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The Smarter Wealthier PodcastEpisode 17: Daily ROI: Turning Every Job Into an Investment (Ft: Jeremy Macliver)Every day you go to work, you’re either investing or wasting your time. In our latest Smarter Wealthier Podcast, we break down how technicians can get a return on their investment every single day, not just in their paycheck, but in their skills, mindset, and future opportunities.
2025-11-0739 min
Level Up BusinessThe Retellable Movement: Changing the Game for Visionary Entrepreneurs with Jeremy MacliverWhat if your business isn’t growing—not because you lack ideas, but because no one’s talking about it?In this episode, JR sits down with Jeremy Macliver, a visionary entrepreneur and founder of the Be Retellable Movement, to unpack what it really takes to build a brand that spreads by word of mouth… naturally. The problem? Most entrepreneurs undervalue the everyday brilliance baked into their story. They don’t share it. They don’t write it down. And because of that, they stay invisible.Jeremy shares how being “retellable” isn’t about being flashy—it’s about...
2025-09-1738 min
The Landscaper's Guide to Modern Sales & MarketingIncrease Your Profit Margins with Jeremy Macliver's Blueprint for Maximum GrowthIn this week’s podcast episode, Jack Jostes interviews Jeremy Macliver, a certified EOS implementer and owner of Disruptor Group, to discuss practical strategies for landscape companies to boost net profit. Macliver provides actionable insights on tracking conversion rates and key metrics, and offers valuable guidance for landscape businesses who want to optimize their profitability in 2024. Listen to the full episode to learn: The concept of "ghost profit" and its impact on profit and loss statements.The importance of focusing on actual dollars in profit analysisPractical strategies for tracking conversion rates of leads to estimates and lead...
2023-12-1520 min
Shannon Waller's Team SuccessHire Better People Faster, with Jeremy Macliver
Imagine you’re in the mind of someone applying for a job at your company. Are they seeing the real picture of who you are as a team and as a business? Why would they want to work for you? Shannon Waller invites Jeremy Macliver, author of Hire Better People Faster, to explain how to draw the right people into choosing to work for you. Jeremy’s Core Fit Hiring System flips the usual HR process of “hunting” or “farming” for talent to “fishing” amongst the best candidates.
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FINDING AND HIRI...
2023-09-2147 minShannon Waller's Team SuccessHire Better People Faster, with Jeremy Macliver
Imagine you’re in the mind of someone applying for a job at your company. Are they seeing the real picture of who you are as a team and as a business? Why would they want to work for you? Shannon Waller invites Jeremy Macliver, author of Hire Better People Faster, to explain how to draw the right people into choosing to work for you. Jeremy’s Core Fit Hiring System flips the usual HR process of “hunting” or “farming” for talent to “fishing” amongst the best candidates.
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FINDING AND HIRI...
2023-09-2147 min
Hvac UncensoredHVAC Uncensored Talks With Jeremy MacliverIn this episode of the HVAC Uncensored Podcast, Gil talks with Jeremy Macliver of The Disruptor Group. Jeremy has owned or led multiple companies through high-growth phases. Under Jeremy's leadership, organizations have won Best Places to Work, doubled in size year over year, created strong cultures that drew top talent to the door, and created federally registered apprenticeship programs for youth getting into trades, all while increasing the bottom line profit for the company. I am so excited to talk with him about how he is creating these amazing places where techs want to work there. Come Hangout live...
2023-07-1154 min
Construction Junction: Where Construction Meets AccountingConstruction Junction Episode 27: EOS WorldwideHost Tonya Schulte of The Profit Constructors welcomes guest Jeremy Macliver a certified EOS Implementer and Coach. Jeremy shares how he is
helping entrepreneurs like his client Steve Hanrahan with Reseco Advisors, achieve their dreams and leave a legacy that other entrepreneurs would be envious of.
2023-05-1155 min
Blue Collar CultureGet Ready For A New SeasonIn this last episode of Blue Collar Culture, Ryan Englin and Jeremy Macliver express their gratitude to everyone and talk about their upcoming projects.
2023-05-0317 min
Blue Collar CultureWhy Your Current Marketing Sucks With Brittany MurphyMarketing strategies can dictate either a triumphant success of a business or a tragic waste of resources. The worst part is that most businesses with poor marketing decisions don’t realize they are doing something wrong until it’s too late! That’s why in this episode, Ryan Englin and Jeremy Macliver talk to Brittany Murphy, a Partner at One Thing Marketing. She explains how to revamp your website and reinvent your marketing by discussing the psychology behind it. Brittany also breaks down creative ways to promote your business to successfully convert your target market into loyal customers. Tune in and le...
2023-03-0127 min
Blue Collar CultureInspiring Your Team To Connect With Your Mission With Tony MartignettiIf you want to inspire your team to work harder and better, you need to give them a mission that they align with. Make them know that they are creating meaningful work. No one wants to do something without any greater purpose behind that. As a leader, it's your job to want to make sure that you understand your people. Start having honest conversations with them because that is key to inspiration. Join Ryan Englin and Jeremy Macliver as they talk to Tony Martignetti, founder of Inspired Purpose Coaching. Listen in as they talk about how you can inspire your...
2022-10-2630 min
Blue Collar CultureOnly 100 Pennies To Transform Your Culture With Alex FreytagAs a business owner, you want to create the best possible work culture for your employees. One way to do that is by being transparent on the financial side of things. Start educating your employees about the business and what makes and doesn't make a profit. Because when employees have the right information, culture just gets better on all fronts. Join Ryan Englin and Jeremy Macliver as they talk to Alex Freytag about sharing financial information to transform your culture and cultivate your workforce. Alex is the expert EOS implementer at EOS Worldwide. He is also the author of Profit...
2022-10-1230 min
Blue Collar CulturePartner For Growth - How Private Equity Can Increase Your Cash With Jesse GeeD you want to increase your cash? Look for private equity partners. Ryan Englin & Jeremy Macliver welcome Jesse Gee, the Manager at G-K Industries. Jesse talks about how private equity partners give you access to capital. Plus, they bring a level of sophistication that drives your business to create better results. To make good partnerships, you need to have solid people and processes. If you want to learn more about how private equity can increase your cash, you may want to listen to this episode. Tune in!
2022-02-0934 min
Blue Collar CultureDouble Your Business With Only 30 Minutes Per Day Of Training With Austin ClarkRyan Englin and Jeremy Macliver are back to hear some secrets from Austin Clark, CEO of Moxie Pest Control of Arizona, on how you can double your business with only 30 minutes of training per day. Moxie Pest Control has grown so much in the span of one year and is expected to double in value even further. Austin shares how luck and his work ethic transformed his view on business and what other factors affected his success. Curious about what he has to say? Tune in to find out.
2022-01-2621 min
Blue Collar Culture600% Increase In Employee ApplicationsSo now you’re looking for people to join your company. You need employee applications, but you just can’t seem to get the right kind of applicants in. Worry no more as Ryan Englin and Jeremy Macliver share their insights on the hiring process. Ryan and Jeremy discuss several key points that can help boost the number of applications and get the right people through the door. Listen in and learn how to fine-tune your hiring process with these useful insights. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://bluecollarculture.com/podcast/
2021-12-1519 min
Supercharging Business SuccessHow to Get a Grip on your Business – in Just 7 Minutes with Jeremy Macliver
What You’ll Learn From This Episode:
* Why you need to treat your ad as an actual ad
* Result of hiring the wrong people
* Why do people don't get good help
Related Links and Resources:
Go to www.bluecollarculture.com and you'll see a link for the FREE book "How to Hire the Ones you Won't Want to Fire". Then look at the interview process; what's going on, what they should be doing, or when they should be doing it so that they can prevent those common mistakes.
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2021-12-0207 min
Blue Collar CultureHow To Find Good PeopleSometimes, it’s not about finding good people but more about attracting good people. The past 18 months has brought multiple challenges that businesses have had to face. One of which is finding the right people for the job. In today’s episode, your hosts Ryan Englin and Jeremy Macliver discuss strategies that will help you achieve just that. Rather than rummaging through piles and piles of resumes and going through lists and lists of people, you can simply adjust your branding to attract the right people at the get-go. That’s just one of the tips they have in store for yo...
2021-11-1721 min
Blue Collar CultureBringing Skills Training To Manufacturing Companies With Rodney NelsonSkills training is imperative if you want your business to succeed. A well-trained staff can mean the difference between success and failure. Ryan Englin and Jeremy Macliver are joined by Rodney Nelson, The VP of Client Operations for the Arizona MEP, to talk about how they are positively impacting small companies in the manufacturing space by providing skills training. Rodney shares his insights on working with companies and what training is most often needed, and he talks about the WIOA Fund and its impact on companies looking for help with training. Listen in for insights on training for skills in...
2021-10-2024 min
Blue Collar CultureAsking The Right Interview Questions And Finding The Right PeopleThe success of any business depends on finding the right people. This means that asking the right questions is imperative if you want to hire the best. Ryan Englin and Jeremy Macliver discuss the hiring and interview process and share their insights. What should you ask your interviewees? Ryan and Jeremy flesh out what an optimum interview process should be and share their experiences in conducting job interviews. If you specialize in talent acquisition or are looking to beef up your hiring and interview process, then this episode is for you. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://b...
2021-10-0621 min
Blue Collar CultureFinding The Good Hires Among The Bad OnesIt’s no secret that hiring is one of the hardest challenges businesses are dealing with right now. Not every new employee can be a good A+ player. You will get a bunch of C's and B’s. Join your hosts, Ryan Englin and Jeremy Macliver, as they talk about what’s working and what isn’t in the hiring process. Find out what it means to be a “good help” so that your business can hire the perfect team.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://bluecollarculture.com/podcast/
2021-09-2218 min
Blue Collar CultureStop Making Your Insurance Broker Rich! With Steve TusaIncreased risk comes with growth, which also means an increased financial burden on the organization. Insurance is supposed to help ease that burden, which means you need an insurance broker, right? Well, in this episode, we shatter that and several other myths about insurance. Our hosts Ryan Englin and Jeremy Macliver sit down and tackle the thorny issue of insurance with Reseco COO, Steve Tusa. Steve answers the important questions head-on and gives an insider’s look at what you need to know when it comes to business insurance and risk management. Listen in to learn more about how insurance po...
2021-08-2531 min
Blue Collar CultureHow To Double Your Ability To Hire With Anne PflegerConstruction touches everything. In this industry, you have the ability to hire women of various strengths. They can be business owners, tradeswomen, architects – the list goes on! Today’s guest is Anne Pfleger, the National President of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC). Joining Ryan Englin and Jeremy Macliver on the show, Anne shares her strategies in attracting and recruiting women into construction. Oftentimes, women may see a position and refuse to apply because they think they’re not completely qualified. Reaching out to NAWIC and setting up conversations with these women and their employers help showcase their capabi...
2021-06-1619 min
Blue Collar CultureIt Isn't Blue Collar Anymore With Jeff FleethamWhen it comes to the blue collar industry, many people tend to associate it as a dirty t-shirt, dead-end job with no career opportunity. But this is so far from the truth. In fact, many people who have grown up in this business have magnificent careers. Jeff Fleetham, the Director of Arizona Registrar of Contractors, greatly knows this to be true. In this episode, he joins Ryan Englin and Jeremy Macliver to dispel the greatest misconceptions and myths when it comes to construction and the trades. He shares how we can attract great young people to the industry, tapping into...
2021-06-0228 min
Blue Collar CultureJoe Soltis | Happy Employees Lead To Happy CustomersYou can take your pick of any marketing strategy you want, but at the end of the day, happy customers will drive the most revenue to your business. For excellent customer experience to be possible, however, you need to ensure that your employees are in top form. They need to be engaged and happy to be doing their jobs. They need to experience the wins of their hard work and be compensated accordingly. Joining Ryan Englin and Jeremy Macliver in this conversation, marketing specialist, Joe Soltis, shares how he applies this principle in his own firm, ChoiceLocal. He also talks...
2021-05-1927 min
Blue Collar CultureRyan Redding | Digital Sorcery Doesn't WorkAny marketing strategy cannot beat excellent and reliable customer service. If you cannot satisfy your target market's demands and expectations, there is no form of digital sorcery that can save you. Ryan Redding explains to Ryan Englin and Jeremy Macliver how well-targeted online marketing strategies focused on customer satisfaction will always spell out success for any business and leave a lasting impact on everyone. Have you ever wondered how some companies thrived even in the middle of the pandemic? Stay tuned as Ryan reveals the answer and discusses the importance of learning continuously and closing the bottom of the demand fu...
2021-02-1025 min
Blue Collar CultureDennis Gehman | Putting Professionalism Back Into The TradesThe best mistakes to learn from are other people. Unfortunately, that's not the ones we typically choose the learn from. On today’s podcast, Ryan Englin and Jeremy Macliver talk to Dennis Gehman about the importance of industry associations and increasing the remodeling industry's professionalism. Dennis comes from the design and remodeling industry, and he's the president-elect of NARI, a well-known industry association. Don’t miss this episode as Dennis shares how NARI is helping to increase the professionalism of the remodeling industry. He also reveals the biggest myths about industry associations from a business owner's perspective and talks about the adv...
2020-12-1626 min
The Site Shed | Systems, Strategy and Growth for Tradies and ContractorsWhy You Should Not Talk About Work At WorkOn average, everyone spends more than eight hours of their time doing work tasks and completing documents. Some even go beyond that time frame to get the job done. As entrepreneurs, a huge percentage of our day is given to our company. So, how can we manage it properly? In this last episode of the Ownership Thinking series, Jeremy and I will be discussing the things you should and shouldn't be talking about at work, the benefits of having a system or process, and the importance of assigning work tasks to others. If you haven't wa...
2020-12-0129 min
The Site Shed | Systems, Strategy and Growth for Tradies and ContractorsYou're Not A Business Owner Until You Start Thinking Like OneThe promises of more time, more income, being your own boss are most likely what attracted you to start your own business. And while all these things can come true, it doesn’t happen instantly. If you want to become a business owner, there’s a need to start thinking like one, which results in acting like one, otherwise you’ll end up burnt out juggling between different tasks like you’ve taken more jobs for you to do just so the business doesn’t fall apart. This podcast episode today is the second part of the series ‘Own...
2020-11-2431 min
The Site Shed | Systems, Strategy and Growth for Tradies and ContractorsWhy Sports Teams Hit Their Goals Out Of The Park, Yet Tradies And Contractors StruggleSports and business are alike in so many ways. A lot of analogies are formed between the two because of it. For instance, sports teams require a clear vision, mission, goals, and strategies among others if they want success and that is the same way with businesses that we build and manage. But even with all their similarities, they differ in the way they are hitting their goals as most businesses, if not all, are struggling with producing the results they want. In today's episode, Jeremy Macliver and I delve into where the difference lies, and what c...
2020-11-1742 min
Marketing The InvisibleHow to Get a Grip on Your Business – In Just 7 Minutes with Jeremy Macliver
Discover how to grow a healthy company culture in your industry
Learn how to create a healthy culture in your company using the 'Start, Stop, Keep' questions
Recognize the disconnects in your business and how to fix them
Resources/Links:
Checkout Jeremy's Book: https://bluecollarculture.com/unmasked/
Summary
Does it feel near impossible to grow a healthy company culture in your industry these days?
Jeremy Macliver has led multiple companies in the construction, automotive, and service industries. Under his leadership, companies have doubled in size, attracted top talent, increased profitability, and won Best Places to Work.
In this episode, Jeremy sh...
2020-06-0307 min
The Authority Builder PodcastPrepare for the "Great Reopening"In this special bonus episode, I interview my friend and client Jeremy Macliver of Guaranteed Traction. We discuss what it's going to take to restart your business and find the new opportunities as "The Great Reopening" begins.Jeremy is hosting a training session on June 3rd to help you "get a grip" on your business so you're positioned to restart and get your business growing again. You can register for this session at https://bluecollarculture.com/get-a-grip.And, be sure to connect with Jeremy at https://bluecollarculture.com/ or at https://guaranteedtraction.com/.
2020-05-2923 min
Blue Collar CultureFinding the Right Team for a Blue Collar BusinessThey may not be seen as “hip” as the big tech companies by the business press or popular culture, but blue-collar businesses truly are the backbone of the U.S. economy. Inspired by their blue-collar backgrounds, Jeremy Macliver and Ryan Englin, the hosts of the Blue Collar Culture Podcast, are on a mission to help blue-collar businesses stand out from their competition and get the people they need on their team to thrive. Blue collar definitely includes typical construction type trades. But Jeremy and Ryan include other industries in the definition, such as companies that have a lot of frontline, hourly...
2020-02-2708 min