The Battle Plan Marketing Podcast

By Mark Ambrose

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Actionable advice to help grow your home services company. The Battle Plan Marketing Podcast is designed for contractors who are looking for effective tips and tactics to grow their business. Podcast topics include contractor marketing strategy, lead generation, web design, search engine optimization, reputation management, referral programs, content marketing, online advertising, social media, financials, sales, employee management, services, and general entrepreneurial interests. Mark Ambrose, host, speaker, and owner of Battle Plan Marketing LLC, has over 30 years experience in sales and marketing and over a decade in digital marketing and search engine optimization. Get more information at our website at https://www.battleplan-marketing.com.

Episode Date
[Interview] Million Dollar Contracting Series – Let’s Talk Real Profit - Part 11 - BPMP #172
Nov 12, 2025
[Interview] Million Dollar Contracting Series – The Collections Episode - Part 10 - BPMP #171
Sep 24, 2025
[Interview] - How Tom Howard Turned 3 Failing HVAC Shops Into $25M in 16 Months - BPMP #170
Sep 10, 2025
[Interview] - Million Dollar Contracting by Kim Hopkins - Part 9 - BPMP #169
Aug 20, 2025
[Interview] - Million Dollar Contracting by Kim Hopkins - Part 8 - BPMP #168
Jul 09, 2025
[Interview] - Million Dollar Contracting by Kim Hopkins - Part 7 - BPMP #167
Jun 18, 2025
[Interview] - Million Dollar Contracting by Kim Hopkins - Part 6 - BPMP #166
May 21, 2025
[Interview] - Million Dollar Contracting by Kim Hopkins - Part 5 - BPMP #165
Apr 30, 2025
[Interview] - Million Dollar Contracting by Kim Hopkins - Part 4 - BPMP #164
Apr 09, 2025
[Interview] - Million Dollar Contracting by Kim Hopkins - Part 3 - BPMP #163
Apr 02, 2025
[Interview] - Million Dollar Contracting by Kim Hopkins - Part 2 - BPMP #162
Mar 26, 2025
[Interview] - Million Dollar Contracting by Kim Hopkins - Part 1 - BPMP #161
Mar 19, 2025
[Interview] - How A Fractional CFO Can Help Home Service Companies Grow More Efficiently & Profitably - BPMP #160
Mar 12, 2025
[Interview] - Growing A Plumbing / HVAC Co. By Developing Culture & Community Relationships - BPMP #159
Mar 04, 2025
[Interview] - Honey, I Quit My Job & Started A Moving Company - BPMP #158
Feb 19, 2025
[Interview] - Growing A Plumbing & HVAC Company From Scratch with Domination Plumbing - BPMP #157
Dec 10, 2024
[Interview] - Is Your Business Ready For A Disaster? With Don Hilderbrand of PlumbSmart - BPMP #156
Nov 06, 2024
[Interview] - Lessons On Buying & Growing A Plumbing Company With Erik Bon Fleur - BPMP #155
Oct 23, 2024
[Interview] - Financial Accounting For The Trades with Brett Neal - BPMP #154
Sep 11, 2024
[Interview] - Protect Your Home Service Company With H.R. Compliance - BPMP #153
Sep 04, 2024
[Interview] - Impacting Booking Rates, Customer Experience, Reviews & More With CSR Training - BPMP #152
Aug 28, 2024
[Interview] - How Branding & Creating Raving Fans Grows Your Plumbing Biz - BPMP #151
Aug 21, 2024
Interview] - Fast In-Home Financing Can Increase Sales 30% with GoodLeap - BPMP #150
Aug 14, 2024
[Interview] - Stop Leaking Leads With A.I. and Trained Professionals - BPMP #149
Jul 31, 2024
[Interview] - Harnessing Proven Systems To Attract, Hire, & Keep Top Talent - BPMP #148
Jul 24, 2024
[Interview] - Harnessing Culture & Community To Grow Business with Maximum Plumbing - BPMP #147
Jul 17, 2024
[Interview] - How To Make Your Plumbing Company Five-Mile Famous by PlumbSmart - BPMP #146
Jun 26, 2024
[Interview] - Marketing & Growing Your Brand Locally with MyGuy Plumbing & Drain - BPMP #145
Jun 12, 2024
[Interview] - How To Make Maintenance Plans More Attractive & Profitable - BPMP #144
May 29, 2024
[Interview] - How & Why Local Businesses Should Use Video Effectively (Sky Blue Creative) - BPMP #143
May 15, 2024
[Interview] - How To Effectively Use PR & Press Releases to Grow Locally - BPMP #142
Apr 03, 2024
[Interview] - Building A Plumbing Business In A Rural Location with 608 Plumbing - BPMP #141
Mar 20, 2024
[Interview] - How To Dial In Your Services & Motivate Your Team With Ray Snesrud - BPMP #140
Mar 06, 2024
[Interview] - Best Practices for Recruiting by Contractor Staffing Source - BPMP #139
Feb 21, 2024
[Interview] This Tool Makes Slab Leaks & Plumbing Reroutes Much Easier [with Carl Larkin] - BPMP #138
Jan 24, 2024
[Interview] - Profit First Accounting, Fractional CFOs, and Why It’s All About the Numbers [with Susanne Mariga, CPA, CGMA] - BPMP #137
Jan 10, 2024
[Interview] - Golden Nuggets Of Knowledge From 17 Years In The Home Service Trenches [with Ben Davis] - BPMP #136
Dec 13, 2023
[Interview] - How To Become Great At Hiring With The Contractor Connection - BPMP #135
Nov 29, 2023
[Interview] - How A Service Biz Can Simplify & Scale Hiring, Onboarding, & Training With Tools & Technology! - BPMP #134
Nov 01, 2023
Interview with Who Hire’s Jonathan Porter-Whistman - BPMP #133
Sep 13, 2023
Interview with Ward Plumbing, Heating & Air’s Brad Waldrop - BPMP #132
Aug 30, 2023
Interview with Al Fagundes Plumbing & Heating - BPMP #131
Jul 26, 2023
Interview with Your Call Boss’s Nikki and John DeCausmaker - BPMP #130
Jul 12, 2023
Interview with High 5 Plumbing's Levi Torres - BPMP #129
Jun 21, 2023
Interview with Tommy Mello of A1 Garage Door Service with 9-Figures in Annual Sales - BPMP #128
Jun 07, 2023
Interview with The Trusted Toolbox’s Chris Lalomia - BPMP #127
May 24, 2023
Interview with Gator Garage Door’s Chris Henningsen - BPMP #126
May 10, 2023
Interview with Aaron Overhead Garage Door’s Ryan Lucia - BPMP #125
Apr 26, 2023
Interview with The Blue Collar Success Group’s Chris Crew - BPMP #124
Apr 12, 2023
Interview with $60M+ Serial Entrepreneur Tom Howard - BPMP #123
Mar 29, 2023
Interview with NCB Mechanical in Albuquerque NM - BPMP #122
Mar 01, 2023
Interview with Personal Plumbing in Oceanside CA - BPMP #121
Feb 15, 2023
Interview with Shaw Plumbing Services in Spokane WA - BPMP #120
Feb 01, 2023
How To Use AI & Chat GPT To Help Your Service Business! - BPMP #119
Jan 18, 2023
5 Tips To Grow Sales Without Advertising - BPMP #118
Jan 04, 2023
12 Benefits Of Using Live WebChat On Your Website - BPMP #117
Dec 14, 2022
Recent Google Changes That Affect Service Pages - BPMP #116
Nov 30, 2022
How to Get More Traffic to Your Service Pages to Get More Leads - BPMP #115
Nov 09, 2022
Why Your Google Ads Are Not Performing Well - BPMP #114
Oct 26, 2022
New FTC Guidelines for soliciting customer reviews - BPMP #113
Oct 12, 2022
Meet Your Prospects Where Their Attention Is - Interview with Vladimer Botsvadze - BPMP #112
Sep 28, 2022
Exciting New Systems & Changes Coming! - BPMP #111
Sep 14, 2022
Talking Plumbing Supplies & Sales Training with Everett Lippel of SupplySmart.com - BPMP #110
Aug 31, 2022
Using Images To Power Your SEO & Lead Generation - BPMP #109
Aug 24, 2022
Running A Family Plumbing Business In Texas - BPMP #108
Aug 17, 2022
4 Powerful Links To Help Rank Your Website - BPMP #107
Aug 10, 2022
Google Made Changes To Your Business Profile In Google Maps - BPMP #106
Aug 03, 2022
Get Review Stars For Your Services In Local Search Results! - BPMP #105
Jul 27, 2022
Using Direct Mail for Customer Retention & Acquisition - Interview with SendJim - BPMP #104
Jul 20, 2022
How To Fight Spam In Google Maps - BPMP #103
Jul 13, 2022
How To Get More Sales From The Leads You Already Have - BPMP #102
Jul 07, 2022
Use Group Purchasing To Grow Sales & Reduce Costs - BPMP #101
Jun 29, 2022
We’re Changing Our Game Plan - BPMP #100
Jun 22, 2022
Plumbing for Home Builders & Residential Services with Copperhead Plumbing Inc. - BPMP #99
Jun 15, 2022
10 Google Ads Mistakes That Cost You Money - BPMP #98
Jun 08, 2022
11 Common SEO Mistakes & How to Avoid Them - BPMP #97
Jun 02, 2022
Google Performance Max Campaigns Can Reduce Lead Costs - BPMP #96
May 25, 2022
How To Grow Your Business During A Recession - BPMP #95
May 18, 2022
Help Your Google Business Profile Generate More Leads - BPMP #94
May 11, 2022
It’s Time To Update Google Analytics - BPMP #93
May 04, 2022
Done Right Plumbing in Seattle WA - Interview with Steven Renfrow - BPMP #92
Apr 27, 2022
It’s Time For An Annual Tune-Up For Your Business - BPMP #91
Apr 20, 2022
Running An Efficient Plumbing Company - Interview with Innovative Plumbing Pros - BPMP #90
Apr 13, 2022
Why Are You Excluding 20% Of Your Prospects? - BPMP #89
Apr 06, 2022
Interview - Running A Solar & Energy Audit Company with Sean McGraw of For Energy - BPMP #88
Mar 30, 2022
Sell More By Showing More - BPMP #87
Mar 23, 2022
How To Create Website Content That Will Rank In Google - BPMP #86
Mar 16, 2022
How To Create Lead Generation Website Content - BPMP #85
Mar 09, 2022
Important Factors To Rank In Google per Google's Webmaster Guidelines - BPMP #84
Mar 02, 2022
Syndicate Content To Grow Brand, Traffic, Authority, And Leads - BPMP #83
Feb 23, 2022
Create Service Page Topical Clusters To Drive More Leads - BPMP #82
Feb 16, 2022
Kill The One-Call Close Before It Kills You - BPMP #81
Feb 09, 2022
How To Increase The Returns On Your Advertising Spend - BPMP #80
Feb 02, 2022
Seven Business Improvements More Important Than Lead Generation - BPMP #79
Jan 26, 2022
Why You Should Use Case Studies In Your Marketing - BPMP #78
Jan 19, 2022
Why Service Companies Need SEO & Content Marketing - BPMP #77
Jan 12, 2022
10 Tips to Optimize Your Service Business for 2022 - BPMP #76
Jan 05, 2022
Training Plumbers with Good 1 Minor Plumbing's Shane Goodwin - BPMP #75
Dec 22, 2021
Insights from 40 years running an Electrical Service Co - The Electric Connection’s Kim Hopkins - BPMP #74
Dec 15, 2021
Clean Up & Stand Out or Give Up - BPMP #73
Dec 08, 2021
How Armstrong Stays On Top After 50+ Years In Business - BPMP #72
Dec 01, 2021
Getting Review Snippets & Review Stars For Your Business - BPMP #71
Nov 24, 2021
How To Add Rich Snippets To Website & Grow Traffic - BPMP #70
Nov 17, 2021
What Is Your Business Exit Strategy - BPMP #69
Nov 10, 2021
Negative SEO Attacks - How To Prevent Them - BPMP #68
Nov 03, 2021
How to Save Time & Scale A Service Business with House Call Pro's Brooks Pettus, COO - BPMP #67
Oct 27, 2021
Why Good Customer Reviews Might Not Be Enough - BPMP #66
Oct 20, 2021
What’s Your Perfect Morning Routine - BPMP #65
Oct 13, 2021
Creating a Lead Generation System - BPMP #64
Oct 06, 2021
Running A Solar Contracting Company with Randy Zechman - BPMP #63
Sep 29, 2021
Making HVAC a Career with Dr. Thomas Moorman - BPMP #62
Sep 22, 2021
Running A Plumbing Company with Lance Ball - BPMP #61
Sep 15, 2021
10 Common Website Mistakes - BPMP #60
Sep 08, 2021
Why Website Thank You Pages Are So Important - BPMP #59
Sep 02, 2021
7 Reasons Why Your Website Is Not Ranking - BPMP #58
Aug 31, 2021
Payroll Processing with Felix Mwania of Accupay Systems - BPMP #57
Aug 26, 2021
Why Moving Your Business Can Hurt Rankings - BPMP #56
Aug 24, 2021
Google Ads Maintenance - BPMP #55
Aug 19, 2021
We Don’t Need Any Marketing - BPMP #54
Aug 17, 2021
How To Increase Profit Margins - BPMP #53
Aug 12, 2021
Grow Sales By Providing Financing Options - BPMP #52
Aug 10, 2021
Improving Website Rankings Using Schema Markup - BPMP #51
Aug 05, 2021
How To Write Blog Posts Faster - BPMP #50
Aug 03, 2021
How To Generate Leads Online - BPMP #49
Jul 30, 2021
Content Marketing Tips For Home Services - BPMP #48
Jul 29, 2021
How To Rank In Google Local Searches - BPMP #47
Jul 28, 2021
Use Bing Webmaster Tools - BPMP #46
Jul 27, 2021
Local Link Building For Website Rankings - BPMP #45
Jul 26, 2021
Lead Conversion Rates - BPMP #44
Jul 23, 2021
Local SEO for Lead Generation - BPMP #43
Jul 22, 2021
Google Ads Danger - BPMP #42
Jul 21, 2021
Web designer - Don’t Hire One Before You Do This - BPMP #41
Jul 20, 2021
Using Marketing Surveys To Grow Your Business - BPMP #40
Jul 19, 2021
Solar Leads - Get More Sales & Generate More Leads - BPMP #39
Jul 16, 2021
Why Do Businesses Fail? - BPMP #38
Jul 15, 2021
Plumber Advertising - BPMP #37
Jul 14, 2021
How To Build Customer Loyalty - BPMP #36
Jul 13, 2021
Business Health Requires Mental and Physical Health - BPMP #35
Jul 12, 2021
eBooks Marketing for Home Service Companies - BPMP #34
Jul 09, 2021
21 Tips for Plumber SEO - BPMP #33
Jul 08, 2021
The Rule of 7 - Why Multiple Marketing Impressions Matter - BPMP #32
Jul 07, 2021
How to increase the value of a service business - BPMP #31
Jul 06, 2021
Customer Service Excellence with Rolando & Steve from Ever Pro - BPMP #30
Jul 02, 2021
10 Plumber Marketing Tips - BPMP #29
Jul 01, 2021
Sell To Many Instead Of One - BPMP #28
Jun 30, 2021
Why Quality is FREE - BPMP #27
Jun 29, 2021
How to Get Keywords Into Customer Reviews on Google - BPMP #26
Jun 28, 2021
Ad Click Fraud Protection With Jason Pittock From ClickGuard - BPMP #25
Jun 25, 2021
Using Press Releases For Marketing - BPMP #24
Jun 24, 2021
5 Powerful Solar Marketing Tips - BPMP #23
Jun 23, 2021
What Is Inbound Marketing? - BPMP #22
Jun 22, 2021
Home Services Marketing - BPMP #21
Jun 21, 2021
Website Accessibility With Rafael Glantz With AccessiBe - BPMP #20
Jun 18, 2021
How To Close More Leads - BPMP #19
Jun 17, 2021
13 Tips To Prepare Your Home Services Company For A Recession - BPMP #18
Jun 16, 2021
15 Essential Elements Of A Lead Generation Website - BPMP #17
Jun 15, 2021
2 Direct Mail Strategies for Contractors - BPMP #16
Jun 14, 2021
Know Your Numbers With Meaghan Likes CPA - BPMP #15
Jun 11, 2021
25 tips to rank better in Google Maps - BPMP #14
Jun 10, 2021
How To Get More Customer Reviews On Autopilot - BPMP #13
Jun 09, 2021
15 Rules For High-Performing Google Ads Campaigns - BPMP #12
Jun 08, 2021
How To Grow Your Business By Staying Connected - BPMP #11
Jun 07, 2021
Email Marketing Interview With Jena Bagley of AWeber - BPMP #10
Jun 04, 2021
Are You Missing 90% Of Your Prospects? - BPMP #9
Jun 03, 2021
Where To Find More Qualified Prospects - BPMP #8
Jun 02, 2021
How to create recurring monthly revenue - BPMP #7
Jun 01, 2021
Do You Have Control Of Your Sales Message? - BPMP #6
May 31, 2021
Running a Solar & Electrical Company With Phil Edwards - BPMP #5
May 28, 2021
The #1 Marketing Tip Of All Time - BPMP #4
May 27, 2021
Why You Need A Customer Database And CRM - BPMP #3
May 26, 2021
How To Make A Profit In The Home Service Business - BPMP #2
May 25, 2021
Is Your Ego Killing Your Business? - BPMP #1
May 24, 2021