Episodes

Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
In Episode 30 of the Pool Nation Podcast, we talk rate increases and how it directly affects your business profitability. John and Zac go head to head in the Pool Nation hashtag knowledge challenge. We talk to Pool Girl Anna and her experience raising rates. This is an episode you don't want to miss.

Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
In Episode 29 of the Pool Nation Podcast, Sales Techniques Part 2. We continue our conversation on sales techniques and we do a deep dive into revenue sources for your business. We talk about the different things you can do to increase your revenue, improve profitability and make more money in your business.

Monday Mar 08, 2021
Monday Mar 08, 2021
In Episode 28 of the Pool Nation Podcast, we talk Sales Techniques Part 2. We talk about upping your Sales Game and the little things that you can do to WOW your customers. The better you are the more money you will make. We dive in deeper into the Sales Techniques, and we talk about Revenue Opportunities for the Pool Pro.

Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
In Episode 27 of the Pool Nation Podcast, we talk about the sales process, and how important it is to master your sales process for your business. We share our experiences with the sales process of our businesses, and the things we put in place to improve that sales process. We talk about the learning curve and how important it is that you become great at sales. The better you are the more money you will make.

Monday Feb 22, 2021
Monday Feb 22, 2021
In Episode 26 of the Pool Nation Podcast, we talk to Bob Lowry on his monthly visit to the podcast. We talk about Pool Startups. We also talk about how long you should run the pump when doing a startup, what chemicals you can and can’t add during the startup process and what chemicals you should never mix.
We also answer some questions that were sent in. We cover how Bicarb works in a pool, why Acid Demand is so high on Quartz startups vs other finishes, and continued calcium buildup.

Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
In Episode 25 of the Pool Nation Podcast, we talk about increasing your business revenue by adding services or fees. We talk about providing a superior level of service and how important it is for every business to look for opportunities to add extra services in order to be able to increase yearly revenue and profits.

Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
In Episode 24 of the Pool Nation Podcast we talk to Ken and Sara Howard a father daughter duo in the swimming pool industry, and creators of the Ultimate Pole-Hyper Pole. We talk about their journey in the pool industry. We talk to Sara about how she grew up in the industry, and how she took over the family business. We also talk to Ken about his Journey in the industry and how they came up with the idea to create the Ultimate Pole, and their constant drive to perfection to create the Ultimate Pole-Hyper Pole.

Monday Feb 01, 2021
E-23 Of the Pool Nation Podcast - Want your Pool Business to be Profitable?
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
In Episode 23 of the Pool Nation Podcast, we talk about how to make sure you are making a Profit in the Pool Service Industry. We break it down so it’s easy to understand, and so you can apply it to your business to ensure you are quoting high enough rates to make money and the profit that you want. We talk about using 1 simple metrics like cost of service, average cost, and how simple a profit and loss statement is.

Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
In Episode 22 of the Pool Nation Podcast we talk to Bob Lowry founder of the Pool Chemistry Training Institute. In this episode we answer pool water chemistry question from pool guys and pool girls that are sent to us to Bob can answer them. Bob is a legend in the pool industry. He has written 21 books on pool water chemistry and even the manuals that IPSSA uses were written by Bob himself.

Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
E-21 of the Pool Nation podcast we talk to Kelli Carillo a fellow Pool Girl and owner of Legacy Pools & Spa, and founder of the Pool Girl Training. She is a second generation Pool Girl, and owns her own pool service company where she does service, repairs and installs. She is also one of the founders of Pool Girl Trainings. She shares her story on how they created and founded the Pool Girl Trainings to provide a safe environment for fellow pool girls to learn and to be able to give them their own platform to share and build on their experiences.

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Welcome to Pool Nation. The Podcast where it’s all Pool Talk. We are talking about becoming a nation of pool pros. We talk about the latest products, trends and training in the Swimming Pool Industry. We interview leaders, and educators in the swimming pool industry.







