by Stephanie | Oct 29, 2019 | Operations
Should you hire an apprentice or tradesperson? A trades business is a people business. You’re going to grow by hiring more people and by them doing the work of your business. That’s really the only way you’re going to scale your business... 
by Jon Dale | Sep 10, 2019 | Operations
You run your trade business. You want to be successful. You work pretty hard. And you want to know what the secret is, don’t you? Of course, you do. Sadly, I don’t really think there is one, at least not in the way we think of a magic secret. And certainly... 
by Jon Dale | Aug 21, 2019 | Operations
Trade business growth path choices. If you own and run a trade business, you’ve got some choices about what that looks like, don’t you? You could be self-employed, that’s a business. You can just find work for yourself to do and do it yourself. You can... 
by webadmin | Apr 29, 2019 | Operations
How to get off the tools? A.K.A. How to trust your team to do good work when you’re not there to keep an eye on them? This video I made is for Stephen Hornby. He’s in Builders Talk Group, and he posted this very question: “So how many people run their own... 
by webadmin | Nov 6, 2018 | Marketing, Operations
Tradie mistake number 1: Failing to show up. It’s quite common that customers try to arrange a quote from a trade and the trade person says they’re going to show, and then don’t. Or they arrange two or three quote meetings, and they don’t all show up. I heard this... 
by webadmin | Aug 21, 2018 | Marketing, Operations
There’s a lot of difference between a small and informal trade business, and a structured and systematized one. I’m Jon, from Small Fish Business Coaching and my coaching program helps people take their business from small and informal to bigger and structured and...
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