Whole Squad Eats
Welcome to Whole Squad Eats w/ Phil Risher. On this podcast you'll hear stories from successful people doing cool things, discussions on making more money and growing a business, as well as the failures and lessons Phil has learned on his journey.
The Biggest Shift in Search Since Google Itself | Ep 154
In this episode, Phil Risher shares a recent talk he did at Jobber Now to 7 and 8 figure home service business owners about:
- The shift from Google search to agents and ai search
- Why most businesses will get stuck running the old playbook
- How to prepare for the next phase of search
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The New Way Smart Contractors Are Scaling Their Businesses | Ep 153
In this episode, Phil Risher talks with Angela Chanowsky about growing a remote team for your service business.
- How to build culture in a remote environment
- The best way to find, train, and retain remote talent
- Why most contractors are switching to remote talent going into 2027
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Your home service business is growing...so why are you still broke? | Ep 152
In this episode, Phil Risher talks with Lee Miller about growing a profitable service business without the chaos.
- How contractors get trapped in the field, sales, and marketing and never grow
- The whole point of doing this (profit) and how to make more
- Why most contractors stay stuck working 80 hours and never get out of the hamster wheel
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If I Had to Grow a Home Service Business in 2027, I’d Do This | Ep 152
In this episode, Phil Risher shares a recent talk he did at Jobber retreat to 7 and 8 figure home service business owners about:
- The marketing funnel that create growth after $1M
- Why most businesses get stuck getting new leads
- How to use your database to create a snowball effect of leads
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You’re Not Behind (Yet): How to Use AI Agents in Your Business | Ep 151
In this episode, Phil Risher shares a recent video from our youtube channel
- The best AI platform to get customer for local businesses
- Why gemini is slowing gaining popularity
- How to see what is actually being shown in ai results
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How Smart Home Service Businesses Are Using AI to Scale | Ep 150
In this episode, Phil Risher talks with Chris Kiefer about using ai scale your business and remove chaos
- How to create an ai dashboard for you business
- The reason why ai and marketing go hand in hand
- Why you should NOT use ai data for certain things
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How To Dominate AI Search Results (For Home Services) With Phil Risher | Ep. 149
In this episode, Phil Risher shares a recent interview on Break Through Academy about Ai Search and the big shift for home service businesses.
- The reason why knowledge catalogs will be more important than websites
- Why most home service businesses will be stuck if they dont start now
- How to prepare for the shift
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Google now charging businesses for missed calls (Live Q&A) | Ep 148
In this episode, Phil Risher shares a recent LIVE video from our youtube channel
- The reason Google is starting to charge for LSA missed calls
- Why most home service businesses wont even know why their spend went up
- How to make sure you capture every lead
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The Website Era Is Ending. Here’s What to Build Next | Ep 147
In this episode, Phil Risher shares a recent video from our youtube channel
- The reason why knowledge catalogs will be more important than websites
- Why most home service businesses will be stuck if they dont start now
- How to build and deploy your knowledge catalog
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Your Sales Process Is Costing You Jobs. Here’s How to Fix It | Ep 146
In this episode, Phil Risher talks with Dean Curtis about using your presentation as a strategic advantage to close more jobs.
- How traditional sales processes leave the prospect underwhelmed
- The shift to a professional interactive prospecting tool
- Why standardizing your sales process actual increases sales across your team
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The Future of Home Service Scheduling: AI, Smarter Routes & Better Appointments | Ep 144
In this episode, Phil Risher talks with Quinn Small about using ai to get perfect schedules through ai online booking.
- How traditional online booking tools fail for home service businesses
- The big shift happening with ai search and scheduling
- Why speed to lead is not enough and speed to booking is better
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Google Just Revealed AI Search Ads | Ep 143
In this episode, Phil Risher shares a recent video from our youtube channel
- The new way google ads will work in ai search
- Why most home service businesses will lose leads
- How to set up your business for success with new google ads
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Why Most Contractors Never Get Past $3 Million | Ep 142
In this episode, Phil Risher shares a recent video from our youtube channel
- The difference between $1M and $10M home service businesses
- Why most home service businesses dont make it past $3M
- How to kill the hustler and become the leader to get to $10M
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Your Website Won't Matter in 3 Years (Here's What to Build Instead) | Ep 141
In this episode, Phil Risher shares a recent video from our youtube channel
- The 3 phases of conversions from websites to agent to agent protocol
- Why your website will matter less and less over the next 3 years
- How to prepare your home service business for the shift
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How Zach Grew His Home Service Business From $500K to $50M (Without Buying Companies) | Ep 140
In this episode, Phil Risher talks with Zack Krieger about growing his home service business from 500k to 50M over 19 years
- How to build leaders in the organization
- The hardest part of casting a huge vision to his team
- Why hiring and building great people is the key
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The Labor Shortage Isn't Your Biggest Hiring Problem | Ep 139
In this episode, Phil Risher talks with Aaron about the myth of skills trade labor shortage
- How to hunt for A players
- The reason why the skilled trades labor shortage is a myth
- Why most contractors get stuck hiring anyone with a pulse to run routes
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Why Your Home Service Business Isn't Making Money (Even at $5M+) | Ep 138
In this episode, Phil Risher talks with Diane about running a profitable home service business
- How to take your profit first
- The best way to budget your revenue weekly
- Why most contractors run at less than 5% profit and never know it
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The Home Service Hiring System: How to Attract, Qualify, and Hire Better People | Ep 137
In this episode, Phil Risher talks with Ryan Englin about hiring and attracting team members
- How to actually build an employee referral system
- The best way to attract technicians to your business
- Why starting with your ideal team player is the most important part
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Why Your Best Employees Are Burning Out (And What To Do About It) | Ep 136
In this episode, Phil Risher talks with Jess Hallahan about team member morale and retention.
- How to build trust between team members
- The best way to introduce team bonding exercises
- Why going all in on your employees is the only way to operate
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Google Accidentally Revealed the Future of SEO | Ep 135
In this episode, Phil Risher shares a recent video from our youtube channel
- Does SEO still matter?
- What type of content Google says you should be making
- How to prepare your home service business for the shift
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Commercial Real Estate Explained for Home Service Businesses | Ep 134
In this episode, Phil Risher talks with Graham Storey about using commercial real estate to build wealth.
- How to buy commercial real estate as a home service business owner
- The commercial real estate SBA loop hole
- When to hire someone to help you buy real estate
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The CEO of Google Just Warned Home Service Businesses About AI Search | 133
In this episode, Phil Risher shares a recent video from our youtube channel
- What the CEO of Google said about the future of search
- Why traditional SEO is dying
- How to prepare your home service business for the shift
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From Reputation Management to Experience Management - The Big Shift in Home Service | Ep 132
In this episode, Phil Risher talks with Pierce Birkhold about shifting from reputation management to experience management.
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- How to do happy calls and actually get feedback
- The NPS score most home service business owners want but dont have
- What AI calling should actually do to build experience for your customers
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<...Why Most Home Service Brands Look the Same (And Lose Customers Because of It) | Ep 131
In this episode, Phil Risher talks with Sergio Silva about building a home service brand that dominates your market
- How to decide it's time to rebrand
- The branding no-no's home service businesses should know
- What branding assets you need to dominate your market
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She Built Her Home Service Business to $10M...Then Almost Lost it All | Ep 130
In this episode, Phil Risher talks with Kerri Raynor about scaling her business to $10M and almost losing it to a hidden lawsuit.
- How to build a $10M home service business
- The hidden lawsuit most home service businesses may face
- How to find a PE firm that is good
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Stop Hoping for Referrals — Build This $1M Referral System Instead | Ep 129
In this episode, Phil Risher shares a recent video from our youtube channel
- How to build a $1M referral system
- What numbers to track year over year to grow
- How to structure your referral system for success
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How I Scaled a Home Service Business to $5M Using Enterprise’s Playbook | Ep 128
In this episode, Phil Risher shares a recent video that went viral on LinkedIn about how he used Enterprise strategies to grow a home service business
- How to use a $27B family owned business framework to grow your business
- What numbers to track year over year to grow
- How to structure your team for success
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5 Marketing Pitfalls Costing Home Service Businesses 8 to 10% of Their Revenue & How to Fix Them | Ep 127
In this episode, Phil Risher and Tom Casey discuss:
- How to dominate local neighborhoods
- How to track ROI & growth from marketing
- Why most home service owners fail with marketing
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Still Closing Every Deal? Here’s How to Replace Yourself and Scale to $10M | Ep 126
In this episode, Phil Risher and Steve Caron discuss:
- How to hire salespeople for home service businesses
- How to build a sales system inside your business with key metrics
- Why most home service owners fail when hiring salespeople
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The $100M Home Service Cheat Code (Alex Hormozi Strategy) | Ep 125
In this episode, Phil Risher share a live event he did on the $100M Series from Alex Hormozi
- How to use the $100M Series in a home service business
- Call scripts with the grand slam offer
- Using the $100M money models to actually scale from 1M to 10M
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She took this home service business from $8M to $11M in 2 years | Ep 124
In this episode, Phil Risher and Marie Elliott discuss:
- What gaps she saw at an 8M home service business that led to quick growth
- Why spending more on ads was not the quick fix to growth
- How leadership meetings helped scale vision and data
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Building a Culture That Actually Drives Growth, Retention, and Profitability
In this episode, Phil Risher and Nicole Greer discuss:
- Building a culture that grows your business
- How to have conversations with tough employees
- The accountability framework to use with your team
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Ai Search is Shifting in Home Service Businesses - What You Can Do To Prepare | Ep 122
In this episode, Phil Risher and Carl Willis discuss:
- Preparing your home service business for ai search
- Virtual estimating and ai
- Creating content to rank in ai search
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The 4 Relationships Standing Between You and a $10 Million Home Service Business | Ep 121
In this episode, Phil Risher and Sara Hardwick Grintz discuss:
- 4 PACT relationships every business needs to scale to $10m
- How to build a b2b referral partner program
- Why Gifting is only part of relationship building
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Stop Buying Leads: How This Turf Business Scaled to Multi-7 Figures Using Relationships | Ep 120
In this episode, Phil Risher and Connor Sweeney discuss:
- Building partnerships to grow multi 7 figures
- How to build a premium brand
- Opening new office and scaling
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3 Years to Exit: A Masterclass on Preparing Your Business for Sale | Ep 119
In this episode, Phil Risher and Scott Snider discuss:
- 4 Capital Levers to grow a business
- How to 2x value without more revenue
- Why 75% of Business Owners Regret Selling (And How to Avoid It)
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10x thinking formula to grow your home service business and prepare you to sell with Bill Gallagher | Ep 118
In this episode, Phil Risher and Bill Gallagher discuss:
- 10x mindset to explode growth
- Why 10x is easier than 2x
- Scaling frameworks to think bigger
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He Hit $1M… Then Got Stuck. These 4 Fixes Took Him to $1.8M with Adam Sylvester | Ep 117
In this episode, Phil Risher and Adam Sylvesteer discuss:
- How he stalled at $1.2M then unlocked 40% growth
- How he took 5 weeks off from his business
- Building a sales and marketing machine
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$1.3M Home Service Business Added Another $1M in 12 Months With Kevin McCarthy | Ep 116
In this episode, Phil Risher and Kevin McCarthy discuss:
- How he added $1m to his home service business in 18
- Buying back his time to lead
- Hiring a sales person and building a sales system
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Build Wealth Inside and Outside of Your Home Service Business with Jason Gabrieli | Ep 115
In this episode, Phil Risher and Jason Gabriele discuss:
- The home service wealth ladder
- How to plan for an exit of your home service business
- Where to start if all your wealth is tied up in your business
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