The ProfitDig Radio Show
Strategies for building a successful construction company, as well as construction industry news and commentary. Topics will include creating winning job bids, maximizing profitability, job costing, marketing strategies, our thoughts about industry trends and more.
Episodes
147 episodes
Inside Dickson Water Authority: Management, Challenges, & Innovation
In this episode of ProfitDig Live, we sit down with Scott Miller, the newly appointed CEO of Dickson Water Authority, to discuss how the organization operates, the challenges of managing a water system, and the innovative technology improving e...
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Why You Must Read Every Page of a Set of Drawings When Bidding Construction Work
One small error can cost you big, which is why you must read every page of any drawings given to you during the job bidding process. You may bid a job 3 or 4 times before you get drawings complete enough to offer a hard bid. There may be archit...
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What Is A Change Order? Construction Contract Basics Explained
Change orders are a crucial part of construction contracts, but do you know how they work? In this episode of ProfitDig Live, professional construction Project Manager, Jeff Spencer, breaks down what a change order is, when you need one, and ho...
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How a Contractor Should Deal with Weather Delays
What happens when bad weather slows down your job site? 🏗️❄️ In this ProfitDig Power Tip, Chris Work and Jeff Spencer break down what new contractors need to know when weather delays hit. From checking your contract for allocated weather days t...
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What Size Projects Should You Pursue? A discussion from Digging for Profit, Chapter 15
In this discussion, based on Chapter15 of our book, Digging for Profit: Secrets to Success in the Construction Industry, the guys talk about what size projects you should pursue for your business, which is based on many factors.Another ...
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What We Expect for the Construction Industry with the Election Over
The guys talk about what they expect for the economy and the construction industry now that Trump has won the presidency.ProfitDig - bid jobs, track costs, make money. Version 3 coming soon!!!
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How to Start a Successful Career in Construction
The ProfitDig guys talk about how to have a successful career in construction. Construction can provide a great life for you and your family, but it can also bury you if you make the wrong mistakes. You career will begin by working for another ...
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Should I Buy a Skid Steer or Backhoe? We Answer a Viewer's Question
Our viewer, @Anouyz asked: "I'm looking to get into some equipment. I do smaller scale rough stonework patios drystacked walls, etc. Do you think I should go for a skid steer to get the...
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RPOs - Another Way for Contractors to Acquire the Equipment They Need
Jeff Spencer discusses how RPOs ("rental purchase options") are a great way for contractors to acquire the equipment they need while still maintaing flexibility. These agreements allow you to apply rental payments to the purchase of equipment -...
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Buying Versus Renting Equipment for New Construction Contractors
ProfitDig's Jeff Spencer, a highly experienced construction project manager and company owner, discusses renting versus buying equipment, especially for new contractors. Jeff advises that you own your smaller tools and equipment, But heavy equi...
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Making a Living as an Independent Contractor
A peak into a conversation between Josh Young. Jeffrey Washington and the ProfitDig guys about making it an independent contractor. It's not easy getting started, and they talk about things they have had to do along the way to generate income t...
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Customer Relation Strategies for Home Improvement Contractors
Josh Young, with Young's Construction, and Jeffrey Washington from NK2 Home Solutions, home improvement contractors in Middle Tennessee, discuss customer relation strategies to make sure their customers are happy and come back for repeat busine...
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What a Handy Man Needs to Know about Licensing and Bonding
Continuing our conversations with Josh Young (Young's Construction) and Jeffrey Washington (NK2 Home Solutions), we discuss the need in certain counties for having a home improvement license that allows you to do much bigger jobs. Licensing exi...
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How Contractors Can Help Each Other Out for More Success
Josh Young, with Young's Construction, and Geoffrey Washington from NK2 Home Solutions, who are good friends while also competing in the same market, talk about their history together and how they are able to help each other build more successf...
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18:36
How to Build a Business Empire with Entrepreneur Jeremy Perkins
Successful entrepreneur, Jeremy Perkins, author of the Amazon best-seller "The Entrepreneurs Intervention: The 12 Steps to Business Recovery", has experienced wild swings in his business career - from being broke millions in debt to now owning ...
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The Difference Between Spec and Custom Home Building
Entrepreneur Jeremy Perkins explains the idea of "spec homes" and "custom homes." He describes his business structure, which includes rental houses, home building and storage. He explains the difference between "slow money" and "fast money" - h...
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18:47
Going through Hell to Get to the Top
Successful entrepreneur, home builder and author Jeremy Perkins, talks about the mistakes he made and bad life decisions that led to losing his business before turning it around. As Jeremy explains, he was addicted to business the same way some...
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The Highs and Lows of Being a Home Builder - with Jeremy Perkins
Entrepreneur and author, Jeremy Perkins, is a successfull Middle Tennessee home builder specializing in high end custom homes. He is also in the storage unit business and is a best-selling author on Amazon.com. In this video, he sits down with ...
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How County Water Systems Handle Population Growth
Scott Miller is the General Manager of Operations for the Water Authority of Dickson County, which is part of the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area, one of the fastest growing regions in the country. Scott talks about the challenges in ge...
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How Water Systems Work - a Chat with the General Manager of Operations of a County Water Authority
Scott Miller is the General Manager of Operations for the Water Authority of Dickson County, so the man knows ALL about how municipal and county water systems work. Scott started out as a manual laborer and worked his was up to running an entir...
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Local Marketing Strategies for Home Repair Experts, with Josh Young
Josh Young, with Young's Construction, talks about the things he is doing to build his home remodeling business. ProfitDig's Jerry Work, a marketing professional, also gives some tips. If you are seeking to build a local business providing cons...
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16:04
Deck Building Tips with Home Renovator Josh Young
Handyman / home remodeler, Josh Young, talks about the difference between new construction and remodeling and the work he is doing to build his own business. He talks about the problem with modern pressure-treated wood, which does not provide a...
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Your Work Ethic Will Make You Successful (with Home Renovator, Josh Young)
The ProfitDig guys have a conversation with home renovator, Josh Young, who explains that just having a strong work ethic, and being willing to roll up your sleeves and learn, goes a long ways toward building a successful career and business. A...
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The Dangers of Smart Thermostats
Smart thermostats can be an excellent way to control temperatures in a cost effective way, but Internet-connected thermostats have a very real potential danger - losing control of the ability to set the temperature in your own home or business....
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26:45
How Politics and Green Energy Have Radically Changed the HVAC Industry
As HVAC professional, David Collins, explains, the HVAC industry has completely changed in the last 5 years. One major change is the refrigerants that are used. New refrigerants are being used that have zero ozone depletion and low global warmi...
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