Episodes: 488
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 12.8k subscribers
Instagram: 1.9k followers
30s Ad: 56 - 67, 60s Ad: 65 - 77
Tersh Blissett - Host of the Service Business Mastery Podcast, focused on helping skilled-trades home service business owners streamline operations and grow using automation and AI, alongside leadership, marketing,...
Phil Risher - Ai-powered Search And The Shift From Traditional Seo; Conversational/agentic Search Visibility; Optimizing Websites/pricing/online Scheduling; Content Strategy Using Call Transcripts; Local Authority/backlinks; AI Visibility Measurement.
Ryan Kiscaden - Using Storytelling And Education To Improve Perception And Recruiting In The Skilled Trades; Community Education; Explaining Hvac/plumbing To Children; Integrating Adhd/hands-on Learning Angles; Ai/technology’s Role In Perception.
Nathan Whittacre - Why Automation Should Follow Process Optimization; Technology Adoption Mistakes; Leadership/culture For Change Management; Erp/automation Approach; Cybersecurity Basics For Home Service Businesses; When To Outsource IT Vs Self-manage.
How Service Businesses Can Stop Losing Skilled Workers
May 20, 2026
The skilled labor shortage isn't just a hiring problem. It's a perception problem. In this episode of Service Business Mastery, Tersh Blissett and Joshua Crouch sit down with Ruchir Shah, founder of SkillCat, to discuss why home service companies are struggling to attract and retain skilled workers and what the industry can do about it. Ruchir shares how his background in workforce training led him to build SkillCat, an online trade training platform helping people transition into HVAC, pl...
AI Search and the Death of Old-School Marketing for Home Service Businesses
May 13, 2026
The way homeowners search for HVAC, plumbing, and home service companies is changing fast. And most contractors are completely unprepared for it. In this episode of Service Business Mastery, Tersh Blissett sits down with Phil Risher from Phlash Consulting to discuss the massive shift from traditional Google SEO to AI-powered search and what it means for home service businesses. Phil explains why AI search is changing how customers find contractors, why conversational search matters more t...
How Storytelling Can Solve Your Skilled Trades Recruiting Crisis
May 06, 2026
In this episode of Service Business Mastery, Tersh Blissett and Joshua Crouch sit down with Ryan Kiscaden, owner of Kiscaden Consulting and creator of the Next Up Trades children's book series, to discuss how storytelling can reshape the future of recruiting in the trades. Ryan shares how a conversation with his plumber brother-in-law sparked the idea to create books that explain HVAC and plumbing to children in a way they can understand and connect with emotionally. Instead of focusing o...
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