#243 - Breaking Through with Contractor Evolution Host Benji Carlson

Husband and wife duo, Jen and Rusty Stout are co-founders of JS2 Partners Healthy Home Builders in Central Texas. In this episode they share what makes a healthy home, how to avoid mold problems, what chemicals to avoid and more. 1:54 Introduction  6:11 What is a Healthy Home  10:30 How to Improve your Home  22:35 Air and Vapour Barriers  27:50 Building Healther Homes    Connect with Jen and Rusty: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthierhomesbyjs2/  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/HealthierHomes  Facebook Group & Hashtag: #healthierhomesnation HEALTHIER HOMES Link tree: https://www.healthierhomes.com/links  JS2 Partners Website: https://www.js2partners.com/   For more from The Conscious Builder go to: The Conscious Builder Website: www.theconsciousbuilder.com The Conscious Builder Academy: www.consciousbuilderacademy.com Podcast: www.theconsciousbuilder.com/podcast YouTube: www.YouTube.com/theconsciousbuilder Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_conscious_builder/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-conscious-builder Facebook: www.facebook.com/theconsciousbuilder  

Lisa Beres is a renowned healthy home expert, Baubiologist, accomplished author, professional speaker, and Telly award-winning media personality. She specializes in helping busy individuals eliminate toxins from their homes through simple, practical solutions that improve health. Together with her husband, Ron, she co-founded The Healthy Home Dream Team and an online membership, The Healthy Babes Academy. Lisa is the author of "My Body, My House," a children's book, and co-author of "Just GREEN It! Simple Swaps to Save the Planet & Your Health." Lisa has made notable appearances on national television shows like "Dr. Oz," "The Rachael Ray Show," "TODAY," and others. As an experienced Baubiologist, she focuses on how the built environment affects human and ecological health. In this podcast episode, Lisa discusses common factors that may contribute to health issues in your home. She provides practical solutions, including tips on identifying and addressing mold problems and suggesting indoor plants that can help improve air quality. 2:30 Introduction  5:19 Baubiologist  12:00 Putting your health first  20:46 Fragrances  24:00 Mold  34:11 Portable Air Purifiers    2 Exclusive Gifts for our listeners from THE HEALTHY HOME DREAM TEAM: Free Gift #1 Free Gift #2  Connect with Lisa Beres: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ronandlisa/ Website:https://ronandlisa.com/?fbclid=IwAR0HxVvNR6MOqu4TiWzIoIimcJqbx10dOeIFSPSxHEVOkntQ0ySu-hB8kwY Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ronandlisa   For more from The Conscious Builder go to: The Conscious Builder Website: www.theconsciousbuilder.com The Conscious Builder Academy: www.consciousbuilderacademy.com Podcast: www.theconsciousbuilder.com/podcast YouTube: www.YouTube.com/theconsciousbuilder Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_conscious_builder/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-conscious-builder Facebook: www.facebook.com/theconsciousbuilder  

Mike Anderson is the CEO and Design Leader of Passive Design Solutions. Drawing on his combined background in architecture and physics, Mike leads a design production team and has worked on over 300 Net Zero Ready projects (100 of them passive house) throughout North America over 10 years, establishing him as one of the nation's foremost passive house experts. In this episode, Mike talks about solar hot water versus solar panel with heat pumps, where Passive House certification makes sense, and how larger scale projects are benefitting from Passive House. 1:27 Intro into passive house  6:45 Passive House Certification  20:00 Hybrid Heating Systems  25:24 Larger Scale Apartment Projects  Check out Plans from PDS HERE For more from Mike and PDS: https://www.passivedesign.ca/ https://www.instagram.com/passive_design/ https://www.facebook.com/passivedesignsolutions  

Benji Carlson is the host of Contractor Evolution and head of content at Breakthrough Academy a business providing contractors with the management systems and processes to build sustainable profits while getting the spare time you deserve.  Benji shares how blinders can be extremely important as a business owner, what the real problems are that contractors are dealing with and how there are way more opportunities in the blue collar world than people think. ​​Get Breakthrough Academy's Annual Strategic Planning Template, FREE for Conscious Builder Listeners HERE   3:00 Intro 9:18 Break Through Academy  13:25 Common Problems for Trades  17:54  The Real Problems  25:43 What to look forward to    Connect with Benji Carlson: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benji-carlson-b0b654218/?originalSubdomain=ca   Breakthrough Academy: Website: https://www.btacademy.com/   Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/btacademy/  YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@BreakthroughAcademy  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebreakthroughacademy/   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/breakthroughacademy/?originalSubdomain=ca     For more from The Conscious Builder go to: The Conscious Builder Website: www.theconsciousbuilder.com The Conscious Builder Academy: www.consciousbuilderacademy.com Podcast: www.theconsciousbuilder.com/podcast YouTube: www.YouTube.com/theconsciousbuilder Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_conscious_builder/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-conscious-builder Facebook: www.facebook.com/theconsciousbuilder

Elinor Moshe is an ambitious and driven thought-leader, mentor, best-selling author, award-winning podcast host and businesswoman. She's the founder of The Construction Coach, with the purpose of enabling people to focus on themselves and defy the status quo by providing mentoring, training and coaching.  Elinor discusses the importance of defining success for ourselves and touches on the power of mentorship, understanding the rules of the game and making sure you're playing to win the game.   1:54 Introduction   5:49 What is a Successful Career  7:20 Challenges Starting a Business  14:00 Coaches/mentorship 22:00 Current Labour Shortage 30:00 What's coming up in the Future   Connect with Elinor Moshe Instagram: https://instagram.com/theelinormoshe?igshid=MWZjMTM2ODFkZg==  LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/elinormoshe_  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elinor-moshe/  Website: https://www.elinormoshe.com/  Twitter: https://x.com/the_elinormoshe?s=21&t=by94AfQLiDr28NfOUEzeBw  The Construction Coach Website: https://www.theconstructioncoach.com.au/    For more from The Conscious Builder go to: The Conscious Builder Website: www.theconsciousbuilder.com The Conscious Builder Academy: www.consciousbuilderacademy.com Podcast: www.theconsciousbuilder.com/podcast YouTube: www.YouTube.com/theconsciousbuilder Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_conscious_builder/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-conscious-builder Facebook: www.facebook.com/theconsciousbuilder  

David Meerman Scott is an author, speaker and marketing expert. His latest book Fanocracy is a Wall Street Journal Best Seller focusing on creating an organization that puts the needs and wishes of fans ahead of every other priority.  David covers a lot of topics including writing a book and how it can help you, what strategy works if you're only focused on a local demographic, where you should start if you're at ground zero and why websites are still extremely important in today's market. 3:00 Introduction  6:30 Write your own Book  14:00 Self Publishing? 21:30 Youtube 31:00 Paid Adds  38:00 What is David most excited about   Connect with David Meerman Scott: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dmscott/ Twitter: https://x.com/dmscott?s=21&t=by94AfQLiDr28NfOUEzeBw@dmscott   Blog: https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/blog LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmeermanscott/ Home renovation: https://www.techbuiltrenovation.com/    For more from The Conscious Builder go to: The Conscious Builder Website: www.theconsciousbuilder.com The Conscious Builder Academy: www.consciousbuilderacademy.com Podcast: www.theconsciousbuilder.com/podcast YouTube: www.YouTube.com/theconsciousbuilder Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_conscious_builder/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-conscious-builder Facebook: www.facebook.com/theconsciousbuilder    

Katlyn is the owner and creative director of Katlyn Slocum Design a boutique web design agency. Her agency specializes in building high-converting websites for builders and contractors to help them meet their business and financial goals. We chat about what every website needs, what to look out for if you're designing your own website and how to create a strategy to get you the clients you want and deserve. It's a noisy world out there but websites are still very relevant and important to the success of your business.   1:11 Intro 5:52 Search Engine Optimization  13:28 How to get started with a Website  22:50 How often should you be updating your Website  27:15 Web hosting 28:50 Marketing Metrics   32:00 Giveaway: 10 things you need to do on your website    Connect with Katlyn Slocum: Instagram: www.instagram.com/katlynslocumdesign Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/katlynslocum Facebook: www.facebook.com/katlynslocumdesign   For more from The Conscious Builder go to: The Conscious Builder Website: www.theconsciousbuilder.com The Conscious Builder Academy: www.consciousbuilderacademy.com Podcast: www.theconsciousbuilder.com/podcast YouTube: www.YouTube.com/theconsciousbuilder Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_conscious_builder/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-conscious-builder Facebook: www.facebook.com/theconsciousbuilder

Jeff Sawyer is the owner and founder of TruNORTH Inc, a Remodeling and commercial development company based in Connecticut. Jeff shares his unwavering focus on building meaningful connections.  1:37 Intro  5:00 Commercial to Residential  9:07 Pricing of Residential  14:35 Biggest Challenges to Overcome  18:27 How to find Skilled Labour  22:11 What's Exciting for the Future    Connect with TruNORTH: Website: https://trunorthconstruction.com/?fbclid=IwAR3WW-o1wRUg-OHy9LWow5Wn5cguBNhjyeQ-CppfBovdKN3anvY9hITJR5c  Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/trunorthconstruction/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trunorthconstructioninc   For more from The Conscious Builder go to: The Conscious Builder Website: www.theconsciousbuilder.com The Conscious Builder Academy: www.consciousbuilderacademy.com Podcast: www.theconsciousbuilder.com/podcast YouTube: www.YouTube.com/theconsciousbuilder Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_conscious_builder/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-conscious-builder Facebook: www.facebook.com/theconsciousbuilder  

Parm Bhangal is a multi award winning entrepreneur who specializes in cost reduction in the construction industry. In this episode he shares some tips on how to grow and scale your construction businesses.   2:10 introduction 10:00 Managing your clients Expectations 20:27 The Process of starting your construction Business 25:30 How much money do you want? 30:28 Challenges   Connect with Parm Bhangal: Linktree:  https://linktr.ee/ParmBhangal?fbclid=PAAaY49qSEVfxTvstkHgNyWv5T7DLfWvBN-2YxcE3HJHFCIn_aiWH2inCcBZs For more from The Conscious Builder go to: The Conscious Builder Website: www.theconsciousbuilder.com The Conscious Builder Academy: www.consciousbuilderacademy.com Podcast: www.theconsciousbuilder.com/podcast YouTube: www.YouTube.com/theconsciousbuilder Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_conscious_builder/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-conscious-builder Facebook: www.facebook.com/theconsciousbuilder

Michael Fortinberry is the Co-Founder and COO at Protiv, a company set on revolutionizing the way workers and companies collaborate, putting control back into the workers' hands and transforming the broken model of hourly compensation. In this episode, Michael shares insights into how Protiv will help you motivate your employees and speed up your projects.    1:12 Intro 7:45 How it works  14:55 Challenges  26:30 What's coming up in the future   More about Michael Fortinberry: Website: https://michaelfortinberry.co/ Protiv: https://protiv.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@michaelfortinberryNYC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfortinberry/   For more from The Conscious Builder go to: The Conscious Builder Website: www.theconsciousbuilder.com The Conscious Builder Academy: www.consciousbuilderacademy.com Podcast: www.theconsciousbuilder.com/podcast YouTube: www.YouTube.com/theconsciousbuilder Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_conscious_builder/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-conscious-builder Facebook: www.facebook.com/theconsciousbuilder