Send us a text Early Life and Career Beginnings Ismael Valdez was born in Mexico and raised in California. He always had a drive to succeed, both in academics and in making money. Despite having to make a tough decision after high school, he chose to pursue a career in the trades and started working at a supply house. He quickly worked his way up and built strong relationships in the industry, laying the foundation for his future success. Building a Business Empire Ismael went on to start t...
Send us a text [00:00:00] Corey Berrier: Welcome to the Successful Life Podcast. I'm your host, Corey Barrier, and I am here with my man Ben Bressington. Did I say the last I said it right? The last name, right? [00:00:11] Ben Bessington: You did, yeah. You nailed it. [00:00:13] Corey Berrier: You're like the second person. I think I've ever nailed it on [00:00:19] Corey Berrier: I didn't even have to practice with you either. That's pretty good. So ...
Send us a text [00:00:00] Corey Berrier: Welcome to the Successful Life Podcast. I'm your host, Corey Berrier. And today, folks, we are gonna, we're gonna dive into one thing that I absolutely love about sales. And so we're gonna get into several topics today, and this is gonna be pretty dope. I'm telling you right now. So go ahead. And, I don't know, get something to write with. [00:00:25] Corey Berrier: Cause I'm about to drop some knowledge on you that I've really never talked about in th...
Send us a text [00:00:00] Corey Berrier: Welcome to the Successful Life Podcast. I'm your host, Corey Barrier, and today, folks, we're gonna be talking about how to improve your sales team. As a business owner, you know how important it is to have a strong sales team. They're the ones bringing in the money and helping your business grow. [00:00:22] Corey Berrier: But sometimes it can be hard to motivate yourself. , right, to sell more products or services or both. One of the best ways that y...
Send us a text 00:00:00] Corey Berrier: Welcome to the Successful Life Podcast. I'm your host, Corey Berrier, and I am here with Shreya. I mess everybody's name up, Shreya, but I actually think I said your first name right? [00:00:15] Shreya: You did. Congratulations. [00:00:18] Corey Berrier: Lu. I usually mess up like Bob's name. Like, I don't know what it is. I don't know what it is. I don't know. [00:00:25] Corey Berrier: But anyway, dude, I'm so glad that you're here. I'm ...
Send us a text Corey Berrier: [00:00:00] Welcome to the Successful Life Podcast. I am your host, Corey Berrier, and I am here with my man John Ellis. What's up, John? John Ellis: Hey, good afternoon. Good to see you, my man. Oh, likewise. I'm glad to be here. Corey Berrier: I'm glad to have you. So, John, I, you know what? You can introduce yourself far better than I can introduce you. Corey Berrier: So could you just tell everybody a little bit about yourself and some exciting...
Send us a text [00:00:00] Welcome to the Successful Life Podcast. I am your host, Corey Berrier, and to Dave. Folks, I'm gonna tell you about a story that I read. I'm gonna tell you a couple of stories actually. I'm gonna give you a few tips on what Air Plumbing company should be doing. All right. So I read this story. It was I read it in a post. So it said John had been running his plumbing company for the past three years, but despite his best. You couldn't seem to grow his business beyond...
Send us a text [00:00:00] Welcome to the Successful Life podcast. I am your host, Corey Berrier, and I am here with my man, Josh Kelly. What's up Josh? What's up man? Good to see you brother. Good to see you too. Good to see you too, man. You got a way fancier background than me though. I'm so, you know, it's interesting. I gotta give my wife credit. I get more compliments on that background than anything, and she hand painted that. . Did she really? That's not, yeah. Like she painted that w...
Send us a text Welcome to the Successful Life Podcast. I'm your host, Corey Berrier, and today, folks, we're going to be talking about look, let's just dive straight into it. Now. Look, I'm sure this is not you, imagine seeing $1.3 million. In lost revenue because of follow-ups, and missed opportunities, that weren't closed. Dude, that's a staggering amount of money. That was in six months. That wasn't even all year. That was just for six months. 1.3 million. Now, here's the crazy thing abou...
Send us a text [00:00:00] Welcome to the Successful Life Podcast. I'm your host Corey Berrier, and I used to be fat hell. I'm still a fat boy at heart. Like my friend Caleb Feyerhiesen says, look, confidence is the number one thing that you need to have a successful life. My first fight with confidence. Was when I was called fat at age 12. I went on a diet after that experience and I never gained the weight back, which helped me tremendously with my confidence. Am I still, am I super confide...
Send us a text [00:00:00] Welcome to the Successful Life Podcast. I'm your host, Corey Barrier, and today folks have a question for you. Do you trust me? Do you want my feedback? If I throw an idea toward, or if you throw an idea towards. and I think it's terrible. Are you okay with me telling you that if we can have an open and honest conversation, you and me, you, the contractor, and I, right? If we can have an open and honest dialogue throughout our relationship, the relationship is...
Send us a text [00:00:00] Welcome to the Successful Life Podcast. I am your host, Corey Berrier. And today, folks, I am gonna get into several different things, but first, I want you to imagine using the old sales tactics that still work. Maybe they're just not cutting-edge. Maybe they're not even as effective as they used to be, however, You don't know that, right? [00:00:30] So just don't do it, right? That's the theme today. Just don't do it. It's a little playoff—the Nike slogan. So look...
Send us a text [00:00:00] Welcome to the Successful Life Podcast. I am your host, Corey Barrier in today, folks, you got me Corey B. And so look, this is gonna be an interesting conversation. It's gonna be something a little bit. Actually, it's gonna be astronomically different than what you're normally hearing in this podcast, but I think it's really important to talk about this. [00:00:31] And I think it's important for you to think about the questions that I'm gonna ask you today because ...
Send us a text [00:00:00] Welcome to the Successful Life Podcast. I am your host, Corey Berrier. And today, folks, we're going to talk about reciprocity and what that does for you in your business and in your life, and you know the benefits of it. The first thing is reciprocity. Let me explain what that means. Reciprocity means that you willingly do something for another individual. [00:00:28] Without any expectation of anything in return. And so what that means is, you, it's just doing the ...
Send us a text [00:00:00] Welcome to the Successful Life Podcast. I am your host, Corey Berrier, and I am here with my man TJ Hartnett. I always screw everybody heart net? Heart net. Look, Just look. Podcast, bro. I miss everybody's last name up, so my apologies on that. [00:00:14] You're good. Tj, what's up my man? How are ya? I'm doing great. Doing great. Just at a great event last week. Ready to go to another great event this week and Philadelphia Sports, we're pretty kick butt this weeke...
Send us a text Jon decided on HVAC because he felt there was an opportunity to use his technological background and create efficiencies in the industry. 00:00:00] Welcome to the Successful Life Podcast. I am your host Corey Berrier, and I am here with my man, Jon Jordan. What's up, Jon? Hey Corey, how's it going? Good, man. Good to see you. So Jon is gonna bring some pretty cool information to us today, and I tell you, I'm, I've been really excited about this and I would wish we could ha...
Send us a text Ryan Kettering- Prolific Brand Designs [00:00:00] Welcome to the Successful Life Podcast. I am your host, Corey Berrier, and I am here with my man Ryan Kettering. What's up, brother? Hey Corey. How are you doing, man? Good to see you. I'm so Ryan, I'm super excited about this conversation because you and I have talked obviously off camera, we've talked prior to this, and I understand a little bit about what you do well, probably a lot more than some, and ...
Send us a text Michael Venidis [00:00:00] Welcome to the Successful Life Podcast. I am your host, Corey Berrier, and I am here with my man, Michael Venidis, right? You got it, Corey, man. Oh, man. But I feel you should feel super, super special because I mess up Smith, typically. . Hey man, I feel special to be here. It's a privilege. . I appreciate you being here, brother. [00:00:22] What's going on, man? I'm super excited to dig into this conversation with you. So first, just tell everybo...
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Send us a text I'm the founder and, owner, and the president is of streamlined services. We are out of Raleigh. I'm a fourth-generation plumber. I grew up around the business. I always say that you. My dad was enslaved then. He did not want anything to do with it. He did not want us to be...