• The Rant

    Bi-monthly column on business management and marketing by Matt Michel, CEO of Service Roundtable

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    Practice Crisis LEADERSHIP

    April 14, 2020
    Leadership is reaching for the human spirit to generate exceptional performance from ordinary people.

    14 Tips for HVAC Sales Professionals This Autumn

    Oct. 16, 2013
    Summer is over and leads have dropped with every downtick of the outside temperature. It’s time for sales professionals to generate their own leads. Here are 14 ways to get started...
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    Mechanical Systems Contractors: Recruit Like A Football Coach

    Sept. 8, 2013
    In football, recruiting the best, smartest, most talented players is a key job of any coach. Frankly the same is true of any owner/manager of an HVACR contracting firm. So why...

    To the HVACR Industry: Four Reasons Why America Will Kick Butt

    July 2, 2013
    Matt Michel likes to count his blessings. In this slightly tongue-in-cheek RANT, he extolls the virtues of this great country of ours, giving kudos to the HVACR mechanical systems...

    Quit Marketing to Yourself!

    May 1, 2013
    In the world of residential HVAC contracting, the customer making the buy decision is typically a woman. So why, then, do so many contractors market to men? In this Rant, Matt...

    The Election is Over. Now What?

    Nov. 7, 2012
    Thankfully, the election is finally over. Americans, it appears, voted for more of the same. We’ve got the same guy in the White House. We’ve got his party in the Senate. We’ve...

    109 Things I Learned at Mechanical Systems Week- Part 2

    Oct. 14, 2012
    In the last Hotmail newsletter, I gave you the first half of the 109 things I learned at Mechanical Systems Week. The week was great… Great for networking. Great for product/service...

    109 Things I Learned at Mechanical Systems Week- Part 1

    Oct. 3, 2012
    Whew! Mechanical Systems Week is over. The week was great… Great for networking. Great for product/service sourcing. Great for learning. Here are a few of the things I learned...

    9 Quick Truck Tips

    Sept. 18, 2012
    This week is Mechanical Systems Week. Steve Miles (Jerry Kelly Heating & Air Conditioning – St. Charles, MO) and I are presenting “Maximizing Your Mobile Billboard.” We offer ...