Gabe Gutierrez is the Founder of Gabe's Spotless Window Cleaning in Tucson, AZ They've been making windows spotless since 1999!

Gabe is also a Moderator of "Into the Flow" Facebook group and host of the Into the Flow podcast dedicated to the education, safety, and philanthropy in the window cleaning community.

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[6:03]Why did you start posting on Instagram/social media?

[7:37]Gabe shoots for one post per day on social media

[9:29]Gabe is finding more interaction with TikTok than Instagram and Facebook

[14:39]Gabe's Social Manager will take one video and can splice that video into 6 additional posts!

[15:10]Posting more about the community not just the business

[17:37]Selling the brand is more important than selling the job

[19:05]How did Gabe find his social media manager?

[22:49]How Gabe decided to really shift his focus to his Window Cleaning business

[24:59]When you work on the business you can't just stop paying yourself

[26:43]What changes when you get to...

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During more than 25 years running his own agency, Dan’s marketing expertise has been featured on MSNBC and in industry magazines including Entrepreneur, SignCraft, HVACR Business, Plumbing & Mechanical, and Contracting Business, among many others. His signature wrap style that integrates disruptive branding has served as a model for superior home service fleet branding throughout the world. With more than 2,000 home service brands under his belt, Dan and his team have overseen...

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I started out in East Side Metro Detroit living paycheck to paycheck in a dead-end 9-5 job. I always loved the idea of financial independence and not having to listen to a boss. I mowed grass since I was 14 and was in a dire situation financially. I had to start a business quickly with low start-up costs, so I decided to start my own landscaping business. For a long time I was just scraping by, but with sheer determination, I scaled my business to six figures. Was it hard? Of course, it was. But the effort was worth the weight in gold for me. My landscaping business continues to pay me every day.

With my own business and no boss to answer to, I started teaching other entrepreneurs inside the Keith Kalfas Academy how they could start their own businesses. I became an influencer in my industry. I took everything I learned from my experience and started making as much content around it as possible. All the work I put in is worth it if I help people become financially free.

I still...

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RJ has remained driven to create a lifestyle that brings fun, family, friends and travel. After graduating from Kennesaw State University RJ began a soccer coaching career earning his state and national licensees and leading 94% of his players to full college scholarships over 21 years.

Along the way earning Coach of the year in the State of Georgia and then Coach of the year in for the United States. RJ has served on the national board for the ARCSI/ISSA as the Chairman to help bring benefit to the members. He and his wife Asha currently own a successful cleaning business, PCT Clean and PCT Janitorial in Kennesaw. He believes life is about serving others to help each other advance.

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[6:33]RJ's marketing mistakes: Being convinced to do print advertising in a magazine.

[7:49]Google wasn't around so we had to do print

[9:29]Some print, might be appropriate as long you are...

Today we welcome Dan Dowdy..... the owner of Built For The Trades, Dan's team of plumbing, HVAC, and electrical industry experts has come together to help you reach your business goals and achieve the success you’ve always dreamed of. We are proud to be tradesmen and women, we believe in hard work, we are committed to serving the members of our community, we are men and women of integrity, we hold ourselves accountable, and we always strive for progress.

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[5:32]  Where to start with Marketing?

[5:39]  How to focus on retention?

[7:48]  Dan's Top Marketing Tips: Email Marketing, Engaging on Social Media, Using stickers to remind your client's who their "guy/gal" is and what their phone number is...

[8:26]  The value of the customer service phone call...

[11:55]  They say timing is key... minimum emails 1x per month... Textmagic for seasonal communication.... Sendjim ties back into high quality touches with...

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