# business breakthrough (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover business breakthrough. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why Your Painting Sales Funnel SUCKS (And How to Fix It) | Contractor Secrets](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanner-mullen/episodes/Why-Your-Painting-Sales-Funnel-SUCKS-And-How-to-Fix-It--Contractor-Secrets-e3nglo7) _2026-08-17 · Tanner Mullen · Contractor Secrets_ Want to close more painting leads and grow your painting business? Aiden Smith breaks down the exact painting contractor sales funnel his company uses to close around 60% of leads and consistently sell more painting jobs. In this episode of the Contractor Secrets Podcast, we're joined by Aiden Smith, founder of Smith & Co Painting and Paint Pro Coaching, to reveal how he generates painting leads,… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d6b6dec/podcast/play/124327111/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-17%2F429984772-44100-2-ccbf61805500d.mp3) ## [Why You Can’t Find Good Employees (And How to Fix It) | Contractor Secrets](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanner-mullen/episodes/Why-You-Cant-Find-Good-Employees-And-How-to-Fix-It--Contractor-Secrets-e3nd4go) _2026-08-14 · Tanner Mullen · Contractor Secrets_ If you're a painting contractor struggling to find good employees, this episode breaks down how to hire painters, retain great employees, and build a painting business that can grow without relying on the owner. In this episode of the Contractor Secrets Podcast, Tanner Mullen sits down with Mason from Progressive Painting to discuss one of the biggest challenges facing painting contractors and… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d6b6dec/podcast/play/124211160/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-14%2F429827130-44100-2-9a95093b7026a.mp3) ## [Use AI or Get Left Behind: The Future of Painting Businesses | Contractor Secrets](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanner-mullen/episodes/Use-AI-or-Get-Left-Behind-The-Future-of-Painting-Businesses--Contractor-Secrets-e3nbsvb) _2026-08-13 · Tanner Mullen · Contractor Secrets_ AI isn't going to replace painting contractors — but contractors who know how to use AI might. In this special episode of the Contractor Secrets Podcast, Tanner Mullen is joined by Mike Hickman, founder and CEO of Painter Growth, for a deep dive into what an AI-native painting business actually looks like. Mike breaks down practical ways contractors can start using AI across their sales,… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d6b6dec/podcast/play/124170667/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-13%2F429771771-44100-2-1b63b241bb5a8.mp3) ## [The Facebook Ads Strategy Adding $1.5M/Week for Painters | Contractor Secrets](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanner-mullen/episodes/The-Facebook-Ads-Strategy-Adding-1-5MWeek-for-Painters--Contractor-Secrets-e3n25sf) _2026-08-06 · Tanner Mullen · Contractor Secrets_ Most painters optimize their Facebook ads for leads. Lucas Jensen optimizes for booked appointments — and it's the reason his agency's clients add over $1.5 million in new sales every single week. In this Contractor Secrets episode, recorded live at the Routemize launch, the founder of Forward Media Marketing breaks down the exact Facebook (Meta) ads playbook his team runs for 175+ painting,… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d6b6dec/podcast/play/123852111/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-6%2F429331555-44100-2-bbb0609c4f8e1.mp3) ## [This Home Service App Solves EVERYTHING - Official Routemize Launch Demo (The Future of Scheduling)](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanner-mullen/episodes/This-Home-Service-App-Solves-EVERYTHING---Official-Routemize-Launch-Demo-The-Future-of-Scheduling-e3mtbdr) _2026-08-03 · Tanner Mullen · Contractor Secrets_ In this official Routemize launch demo, DripJobs founder Tanner Mullen reveals why home service businesses lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in leads every year — and demos the tool built to fix it: instant booking, AI-powered route optimization, and a live AI voice agent that schedules jobs for you. Tanner breaks down the psychology of why customers fill out your lead form and never book,why… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d6b6dec/podcast/play/123693947/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-3%2F429119486-44100-2-ca2e8e4358b5f.mp3) ## [She Doubled Her Painting Business — Then Hit These Walls](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanner-mullen/episodes/She-Doubled-Her-Painting-Business--Then-Hit-These-Walls-e3mjgu0) _2026-07-27 · Tanner Mullen · Contractor Secrets_ Rebecca from Zellers Painting already hit last year's total sales with months left on the calendar — she's basically doubled the business. But growth exposed the cracks: estimating that isn't dialed in, a brand-new salesperson she can't cleanly hand pricing to, and a $200K operation still being run off an Excel sheet. In this live Business Breakthrough, Tanner walks her through the fixes: using… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d6b6dec/podcast/play/123371904/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-27%2F428684595-44100-2-e191f3af8c06.mp3) ## [New Business, 70% Margins, 0 Customers. What Now? - Live Business Breakthrough |Contractor Secrets](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanner-mullen/episodes/New-Business--70-Margins--0-Customers--What-Now----Live-Business-Breakthrough-Contractor-Secrets-e3m72s7) _2026-07-20 · Tanner Mullen · Contractor Secrets_ Jonathan just launched a permanent lighting business. He has one client, a deposit in the bank, and 90 days to hit three installs a week. In this Business Breakthrough episode, Tanner Mullen coaches Jonathan through the launch of Epic Light, a permanent LED lighting company with 50 to 70 percent margins in a category almost nobody has figured out how to market. The problem: permanent lights are 90… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d6b6dec/podcast/play/122964295/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-17%2F428133985-44100-2-d8402c52cb6fc.mp3) ## [Design, Decide, Delegate | Drip Jobs Partner Spotlight: Alessandro Sanford](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanner-mullen/episodes/Design--Decide--Delegate--Drip-Jobs-Partner-Spotlight-Alessandro-Sanford-e3m5925) _2026-07-16 · Tanner Mullen · Contractor Secrets_ In this episode of the DripJobs Partner Spotlight, host Eli sits down with Alessandro Sanford — founder of Kingdom Paintreprenuer and Holiday FX — to break down how to build a painting business (and a 6-figure Christmas light installation business) that runs without you. Alessandro went from being an "accidental painter" who started below zero in a town of 350 people to running multiple businesses… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d6b6dec/podcast/play/122905093/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-16%2F428053186-44100-2-7f073974fca19.mp3) ## [How I Built a 47% Margin Painting Business Using W-2 Employees (Not Subs)](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanner-mullen/episodes/How-I-Built-a-47-Margin-Painting-Business-Using-W-2-Employees-Not-Subs-e3m0t7g) _2026-07-13 · Tanner Mullen · Contractor Secrets_ Tired of fighting with low-quality subcontractors in your home service business? In this episode I break down exactly why I run my painting business with 14 W-2 employees across 4 crews — the pros, the cons, and the hiring system that keeps my best people loyal for 9+ years. I own Premium Painting, and my goal was never a $10M company — it's a $2M–$2.5M business with 47–52% gross margins that runs… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d6b6dec/podcast/play/122761904/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-13%2F427859172-44100-2-7e3e29286bd46.mp3) ## [Auto-trade Cross-Exchange Gaps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/OIYqOlPPYSkt) _2026-07-13 · **Sponsored**_ Find cross-exchange spreads, backtest strategies, and execute automatically with risk controls. ## [The Future of Contractor Marketing (AI, SEO & Ads) | Drip Jobs Partner Spotlight: Danny Barrera](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanner-mullen/episodes/The-Future-of-Contractor-Marketing-AI--SEO--Ads--Drip-Jobs-Partner-Spotlight-Danny-Barrera-e3lq9df) _2026-07-08 · Tanner Mullen · Contractor Secrets_ The future of contractor marketing is here. In this Partner Spotlight, Danny Barrera — founder of Contractor Click — breaks down how AI, SEO, Google Ads, and Google Business Profile are changing how contractors and home service businesses get leads. Danny sits down with Eli for a raw, value-packed conversation covering both the business and the story behind it. He shares his journey from growing… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/d6b6dec/podcast/play/122545007/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-8%2F427570138-44100-2-110cf000a5abd.mp3)