Oct. 15, 2022

How to build your business & sales success with CORE values! ft. Tinos Marketis, Jr.

How to build your business & sales success with CORE values! ft. Tinos Marketis, Jr.

"The Sales Activist," is joined in the studio by "Mr. Express," Tinos Marketis, Jr. Joe & Tinos discuss the power of sales and business based on CORE values and the impact it can have on everyone! This episode promises to deliver great insights...

Apple Podcasts podcast player iconSpotify podcast player iconRSS Feed podcast player icon
Apple Podcasts podcast player iconSpotify podcast player iconRSS Feed podcast player icon

"The Sales Activist," is joined in the studio by "Mr. Express," Tinos Marketis, Jr. Joe & Tinos discuss the power of sales and business based on CORE values and the impact it can have on everyone! This episode promises to deliver great insights and perspectives on how you and your business can stand out and generate amazing results by focusing on set values and sticking with them. Don't miss this episode!

WEBVTT

1
00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:20.760
Welcome to the Impact Sales Podcast. I'm your host, Joe Beck,

2
00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:23.559
and we've got a great episode in store for you today.

3
00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:26.879
Today we're going to be talking all about the importance

4
00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:29.960
of core values in the development of your business and

5
00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:33.200
exactly what that can lead to when you build the

6
00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:37.520
foundation the right way, with the right structure, and most importantly,

7
00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:41.039
the right core values. Before we jump into that, let's

8
00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:43.640
talk a little bit about what's going on in the

9
00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:47.039
sales world. What's going on out there. We're heading into

10
00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:51.439
the fourth quarter of the year. For everybody that's out

11
00:00:51.479 --> 00:00:53.600
there that's selling, you know, it can either be a

12
00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:55.560
great time of year for you to be selling or

13
00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:58.600
a very challenging time right But the one thing that

14
00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:00.280
we know is we get closer towards the end of

15
00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:03.920
the year, is people are looking at their annual sales

16
00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:07.519
objectives trying to determine how they're doing. Are they on track,

17
00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:10.200
are they accomplishing what they want to accomplish? Are they

18
00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:13.280
going to reach their goals? And if you're struggling out there,

19
00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:15.359
you're not quite where you need to be, and you're

20
00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:19.120
working on it. Stay tuned to the Impact Sales Podcast.

21
00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:22.359
We're going to continue to give you great content, great information,

22
00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:24.680
actionable stuff that you can take into the field and

23
00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:27.680
use and absorb so you can have it impact your

24
00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:30.760
own sales success. So today, though, we have a great

25
00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:33.560
guest in store for all of you. This guy was

26
00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:38.519
actually born into the construction realm. He was born into

27
00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.799
a family that owned a fairly large painting and general

28
00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:44.920
contracting company. He started at a very young age. He

29
00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:48.239
started at the age of nineteen years old. He actually

30
00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:51.159
was running large projects for his family at a very

31
00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:54.799
young age, and he's now taken all of that experience

32
00:01:54.840 --> 00:01:58.599
over many many years and built it into a very special,

33
00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:01.920
growing and thriving business. So with me in the studio

34
00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:07.040
today is mister Express Tinos Marquettish Junior with the Impact

35
00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:12.039
Sales Podcast. Stay tuned, we'll be back in a minute. Hi,

36
00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:14.879
this is Joe Beck with the Sales Activist. Are you

37
00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:18.599
a coach, consultant or entrepreneur who's struggling to create dynamic

38
00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:22.360
and consistent sales success in your business? Does your appointment

39
00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:25.439
calendar look like a barren wasteland with little to no

40
00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:29.439
appointment activity and unfortunately even less in your pipeline. Well,

41
00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:32.800
if that's the case, I want to help for well

42
00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:35.479
over thirty years, and after tens of thousands of live

43
00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:39.080
sales interactions and hundreds of millions of dollars of closed

44
00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:42.560
transactions for companies that I've worked with and for, I've

45
00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:46.960
developed a proprietary sales system where we can guarantee your

46
00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:51.360
sales success and guarantee to triple it within six months

47
00:02:51.479 --> 00:02:56.280
or less. It's our ISSM system, the Impact Sales Mastery System.

48
00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:58.680
You want to learn more details about it, just text

49
00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:02.080
the word sales to the number four oh nine five

50
00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:06.080
oh nine seven three five five. That's four oh nine,

51
00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:10.439
five oh nine. Sell his text the word sales four

52
00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:13.080
O nine five O nine cell, and I look forward

53
00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:15.960
to speaking with you. You don't have to settle for average

54
00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:25.159
sales results. And we're back with the Impact Sales Podcast.

55
00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:28.319
I'm your host, Joe Beck with me in this studio.

56
00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:31.960
He was born into the construction realm. His parents owned

57
00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:36.199
a fairly large painting and general contracting company. He started

58
00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:38.919
at a young age in the business. At the age

59
00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:42.919
of nineteen, just nineteen years old, he managed a commercial

60
00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:46.439
project of one hundred and seventy eight apartment and condo

61
00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:48.960
units for his father. He's been in the business for

62
00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:52.560
twenty eight years and now he's built his own driving

63
00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:56.520
company in the construction industry. He's the CEO of Express

64
00:03:56.680 --> 00:04:01.879
Exterior Design, a multi state construction for specializing in residential

65
00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:06.879
and commercial exterior construction. Please welcome to the Impact Sales Podcast,

66
00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:11.199
mister Express. Tinos Marquettis Junior. Hey Tinos, how are you.

67
00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:13.319
I'm doing well, Joe, I'm doing well. Thank you for

68
00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:14.000
the introduction.

69
00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:17.000
No, my pleasure.

70
00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:21.040
I was excited looking forward to this opportunity for us

71
00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:23.439
to talk a little bit. So I want to jump

72
00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:26.600
right in. I like to ask everybody that joins me

73
00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:29.879
on the podcast a starting question, and that question is this,

74
00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:33.040
how did you first get started in sales.

75
00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:38.360
That's a great question, Joe. I was born and raised

76
00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:42.560
in the construction industry, as you mentioned, so every day

77
00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:47.680
I would hear my mother and my father just they

78
00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:51.439
were operating through a sales process, closing down deals. I

79
00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:55.399
would go as a child to projects with my father

80
00:04:56.079 --> 00:05:01.800
and just watch him, you know, negotiate. So I literally

81
00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:05.959
one day, I was twelve years old on a project

82
00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:09.680
and my father had some additional work pop up, and

83
00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:14.319
I literally looked at a superintendent from the general contractor

84
00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:18.519
that he was doing the project for and I said, sir,

85
00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:21.480
you know, this is additional work and my father can't

86
00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:23.199
do this work for free, so we're going to have

87
00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:26.759
to up charge you for it. And from that point on,

88
00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:30.720
I just started to you know, I actually my father said,

89
00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:33.000
did you really have that conversation with him? I said, yes,

90
00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:34.639
he goes, well, you know what, now you can go

91
00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:37.600
give him the price. So I started. That was when

92
00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:39.439
I kind of started getting involved with it, and my

93
00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:42.839
father kind of just like you know, led me through

94
00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:47.040
a path of getting involved with those kind of situations.

95
00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:50.800
Yeah, that's great, That's that's so awesome, and it's really

96
00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:53.360
exciting to hear how you kind of grew up in

97
00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:55.279
a house where not only you were part of the

98
00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:58.879
family business, but you were seeing firsthand how they were

99
00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:02.480
handling those sales things, even at such a young age.

100
00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:06.600
So that's a that's a great story. Love. I love

101
00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:07.600
hearing stuff like that.

102
00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:09.360
I grew up in a house where it was the

103
00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:12.319
exact opposite my my father's like, whatever you do, don't

104
00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:17.680
get into sales. Much different than an entrepreneur household for sure.

105
00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:21.120
So you know, a lot of great things going on

106
00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:24.399
with Express, Why don't you tell me just a little

107
00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:26.680
bit about the company, what you guys are working on.

108
00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:30.199
I know you're now in multiple states and growing. Tell

109
00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:33.160
us a little bit about Express and you know the

110
00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:33.800
story there.

111
00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:38.759
Express six Steer Design is a family owned business. November

112
00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:44.839
of twenty eighteen, I decided to start Express S excuere Design.

113
00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:47.959
I looked at my wife, after so many years of

114
00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:50.720
doing interior and exterior remodeling, and I said, you know,

115
00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:55.920
I'm tired of being inside people's homes. I want to

116
00:06:55.920 --> 00:06:58.560
be outside of people's homes. I don't want to disrupt,

117
00:06:58.759 --> 00:07:04.560
you know, disrupt their home and personal time. Let's start

118
00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:10.800
an exterior remodeling business. So we started Express s Excior Design.

119
00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:14.680
And the first thing I did was I came up

120
00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:20.120
with three core values, trust, quality, and integrity. And we

121
00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:25.720
stand behind those core values through business and personal life. Uh.

122
00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:31.120
We find that, you know, over the years, you know,

123
00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:37.240
seeing a lot of contractors out there, I don't see

124
00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:40.800
how a company can grow without core values. So Express

125
00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:46.639
sixteer Design stands behind those core values. We offer roofing, windows, siding, gutters,

126
00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:52.879
and door services. Currently we're in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, those

127
00:07:52.920 --> 00:07:57.759
three states. We offer every service uh where. We just

128
00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:03.399
opened up in office this month's September in Florida. We're

129
00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:07.199
going to be doing roofing and gutters and then we

130
00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:10.279
are going to eventually have the other services, but the

131
00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:12.920
way the licensing works down here, it's a little bit different.

132
00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:16.399
Our plan is to also in October open up our

133
00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:17.600
Texas office as well.

134
00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:21.839
Wow, that's great, and this all just started since twenty eighteen.

135
00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:25.439
There was a little thing in the middle of all

136
00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:28.720
that you guys might all remember it, that pandemic that

137
00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:31.959
impacted the world. But you know, you've plowed right through that,

138
00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:35.919
and not only have you survived through that, but you've expanded,

139
00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:38.600
you've gone to different states, and that's a that's a great,

140
00:08:38.759 --> 00:08:43.519
great story. So love the core values so powerful to

141
00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:47.399
stand out and really stand behind what you're doing. And

142
00:08:47.720 --> 00:08:49.360
that brings me to one of the things that I

143
00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:53.039
think is really important in professional selling, no matter what

144
00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:56.080
product or service that you're offering people, and it's the

145
00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:59.960
idea that you really need to become a trusted advice

146
00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:02.679
and resource to the people that you work with. And

147
00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:04.840
I know this is something that means a lot to

148
00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:07.320
you and express you know, what are your thoughts on

149
00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:09.840
being that trusted advisor for your clients.

150
00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:14.720
I find and I find it important that in our

151
00:09:14.759 --> 00:09:20.919
sales process we don't we don't utilize hard, pushy sales tactics.

152
00:09:21.879 --> 00:09:26.120
We are to do two things express exterior design is

153
00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:32.480
an educational and a solution provide. We provide education, We

154
00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:37.000
inform our customers. Let's face reality, our customers nowadays, our

155
00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:40.320
prospects are a little smarter than the average bear. They

156
00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:43.840
can go onto Google and research things. So if we're

157
00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:46.879
you know, if we're operating under trust, quality and integrity,

158
00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:52.440
it's important to be fully transparent and educational, provide an

159
00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:56.600
educational process and then just go straight to the solution

160
00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:57.399
for the customer.

161
00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:01.759
No, that's and that is is absolutely true and right.

162
00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:04.519
I mean, you're doing the right thing, and obviously it's

163
00:10:04.559 --> 00:10:08.000
paying off. People are really enjoying that part of the

164
00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:11.240
process and the growth is an example of that as

165
00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:14.159
a result. So one of the things that I think,

166
00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:16.759
you know, I think is critical as well, and I

167
00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:20.639
know you guys stand behind this as well, is you know,

168
00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:23.720
it's never just enough just to do the job, like

169
00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:27.039
you need to do the job, but it's the impression

170
00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:30.399
that you leave the way you operate and the way

171
00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:33.159
you work with people is a large part of what

172
00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:35.000
you guys are about, and I think it's a testament

173
00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:38.600
to why your growth has been what it's been. That

174
00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:40.639
goes back to something that I talk about a lot,

175
00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:43.440
because you just mentioned that people are smarter than the

176
00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:46.720
average bear. They're able to get so much information out there,

177
00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:49.879
information overload. You know, they can google it, they can

178
00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:53.440
figure out this even rough pricing wholesop right. They can

179
00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:57.679
figure all these stuff things out. And when you educate,

180
00:10:57.960 --> 00:11:00.440
you're helping them fill in the gaps that maybe they

181
00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:04.919
kind of have and that's valuable to the client. But

182
00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:06.919
the other thing that I know you guys do is

183
00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:09.559
you have a big impact on the people that you

184
00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:10.240
work with.

185
00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:14.440
And you change lives in some ways.

186
00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:17.080
You're changing how their home is perceived or how their

187
00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:20.919
business is perceived. It changes a lot of things. And

188
00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:23.399
I talk a lot about impact because that's really what

189
00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:26.159
makes the difference. You know, there's a lot of people

190
00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:28.919
out there that can go and do a job. It's

191
00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:33.279
those that make an impact that really really change things.

192
00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:36.720
So tell us how you and express impact people. And

193
00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:39.399
some of the stories are just give me an example

194
00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:41.960
of the impact that you're having on the clients that

195
00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:42.559
you're working with.

196
00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:46.279
In servicing, impact is a powerful word. I believe that

197
00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:51.480
impacting our customers is one of the main things that

198
00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:56.960
has brought our success to where it is today. What

199
00:11:57.000 --> 00:12:02.360
we do, the kind of service that we offer hand

200
00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:07.080
in hand, we walk our customers through the entire process,

201
00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:13.039
and the way we find that is extremely effective. The

202
00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:16.240
most effective way to impact our customers is to do

203
00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:20.080
as we say we're going to do from start to finish,

204
00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:26.320
when the process is streamlined and they know that they

205
00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:31.840
can trust us through the good and the bad. Most

206
00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:34.679
of the time, being a service provider, that's a hard

207
00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:39.559
spot to be in because of past experiences that they've had,

208
00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:47.639
current experiences that they're going through. So our process builds

209
00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:50.600
an impact by doing what we say we're going to do.

210
00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:53.159
That's what we do. And if you look at our

211
00:12:53.200 --> 00:12:57.279
company reviews online on Google, a lot of our customers

212
00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:04.080
spell out how they were impacted through the entire process.

213
00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:09.039
Mm hmm. Yeah, And that's and that's powerful. And you're

214
00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:10.960
absolutely right, you.

215
00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:14.960
Know, in today's in today's world, showing up and doing

216
00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:19.960
the job is in some cases, you know, exceptional or good. Right,

217
00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:23.039
it's not going to be good for those that are elite,

218
00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:24.879
you really want to take it to the next level

219
00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:28.799
and do everything the right way, because there's so many

220
00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:31.080
people out there that just don't they don't show up,

221
00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:33.279
they don't do what they say they're going to do,

222
00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:37.960
and that that does create challenges and and you you

223
00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:41.159
were very transparent when you said that. Sometimes it creates

224
00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:44.200
challenges from from things that happened in the past. Sometimes

225
00:13:44.200 --> 00:13:47.639
it's what they might be currently experiencing. I'm I'm assuming

226
00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:51.799
you sometimes walk into some problem situations that people are

227
00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:53.200
trying to clean.

228
00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:53.639
Up or fix.

229
00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:57.279
You know, how do you how do you handle those

230
00:13:57.279 --> 00:14:00.399
types of circumstances, Because I know they're not all nice,

231
00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:04.039
easy projects, right, Sometimes you walk into things that are

232
00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:07.519
a bit of a mess, maybe fixing somebody else's problem.

233
00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:09.320
How do you how do you handle that?

234
00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:13.919
Because because your your your customer, your client is already upset, right,

235
00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:16.159
they're they're already not in a good place and it

236
00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:18.480
had nothing to do with you, but you're starting them

237
00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:20.480
in a tough spot. How do you how do you

238
00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:22.840
handle that? Because I think that's impactful in and of its.

239
00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:28.399
Absolutely, we just again we find we find means and

240
00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:34.519
methods to accommodate our customers. And it's important when we're

241
00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:37.360
doing things, we have to have all our systems and

242
00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:40.480
processes in place. When we're dealing with a customer that

243
00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:44.960
either had a bad experience at the moment, or we're

244
00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:47.399
going behind someone else, which we tend to do quite

245
00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:54.919
a bit, we will just calmly, humbly handle the situation.

246
00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:57.759
We give them a peace of mind that they're in

247
00:14:57.879 --> 00:15:01.879
good hands. We all emphasize that they're dealing with a

248
00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:05.639
customer excuse me, I apologize for that, they're dealing with

249
00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:10.399
a contractor that stands behind trust, quality and integrity at

250
00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:14.120
all times. So through that process, when we tell them that,

251
00:15:14.960 --> 00:15:17.759
we don't only tell them, we show them that they

252
00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:21.639
can trust us. They know they're going to get quality workmanship,

253
00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:25.720
and they know with the integrity aspect, we're going to

254
00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:27.159
do as we say we're gonna do.

255
00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:28.159
Yep.

256
00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:31.840
Yeah, And that's powerful and I think that's and I'm

257
00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:35.120
so happy to hear you say that, because especially in

258
00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:40.440
in you know, service providers in various categories sometimes and

259
00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:43.879
it's not even justified, Sometimes people have these natural stereotypes

260
00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:46.559
of they're not gonna it's not gonna be easy. It's

261
00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:48.840
gonna be hard because they've had a bad experience or

262
00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:50.039
they've heard a horror story.

263
00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:50.320
Right.

264
00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:55.320
And in those opportunities, though, comes tremendous opportunity for the

265
00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:58.759
people that do it well, that really do it well

266
00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:03.879
and embrace standing behind their service and being there. And

267
00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:07.279
I know you guys operate on the standard that you

268
00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:11.000
know you're you're not leaving a job until everything is

269
00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:13.320
the way it's supposed to be to the client's happy,

270
00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:16.360
to they've gotten everything that they're supposed to be receiving,

271
00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:20.360
and that you're satisfied as well that everything is set.

272
00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:22.519
And you know, tell me a little bit about that

273
00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:26.120
because that goes sometimes a little contrary to what people's

274
00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:29.360
experiences are with other contractors. Right, Tell me about that,

275
00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:31.519
because I know that's very impactful in your business.

276
00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:35.440
Absolutely. I created a slogan, Joe, it's your job isn't

277
00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:40.799
finished until you're fully satisfied. And we stand behind that firmly. Now,

278
00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:48.159
you know, we strive to satisfy every customer, will go

279
00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:51.440
out of our way no matter what it takes.

280
00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:52.759
Uh.

281
00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:56.639
You know, we're not able to satisfy everybody, but we've

282
00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:59.440
done a very good job at it. I'm going to

283
00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:04.559
say rough about ninety five percent of our customers. We

284
00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:07.519
do a very good job at it. We're very passionate

285
00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:10.559
about doing that. Uh, it gets a little hairy and

286
00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:14.000
a little uh it's it's a challenge again, I'm gonna

287
00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:17.200
say the word challenge. It's challenging when you have to

288
00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:21.440
deal with a customer through a tough time because they're

289
00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:26.960
already irate, they're already you know, they're already speculating because

290
00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:32.880
let's face reality, in the construction industry, contractors do not

291
00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:38.640
have a great reputation. Most contractors don't have a great

292
00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:43.279
reputation because either their work is shoddy, they don't do

293
00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:46.559
as they say they're going to do, or they promised

294
00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:48.960
the customer a bunch of stuff just to get a

295
00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:55.519
sale and then proof nothing takes place. A lot of contractors,

296
00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:58.680
you know, tend to run off with deposits, whatever the

297
00:17:58.759 --> 00:18:05.240
case might be, or the they basically over promise or

298
00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:10.480
no under promise and do not deliver either. Right Like,

299
00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:15.720
it's like over promise and don't deliver or under promise,

300
00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:21.920
and it's like it's very hairy, and unfortunately we have

301
00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:25.440
to go behind other contractors who operate in this manner,

302
00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:30.000
and we have to make things right and try to

303
00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:33.079
get them to believe in that there is some good

304
00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:36.799
contractors out there, because there is there's many good contractors

305
00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:41.920
as well that take pride in what they do. The

306
00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:46.759
problem that I see with a lot of other contractors

307
00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:52.200
and this industry is they don't have core values in place.

308
00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:55.759
They're not training their staff to follow the core values.

309
00:18:56.400 --> 00:19:01.079
And then you know, when it comes to quality control,

310
00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:06.000
they don't have quality control either. Quality quality control is

311
00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:09.160
one of the most important things in any type of business.

312
00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:15.160
I think that's what leaves your that that's what will

313
00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:17.839
either give you a good name or a bad name.

314
00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:20.960
Yeah, yeah, I think you described it well.

315
00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:24.200
And I think the other reality of any service related business,

316
00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:27.799
especially contracting, is nobody ever knows what's on the other

317
00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:30.359
side of that wall or the other side of you know,

318
00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:33.240
some project that you're working on, and many times there

319
00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:36.960
are surprises. And you know, I've had previous guests that

320
00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:39.799
would say to me, sometimes, you know that service excellence

321
00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:42.799
is not necessarily just what you do.

322
00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:44.960
Sometimes it's in how you do it.

323
00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:49.200
And I know in the contracting business, you know, ninety

324
00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:52.720
five percent satisfaction is really really good, and I wish

325
00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:57.160
everybody out there was at that level because you see

326
00:19:57.279 --> 00:20:02.400
so many curveballs, right, you know, they may start one way,

327
00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:06.480
but they change, and satisfying somebody completely, you know, is

328
00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:09.279
always based upon what the agreement says. With the understanding

329
00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:11.279
of that, look, we're we're here to do this work,

330
00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:14.480
We're not here to do that work. Well, sometimes that

331
00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:17.039
work becomes part of it because.

332
00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:20.079
Things have changed, so you know how you do it.

333
00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:22.359
I'm yeah, glad you brought that up, and I'll tell

334
00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:27.240
you why. You know, some things are unforeseen. So when

335
00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:32.240
we have unforeseen things and the customers already set on okay,

336
00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:36.119
for example, this job is going to cost ten thousand dollars, Well,

337
00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:39.480
when we start to remove certain things and we start

338
00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:42.279
digging into it, then all of a sudden you might

339
00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:44.480
end up with a thirty five hundred dollars change order.

340
00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:48.960
And that's where customers tend to get a little upset.

341
00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:52.279
But it's hard for us to be able to detect

342
00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:56.759
detect certain things or assess certain things from the beginning.

343
00:20:57.599 --> 00:21:01.599
But a company, again that stands behind quality, we have

344
00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:06.720
to do that to properly offer the warranty that's necessary.

345
00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:10.240
Sure, yeah, and that's and and that comes from being

346
00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:12.960
elite and having that level of service.

347
00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:14.759
You know that, that's and and it's so true.

348
00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:17.480
And that's obviously a testament to why your company has

349
00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:19.720
been successful because you've been able to do that and

350
00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:23.400
continue to grow and thrive through some very challenging times.

351
00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:26.519
And that's you know that that says a lot. Now.

352
00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:30.240
One of the things that you know, our our audience

353
00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:31.880
loves to hear because.

354
00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:34.519
We have a.

355
00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:36.119
Vastly different type of group of people here from time

356
00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:39.319
to time on the show. We always like to know,

357
00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:42.319
you know, having been through some of the things you've

358
00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:45.680
been through. If you had to start all over again

359
00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:49.319
as an entrepreneur, as a business owner out there selling whatever,

360
00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:52.599
if you had to start all over again tomorrow from

361
00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:55.559
day one again, what would be the first one or

362
00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:57.039
two things that you would focus on?

363
00:21:57.519 --> 00:22:02.200
Well, what I know today and what I knew three

364
00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:04.440
and a half four years ago when I started Express

365
00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:09.640
Sexerior Design and prior to that. The first thing would

366
00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:16.319
be I would have core values in place, but on

367
00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:24.079
a I would have my core values spelled out and

368
00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:27.599
I would make sure that everybody on my team that

369
00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:32.240
was hired aligned with those core values? Number one. Number

370
00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:37.880
two would be SOPs. You and I both know what

371
00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.839
SOPs are.

372
00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:43.680
What are they, Joe, Standard operating policies or procedures?

373
00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:46.680
Correct? Yep, And not many of us when we started

374
00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:53.400
our business years ago knew what a standard operating agreement was, right,

375
00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:57.319
or operating procedures, not agreement procedures.

376
00:22:57.359 --> 00:23:00.960
And shooting from the head, shooting from the hit.

377
00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:03.480
We're gonna do this, We're gonna go ahead and do that. Well,

378
00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:07.359
how do you expect the new hire to even know

379
00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:12.400
what we're doing without SOPs in place? So it made

380
00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:18.400
our made our job a lot harder than it should

381
00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:22.160
have been. So when you have standard operating procedures in place,

382
00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:28.039
it streamlines everything and it keeps everything aligned. Oh you know,

383
00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:30.759
we would complain this guy's not doing this, he's constantly

384
00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:32.920
forgetting this, and they're not doing that, and she's not

385
00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:37.839
doing this. Well, you got to have standard operating procedures

386
00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:41.599
in place. It'll eliminate a lot of that. So those

387
00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:45.039
are the two main things, core values and SOPs.

388
00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:45.799
Yep.

389
00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:49.440
Yeah, so you know, if I'm hearing you correctly, Obviously

390
00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:52.799
those core values started off and then the SOPs really

391
00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:57.960
are structure. You would create structure that was clear, easy

392
00:23:57.960 --> 00:24:00.920
to follow, understandable, And that's something that I think is

393
00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:03.920
really important because you're right, there's a lot of people

394
00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:08.000
out there that follow the ready shoot aim approach to

395
00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:11.799
business where they're not necessarily planning things out, they're not

396
00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:14.960
really targeting and focusing, and they're not structured.

397
00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:18.559
So I really appreciate you sharing that.

398
00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:21.519
So, you know, Tinos, this time has been great, and

399
00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:24.599
I wanted to quickly give you an opportunity, you know,

400
00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:28.000
for somebody to follow you and express. Where can they

401
00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:30.359
find you? How can they connect with you? You know, give

402
00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:32.359
us a little bit about where people can reach you.

403
00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:37.440
Okay, my email address Tinos t I n O S

404
00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:40.559
at Express without an e X p R E S

405
00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:45.559
S exteriordesign dot com. I'm on Facebook as well LinkedIn.

406
00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:51.519
We have our Express Exterior Design page on all platforms, Instagram,

407
00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:59.359
LinkedIn Facebook, I have a mister Express page on Facebook

408
00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:02.599
as well and Instagram. I haven't been posting as much,

409
00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:05.000
but I will be. I am so busy, I need

410
00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:10.319
to hire a social media manager. So those are great

411
00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:14.000
places to get in contact with me and follow me

412
00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:17.720
and if you have any questions or anything you just

413
00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:21.359
want to talk about or even get on the phone

414
00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:23.039
send me a message.

415
00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:26.960
Okay, that sounds great, Tinos. It's been a pleasure having

416
00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:28.880
you with us now. LEI like to wrap up each

417
00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:31.759
one of these episode with a simple phrase, and that

418
00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:35.200
phrases this sell better and impact the world.

419
00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.880
Thanks for joining us today, Tinos.

420
00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:38.240
Thank you, Joe, I appreciate it.

421
00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:42.160
Hi, this is Joe Beck with the Sales Activist.

422
00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:45.880
Are you struggling to reach the sales objectives you set

423
00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:49.319
for yourself and your business? Are you a coach, consultant,

424
00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:51.680
or entrepreneur that's not quite where you want to be

425
00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:54.319
sales wise, and you're looking to take your business to

426
00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:55.079
the next level.

427
00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:57.559
Well, if you are, I'd like to help.

428
00:25:57.920 --> 00:26:00.519
For well over thirty years and after tens of thousands

429
00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:03.480
of live interactions and hundreds of millions of dollars of

430
00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:06.599
closed transactions for companies that I've worked with in for

431
00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:11.079
I've created a proprietary sales system to help you create

432
00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:15.240
dynamic and consistent sales success. And I'm so confident in

433
00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:18.039
this sales system that I'm willing to guarantee that within

434
00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:21.480
six months or less, you'll be able to triple your

435
00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:26.400
sales results. To get more details on our proprietary ism

436
00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:30.920
mastery system, just text me at four oh nine five

437
00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:35.039
oh nine seven three five five. Text the word sales

438
00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:38.920
to four oh nine five oh nine seven three five

439
00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:41.920
five to get more details and to connect and learn

440
00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:45.160
exactly how we can triple your sales results. This is

441
00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:47.559
Joe Beck with the Sales Activists. You don't have to

442
00:26:47.599 --> 00:27:05.160
settle for average sales results.