🎙️ Welcome to Insiders Rewind — Recapping August!

✅ Episodes from August:

Ep. 237 - Turnaround Tactics: Fix Your Team's Deadline Problems for Good

Ep. 238 - INsider Look: A PMP Shares His Journey to $3M & Peer Group Takeaways

Ep. 239 - Culture, Legacy & Leadership at Sherrill Pest Control

Ep. 240 - Return on Motivation (Just When You Thought You Had Enough MBA Buzzwords)

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VoiceForPest: Designing and implementing unparalleled integrated voice solutions for home service companies of any size from coast to coast. https://www.voiceforpest.com/podcast/

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This week, Dan and Donnie explore the concept of "Return on Motivation" and its importance in business, discussing how leadership and team commitment impact employee performance and company culture. They share personal experiences and insights about creating motivated teams, measuring the impact of motivational efforts and the role of clear communication and recognition in employee engagement.

Hosts: Dan Gordon, PCO Bookkeepers & M&A Specialists Donnie Shelton, Triangle Home Services

This week, Dan and Donnie interview Sherrill Pest Control's Kevin and Patrick Sherrill, who shared their company's transformation from a small operation to a successful enterprise, including being recognized in PCT Magazine’s 2025 Best Places to Work rankings. They cover their approach to leadership, culture and core values, and they share the resources that have helped their business get ahead.

Guests: Kevin Sherrill & Patrick Sherrill, Sherrill Pest Control Hosts: Dan Gordon, PCO Bookkeepers & M&A Specialists Donnie Shelton, Triangle Home Services

Justice Pest Control Owner Caleb Cunningham shares his 13-year journey from working in a cubical to buying a one-man pest control route to building a $3 million company. He talks with Dan and Donnie about what held him back for his first decade in business and how he has scaled since with help from outside resources, including peer groups.

If your team isn't executing as well as you'd like, this episode is for you. Dan and Donnie dissect reasons your people may be blowing deadlines and share strategies for improving communications and turning things around.

🎙️ Welcome to Insiders Rewind — Recapping July!

✅ Episodes from July:

Ep. 233 - Opportunities & Challenges for Pest Control Firms Today

Ep. 234 - OBBBA: Operational & Tax Impacts for PMPs

Ep. 235 - How to Establish a Legal, Effective AI Policy

Ep. 236 - How to Grow a Pest Company Through Fintech

A HUGE shout to our sponsors!

Coalmarch: Digital strategies and conversion-driven websites are waiting for you and it's time for a free month! Visit https://www.coalmarch.com/podcast to claim yours!

PestSure: Providing pest industry specific insurance for your business and insuring the future of pest control.

VoiceForPest: Designing and implementing unparalleled integrated voice solutions for home service companies of any size from coast to coast. https://www.voiceforpest.com/podcast/

We’d love to hear from you. Drop a comment, leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and connect with us on social media

@PMPIndustryInsider.

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This week, Jacob Olins, SVP & GM of Fintech for WorkWave, joins Dan and Donnie this week to discuss trends in financial services available through pest and lawn software providers and how they can help you grow your business. They touch on consumer financing, fleet cards, credit card surcharges and more capabilities on the horizon.

Artificial intelligence is changing the way we do business, but it's still the Wild West. This week Dan and Donnie welcome Bennett Borden, CEO of Clarion AI Partners, who shares his expertise as an AI lawyer and data scientist. He covers how to responsibly implement policies for using AI — which he calls the most transformative technology since electricity — in pest and lawn companies.