S1E4: Helping Contractors Limit Their Mistakes For Improved Success

Whether it's understanding cash flow, getting in touch with insurance companies or the right vendors, or even making time to figure out how to grow their company, there are a lot of areas where small contractors and business owners need help. That's why Luke Payne and Luke Eggebraaten have combined their skills and knowledge to create the Dirt Bags Podcast and University. In this episode, we touch on how they got started in the industry, what their goals are, and why they want to help contractors limit their mistakes for increased success.

Key Moments:

How Luke and Luke got started in construction and the Dirt Bags Podcast (0:40)
The areas in business where contractors need the most help and resources (6:00)
Discussing the challenges of cash flow and collecting on AR for contractors and why it's important to set up contracts for success (11:00)
What are the signs that a contractor is going to be successful? (18:00)
Why Luke Payne has two excavating companies and how they're approached differently (22:30)
How contractors who want to grow their business can have good time management and set goals (27:00)
How contractors and small excavator companies can start investing in marketing (36:00)
Why attending ConExpo and networking is important for contractors (40:00)

Favorite quotes:

"We don’t have all the answers and we know that. But what we do have is a platform where we can bring on the experts that are smarter than us and can educate the people who are listening."

About DOZR

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About The Dirt Bags and Their Links

Luke and Luke have built the website https://dirtbagspodcast.com to feature their trusted resources, project management platforms, referrals for good financing companies, dealers, etc. They also have all of the Dirt Bags Podcast episodes on the website as well as all streaming platforms! You can also check them out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdfAo6IRZiNdXvKsx2pjBlQ

Instagram: @officialdirtbagspodcast

Luke Eggebraaten owns Phaser Marketing as well as Dirt Work Marketing. You can learn more about him and his companies here:

https://phasermarketing.com

https://dirtworkmarketing.com

Luke Payne owns Black Iron Dirt as well as Western Excavation. If you want to learn more about Luke and ahis companies, check out his websites here:

https://blackirondirt.com

https://westernexcavationnd.com

Building Builder Links

Website: https://www.buildingbuilderspodcast.com/

Company Website: https://www.dozr.com/?utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=BuildingBuilders&utm_campaign=DOZR

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy3FNu-uRE6XYaUDHjM5w8A

Instagram: @dozr.rentals