Let's not sugar coat it.
Owning a small Plumbing, Electrical or similar service business is tough.
You have to be all things to all people.
You’re working hard out in the field.
You price all the work.
You do the invoicing.
You chase the clients for payment.
You order materials.
You work in with the other contractors.
Not too mention trying to be a good partner, parent or friend.
And if you’re not working, you don’t get paid.
So down time and holidays or vacations are tough.
The constant pressure of keeping it all going can be overwhelming.
You want to grow so you can get some more help…
And maybe someday get yourself off the tools…
But when you think about growing you struggle to see how it might work…
More employees feels like more cost before they turn a profit…
And how will you keep them busy if the work flow isn’t there…
And you’ve heard the horror stories of businesses that grow and went downhill with all the extra stress and pressure.
You feel caught between the old chicken and egg problem of
do I get more work and then hire or do I hire first and then get the work.
Or maybe you’ve tried hiring already and it was a bit of a disaster.
You had a bad experience and it’s left you “gun shy.”
And there’s another annoying issue that can crop up.
You get so busy doing work the for the customers that you run out of time to look for more work which can cause “lumpy” workflow and lumpy cashflow.
So when you haven’t done it before, cracking the code on how to grow is hard.
Sometimes you try to copy what other successful businesses have done.
Maybe I should update my website?
Do I need a Facebook and Instagram page?
Should I do this? Should I do that?
But this is tricky too because each stage of growth has a specific set of challenges and solutions and unless you follow someone who is just a bit bigger than you you’ll probably focus on the wrong stuff.
After working with 1000’s of Plumbing, Electrical and similar business owners over the last 11 years we know exactly what you need to do next to grow when your business is a small one or two person operation and your monthly revenue is under $35K.
That’s why we’ve developed The Profitable Tradie Elevator Program.
The Elevator program is designed specifically for businesses doing under $35K in monthly revenue who want to grow quickly and successfully.
In the Elevator Program we focus on the three things that you need to master in the next 90 days to grow quickly and easily.
More cash from existing work.
Simple and inexpensive marketing tools to get more work so you are confident to hire.
And hiring another quality tradesperson or technician.
The Elevator course has the tools you need to action each of these 3 things.