92. Prepare Now for the Next Season In Your Business
In another installment of "fighting traffic by dropping knowledge" Neel shares some thoughts on how to deal with seasonality in your business, whether that's a season of the year or a financial season, like a recession. Neel ...
91. Slow and Fast Travel: A Conversation with Bunty SomRoy of Red Pin…
In this episode Neel has a conversation with Bunty SomRoy . In 2016 Bunty left the US to try to find a way in to the digital marketing world and spent three years living in Thailand and Indonesia, nose to …
90. Start a Remote Local Biz in Your Hometown or Elsewhere?
Even though the word "remote" is part of a "remote local" business, that doesn't mean you have to start it remotely. In this episode Neel makes arguments for both sides, for starting a remote local business in your hometown a...
89. Community Marketing Using Facebook Groups, with PJ McGeary of Arb…
In this episode Neel interviews PJ McGeary of Arbor Trail Cleaning . PJ has had a lot of success using Facebook groups to get the word out about his cleaning business and shares his tactics and ideas, including: - the …
88. State of the union for remote local businesses
88. State of the union for remote local businesses
87. 5 New Marketing Tactics to Survive a Looming Recession (and Googl…
As Google tweaks its algorithm and its Local Services ads to deal with AI-created content, you might need to find new ways of reaching customers. In this episode Neel shares five avenues he's exploring right now (and are work...
86. 5 Easy Side Hustles To Make an Extra $500 a Month
In this episode Neel offers five different side hustles with low barriers to entry and low cost to startup. While he understandably gives a plug for residential cleaning (hey, if it works, it works) he also shares: - Vending ...
85. Inside Tips on Google My Business and Local Services SEO with Dan…
In the episode Neel sits down with Daniel Thompson of Salt Water Digital . Daniel has been in SEO for many years and took some time to share some insights into SEO for local services businesses, like: - Why Google …
84. I Spent $50,000 on Business Coaching So You Don't Have To
When you pay for someone else's experiences you can move farther and faster than you would have on your own, allowing you to leapfrog the competition. In this episode, Neel shares a few of the key practices he's gotten throug...
83. How I Will Increase Sales by $300k This Year
During a break from the Conquer Summit Neel took a few moments to share some tactics he plans to implement to push his sales up at the MaidThis location in California this year. One of the pain points driving this …
82. Staffing Needs as You Grow Your Remote Local Business from 0 to $…
In this episode Neel and Johnny talk about the different hires you need to make as you grow your remote local business. They discuss: - the first hire you make and what areas they need to help with - how …
79. A Short List of Business Ideas (Feel Free to Take!)
Neel recently moved a lot of stuff into Notion. One of those things was an ongoing list he keeps of business ideas. In this episode he shares a few of them and why he thinks they might be good bets, …
78. Scaling Marketing, Sales, and Operations: A Look Inside a Fast-Gr…
In this episode Neel and Johnny discuss in detail what it's been like for Johnny to scale Home Services Academy. They chat about: — The importance of marketing and sales being in sync, particularly in the early days of the …
77. Using Israeli Special Forces Tactics to Help You Deal with Risks …
Some years ago Neel met Itamar Marani , a former Israeli Special Forces soldier, who in the course of conversations shared risk analysis and mitigation tactics he had been taught. This includes looking at the magnitude, immed...
76. Motorcycling Through Africa While Running a Remote Local Biz, an …
It's a bit of a switch up this week, as I get interviewed by Chase Warrington of the About Abroad pod. For those who get my newsletter or listen to the pod regularly, this episode will be a great summary …
75. Great Countries to Find Remote Talent
In this episode Neel shares his experience of hiring and working with dozens of remote team members since 2013. He shares: — Which platforms you can use to find remote talent (Upwork, Dynamite Jobs, We Work Remotely) — What c...
74. Who Should NOT Go into Entrepreneurship
In this episode Neel and Johnny answer the question: "Should everyone go into entrepreneurship?" (Short answer: No.) Entrepreneurship has been so glamorized lately that it's made to seem that everyone can and should be an ent...
73. Scaling with Partnerships and Extreme Outsourcing, with Jon Matzn…
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72. Are You a Builder or an Investor?
In the experimental episode (literally recorded on the road), Neil discusses the differences between being a business builder and a business investor. Neel has long tried to do both, but has recently realized that means he's ...
71. The Exact Tech Stack Needed To Run Your Remote Local Business on …
The Exact Tech Stack Needed To Run Your Remote Local Business on Auto-Pilot
70. Do You Have to Like Your Business or Nah?
In this episode Neel and Johnny tackle the question of how entrepreneurs feel about what their business does. While Johnny delves into the idea of what your goals/endgame are and how that can create different answers at diffe...
69. Moving Capital from Active Sources into Passive Investments: Roun…
In this episode Neel and Johnny welcome Sergio Silesky and Chris Munn to discuss different ways to deploy cash. Sergio is a business partner of Johnny and is in "cash stack" mode so all the income they are earning is …