“Your dispatch software is not your CRM.” 🚨📈

This week, Jonathan Bannister sits down with Jason Kramer, founder and CEO of Cultivize, for an episode every contractor and service-based business owner needs to hear. Jason drops nonstop insights on:

✅ Why your follow-up process is leaking money

✅ How a simple automated email campaign brought in $850,000

✅ The difference between “doing more” and “working smarter”

✅ Real talk on CRMs, ServiceTitan, HubSpot, and lead tracking

✅ Why educating your customer is the secret weapon for closing big-ticket jobs

Jason explains how connecting marketing to sales is the key to unlocking explosive growth and knowing where your leads are coming from, what they care about, and how to win them over.

🔥 Whether you're scaling or staying small, this episode will challenge your mindset and give you the marketing and operational tools to make your business more profitable today.

👤 Get to know Jason better:

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jasonleighkramer

Website: cultivize.com

Facebook: facebook.com/cultivize

From first-grade teacher to $9M HVAC powerhouse, Stephanie Postell is changing the game in the trades.

In this episode of Home Service Hustle, she breaks down how:

• Process builds culture
• People-first leadership drives customer obsession
• Brand equals reputation
• And why building community beats chasing leads

This one’s packed with mindset, marketing, and money.

🔗 Get to know Stephanie better here:

LinkedIn

Website

Your Brand Is Your Business Card for the Future of Search

This week on the Home Service Hustle Podcast, host Jonathan Bannister sits down with Tom Jameson, founder of AstroWatt Electric, and it’s a masterclass in modern brand-building for home services.

⚡ Want to survive the AI shift in local search?

⚡ Want to stop chasing leads and start attracting the right clients?

⚡ Want to lead with trust, not fear?

This episode dives deep into:

• Why Google search as we know it is dying — and what to do about it
• The rise of brand signals and how platforms like ChatGPT are changing the game
• Why Tom refuses to use fear-based sales tactics and built AstroWatt on transparency, culture, and integrity
• How to turn one $600 visit into a $10,000 lifetime client
• What it means to actually care about your customers and your team
• And how to build a brand that customers keep in their yard for a year and a half (literally)

From career electricians to new business owners, this is the no-BS roadmap for building a business that wins on purpose, not just profits.

Tune in now. Your future self will thank you.

👉 Get to know Tom better here:

🔗 LinkedIn

🔗 Website