Talkin’ Winter with Swinter: Recent Episodes
Ken Boegeman, Jr.
Come along as Swinter Group staff, vendors, colleagues and friends discuss every aspect of the snow and ice management industry. Hosted by Ken Boegeman, President of Swinter Group, Inc.. Topics will cover anything and everything we can think of to help contractors grow their snow removal business.
Ken, Zack and Brent discuss the pitfalls of less than honest snow bids and how to handle them with your customers.
Ken, Zack and Brent toss around some fun content from the Facebook Group Snow Plow Mafia.
Ken, Zack and Brent talk about the newest, coolest, most awesome plow to hit the market...the SnowEx-Power F Series plow.
Ken, Zack and Brent talk about tips and tricks for getting contracts signed as early as possible in the season.
Ken, Zack and Brent talk about the hassles and challenges in recruiting and hiring employees.
Tim Greenwood, sales guru with Fabick Caterpillar joins Ken, Zack and Brent to talk about Cat iron.
Ken, Zack and Brent talk about why it's important and what to focus on to be getting ready for winter in August.
Ken, Zack and Brent talk about the SIMA symposium, robots in the snow industry and the challenges associated with installing snow plows and salt spreaders.
Ken, Brent, Nicole and Mollie talk about the second day of the 25th Annual SIMA Snow & Ice Symposium - Part 2 of 2.
Ken, Brent, Nicole and Mollie talk about the second day of the 25th Annual SIMA Snow & Ice Symposium - Part 1 of 2.
Ken, Brent, Nicole and Mollie talk about the first day at the 25th Annual SIMA Snow & Ice Symposium - Part 2 of 2
Ken, Brent, Nicole and Mollie talk about the first day at the 25th Annual SIMA Snow & Ice Symposium - Part 1 of 2
Ken and the guys embark on our first nearly completely unscripted show. The only things on the discussion table are tips and tricks for keeping warm and what to do and what not to do online.
Ken & Brent travel to Holland, Michigan to meet with Wade Madsen for a site visit, tour and interview. Wade then joined the team for recording the following day.
The fellers discuss tips & tricks on recruiting employees for winter operations and some thoughts on how to train them.
The Swinter team talks about the pros and cons of snow removal with a 1/2 ton pickup truck.
The guys discuss some questionable social media posts as well as some bizarre stories from the news.
Discussions about the very general topic of subcontracting. Not the funniest episode, but packed with information and hopefully a little perspective!
Talking about how rising costs impact your customers and what we can do to offset those costs.
Tips, tricks and suggestions on wrapping up a winter season.
We talk about how to maintain and improve your equipment, materials, customers and staffing in the off season.