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Waste No Day: A Home Services Motivational Podcast

How to Sell $4 Million/year on Maintenance Calls With Amy Cottrill

Waste No Day: A Home Services Motivational Podcast

Brian Burton & Nate Minnich

Entrepreneurship, Business, Business:entrepreneurship

5.0547 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Waste No Day podcast, we chat with Amy Cottrill, an amazing HVAC technician who made a big switch from social work to find great success in the home services industry. Amy combines sharp sales skills with a real passion for helping clients. Her story shows how teamwork, mentorship, and building real relationships can boost both personal and professional growth. Tune in as we dive into her techniques, insights, and the powerful impact of camaraderie in the trades.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I think that's another important part of this as technicians.

0:06.0

Instead of putting each other down, like if everybody just helped one another,

0:11.0

it would make us all rise.

0:13.0

The better we all get, the bar is going to continuously climb.

0:17.0

You're going to be able to help clients better.

0:19.0

You're going to put more money in your pocket. You're going to be happier. Your company is going to be happier. Welcome to the Waste No

0:27.2

Day podcast, a podcast specifically for and about the home services industry as it relates to plumbing,

0:33.8

heating, air conditioning, and electrical. More than a podcast, Waste No Day is a credo, a determination, a mindset.

0:41.9

It is a never-ending discipline.

0:44.1

It is a refuse to lose pursuit.

0:46.4

It is a wake-up call every morning to waste no day.

0:50.0

Now here's your host, Brian Burton and Nate Minnick.

1:02.4

Thank you. Now here's your host, Brian Burton and Nate Minnick. Hey, welcome to another episode of the Waste No Day podcast.

1:05.9

Your host, Nate and Brian, hanging out with you again and looking forward to another

1:09.4

Monday and another great episode. This time bringing on the show show Amy Cottrell and we are excited to talk to her about

1:15.3

her insane numbers working out of an HVAC maintenance truck that's right she's on track to do

1:21.0

over four million dollars this year and she's going to tell us all about how she's making that happen

1:26.8

before we talk to her though and get into the episode it's time to spend a little bit of time breaking it down for yourselves. We're going to turn to Brian for a quote. People don't know what they want until you show it to them. Steve Jobs. Mr. Apple himself. Okay, got it. Yeah. It harkens back to the Henry Ford quote, right? Yes, it does.

1:47.5

If we asked the people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.

1:52.3

It is funny, though, because, I mean, his whole story is pretty amazing. But, you know, when I was, when I was a kid in school, like, every computer was Apple because they were the ones that would just give away computers.

2:07.6

It paid off for them later. They knew what they were doing.

2:10.4

It did. But like, the thing that saved Apple was the iPod. Like, they were on their way out. It was not good for them.

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