The Tradiematepro Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Tradiematepro podcast will cover interviews with experts, and industry relevant professionals to teach Australian tradies the ins and outs of business. Transform from self-employed to a true business owner.
The delicate dance of systemising your business.
- How do you keep it simple?
- How do you make it commercially viable?
- How do new tools and technologies help us?
- Why even do it in the first place?
Tune in as Travis Reading Tradiematepro takes the covers off years of experience with hundreds of businesses, to boil it down to a simple balance of four key objectives.
Head over to https://www.tradiematepro.com.au/contact/ to see how we can help you build a successful trades business today.
Perfection is always a journey and never a destination. Three of our best and brightest clients join us today on our webinar as we ask them how they've implemented the 7 essentials (Plus 1) into their business (some are obvious, some not so much).
The 7 Essentials (Plus 1) You'll Learn About:
**✔️ Time and Tasks
✔️ Knowing your Numbers
✔️ Food & Fuel
✔️ Physical and Mental Activity
✔️ Sleep & Rest
✔️ Family & Friends
✔️ Perspective and Stillness
✔️ Mentors, Peers & Community
Resources**
- Feedback Form
- Get Started on Tradiematepro Today
Our resident lawyer Helen Kay teaches us how tradies can protect their interests, assets, and lines of credit when extending credit and dealing with debtors.
This podcast will cover the ff:
- Secure vs unsecured credit
- How to protect yourself when you extend credit
- Due diligence when extending credit to a client
- How to handle your credit lines in these uncertain times
This is a topic all tradies must know because it can make or break our businesses and, in some cases, our personal finances.
What if your business didn't rely solely on you? How much would that transform your personal life?
In today's webinar, we've got our leadership expert Peter Cox talking about the two fundamental aspects you need to MASTER to create a business that doesn't rely solely on you.
Resources
- Free 7 Part Growth Series
- Apply for Tradiematepro
- Online Leadership Program
Our long-term client Kris has been smashing it with his business lately. It's now time to take it to the next level with his business culture.
Resources
- Apply for Tradiematepro
In today’s episode, we’ve got something incredibly special. We’ve got our experts, Matt Jones along with Dan & Dani speaking with 150 students from Tafe. The students ask questions of these incredibly successful experts and entrepreneurs about how they were able to grow their businesses into what they are today.
This is quite close to our hearts because we were incredibly excited to potentially influence the next wave of tradie business owners. These guys are just about to graduate from Tafe, so any knowledge we can provide was really exciting for us.
Resources:
- Apply for Tradiematepro today
Ever wondered how people have a successful & profitable business and STILL have so much time on their hands to have a balanced family life?
It all comes down to how you manage your time. How you sort your rocks as we say in the Tradiematepro program. Join Travis Reading, CEO at Tradiematepro, as he hosts our very FIRST client, Darren Hiscock, owner at Hiscock Electrical.
- How to improve your productivity with no extra time required.
- How you can control your time instead of time controlling you.
- Guaranteed ways to make sure your business can get everything done and thrive.
Resources from the podcast:
- Sorting Your Rocks Video
- Pomodoro Timer - Chrome Extension
- Pomodoro Timer - Website
- Book a Call with Travis Reading
- Download the slides from the original webinar
- Join Tradiematepro Today
Join Travis Reading, CEO at Tradiematepro, as he hosts one of our amazing high performing clients, Tamara Bellinger Co-Owner at Bellinger's Electrical, to show you first hand how Delegation can help move your business to the next level.
- Why delegation is critical for growth.
- What to delegate and what to keep to yourself.
- Understanding your roles and responsibilities.
- How to map whom to delegate to.
- How to support others in taking on your old tasks.
Resources from the podcast:
- Start Your Free Vidstep Account
- Book a Call with Travis Reading
- Download the slides from the original webinar
- Join Tradiematepro Today
You have to make sure you get paid for every single job you do.
You can’t afford to be complacent. The most important thing right now is to be clear with your customers about how and when you will get paid.
Contracts Lawyer, Helen Kay is going to share with us her Top Tips on making sure you get paid, including:
- Different payment structures
- What you need in a well-drafted set of Terms and Conditions
- Invoicing your clients
- What to do when you don’t get paid
Watch the Video Replay Here
Resources Mentioned
- Book a Call with Helen Kay
- Book a Call with Travis Reading
- Helen's Top Tips to Have a Better Chance of Being Paid
- Square Reader for Contactless and Chip Cards
- Join Tradiematepro Today
In this podcast, which was originally recorded as a virtual workshop, our leader and CEO Travis Reading takes you through how to create simple and amazing processes for your business.
- How to create powerful and simple processes for your business
- Delegate more work to your team members
- How to support your team members better
- How you can get more time to do the important things in your business
Watch the video replay here
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast
- Start Your Free Vidstep Account
- Book a Call with Travis Reading
- Start Your Lucidchart Account
- ClickUp Project Management System
- Join Tradiematepro Today
Enjoy this Tradiematepro Live webinar, recorded live on March 27, 2020.
The landscape of business is changing daily. In this webinar, we go over the new implementations from the Australian government.
We answer questions about:
- Project contracts.
- How to negotiate with your employees on getting through this crisis together.
- And how to start planning your cash flow.
The full resources of Tradiematepro, our experts team, our supplier partners and our entire community invite you to join us weekly at 3:00 pm Friday Melb/Syd time for an 'all in' Q & A session.
Register for the next one by clicking here.
Enjoy this Tradiematepro Live webinar, recorded live on April 3, 2020.
The landscape of business is changing daily. In this webinar, we answer questions about:
- PAYG & BAS.
- What is the new Job Keeper scheme
- And how to preserve the culture of your business.
The full resources of Tradiematepro, our experts team, our supplier partners and our entire community invite you to join us weekly at 3:00 pm Friday Melb/Syd time for an 'all in' Q & A session.
Register for the next one by clicking here.
Enjoy this Tradiematepro Live webinar, recorded live on March 20, 2020.
In response to the changing landscape in business right now, Tradiematepro are opening our doors to all.
With any challenge comes opportunity for those who see it. With a focus on enhancing this change as a golden opportunity to grow, we are dedicating our resources to:
- Helping you see this through safely.
- Being one of the few who actually strengthen your position.
- Being ready to pounce when it's 'go time' again.
The full resources of Tradiematepro, our experts team, our supplier partners and our entire community invite you to join us weekly at 3:00 pm Friday AEST for an 'all in' Q & A session.
Register for the next one by clicking here.
Resources mentioned in the episode
- Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Support
- Coronavirus Small Business Stimulus Package Overview
- Work Remotely Business Tools from Matt Jones
- Business Flyer from Natalie Waghorn
- A good example of remote quoting - Thank you Michele Grisdale
In this final episode of the “cloud series”, Clinton and Matt talk about ‘Project Management’.
They discuss the difference between ‘Job Management’ and ‘Project Management’, whilst diving deeper into the types of companies that would best suit Project Management and how and why they would best transition into a cloud-based solution, over a traditional non-cloud based solution.
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In the last episode, Clinton and Matt gave a general overview of the cloud and how it can help businesses become more efficient. In this episode, Clinton talks about job management and the tools available for business to take advantage of.
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In this episode, our resident digital marketing expert, Matt speaks with Clinton Cowin, our technology expert and the co-founder of TradiePad.
Clinton gives a general overview of the cloud and talks about how the ‘cloud revolution’ has changed the way that modern tradie based businesses operate.
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“Where you begin is not always where you end up!” – Clinton Cowin
In this episode, our resident digital marketing expert, Matt speaks with Clinton Cowin, our technology expert and the co-founder of TradiePad.
They discuss his journey and transition from a being a Sydney based plumber, to becoming a ‘Cloud Evangelist’ with a global vision.
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“System stands for ‘save yourself time energy and money”
This is the second episode in this three-part podcast series between Matt and Ed. If you haven’t listened to episode one, you can do that here. In episode one, they spoke about beginning with the end goal in mind, in this episode, they discuss how it’s now a good time for you to define which areas of your business you need to build a system for.
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“Execution will Trump any Plan”
In the final episode of this series on Strategic Planning, Ed Plant joins Matt Jones to discuss why execution will trump any plan. In the world of business, you’ll always get encouraged to make the most rigorous plan and preparations.
Although this is partially helpful, it also is important you don’t forget about the actual execution of what you’re planning for.
Being able to execute your plan correctly plays the most crucial role in the growth of your business. It is when you think of execution that you are also able to make adjustments to your plans accordingly.
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“Begin with the end in mind”
In this three-part podcast series we have our resident digital marketing expert Matt Jones speaking with our strategy expert, Edward Plant. In this episode, Matt and Ed speak about the importance of having a strategic plan for your business right from the start and how to get on your way to creating it.
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From struggling tradie to 4Xing his business in 7 months
Darren Hiscock was one of our very first Tradiematepro clients, when he first started he was worried about his business going under, the financial security of his family, and he was working close to 70 hour weeks.
So how did he go from that to 4Xing his business and getting his life back? Hear all about his journey in this very special episode.
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Couples that strategise together, stay together.
Being a couple, as well as business partners has it's challenges. But over the past 8 years these experts have made it work. Ed comes from a military background and Rebecca a former communication journalism, these two are a powerhouse of knowledge in the strategy and communication game.
In this episode you'll learn:
- How you can create a great working relationship with your partner.
- How you can create a business model that works for couples.
- What the 9 business accelerators are and how they fit into your business.
Leadership is his game.
Peter works alongside Business Owners, CEO’s, Company Directors, Professional Sporting Organisations and their key leaders to grow leadership thinking and behaviors to build their level of influence and to develop a winning team culture.
In this episode you'll learn:
- What it takes to be a great leader.
- What real leadership looks like.
- How great leaders show up daily.
Plumber, business owner, coach, and author with over 25 years experience owning, operating and managing businesses. He learned the hard way and understands that simply working harder and doing more, doesn’t guarantee financial and personal rewards.
In this podcast you'll learn:
- The proper mindset of a business owner.
- What is the success cycle & how it helps.
- How to start working intelligently.