The Boardroom is so glad you decided to join us for this communication session.
Chris Eby avoided the steady diet of government cheese, by jumping out of financial services and into pest control. Redirected from getting a law degree, he wanted to get the world by the tail, wrap it around, and put it in his pocket!
He’s not here to “come down on you”, but respect has to be earned. Hear how Chris backdoored his way into the door-to-door industry. You won’t miss his approach to sales on the back porch either.
There are other names for knocking, such as crack, ice, boom, pow. Call it what you want, but cloning knocks and scripts can only get you so far. You need confidence on the doors, or you’re not gonna amount to Jack Squat!
Bundles are a great idea, but I can’t see real good…is that Bill Shakespeare over there? Coming from a guy who looks like Santa’s evil twin, he admits the mistakes of his bundle-only approach.
Reps are overpaid across the door-knocking industry. You can take a Moneyball approach…I wish you could just shut your big yapper!
We’re gonna be buddies! We’re gonna be pals! And we’re gonna pay your front line workers and managers! Chris expanded his company’s service offerings, but there came a point at which it made sense to partner with allied industries. He goes into detail about his allied partner incentives in this San Juan Boardroom chat.
The nicest, shrewd businessman you’ll meet already has plans for the future. He’s working on making a lasting legacy which starts with living in a lambo, down by the river.
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0:00 = intro.
0:39 = getting into pest control
3:17 = role(s) at the start of the business
7:06 = recruiting
10:38 = training for sales
14:12 = the day-to-day
15:29 = how have you innovated?
16:30 = how has the door-to-door space evolved
18:55 = who can be great in sales?
22:14 = improving the sales process
28:02 = changes in and the future of the door-to-door market
29:52 = current market dynamics
31:52 = allied services
32:49 = referrals within strategic partnerships
39:57 = decision to take a step back from a successful business
41:31 = what’s next?
42:40= “special talents”
45:33 = Matt Foley has arrived