• Contractor Cents - Episode 447 - Stop Stalling: How to Get Your Home Service Business Growing Again
    Oct 12 2026

    You’ve hit a plateau. You’re not growing as much as in the past. Your profits are suffering. What do you do to get out of this situation? My guest, Steve Buors, gives you the answer to what separates the home service companies that continue to grow from those that hit a plateau. Steve is CEO of Reshift Media. He discusses the common mistakes he sees, what the best operators do differently and why growing into new markets creates challenges a lot of owners don't see coming.

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    Ruth King

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    18 Min.
  • Contractor Cents - Episode 448 - Who's Watching Out for Your Employees When They're Working Alone?
    Oct 19 2026

    Safety is critical. No one wants anyone to be hurt on the job. But what do you do if you are working alone? How do you make sure that you are staying safe? What should you be paying attention to? My guest,Stephen Luke, President of SoloProtect, gives you the answers to these questions and more.

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    Ruth King

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    15 Min.
  • Contractor Cents - Episode 449 - Guessing at Profit? It's Time to Get Your Finances in Order
    Oct 26 2026

    Financials - Before you roll your eyes and click off this episode – we’re going to make the topic entertaining and informative…at least this is what is promised by my guest, Danielle Hayden. Danielle is the Owner & CEO, Kickstart Accounting Inc. CPA and a Small Business Financial Educator Danielle works with service business owners who are avoiding their numbers, guessing at profit, and putting off their finances until tax season forces the issue. She gives them the systems and the confidence to actually use their books to run their business.

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    Ruth King

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    16 Min.
  • Contractor Cents - Episode 446 - How to Make Your Dispatch Team More Efficient
    Oct 5 2026

    Dispatch, in my opinion, is the hardest job in a contracting company. Yes, harder than the CEO because it is constant stress – from customers and field personnel. How do you deal with dispatch issues and keeping them as stress free and productive as possible? Mia Parker, partnership specialist at Probook gives you some easy to implement ideas that could help your dispatcher.

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    Ruth King

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    17 Min.
  • Contractor Cents - Episode 444 - How to Rank in ChatGPT, Gemini & Other AI Searches
    Sep 21 2026

    AI Search is changing how people look for your company. Many of the searches are not even human now. How do you optimize your company to rank with Chat GOT, Claude, Gemini, Co-Pilot and other Large Language Model searches? My guest today, Cassie Egli, gives you the steps to make AI searches productive for your company and you.

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    Ruth King

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    19 Min.
  • Contractor Cents - Episode 445 - What’s Your Moose? The Secret to Standing Out
    Sep 28 2026

    How can you market and become identifiable to your customers? Kay Miller, co-author of the Uncopyable book series along with her husband Steve, discusses how easy it is to identify your moose and your color. Go to www.beuncopyable.com/moose-ruth for a form that helps you identify your moose.

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    Ruth King

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    17 Min.
  • Contractor Cents - Episode 443 - Stop Blaming Your Employees for Turnover
    Sep 14 2026

    Do you struggle with employees leaving and turnover? How about giving team members accountability without micromanaging? My guest today, Ryan Eglin, CEO of Core Matters, believes that employee turnover is a system problem and not a people problem. He’ll give you some tips on decreasing turnover and increasing accountability.

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    Ruth King

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    18 Min.
  • Contractor Cents - Episode 442 - Happy Labor Day !
    Sep 7 2026

    Your field employees’ billable hours generate the revenue for your company. Your office personnel support the field so that they can do their jobs effectively and efficiently. Today I’ll cover tracking billable hours and the productivity ratio. These two metrics are critical to ensuring your labor force is productive and profitable.

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    Ruth King

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    18 Min.