{"podcast":{"title":"The Contractor Fight with Tom Reber","slug":"the-contractor-fight-with-tom-reber-539778","podcast_index_feed_id":539778,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/contractorfight/","website_url":"http://strongpreneur.libsyn.com/podcast","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f69d3660-d314-4fad-82e1-0b69da0ed959/podcast-art-FINAL-3000x3000.jpg","author":"Tom Reber","episode_count":1136,"summary":"Stop stressing out about your contracting business and take back control. The Contractor Fight is bringing respect and dignity back to the trades one contractor at a time. Discover how to market, sell, and consistently produce your projects at a profit with industry expert and powerful motivator Tom Reber. Stop stealing from your family. Earn what you're worth. Build a business that serves you.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T14:20:25.202444+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contractor-fight-with-tom-reber-539778"},"episode":{"title":"Stop Letting Marketing Companies Rob You Blind","slug":"stop-letting-marketing-companies-rob-you-blind","published_at":"2026-06-22T20:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contractor-fight-with-tom-reber-539778/stop-letting-marketing-companies-rob-you-blind","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contractor-fight-with-tom-reber-539778","url":"http://strongpreneur.libsyn.com/podcast","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ec7c70bb-c0cd-4636-8c82-86fa1bf433a2.mp3","summary":"Join us in Colorado: https://go.thecontractorfight.com/forge Contractors don’t just get screwed by bad marketing agencies. They get screwed because they hand over money, stop asking questions, ignore their numbers, and hope some “expert” is going to save their business. In this episode, Tom Reber sits down with Josh Osborne for a raw conversation about contractor marketing, business ownership, resilience, and why so many contractors keep getting bled dry by people who don’t understand the trades. Josh is Tom’s partner at No Excuses Media , and together they break down what contractors need to stop doing if they want their marketing to actually work. They talk about the mistakes contractors make when hiring marketing help, why your message matters more than your tactics, and why no lead source in the world can fix weak leadership and a victim mindset. Tom and Josh also dig into Josh’s backstory...getting given up for adoption at 12, building a multi-million-dollar business, suffering a heart attack at 28, losing everything, and rebuilding his life and business from the ground up. This one is about marketing, but it’s also about ownership. About getting punched in the face and getting back up. About stopping the excuses, leading from the front, and building a business that doesn’t keep draining your wallet and your life. In this episode, Tom and Josh cover: Why most contractors get burned by marketing agencies The biggest mistakes contractors make when hiring marketing help How to know if a marketing company actually understands your business Why your message is more important than the latest marketing tactic How victim thinking wrecks your growth Why owning your numbers is still non-negotiable Josh’s story of losing everything and rebuilding What contractors need to do…","meta_description":"Join us in Colorado: https://go.thecontractorfight.com/forge Contractors don’t just get screwed by bad marketing agencies. They get screwed because they h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3889,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-contractor-fight-with-tom-reber-539778/episodes/stop-letting-marketing-companies-rob-you-blind/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contractor-fight-with-tom-reber-539778/stop-letting-marketing-companies-rob-you-blind.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}