Direct Sales - 5 Advantages
Running a countertop shop is hard enough without giving someone else control over how you run it. In this episode of The Fab Lab Podcast, Aa...
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20 of 119 episodesSealing the Deal & Adding Value (Contract Creation)
Your customer said yes. Now you create the contract, email it over, and wait for a signature—right? That could be a huge missed opportunity....
A System For Getting to YES!!!
Following Up on Quotes: Give Them the Opportunity to Say Yes I hated following up on quotes. It felt pushy, uncomfortable, and completely at...
Killer Quotes = Closed Sales
The quote isn't just the price at the end of your sales process. It's part of the sales presentation. In this episode, we cover three princi...
7 Steps to a Killer Sales Presentation
A great sales presentation shouldn’t be improvised. It should be purposeful, documented, scripted, and repeatable. In this episode of The Fa...
Killer Sales Presentation = More Sales!
Most countertop companies simply measure, quote, and hope to win the job. A killer sales presentation does much more. In this episode, Aaron...
Sales Presentation 101
Most countertop companies think the sales presentation is about discussing colors, measurements, and price. It's not. A great presentation i...
Don’t Keep Grinding Alone
If you need to reach out: aaron@aaroncrowley.com Keep Grinding, Aaron Crowley
How to Say No to a Job… and the One Exception
Most fabricators think every lead deserves a quote. I don't. In this episode, I share why learning to say "no" to the wrong jobs can reduce...
Million Dollar Script - Qualifying Customers
How much time is your team spending quoting jobs that were never yours to win? In this episode, I share a story from 2011 that changed the w...
New Series Begins & Happy 4th!
Friends, enjoy this coming weekend and the 4th of July! We will begin a new series on retail sales next week, and the topic of qualifying cu...
The Easiest Way to Grow Profit
Most shops assume the path to more profit is more jobs. But what if the easier path is increasing the value of the jobs already on your sche...
Daily Dollar Demand Part 3: From Theory to Implementation
In this final episode of the Daily Dollar Demand series, Aaron shares how to move from understanding the concept to actually implementing it...
Hug 'em if you got 'em!
Hey friends and fellow fabricators, short episode this week, but important, enjoy and keep grinding! Sponsors: Action Flow Spring CRM - Free...
Stop, Just Stop! (Then Pause and Reflect 😊)
Hey there friend… worn out and beat down with too many things to do already? Well, no worries, just relax and listen to a story of a broken...
Scheduling Profit not Square Feet
In this episode of The Fab Lab Podcast, Aaron breaks down a simple equation for scheduling profit instead of square feet… The 3 Core Princip...
Was Your Stone Shop Profitable Today?
In this episode of The Fab Lab Podcast, Aaron Crowley introduces the concepts of the daily profit demand, aka - “throughput" drawing from le...
Never a Good Time to Leave
We can’t get the time back, friends, so the decisions we make today determine whether we will look back with regret or gratitude… Does our s...
Top 10 Coaches in the World: Interview With Michael Bungay Stanier
Hey there friends, 6 years ago I interviewed Michael Bungay Stanier, one of the top 10 executive coaches in the world! He is a best-selling...
Why Your Shop Is Busy But Not Profitable – Ed Young on The Goal
In this episode, Aaron sits down with Ed Young of FabricatorsCoach.com to explore powerful principles from The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt. Ed...