New Episode! Advocacy, Women in HVACR and the Future of Contracting

John Talman and Luke Hansen sit down with Colleen Keyworth, marketing director at Online-Access, international advocate, and past president of Women in HVACR. From getting fired at her family’s plumbing and heating business to becoming a global voice for contractors, Colleen shares her unexpected journey into sales, leadership, and advocacy. Whether you’re a contractor, business owner, or advocate for the industry, this conversation is packed with laughter, perspective, and actionable lessons.

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Best of the Bad Photoshop

Hey everyone, Josh here—I’m the digital producer and editor for the Good Contractor Podcast. If you watch the podcast on YouTube, you may have noticed some of the obnoxious Photoshop visuals that pop up on screen while Luke and John are talking. As silly as they are, I take great pride in my “Bad” Photoshop slides. 😜

For my first post on this community page, I thought it only right to give these beauties the attention they deserve—complete with little to no context!

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Monday Check in!

What’s up everyone. I just wanted to check in to see how y’all were doing?! Now that summer is coming to an end and the cooler weather sets in, any intentions for the next season??

Mine is to take my annual holiday coming up and when I return, be more present and less scrambly as life is always super hectic in the summer time.

How are you guys actually getting more reviews?

Going to start the 14-day trial & give it a run! I know this is just for Google Reviews - any plans for something similar for social media???

Sidenote, if there was a way to get this as an add-on instead of upgrading to Elite, we'll be more likely to purchase it. We don't have the need for any of the other Elite features...

How have Google Reviews gone for you in general, @Jane S?
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📱Social media is tough (good thing we have some pros here) share your best advice.

One cool thing to try is to go into a ChatGPT of similar AI tool and just have it generate 20-30 hook ideas for you. Just make sure to tell it about your business and what clips may have done well in the past. It might help take the issue of constantly trying to create a new hook out of it a bit!
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When Do You Unfollow Someone?

Something I've been thinking about a lot lately. When I follow someone, its because I'm interesting in their content. Maybe its funny, or educational, or I just really like the person after meeting them IRL (talking about you @the_ladyplumber)

My question is this, when do you unfollow? Lately I've noticed that many of those I follow post commentary or repost political content. I don't use the plaforms for any of that. Do you just mute them? Unfollow them?

I don't have the time to wade through to the usefull content.

📱Social media is tough (good thing we have some pros here) share your best advice.

Social media is incredibly difficult. Its not just posting something interesting from the jobsite that maybe wasn't widely known. You have to plan the shot list, camera angle, what kind of camera, voice over later?, audio quality, and the list goes on. IG is just a scrolling platform now, so the hook is very important........I'm terrible at the hook.

Social has opened a lot of doors for me and I don't regret making it my 3rd full time job, but its getting harder and harder. Scott from Essential Craftsman made the comment when I got to go visit him, "its soul sucking".
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Tell us who was your BEST client and why

Every contractor has that one client who made or continues to make every part of the job smooth and rewarding.

Whatever the reason as to why they were awesome, share your best “dream client” story: What made them so great to work with?

Was it about communication, trust, on-time payments, or something totally unexpected?

Let’s celebrate the awesome clients here!

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