Ask The Chimney Sweep

This week's incredible guest is Jon Nastor, who has interviewed over 200 entrepreneurs in his Hack The Entrepreneur podcast.  He has also just published a book full of wisdom gleaned from his guests.  Clay and Jon talk about some of these lessons in their interview, and Chris thinks about Brett Favre.  Hey, Chris, this is about home contracting businesses, not football!

Our special guest for this edition of Home Contractors HQ is Taylor Hill, co-owner of Spark Marketer and co-host of the upcoming podcast Guys In Trucks with Carter Hawkins.  Clay and Taylor go through the basics of what all encompasses marketing your home contracting business, and what role social media plays in that realm.  Chris and Clay discuss technology in the business in their mailbag segment.

Next up on Home Contractors HQ is Billy Sweet from Boston, as he shares his successes and failures in starting his own home contracting business.  Clay and Chris discuss how to spend all that money you are getting from your first clients, and not becoming "blue jean rich."

Ever wonder what it would be like to quit your day job on the spot and force the launch of your entrepreneurial career?  We interview Dan Perry on this episode of Home Contractors HQ, who did just that.  He left his mechanical engineering job and launched his own handyman business, and get this: he didn't fully know what he was doing!  Instead, he took his inexperience and made the best of it, eventually starting a website to share his lessons learned.  Also hear about how Clay could easily have been mistaken as a homeless man recently, and hear Chris and Clay discuss how to incorporate new products or services into your home contracting business.

Visiting the Home Contractors HQ in this episode is Tim Carter, who took his home contracting business in another entrepreneurial direction.  His syndicated column and website, "Ask The Builder," has provided guidance to thousands of DIYers over decades.  Listen as Clay talks to Tim about transparency in business among other topics.  Add in another mailbag question about how to deal with customer complaints, and prospective home contracting business owners are in for an episode filled with applicable insight.

This episode's guest is Jay Walker, owner of Jay Walker Enterprises in Tallahassee, FL.  Co-host Clay Lamb and Jay discuss his first entrepreneurial dollar in a frame and what happened to it, going from being solo for ten years to hiring his first employee, and using technology in his business.  In addition, Clay and Chris answer their first mailbag question about business cards.

In our first podcast we introduce co-host Clay Lamb, president and owner of American Chimney and Masonry in Cincinnati, OH.  Clay was recently featured by Daniel Bowling on his Smart Tradesman podcast, where he spoke about his history of entrepreneurship and his philosophy on business networking.  We feature an excerpt of this interview so you can become familiar with Clay’s history and understand how his story can be similar to yours.