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#46 Stop Taking Advice From Broke Tradesmen (opens the original)
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In this episode of the Off The Tools Podcast , Wayne Bettess and Andy Jones talk about one of the biggest things holding tradesmen back: taking advice from the wrong people. There are plenty of people in the trade industry willing to give advice. Some mean well. Some are stuck in the past. Some are projecting their own limits onto you. And some simply haven’t built the kind of business you actually want. Wayne and Andy break down why you need to be careful who you listen to, especially when it c
#45 “I Can’t Charge That” — The Pricing Mindset Keeping Tradesmen Stuck (opens the original)
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“I Can’t Charge That” — The Pricing Mindset Keeping Tradesmen Stuck In this episode of the Off The Tools Podcast , Wayne Bettess and Andy Jones tackle one of the biggest pricing problems in the trade industry: “I can’t charge that.” After seeing comments from tradesmen claiming you cannot charge more than a certain day rate or hourly rate in their area, Wayne and Andy break down why this mindset is holding so many plumbers, heating engineers, electricians, gas engineers, joiners, builders and tr
#44 Silly Season Is Here: How Heating Engineers Can Survive Winter Without Losing Their Head (opens the original)
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Silly Season Is Here: How Heating Engineers Can Survive Winter Without Losing Their Head In this episode of the Off The Tools Podcast , Wayne Bettess and Andy Jones talk about the start of silly season in the heating industry — that busy period when the weather turns, boilers start breaking down, customers become urgent, and the next few months can quickly become a blur. Although this episode is aimed mainly at heating engineers, the message applies to any trade business with seasonal busy perio
#43 Paid Ads For Trades: Why More Leads Won’t Fix A Broken Business (opens the original)
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In this episode of the Off The Tools Podcast , Wayne Bettess and Andy Jones are joined by Mark Clifford , founder of Online Digital , a paid ads and digital marketing agency specialising in Facebook Ads, Google Ads, TikTok, email marketing, AI and automation. This episode tackles one of the biggest mistakes UK tradesmen make when they want to grow: thinking more leads will fix everything. Wayne, Andy and Mark break down why paid ads can be powerful for plumbers, heating engineers, electricians,
#42 The Hidden Costs Killing Your Trade Business Profit: Part 2 (opens the original)
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The Hidden Costs Killing Your Trade Business Profit: Part 2 In this episode of the Off The Tools Podcast , Wayne Bettess and Andy Jones continue part two of their deep dive into the hidden costs that are quietly destroying profit in UK trade businesses. After covering the first ten hidden profit leaks in part one, Wayne and Andy move into the next set of problems that hold tradesmen back — from staff turnover and poor time management to weak systems, customer churn, bad purchasing decisions, equ
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