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Contractor Cents

Hosted by Ruth King · business · EN · 200 episodes

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Discover ideas, tactics, news, and information that matters to your contracting business and you. Increase productivity, profitability, customer and employee satisfaction.

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Verified email

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36%

Guest openness

Selective

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Questions about Contractor Cents

What is Contractor Cents about?

Discover ideas, tactics, news, and information that matters to your contracting business and you. Increase productivity, profitability, customer and employee satisfaction.

Who hosts Contractor Cents?

Contractor Cents is hosted by Ruth King. The show has published 200 episodes to date.

What has Contractor Cents covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Contractor Cents - Episode 448 - Who's Watching Out for Your Employees When They're Working Alone?" (19 October 2026, 15 minutes), "Contractor Cents - Episode 447 - Stop Stalling: How to Get Your Home Service Business Growing Again" (12 October 2026, 18 minutes), and "Contractor Cents - Episode 446 - How to Make Your Dispatch Team More Efficient" (5 October 2026, 17 minutes).

How often does Contractor Cents publish?

Contractor Cents publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 18 minutes across 200 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Contractor Cents?

Booking probability for Contractor Cents is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Contractor Cents requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Contractor Cents's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Contractor Cents?

The strongest fits for Contractor Cents are Site Preparation & Other Trades. Contractor Cents has a business audience.

About the host

Ruth King hosts Contractor Cents, a business show with 200 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Episode #450

    Contractor Cents - Episode 448 - Who's Watching Out for Your Employees When They're Working Alone?

    Oct 19, 202615 min

    Safety is critical. No one wants anyone to be hurt on the job. But what do you do if you are working alone? How do you make sure that you are staying safe? What should you be paying attention to? My guest,Stephen Luke...

  • Episode #449

    Contractor Cents - Episode 447 - Stop Stalling: How to Get Your Home Service Business Growing Again

    Oct 12, 202618 min

    You’ve hit a plateau. You’re not growing as much as in the past. Your profits are suffering. What do you do to get out of this situation? My guest, Steve Buors, gives you the answer to what separates the home service...

  • Episode #448

    Contractor Cents - Episode 446 - How to Make Your Dispatch Team More Efficient

    Oct 5, 202617 min

    Dispatch, in my opinion, is the hardest job in a contracting company. Yes, harder than the CEO because it is constant stress – from customers and field personnel. How do you deal with dispatch issues and keeping them as...

  • Episode #447

    Contractor Cents - Episode 445 - What’s Your Moose? The Secret to Standing Out

    Sep 28, 202617 min

    How can you market and become identifiable to your customers? Kay Miller, co-author of the Uncopyable book series along with her husband Steve, discusses how easy it is to identify your moose and your color. Go to...

  • Episode #446

    Contractor Cents - Episode 444 - How to Rank in ChatGPT, Gemini & Other AI Searches

    Sep 21, 202619 min

    AI Search is changing how people look for your company. Many of the searches are not even human now. How do you optimize your company to rank with Chat GOT, Claude, Gemini, Co-Pilot and other Large Language Model...

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  • Episode #445

    Contractor Cents - Episode 443 - Stop Blaming Your Employees for Turnover

    Sep 14, 202618 min

    Do you struggle with employees leaving and turnover? How about giving team members accountability without micromanaging? My guest today, Ryan Eglin, CEO of Core Matters, believes that employee turnover is a system...

  • Episode #444

    Contractor Cents - Episode 442 - Happy Labor Day !

    Sep 7, 202618 min

    Your field employees’ billable hours generate the revenue for your company. Your office personnel support the field so that they can do their jobs effectively and efficiently. Today I’ll cover tracking billable hours...

  • Episode #443

    Contractor Cents - Episode 441 - Why Your Ads Fail & What You Can Do About Them – Part 2

    Aug 31, 202619 min

    In this session, Neil Shoney takes you through the 2-5-5 method of simple ads system that mathematically gives you a 50X higher chance of success and the Exact ad system that’s created a six figure month in 22 different...

  • Episode #442

    Contractor Cents - Episode 440 - Why Your Ads Fail & What You Can Do About Them – Part 1

    Aug 24, 202618 min

    If your business is like most businesses your ads fail. In this first of a two part series, Neil Shoney tells you why they fail and what you can do about them. Then you can have a real return on the advertising dollars...

  • Episode #441

    Contractor Cents - Episode 439 - What Would Financial Freedom Look Like for You?

    Aug 17, 202619 min

    What if you had financial freedom? What if your business was incredibly profitable, had enough cash to cover any emergency, and you could retire wealth? This is possible for you. My guest, Chad Hufford is a financial...

  • Episode #440

    Contractor Cents - Episode 438 - Stop Paying for Leads: Let Your Customers Do the Marketing

    Aug 10, 202620 min

    Which is better: Word of mouth or paid ads? My guest, Chris Fresh, says that word of mouth still beats paid ads. Chris is the founder of the Plumbing Sales coach. His philosophy is “always be serving” which has help...

  • Episode #439

    Contractor Cents - Episode 437 - The AI Playbook Every Contractor Needs

    Aug 3, 202616 min

    The AI tsunami is here. How do you start…productively getting what you want and need out of AI? My guest, Rudy Poe, teaches contractors how to go from an “AI stranger” to a confident daily partner, giving you the skills...

  • Episode #438

    Contractor Cents - Episode 436 - The Growth Mistake Most Business Owners Make

    Jul 27, 202618 min

    The challenges of growth. You might assume that growth can be fixed by hiring more people, marketing, changing software, adding more trucks, and the other conventional things you might do as you grow. My guest, Jenny...

  • Episode #437

    Contractor Cents - Episode 435 - What 30 Years in Business Can Teach You

    Jul 20, 202619 min

    My father always told me that the smartest business people learn from the mistakes of others so they don’t make them. In this podcast, you’ll get the opportunity to learn real world, boots on the ground, leadership...

  • Episode #436

    Contractor Cents - Episode 434 - The Delegation Mindset: How to Let Go and Grow

    Jul 13, 202615 min

    Do you get frustrated when your team members can’t read your mind? How about when you get the feeling “If it needs to be done right, I have to do it myself?” Or, maybe you can’t grow because you don’t like to delegate...

  • Episode #435

    Contractor Cents - Episode 433 - Profit Is Oxygen: Start Running Your Business That Way

    Jul 6, 202618 min

    Revenue is ego. Net profit is oxygen. Stop thinking revenue and start thinking net operating profit….oxygen is that important. My guest, Jackie Sponsler, Director of Onboarding and master Business Advisor for CEO...

  • Episode #434

    Contractor Cents - Episode 432 - Still Mad About Your Tax Bill? Do These 6 Things

    Jun 29, 202617 min

    It’s the June and probably many of you are still complaining about how much you paid in taxes and vow to never do that again. What if you had six things to do today to legally reduce your taxes? Mike Milligan Certified...

  • Episode #433

    Contractor Cents - Episode 431 - Buying a Building? Buying a Business? Here’s Another Funding Option

    Jun 22, 202618 min

    What do you do if need funding for your business? Maybe to purchase your building, to buy out a partner or funding so your children can purchase your business and you can walk away…or maybe some other reason. Many times...

  • Episode #432

    Contractor Cents - Episode 430 - What AI Should NEVER Do in Accounts Receivabl

    Jun 15, 202616 min

    AI is being touted by some as the answer to everything. Thankfully robots can’t braze…yet! How is AI impacting our industry as it relates to Accounts Receivable? What should you have it do? What should it NEVER do? My...

  • Episode #431

    Contractor Cents - Episode 429 - The Secret to Better Conversations and More Sales

    Jun 8, 202617 min

    What if you knew exactly what words you should use with your managers and prospective customers to help them understand what you are talking about? What if there was a simple tool to make communications easier? Close...

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