Episode 48: Providing High Quality Concierge Pool Service with Rich Gallo of Pure Swim
Episode 48: Providing High Quality Concierge Pool Service with Rich Gallo of Pure Swim
Show Description
In this episode we sit down with Pure Swim founder and CEO Rich Gallo. Pure Swim is a high-end maintenance and repair company based out of the San Fernando Valley California. Rich has taken his business to new heights and we discuss how you can do that as well. He has over 30 years experience in the industry, with a ton of certifications, and provides a unique way of looking at this business from a different perspective.
Rich believes when you lay the foundational and the ground work by getting educated, you can educate the customer, and provide a level of service that meets the customer's needs. This allows you to not just make money, but become a legitimate profitable business. One that can not only provide you with a quality life, but your employees as well.
Show-Notes
3:05 Getting to Know Rich
8:45 Learning to Have Good Values
14:50 How Rich’s Father and Uncle Got Into Pools
19:14 Having Kids at a Young Age
24:50 Struggles and Successes in the Beginning
34:50 Adapt or Die Mentality
41:00 Taking a Chance on a new way of Doing Things
49:05 Pool Concierge service
58:50 Wanting to do Better
1:08:50 Changing your Mentality
1:19:30 How to Start a Price Matrix
1:28:08 Price Match Guarantee
1:32:38 Making Education a Priority
1:35:20 Meeting Greg Garrett
1:47:52 Paying it Forward
1:57:40 The Best Employees Make the Best Customers
2:02:05 Recommended Books and Podcasts
Where to Find Rich Gallo & Pure Swim
Website: http://bit.ly/PureSwimPWU
Facebook: http://bit.ly/PureSwimFBPWU
Houzz: http://bit.ly/PureSwimHouzz
Resources Mentioned
Outliers: http://bit.ly/OutliersPWU
Giving Tree: http://bit.ly/GivingTreePWU
Customers For Life: http://bit.ly/CustomersForLifePWU
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