Learned from Failure and an Eventual 9-Figure Exit with Chris Lee
Blue Collar Prosperity
Ready to learn from someone who went from zero to a 9-figure exit in less than 5 years? Chris Lee is here today to share his journey and wisdom. Chris Lee is the Founder and CEO of Next Level Pros, an entrepreneurial accelerator fostering business growth and development for small to large sized businesses through education, private equity and venture capital investments. Chris founded Solgen Power, a vertically integrated solar provider, in his garage fall of 2017, later exiting to private equity at a 9-figure valuation… all in 4.5 years. His team was recognized by Financial Times as the...
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051: Stop Crushing Your Cash Flow with Construction Work with Chris Wisniewski
Blue Collar Prosperity
Most companies in the trades start out by doing a little bit of everything. That usually also includes a lot of construction work. Why? It doesn't cost as much in marketing. It's a consistent flow of work. The problem? It will eventually crush your cash flow if the work isn't being done on your terms. Today's guest lived it. Chris Wisniewski, owner of Integrate Comfort Systems, joined Paul Maskill on the podcast this week. Chris Wisniewski is the Vice President of Integrate Comfort Systems — or ICS — a family-owned HVAC company based in northern New Jersey. ICS was founded by Chris’s...
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050: What Sets the Most Successful Home Service Businesses Apart with Paul Maskill
Blue Collar Prosperity
The podcast is about to turn one years old! In this week's Blue Collar Prosperity Podcast, Paul shares with you the Top 10 Takeaways from the first year of interviews. The overall theme? The most successful businesses in the trades simply do the basics better than everyone else. With all the technology and AI pouring into the home service space, it still comes back to running a great business by doing the little things. The top 10 things you need to be doing today are shared in this solo show. Lastly, are you not sure if your pricing is right? Download my free pricing calculator:...
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049: Lower Your Marketing Spend & Build Raving Fans with Clifton Muckenfuss
Blue Collar Prosperity
If you're ready to stop spending so much on marketing and instead have way more fun turning your current customers into raving fans, you're in the right spot today! Paul interviewed Clifton Muckenfuss, founder of Building Raving Fans. Clifton Muckenfuss is a serial entrepreneur with an extensive background in sales, marketing and leadership. His career spans over 20 years and he has founded / co-founded and scaled construction and service based companies. Clifton evangelizes and teaches the concept of “Raving Fans” – people so happy about you, your culture and your brand that they...
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048: Master In-Home Sales with Joe Crisara
Blue Collar Prosperity
Paul had the privilege to interview the legend, Joe Crisara, on this week's podcast. Joe is the founder of Service MVP Training. He transformed his failing home service contractor business by realizing that value comes from offering unique services, not just lower prices. Now, alongside his wife Julie, Joe helps thousands of service professionals triple their revenue through his ethical "Pure Motive Service" system. Known as America's Service Sales Coach, Joe's down-to-earth style and direct approach come from his personal experiences. His teachings on persuasion, selling, and closing have...
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047: Implementing an AI Texting Platform with Quinn Litherland
Blue Collar Prosperity
There are new AI tools coming out every single day. How do we know which ones to trust? How do we know which ones won't make our customers angry? How do we know which ones will last? In this podcast, Paul interviews Quinn Litherland, the founder of Revin.ai. Revin is the revenue co-pilot for home service companies that will help automate their call center, inside sales and marketing efforts. Their main tool in doing this is AI-powered chat / text messaging. The main topics that Paul and Quinn discuss are: Why is texting so important for home service businesses? People have very strong...
info_outlineIn this week's podcast, Paul hosts his monthly solo show where he shares with you two things:
- An exciting announcement of his partnership with Brentwood Growth. This partnership will allow Paul and Brentwood to serve more companies in the trades while helping more owners build a sellable business.
- The Top 10 Things you need to do with your business to ensure you can sell it at any time. A business that can be sold at any time will provide you the freedom and flexibility most business owners desire and seek.
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