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Building Trust in a Digital Age with Marcus Sheridan

📅 May 10, 2025 ⏱️ 1:09:08 🎤 Marcus Sheridan, Tommy Mello

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  • 0:00
    Reunion with Marcus Sheridan, five years later
  • 4:24
    Extract the principle, apply it to your business
  • 8:47
    How River Pools became the top pool site
  • 13:07
    AI is becoming the new search engine
  • 17:26
    Appliances break down — the trust opportunity
  • 26:12
    Everyone has IP — name what makes you special
  • 30:37
    Say what others aren't willing to say online
  • 35:07
    Selling: it's your face and your team
  • 39:29
    Pricing estimators & Price.ai as a mega trend
  • 43:52
    The Scotland shed manufacturer's pricing win
  • 52:36
    Hiring for competitive traits
  • 1:01:26
    Video beats text before the appointment

Speakers

Marcus Sheridan
Marcus Sheridan
Author of They Ask You Answer / Endless Customers; founder, River Pools
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Tommy Mello
Host / Founder, A1 Garage Door Service

Key Takeaways

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Marcus Sheridan says the last three years have brought more change to his 20-plus-year career than the previous 22 combined, largely driven by AI.

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His core philosophy 'They Ask, You Answer' is to say online what your competitors won't — especially around pricing — and his new book Endless Customers extends the idea.

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Buyers now start and often finish their journey inside AI tools like ChatGPT, so home service brands must produce the content those engines will surface.

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Every contractor has unique IP and does special things, but the mistake is never naming it — you have to identify and market what actually makes you different.

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Radical pricing transparency wins: a Scotland shed manufacturer that published a full price list saw it drive sales, proving the tactic isn't just for pools.

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Video should replace text at key moments — before an appointment a prospect should receive a video, not a plain text-based email.

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Marcus now treats AI as a copywriting partner, using it to help produce articles faster while keeping his own voice and expertise.

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