“Team members should be treated in the same way as customers.” If you repeat this statement often but it’s false day-to-day, it produces cognitive dissonance in your culture, allowing bad habits and toxicity to form. Maintaining this culture will deter young people from your company and ultimately lead to its Read more…
Shockingly, there isn’t an industry-wide required certification process to put fire into customers’ homes. However, there are many obtainable certifications that not only ensure your staff is expert at what they do but also plant peace of mind in your customers’ minds. Given the option, virtually nobody would choose an Read more…
When a salesperson is standing in front of a customer, it’s important to ask intentional questions. Listen to this episode to get a framework for finding the right tone for sales situations and asking questions that genuinely show customers you care. While we prepare Season 10 of the podcast, Tim Read more…
Two-thirds of Americans believe that the climate crisis is a major issue that needs to be addressed. Yet, many of the major companies that occupy our lives daily continue to pump out tons of CO2 with little to no public scrutiny. This is because they offset their emissions by purchasing Read more…
In recent years, our industry has been too occupied by intense demand to orient our businesses in accordance with shifts in society. Today, there are industry-wide struggles in labor, sales, supply, and electrification. These things are about to converge and impact our industry like never before. Listen to Grant Falco’s Read more…
Once you’ve paid for a TV ad, it’s gone. This isn’t necessarily bad, but before dumping money into marketing you buy, you should assess if you’ve fully taken advantage of the marketing you own. Listen to this Rapid Reaction Episode to learn more about the two different types of marketing Read more…
The Fire Time Podcast launched over four years ago, and the first episode featured today’s guest. After praising him as the George Washington of our industry’s Mt. Rushmore, Tim asks this guest to respond to a series of questions that came in throughout the last season. In today’s episode, Tim Read more…
Too many people treat business decisions like killing fish. Today’s guest explains how he believes this mindset is detrimental to maintaining meaningful connections with the people a business serves. Instead, he claims, every decision should be thought of as planting a tree. In today’s episode, Tim sits down with Kirk Read more…
The business owned by this episode’s guest experienced one of its greatest periods of growth during the 2008 recession. With the current instability of the economy, learning how to prosper when everyone else is suffering is in your best interest. This guest will explain how he did it. In today’s Read more…
Imagine operating a hearth business that dominates its local market and coaching a kid’s soccer team while being Tim’s accomplice in almost every endeavor. This episode’s guest does all these things in stride and has the humility to admit it’s not always easy. In today’s episode, Tim is joined by Read more…