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John Gafford

👤 Speaker
11570 total appearances

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Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

Everything is concrete tile.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

That's what all the roofs are.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

So, you know, for us, it's, it's a little different, but in the, you know, when I, like you said, mentioned Tampa earlier when, when I, I used to live there and yeah, every roof is, is that, is that concrete, you know, shingle.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

So,

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

Is it really just I mean, I mean, I would got to believe that AdWords is going to be your number one.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

It's going to be your number one method of marketing this because, I mean, it's pretty easy to target.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

I need a new roof.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

You know what I mean?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

But I'm sure that those clicks are very expensive.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

Well, well, and it's getting worse, man, because now Google searches that.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

Well, Google searches down 30 percent because it's all gone to chat GPT.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

They're still looking at the yellow pages at this point, some of your customers are.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

That's what they're doing.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

So you mentioned competition coming into the market, right?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

So what changes did you guys make?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

I mean, you were first to market with this at scale, obviously.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

So what changes did you make to your business when competition came in?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

What knobs did you turn?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

What levers did you press?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
He Sold His Roofing Business for $60M (Here’s What He Built Next) - Mike Feazel

Yeah.