Five Steps to Take Advantage of the Recession and Grow Your Business
In this episode of the Built for the Trades podcast, Dan Dowdy shares his insights on setting up a successful business venture. He emphasizes how having a strong and clear vision serves as an essential first step towards success; creating a leadership team to move forward with that vision is then key to achieving one’s goals.
Recap with Dan Dowdy: Exploring the Benefits of Trades: Josh Zolan’s Journey and Insights
On this episode of Built of the Trades podcast! In this edition, our hosts, Dan Dowdy, and Nathan Glass, dive into an important topic that can transform how we approach our goals: the power of discipline. Drawing from an insightful interview with Josh Zolan, the CEO of Wendy City Equipment, the hosts emphasize the significance […]
Exploring the Benefits of Trades: Josh Zolan’s Journey and Insights
In a recent episode of the Built For The Trades podcast, host Dan engages in a captivating conversation with Josh Zolan, owner of Wendy City Equipment, podcaster, speaker, and author of the book “Blue is the New White.” This dynamic duo sheds light on the advantages of entering the trades while delving into Josh’s remarkable […]
Recap with Dan Dowdy of Interview with Rachel BetterBid
In this blog post, we will discuss emotional capacity and leadership, a topic introduced by Dan Dowdy, the host of the Built for Trades podcast, during the recap of the interview with Rachel Better Bid, the VP of Digital Marketing from Coal March. Nathan Glass, the marketing manager at Built for the Trades, joins Dan […]
Why Having An Online Presence Is Important For Business
On today’s Built For The Trades podcast episode, host Dan Dowdy is interviewing Rachel Betterbid from CoalMarch. You will get to hear how having an online presence is essential for any business looking to grow and reach more customers. For home service companies, this is particularly important as consumers increasingly rely on the Internet to […]
Recap With Dan Dowdy: How XOI Could Benefit Your Technicians
In a podcast recap episode from Built For The Trades, Dan Dowdy discusses the importance of understanding others’ perspectives in leadership. The episode features JP Cahalan from XOI Technologies, who stresses the value of putting oneself in the shoes of technicians to develop technology that benefits them. Dowdy shares a quote from Kylie Francis that […]
How XOI Could Benefit Your Technicians
Dan Dowdy, the Built for the Trades podcast host, interviews JP Cahalan from XOI Technologies, which provides an app for technicians to capture and collaborate on work and get coaching. Calahan talks about his background and growing up in a small town in Florida, where he worked at a paper plate factory during his summer […]
Recap with Dan Dowdy: Investing in Customer Service Skills: A Key to Success for Trades Businesses
In this episode of the Bill for the Trades podcast, the host, Dan Dowdy, invites Nathan Glass, a coach, and facilitator at Built for the Trades, to discuss a leadership topic pulled from an interview with Zach Garside, the CEO of Power Selling Pros. The phrase that caught their attention was “doing what is right […]
Investing in Customer Service Skills: A Key to Success for Trades Businesses
In the trades industry, customer service skills can be the difference between a thriving business and one that struggles to stay afloat. This was the focus of a recent episode of the Built For The Trades podcast, where host Dan Dowdy spoke with Zach Garside, CEO of Power Selling Pros, a company that provides customer […]
Recap With Dan Dowdy: Overcoming Adversity and Impacting The Next Generation
In this episode of the Built podcast, Dan recaps his interview with John Akhoian, the CEO of Rooter Hero, the largest residential plumbing service company in California. John shared his inspiring story of overcoming the victim mentality and how he turned his traumatic experience into his superpower. In this blog post, we will delve deeper […]
