Change Your Filter with Tall Paul

Change Your Filter is the home service industry’s leading resource for education, insight, and entertainment. If you're a home service contractor looking for inspiration, perspective, and insights from fellow contractors and trade professionals, this podcast is for you. Subscribe to the Change Your Filter podcast and meet everyday people as they share their stories. Change your perspective. Change your point of view. Change your attitude. Change your trajectory. Change Your Filter. Powered by ContractorCommerce.com

Welcome to the Change Your Filter Podcast

Welcome to Change Your Filter! Change Your Filter is the home service industry’s leading resource for education, insight, and entertainment. A curiosity-led podcast, bringing you ordinary people, with extraordinary stories. Join us every week as Tall Paul introduces you to home service professionals across the globe to inspire you to see things differently, and elevate the industry! Hit that follow button! Make sure you give us a follow! @HVACPodcast on ALL platforms!

04-24
06:23

How Self-Acceptance Boosts Performance with Mike Guillen

In episode 1 of the Change Your Filter podcast, Tall Paul had the opportunity to speak with Mike Guillen, an HVAC comfort specialist with Air Assurance. Paul met Mike at an HVAC industry event a few months ago after Mike won the award as the “highest performing retail salesman” in the central US region. Mike now finds himself living in Tulsa, OK as one of the top residential HVAC salespeople in the country. Yet like many of us, his journey was neither smooth nor comfortable! Listen in to this episode to learn more about Mike's transformational journey, and how you can apply these practices to your own life. This podcast is powered by ContractorCommerce.com Looking to connect with Mike? Find him on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/Mike.Guillen Want to get involved with Team Suicide Prevention? Click here: https://www.teamsuicideprevention.com/ Looking to follow us? @HVACPodcast on ALL platforms

05-06
01:20:51

How to Build a Brand That Others Know, Love, and Trust

You know those guys who stay back in the shadows, doing amazing things, but you never really know who they are? One such person is Ryan Chute and the Wizard Of Ads family. Listen in to this week's episode to learn more about how you can improve your media strategy through brand identity! This podcast is powered by ContractorCommerce.com Looking to connect with Ryan? Email him @RyanChute@WizardofAds.com Want to attend the Wizard Academy? Click here: https://www.wizardacademy.org/ Looking to follow us? @HVACPodcast on ALL platforms.

05-13
01:32:46

The Big Gamble: Quitting Your Job and Going Out on Your Own

Beginning as a bodyguard, then transitioning to the military, all the way to settling upon HVAC entrepreneurship, Cody Novini has just about done it all! In episode 3 of the Change Your Filter podcast, Cody Novini of SoCal Airflow Pros joins Tall Pall to talk about the importance of company culture, elevating industry standards, and blackjack. This podcast is powered by ContractorCommerce.com Looking to connect with us? Shoot us a message @HVACPodcast on all platforms. New episodes every Friday at 6am eastern!

05-20
56:55

Calling the Shots: How a 26-Year-Old Entrepreneur Is Solving One of the Biggest Problems in the Home Service Industry

Tevin Jackson believes his purpose in life is to provide as much value as possible to the home services industry. Tevin is the founder of Stellar Service Group, and Tall Paul had the chance to sit down with him in this episode of the Change Your Filter podcast to talk about how he is solving major issues within the industry. This podcast is powered by ContractorCommerce.com Looking to connect with us? Shoot us a message @HVACPodcast on all platforms New episode every Friday at 6am eastern! Be sure to leave us a review!

05-27
55:44

Customers First: How to Build an Enduring Business

Today’s world is more digital & data-driven than ever. For Jeffrey Eisenberg, however, this is old news. In Episode 5 of the Change Your Filter podcast, we had the opportunity to talk to Jeffrey Eisenberg. Jeffrey has been working in the eCommerce & digital conversion space long before it was mainstream. This podcast is powered by ContractorCommerce.com Looking to connect with us? Follow us @HVACPodcast on all platforms! New episodes every Friday at 6 am eastern. Be sure to leave us a review!

06-03
01:21:24

How Software Companies Are Helping Contractors Think and Play BIGGER

80% of home service contractors don't make it past $1 million in revenue. Our friend Thomas Howard is on a mission to change that. In episode 6 of the Change Your Filter podcast, we had the chance to sit down with Thomas, who is the current VP of Customer Experience at Service Titan. This podcast is powered by ContractorCommerce.com Looking to connect with us? Follow @HVACPodcast on all platforms! New episodes every Friday at 6am eastern. Be sure to leave us a review!

06-10
01:07:16

Leading and Living on Your Own Terms

Any successful business owner or CEO knows that in order to grow and succeed, you must have great leaders around you. In episode 7 of the Change Your Filter podcast, we are joined by Steve Wood. Steve is the VP of Sales and Marketing at Johnson Supply and is also a founding partner of the John Maxwell Team where he is a certified leadership coach and speaker. This podcast is powered by ContractorCommerce.com Looking to connect with us? Follow @HVACPodcast on all platforms! New episodes every Friday at 6am eastern. Be sure to leave us a review!

06-17
01:09:49

Driving Disruption: How the Wrench Group Is Shaping the Future of Home Services

Great leaders. Great cultures. Great markets. Those are three tenets that the Wrench Group lives by. In episode 8 of the Change Your Filter podcast, we are joined by the Chief Marketing Officer of the Wrench Group, Meghann McNally! This podcast is powered by ContractorCommerce.com Looking to connect with us? Follow @HVACPodcast on all platforms! New episodes every Friday at 6am eastern. Be sure to leave us a review!

06-24
01:10:50

Saving Sunshine: From $1.1 Million In Debt to Positive EBITDA in Two Years

It’s not what happens to you, it’s how you handle it that matters. Today’s guest overcame numerous obstacles, yet still finished on top. In episode 9 of the Change Your Filter podcast, we are joined by the Business Growth Director at Raincatcher, Susan Frew! This podcast is powered by ContractorCommerce.com Looking to connect with us? Follow @HVACPodcast on all platforms! New episodes every Friday at 6am eastern. Be sure to leave us a review!

07-01
48:26

Leading Through Loss

Big life events can often be painful, yet there’s always an opportunity to learn and grow via hardship. In Episode 10 of the Change Your Filter Podcast, we are joined by the Senior Director of Executive Success at Service Titan, who is also the Founder & CEO at Ethical Influence Global, Keith Mercurio. This podcast is powered by ContractorCommerce.com Looking to connect with us? Follow @HVACPodcast on all platforms! New episodes every Friday at 6am eastern. Be sure to leave us a review!

07-08
01:24:25

The Journey of a Champion

In episode 11 of the Change Your Filter podcast we are joined by Ben Hubbert! Ben is the Founder of Leadhub, and formally the founder of Champion AC. In this episode, you can expect to learn what it is like to go through the process of selling and exiting a company you built from the ground, and all the struggles that come along with this experience - both personally and professionally. Looking to connect with us? Follow us @HVACPodcast on all platforms! New episodes every Friday at 6am eastern!

07-15
01:11:04

Creating Systems and Structure for Success

Will Blanton is the Chief Executive Officer of Blanton’s Air, Plumbing & Electric. Blanton’s is based out of Fayetteville, North Carolina and specializes in heating, cooling, plumbing, and electrical services. Will inherited the company from his grandfather in 1997 and took it to places no one could have imagined! Will talks about this progression, both professionally & personally, on episode 12 of the Change Your Filter podcast! Looking to connect with us? Follow us @HVACPodcast on all platforms! New episodes every Friday at 6am eastern!

08-05
01:01:46

Reinventing Victor: One Man’s Journey to Change Himself and the Industry

On episode 13 of the Change Your Filter podcast we are joined by Victor Rancour! Victor Rancour is the owner of Absolute Airflow Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning in Westminister, CA. Looking to connect with us? @HVACPodcast on all platforms! New episodes every Friday at 6am Eastern!

08-19
01:10:47

Putting Principles Into Practice

In episode 14 of Change Your Filter, we are joined by Todd Liles! Todd is the Founder and CEO of Service Excellence Training in Buda, Texas. Looking to connect with us? @HVACPodcast on all platforms!

09-02
01:09:50

Nail It Before Your Scale It

Vince Heuser is the owner of Absolute Service in the Louisville, Kentucky area. In this episode, you can expect to learn how Vince grew Absolute Services from a garage door company making $1 million dollars in annual revenue to a full-fledged home services company surpassing $17 million dollars in annual revenue. Want to connect with us? Give us a follow @HVACPodcast on all platforms!

09-16
01:07:09

"And" Not "Or": How to Launch an Online Sales Channel

In episode 16 of the Change Your Filter podcast we are joined by Reed Borton. Reed Borton is the Owner & President of Premier Heating and Air in the Denver Metro area. Looking to connect with us? Give us a follow @HVACPodcast on all platforms!

09-30
55:01

Understanding the Modern Consumer with Paul Redman

Have you gotten a chance to learn more about our beloved host and all we do here at Contractor Commerce? In this special episode 17 of the Change Your Filter podcast, we have the host of the Reflective Marketing podcast, Krystal Hobbs, interviewing our VP of Sales, Paul Redman! Looking to connect with us? Shoot us a message! @HVACPodcast on all platforms.

10-18
35:36

Unlocked: My Conversation With a Genius

Pop-A-Lock is the largest locksmith and mobile technician network in the US. Our host, Tall Paul, had the chance to sit down with the Director of Operations at Pop-A-Lock, Robert Reynolds. We hope you enjoy this episode! Looking to connect with us? @HVACPodcast on all platforms!

11-01
55:58

Pain, Purpose, Profit

In this episode, we are joined by Kip Morris. Kip Morris is CEO of Five Star Home Services which is Ohio’s fastest-growing home services company. Tune in to learn about hyperlocal greenfielding, being a second-chance employer, and finding faith. Want to watch the full-length video of this episode? Head over to our Contractor Commerce Youtube Channel! Looking to connect with us? @HVACPodcast on all platforms!

11-15
58:58

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