Floor Academy - Helping flooring, tile and stone contractors own an asset
Floor Academy is a podcast hosted by Kyle Hedin that provides small business information and guidance to flooring, tile and stone contractors on how to build a successful and sustainable business. The podcast aims to help contractors move from owning a job to owning an asset, by providing insights and strategies related to management, entrepreneurship, and networking.
Floor Academy covers a range of topics related to flooring, tile and stone business management, including small business advertising, paid traffic, and organic traffic. The podcast also provides information on promotional marketing, LLC setup, simple small business management, and networking strategies.
The podcast aims to help carpet, tile, stone, hardwood, floating floor, and many more types of contractors develop a deep understanding of business management, including effective networking and entrepreneurship strategies, which are crucial to achieving long-term success in the flooring industry. By discussing various topics related to small business management, such as finance, operations, marketing, sales, human resources, branding, advertising, interviewing, taxes, company structures, and more the podcast provides valuable insights to help flooring, tile and stone contractors become successful business owners by answering the question how do i market my small business.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 71 minutes
- Episodes
- 283
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
Limbic Resonance - Alison Mullins - Rep Methods
As a leader it can be hard to relate to your team at times. Whether it be because of interests, age gaps, maturity levels, or personality, it is something we need to learn to overcome. …
The Importance of Networking - Daniel and Jose Gonzalez and Paul Stuart - The Huddle Podcast
Do you have competition locally or do you have trusted partners? What about nationally? Internationally? Are you utilizing your relationship building skills to get to know your product …
Raising the Bar - Paul Stuart - Go Carrera/Stuart and Associates
With over 3 billion dollars of failures annually in the flooring industry alone, the flooring tile and stone industry could stand a face lift. From the image of contractors and the leve…
Engagement Pods - Shawna Bouchard - Johns Manville
Taking yourself to the next level on social media is no easy task. There are any number of ways to grow your audience from paying for followers to interacting with those around you, or …
Building An Apprentice Program - Sam Bruce - Visalia Ceramic Tile
I can’t find reliable help. How do I write a job description to attract people? How are you all finding employees? Everyone keeps quitting on me. What kind of SOPs do you all have in pl…
Adding Another Crew - Kara Allen - Spiegel’s Flooring
It's one of the largest hurdles in small business. How do you build past yourself? How do you get that second crew up and running and trust them when you can't be there? Where do you fi…
I Won't Out Work You, I'll Out Delegate You - Cody Cox - Cox Tile
The internet will have you believe that if you hustle hard enough that you can accomplish anything. You can build a great business, you can have multiple successful side hustles, and pl…
Effective Leadership - Dennis DiCarlo - Kronus Software and Carpet to Go Flooring
Going from owner operator to employer is a tough transition. It’s not easy to learn how to lead a team or to be able to communicate well with them. Most of us came from a system where w…
Over 100k Embezzled: Lessons Learned - Erin Albrecht - J&R Tile
A common excuse to not having a bookkeeper for a business is that there is worry about their access to your accounts. There is for sure a legitimate concern here but they can be mitigat…
Investments, Retirement, and Generational Wealth - Anthony Oliver - Oliver’s Tile
401K’s. Medical benefits. Paid time off. Sometimes the corporate world seems better than this self employed life. All of these things are accessible as small business owners though. You…
Consultations: Follow Up Questions - Mark Evans - SalesKit
You’re probably like me and got fed up with working for someone else and decided to take your skillset and start selling your own projects. It’s a whole new ball game compared to just d…
Defining Your Personal Identity - Ron Nash - Laticrete
I heard a curious thing. Apparently is is a western civilization thing answer the question of "who are you" by listing out your job or something else that you do. Much of the world woul…
You Need An F U Bank Account - Shane Hubenig - Hubenig Holdings
It’s very often that trades people live paycheck to paycheck or believe they have more money than they do and make purchases they really shouldn’t. Those boats, big trucks, and other to…
Leveraging Your Brand - Jennifer Farrell and Michelle Swayze - Jennifer Farrell Designs and The International Surfaces Event
Many of us work for years to build amazing brand recognition in our market. It goes a long way in getting referrals and keeping that word of mouth of marketing a big component of lead g…
Holding Your Marketing Agency Accountable - Brittany Murphy - One Thing Marketing
How do you even know if your marketing company is taking care of you properly? What questions should you be asking them? What data are they showing you that means absolutely nothing? Ho…
Build Back Better - Chuck Meyers - Meyers Flooring
It has been two years since we heard from Chuck Meyers in the metro Detroit, Michigan area. The first time he joined us, he didn't know he was going broke working for the retailers at t…
Health and Wealth Investments - Andrew Lewis - 2 Ezy Tiling
It's easy to get caught up in doing a project and to forget about protecting yourself. Whether that means putting on a mask to reduce dust intake, wearing your knee pads all the time, o…
Midlife Crisis or Sabbatical? - Kevin Vogel - Reach Social
The American dream is to make a name for yourself and to be able to take care of yourself and your family above a reasonable means. We have celebrities from all walks of life that we pu…
Scheduling Issues - Dirk Sullivan - Hawthorne Tile
A large issue many contractors have is scheduling. That task does not get any easier the more you grow. In fact, it generally becomes more complicated and troublesome. There are ways to…
Establishing My Business After a Move - Kyle Hobby - Southern Hobby’s
When I first started Illustrious Hardwoods I made a guess to myself that it would take me 3 to 5 years to be able to develop a good work of mouth referral system for my business. I knew…