North Indy Pro Painters

Story:

An 18 year old with 2 kids and a struggling contracting business came to me for help…

If nothing changed in the next 2 months, the business would need to shut down. Jose would need to get a job to support his family.

At the time, he was doing about $3,000 a month in sales, with no profit to show for it.

On some projects he even had to dig into his own pockets to pay his employees.

He had no clear path to make things better.

Jose wasn’t afraid of hard work, he would do anything to provide a better life for his family…

He just didn’t have the knowledge and the systems he needed to make his business profitable.

Whenever he would submit a bid for a project, he would just throw out a price and hope it worked out. There was no system to make sure there was enough money left over at the end of the project to pay himself.

And most of the time, there wasn’t.

But then he ran into our Facebook post and decided to reach out for help.

He knew that if he didn’t get help, he would need to shut things down and fire his employees.

The call we had, Jose called “life changing”.

He saw a whole new way of running his business. He saw a future where he could achieve 10x more than he was achieving then.

So he decided to invest in himself – and it paid off… Massively.

When we recorded this video, his sales were over $10,000 per month.

And his profits were over 40%.

Today, Jose’s life looks completely different.

His business is doing over $25,000 per month.

He’s got 5 employees who are well paid.

He’s not worried about paying his bills any more.

Quote:

“It's all about getting started. A lot of people have the grind and the hunger to do something. They just don’t have the knowledge, and that’s what Contracting.com does. They provide that knowledge and say, “Here is the secret formula. Just put it into action.””

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Jose Esparza

Before: $3,000 a month

After: $25,000+ a month

Timeline: 1 year

MTD Drains LLC

Story:

When I first met Robert, he was down to his last $2,000.

At that point he was 9 years into running his own business and 35 years into being a plumber.

But he was having trouble finding consistent work. Word of mouth had dried up and he had no way to get new clients.

He tried spending money buying leads from Angi, but it was terrible.

Within 6 months of working with us he went from making $1,000 a month → $10,000+ a month.

How?

1. Clarity

2. Systems

3. Support

He got clarity on exactly what he needed to do to take control of his lead generation. To improve his sales process. To grow his business and his income.

He implemented our proven systems for marketing, sales, hiring and project management. He didn’t have to keep going through trial and error all on his own. He skipped all that by just doing what is already proven to work in hundreds of other businesses.

He got the support he needed when things got tough. Any time he faced uncertainty, he reached out and he asked for help. And most importantly, he took action.

Quote:

“You have to keep your mind open to learn more. Your brain has to remain a sponge. We don't know everything. We always need help. No matter how old you are, you will always need help.”

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Robert Dunphy

Before: $1,000 a month (profit)

After: $10,000+ a month (profit)

Timeline: 6 months

Gutter Guys Plus

Story:

How Jackson went from:

Wearing all the hats in the business → Becoming a true CEO and owner of his company.

Most contractors dream of owning a business that works for them.

Where they can take a week long vacation and still make money.

Where they aren’t the person who has to do all the bidding, paperwork, scheduling and labor.

But for a lot of contractors, that vision is more of a dream than their reality.

And when we first met Jackson, that was definitely the case.

He had recently started his own company, Gutter Guys Plus.

But things were chaotic.

Jackson struggled to find reliable employees that he could trust with his reputation.

And his profits…

When he got introduced to us by his friend, he was skeptical.

He thought, “I want to figure it out on my own” , “I want to show that I know everything”

But he paid for it with his time, his energy and his headaches.

Eventually, he applied for a free strategy session where I took a look at every aspect of his business.

-> How he finds new projects

-> His sales and estimating process

-> How he found new employees

-> How he trained new employees

-> How he managed his projects

-> How he managed his profits

And together we figured out exactly what his roadmap should be to improve the business.

And once we started working together he said two things that stuck with me.

First…

"I think we got our money back within the first week, to be honest. [...] It's a no brainer. [...] You're gonna cost yourself a fortune trying to do yourself because that's what I did."

And second…

“I f#*$&%! robbed you guys with how much value I have gotten from being apart of the program”

Today, Jackson’s business is filling up with:

-> sales people

-> office assistants, and

-> reliable crews.

He gets to focus on working on the business, not just in it.

Quote:

“So there have been so many times where I'm just confused and I'm like, what do I do? And had I not taken the time to ask you for help, and use resources I had, I would have already made a bunch of mistakes that would been detrimental. With what I've seen so far and what's, you know, to come, I have no doubt in my mind that we will be able to reach our goals.”

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Jackson Mayers

Before: Stuck in day to day

After: Running 2 locations

Timeline: 2 months

Thor Electric

Story:

Within 4 months of working with us, Travis went from:

Stuck on the tools full time → Taking a week long fishing trip (while his business still made money)

Within 12 months, his business went from $5,000 per month → $400,000 per year in sales.

When I first met Travis, he had a lot of goals for himself and for his business.

He wanted to:

• Increase his sales & profit

• Get off the tools

• Work on systems

• Hire a journeyman

• Have another truck

• Less stress

• Better sleep, and

• To start working out

But if you boiled it down, Travis wanted the same thing we all do – Freedom.

He wanted peace of mind.

So what was stopping him? It wasn’t a lack of work ethic…

When Travis started his own business, he learned that being a contractor has two sides.

#1 The trade skill, to actually do the work for the customer.

#2 The business skill, to know what to do to grow the business.

The trade skills were there.

But trade skills alone were only going to get him so far.

Sure, he could make a nice living doing all the ‘work’ himself.

But it wasn’t going to give him the freedom or the peace of mind he dreamed of.

Instead of figuring it all out on his own, he said:

“If I pay to learn [the business side], that could speed up my learning curve and get me to my goals way quicker. It turns out that was right.”

Like many contractors, Travis didn’t need to work harder… just smarter.

He just needed the right information, and the right support.

Within four months of working with us, Travis had his first taste of freedom. He took his family on a week-long fishing trip, while his new workers handled the jobsite.

Within 12 months, we helped him go from $5,000 per month, to $400,000+ per year.

But what is most remarkable is the freedom he has been able to experience.

Where he used to spend 40+ hours a week on the tools…

… Now when he shows up on site his crew jokes with him that he doesn’t even know where the tools are.

If you want to experience the same freedom in your business.

If you don’t want to have to figure everything out on your own.

Maybe even start forgetting where you put your toolbelt.

Quote:

“If you're like me, you want your business to serve you better. Whether that's maybe more freedom in your scheduling, more profit margins, more business coming in.

Anything you don't understand, that can be a huge roadblock and, and take away all your peace in your business. You should look for someone to guide you through that and of course with contracting.com, they’ll give you more than enough material for you to get on your way.

If you're like me and you only utilize like, not even half of it, it has changed my business.

So it'll change yours too, for sure.”

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Travis Driedger

Before: $60,000 a year

After: $400,000 a year

Timeline: 12 months

Diamond Decks

Story:

As a contractor, Trevor went from living pay-check to pay-check to clearing over $150,000 in contracting work in a single month, but things were not always like this. For many years Trevor struggled as a contractor. He had trouble marketing his business. His dreams of getting his business to where he wanted to be, were slowly fading away. It seemed that he was destined to just being another average contractor. To try and combat this he started offering more and more services, spending more and more money with "marketing experts" that will boost his sales, and paying monthly fees for leads that were hopeless. Due to the inconsistency of work, employees of his came and went.

Things were getting bleak, until one day he ran into one of our Facebook Ads and decided to work with us. Laughter, joy, and optimism slowly came back. Running a business became fun. The future became exciting and clear. He knew exactly what to do and how to do them.

When we started to work with Trevor we noticed that his business was of the type that was ready to scale massively, but was lacking in critical systems and making consistent mistakes. These mistakes kept Trevor second guessing himself. In a matter of just 30 days with us, we were able to clean up his brand, deploy a quick result marketing effort, and have him cross into the $100,000 a month territory.

Trevor is the third million dollar contractor we have produced in 2021.

Quote:

“I lived paycheck to paycheck trying to get this business off the ground man, and in the first month with you guys I booked $150,000 in work and I was able to confidently hire two employees. It was hard enough to find these guys, but now I am confident that there is enough work for them for the whole year.”

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Trevor March

Before: $5,000 a month

After: $150,000 a month

Timeline: 1 month to $150k, then scaled to $350k after 4 months

BSquared Construction INC.

Story:

Brett was referred to us at a time when he was working 14 hour days. He worked 9 hours as a project manager of a high rise construction company, and then spent 5 hours every evening trying to do side jobs in his own business. The referral was made by a friend of his who was seeing the ridiculous hours and lifestyle that Brett was living. After our first conversation, he was still hesitant. “Will this work?” “Will I actually get the results I need?” “How quickly will it take?”

He decided to join our program, not knowing that he will be one of the most successful stories to come out of our company. Brett went from working a full-time job to making $200,000 A MONTH running his own general contracting business, Brett's story working with us is one that must be shared.

In a matter of 4 months, Brett's revenue PER MONTH looked like this:

*July - $7,500

*August - $60,000

*September - $120,000

*October - $200,000

It was insane to see. We were not surprised to see Brett succeed. Anyone can succeed by doing the work and following the plan we provide, but Brett experienced something most don’t. He started getting closer and closer to reaching his full potential, and for the first time ever he was not restricted by doubt, fear, or inaction.

Most people that I tell Brett’s story to wonder, "how is that possible?" “Did he get lucky?"

The truth is as my business partner and I help more and more tradesmen realize their full potential as business owners, we slowly came into a startling realization.

We discovered that there is an OVERWHELMING amount of contractors are stuck in two states: they are either suffering from not having enough work booked up, OR are suffering by working too much and not having the systems to delegate

Brett was stuck laboring 10-12 hours a day at a job. He is extremely talented, hardworking, and ambitious, but he was not making the money he deserved. It was not until he had the right guidance and roadmap, that he was able to truly start reaping all the benefits of his skillsets. The truth is there are so many extremely talented tradesmen that are leaving so much on the table. How much are you losing out on?

Quote:

“If you are thinking about it, this is 10 years in the making for me to make this decision to work with you guys. If I had something like this available to me 10 years ago, who knows where this business would be today. If you are thinking about it, I would definitely say that you should invest in yourself and work with Amer and Patrick. Take the leap of faith, you can at least start with one of their free strategy sessions.”

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Brett McCullough

Before: $7,500 a month

After: $200,000 a month

Timeline: 1 month to $60k, then scaled to $200k after 4 months

RoseWood Home Services

Story:

Kyle ran into a Facebook post of ours that went viral in early 2022 called the Fishing Test. In it we ask contractors, “can you take 7 day fishing trip anytime during the year and still make money from your contracting business?”

His answer: absolutely not.

”I found out that I owned a job, not a business.” Kyle explained to us, “We were wearing so many hats in our business, and no matter what we couldn’t seem to be able to get past these hurdles… we were stuck.”

Kyle’s business partner, Kendall, shared a similar outlook:
-They both spent over 30 hours a week, each, on the tools
-They constantly had trouble finding good employees to hire that they can trust
-They were turning down jobs left and right since they were so busy
-They barely had time for their family and kids
-They felt like they were wearing too many hats in their business and running around like headless chickens trying to keep the ship afloat.

Kyle decided to take us up on our offer for a free 1-on-1 Business Strategy Session. Where we sat down with both Kyle and Kendall, diagnosed their business, and drew up a plan for them.

Four months after working with us:
-Kyle got off the tools
-Kendall took over as the main foremen of the business
-Kyle took a trip to Florida with his family
-Kyle bought a new house that he moved his family to
-Kendall completely automated one crew (they can leave them alone and the crew would complete the entire job with utmost quality with little ‘babysitting’)
-Kendall was able to find, hire, and train another full crew after 2 years of failing to find any good employees
-Kyle onboarded an estimator
-The business is doing double in revenue with 10% more profit

At the time of writing this post, Kyle and Kendall have been spending more time with their family and have fallen in love all over again with their business. They are working to live, not living to work.

This is their story.

Quote:

“Invest in yourself. Invest in yourself first, because you are your best investment. If you think you can do it alone, just remember that nobody that has ever gone far, has gone alone.”

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Kyle Ledyard

Before: $30,000 a month

After: $80,000 a month

Timeline: 5 months

Carpenter Near Me Ottawa

Story:

Starting a residential carpentry business is hard, but starting a residential carpentry business in a WHOLE new country is even harder.

Noel and Casey moved to Canada from the UK around 6 months ago with a dream of starting their own contracting business. However that dream slowly seemed to turn to just that, a dream. Something had to change. They had no idea where to start.

They were working as many hours as they could trying to get this business of theirs off the ground, but it just wasn't enough. Their marketing efforts were crushed by bigger and more established businesses. They needed to learn how to grow their business or risk giving up on their dreams and stay average. That's when Noel and Casey contacted us and asked us about what it took to work with us.

Quote:

“[Casey] Just jump in. There are a lot of ways to live your life, and for us we have avoided taking the road less travelled. We avoided going after our dream just due to fear. But we finally decided to work with you guys, the rewards that we have reaped by just going for it are amazing. [Noel] A phone call doesn’t cost anything, just book a call with them and decide for yourself, the worst thing that would happen is that you learn something new.”

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Noel & Casey McDonnell

Before: $0 (Had no business)

After: $100,000 a month

Timeline: 33 days to $100k, then maintained growth while delegating

AlphaNova Roofing INC.

Story:

Ibrahim, Youssef, Badr, and Nikoleta have always tried to find and achieve their full potential as a team. Trying businesses on their own, different sales jobs, and various other ventures have just proved to be too inconsistent. It was not until they decided to run their own roofing business that things took a turn for the better.

Things started up slow, they landed jobs as subcontractors for bigger companies. Put up with being paid very little, and got used to working very long hours. Enough was enough. The bills were piling up and a decision had to be made. Ibrahim, the CEO of the group, decided to reach out to us for some professional coaching and consulting, after coming across Trevor’s success story (see above) on our Facebook page.

Ibrahim was used to the idea of coaching and knew that there had to be other contractors who were doing better and getting more success who can be learned from. Role specialization, niche focus, paperwork organization, and a solid marketing plan were all things that we assisted them with on their journey to more than tripling their profits by finding their own clients rather than relying on work from other companies.

Quote:

“We started 8 months ago, never had a hammer in our hand before, never setup a ladder, never dealt with anything relating to construction, and here we are 8 months later talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars as objectives. Contracting.com and their program offers the right systems to take you from zero dollars to competing to the biggest companies in the area in a matter of 3 months.”

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ibrahim & Youssef Laamiri, Badr Shybat, Nikoleta Kovinic

Before: $2,000 a month

After: $82,000 a month

Timeline: 1 month to $35k from $2k of own clients. Used to be a subcontractor that did around $20k in rev. with around 15% profit compared to 45% profit doing around $35k finding own clients. Jan. 2022 month is $82k

Rock Island Stonework Designs

Story:

Mark started his journey running a painting franchise in Student Works Painting but wanted to start his own business under his own name. Lucas started his journey as an employee working for other contractors but wanted to start his own business because he felt most contractors in the area failed to live up to the quality they were promising.

Instead of going out into the world of business ownership alone, they were aware that they had a choice to make:
- “Do we try to figure this out alone?”
- “Do we get mentorship from someone who has already figured this out?”

They chose to put any arrogance aside and chose to do the latter.

Mark had heard about Amer’s success through people in his network and some podcasts that he was featured on and decided to reach out to see what they can learn to succeed.

10 months after choosing to work with Amer and Contracting.com, Lucas and Mark have become local “celebrities” in their community. Their business activity on Facebook boast anywhere from 50 to 100 shares PER POST. They are averaging around $80,000 worth of work per month, trending to do over $1 million dollars in 2022. They are constantly sourcing and hiring the top talent in their city with ease, and have peace mind and clarity on the future. WITHOUT spending thousands a month on leads or relying on years of reputation building.

How?

How can two new business owners in a new trade and new city, achieve millstones that most contractors never hit?

Watch the video to hear them recant their journey and success so far through Contracting.com

Quote:

“We immediately decided to get a mentor instead of just trying out on our own. Because I would rather learn from a professional than going off my own intuition. When I have seen your success, I immediately thought that it would be easy to trust your process and just follow it. Once I saw all the work you did on the business side of things like the sales, marketing, and management it just spoke for itself.”

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Lucas White & Mark King

Before: $0 (Had no business)

After: $50,000 a month

Timeline: $50k a month consistently for the first three months, then eventually $93k a month 29 weeks later.

VIDEO PROOF: “Booking $93k in two weeks” - Lucas

Majestic Colours Painting

Story:

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS… That’s how long Zaffir has been mastering his craft as a painter, and just 7 years ago he decided to turn that passion into a side business. What did he do full-time? Zaffir had a full-time job in the pharmaceutical sector, where he felt he was just another cog in the corporate machine. But what was the alternative? Bills still need to be paid. things still need to be taken care of.

His dream of building this business, earning a full time income off it, and get more freedom in his life was relegated to his spare time in the evening and weekends. So how did he escape this ‘doomloop’?

Zaffir recognized that he simply did not know the answer to that question, but that there were contractors out there who did. Contractors who have been able to get off the ‘hamster wheel’. Zaffir reached out to Contracting.com once he realized that the ‘security’ of a fulltime job was just a myth. In May 2020, after the first quarantine, Zaffir reached out to us after he realised that something had to change or else his family’s future might be compromised.

We worked with Zaffir to completely overhaul his mindset, business structure, and view on what was possible in his business. In just one year, Zaffir was able to quit his full time job, grow the business into a multi-man operation, and even more than 5x his income, making almost double as much as his old manager!

Quote:

“If anybody is actually serious about making money from their business, they need a mentor. They need someone to hold them accountable, pass on the proven knowledge, and create for them a working strategy for their life and situation. But first, you must be motivated and ACTUALLY want to do it…”

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Zaffir Iqbal

Before: $29,000 a year

After: $180,000 a year

Timeline: 1 year

Ancient Stoneworks Ltd

Story:

Mahmoud stumbled upon one of our Facebook Ads early in the year. It has been 10 years since he first chose to follow in his fathers footsteps and go into the stone business. Time has not been a friend, and as the clock ticked, the more difficult it got to grow the business.

His parents have just entered retirement and COVID had wiped out their bank accounts. Mahmoud was responsible for them. Not only did he have to provide for his parents, but he had a family of his own, with their own sets of bills as well.

When he reached out to us, he was one month away from selling off his shop to stay afloat, despite making $10,000 a month on average, it was not enough cashflow for when the slow season hit, and something had to change.

The biggest thing we helped Mahmoud with was showing him how to fill up his schedule with work, book himself with work months in advance, and double the profits he earns per job.

Quote:

“Don't be afraid to invest in your business by getting a mentor who has already achieved success in the industry. They will not only help you avoid mistakes that you will probably make, but they will get you to your potential faster than if you did it yourself.”

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Mahmoud Thraya

Before: $10,000 a month

After: $50,000 a month

Timeline: 3 months to $50k, has not dropped below that for 10 months straight