49 # Growing Local and Home Service Businesses with Sean Garner
Empowering Healthy Business: The Podcast for Small Business Owners
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You can be the best plumber, electrician, or home-service provider in town — but if your marketing isn’t connected, your phone won’t keep ringing.
In this episode of the Empowering Healthy Business Podcast, host Calvin Wilder talks with Sean Garner, marketing strategist and founder of a full-service agency that helps small and local businesses grow through modern systems.
Sean explains why local marketing is different, how to use his Marketing Domination Framework (Build → Fill → Optimize), and which automations can help you turn missed calls into booked jobs.
In This Episode:
- Why mindset matters more than ad spend
 - How to build, fill, and optimize your marketing funnel
 - Why Google Local Service Ads outperform traditional campaigns
 - Simple automations to capture every lead
 - How to build trust and a recognizable local brand
 
Whether you run a home-service business or manage a local professional firm, this episode is your playbook for sustainable, scalable growth.
Listen now on all major podcast platforms.
Check out free resources from Sean Garner at https://www.seangarner.co/ehb
Sponsored by SmartBooks. To schedule a free consultation, visit smartbooks.com.
Thanks for listening!
Host Cal Wilder can be reached at:
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvinwilder/ 
Chapters
1. Setting The Stage: Healthy Growth (00:00:00)
2. Sean’s Path From Gyms To Agencies (00:00:49)
3. Why Local Services Need New Playbooks (00:06:31)
4. The Marketing Domination Framework (00:07:39)
5. Local Service Ads Explained (00:12:01)
6. Local vs National Funnels (00:15:39)
7. Speed-To-Lead And Automations (00:20:02)
8. The Complete Funnel, Not Checkboxes (00:25:44)
9. Content That Actually Converts (00:29:43)
10. Overcoming The Intimidation Barrier (00:37:06)
11. Resources, Offers, And Closing (00:46:27)
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