The Fire Time Podcast launched over four years ago, and the first episode featured today’s guest. After praising him as the George Washington of our industry’s Mt. Rushmore, Tim asks this guest to respond to a series of questions that came in throughout the last season. In today’s episode, Tim Read more…
Too many people treat business decisions like killing fish. Today’s guest explains how he believes this mindset is detrimental to maintaining meaningful connections with the people a business serves. Instead, he claims, every decision should be thought of as planting a tree. In today’s episode, Tim sits down with Kirk Read more…
The business owned by this episode’s guest experienced one of its greatest periods of growth during the 2008 recession. With the current instability of the economy, learning how to prosper when everyone else is suffering is in your best interest. This guest will explain how he did it. In today’s Read more…
Imagine operating a hearth business that dominates its local market and coaching a kid’s soccer team while being Tim’s accomplice in almost every endeavor. This episode’s guest does all these things in stride and has the humility to admit it’s not always easy. In today’s episode, Tim is joined by Read more…
Today’s guest typically spends 250 days of the year traveling to chimney businesses and helping salespeople become rockstars. He’s booked two years out, and Tim says he’s “as legit as it gets.” In today’s episode, Tim interviews the peak performer Alan Rush (Owner of Rush Profits and Partner at SureFire Read more…
Standing in living rooms in a tattered t-shirt and jeans might sound like a terrible sales strategy, but it’s exactly how today’s guest began one of the largest hearth retail operations in the nation. In today’s episode, Tim talks with the peak performer Chris Becker (President of Twin City Fireplace), Read more…
Few businesses in our industry have over 20 trucks on the road, more than 100 employees, and no limit for growth. This episode’s guest, however, is the owner of businesses that fit these unusual criteria. In today’s episode, Tim talks with the peak performer Mark Stoner (President of Ashbusters Chimney Read more…
If you don’t care about the outward-facing appearance of your business, why should a customer assume you care about the appearance of a fireplace you install in their home? In today’s episode—a divider between the up-and-coming leaders and peak-performers sections of this season—Tim talks with his sister, Christy Campbell (Graphic Read more…
Moving from accounting to marketing to tech to fireplaces, this episode’s guest proves it’s never too late to make a drastic professional pivot. In today’s episode, Tim talks with Michael Verkruyse (VP for Associated Energy Systems), an up-and-coming leader. Michael brings a wealth of knowledge to our industry which he Read more…
A college degree in English and a teaching job were today’s guest’s attributes when she became a full-time leader at her family’s hearth store. In the seven years since this transition, she has helped market the business into something that physically and digitally is effective and true to her family. Read more…