Sep 10, 2021
Howdy guys & gals and welcome to Episode 48 of The Air Conditioning Podcast!
In this episode, we chatted with NSW based business owner Ray Pinto of Pinto Air Conditioning services.
Ray spoke candidly about how and why he started his own air conditioning business, his day to day, how COVID affected his business and where he sees his business heading in the coming years.
Here’s a sneak peak of what we chatted about:
What sort of work are you doing right now in light of Lockdown? (3:00)
What sort of work can you do, and can’t you do with restrictions in place? (3:15)
Take us back to the start, how did you get into the industry and how where did you start? (4:15)
What you say that going out on your own was a good move? (7:30)
Do you think you are working longer or shorter hours working in your own business? (8:00)
Do you have an Accountant/Bookkeeper to help you with your accounting and paperwork? (8:30)
How do you go with your paperwork? Are you diligent with it? (9:00)
Are you doing mostly Residential or do you work with Commercial clients as well? (10:30)
Do you use a manual paperwork system, or do you use an online CRM? (12:00)
Is it just yourself in your business or do you have other employees? (14:30)
How do manage your customer acquisition? (17:45)
Are you looking to take on any apprentices at any stage? (18:30)
And that’s just a sniff of the stuff we covered…
If you’d like to learn more about Pinto Air Conditioning Services, you can check Ray’s business out on Facebook here.
So we hope you enjoy the episode and hope you enjoy your weekend. Stay safe, stay strong and get vaccinated so we can meet down the pub for a beer as soon as possible!!
Until the next episode guys…catcha!