CONTRACTORS ADVANTAGE ONLINE ACADEMY
Kyle developed the Contractors Advantage Online Academy to reach a wider audience to help more business owners avoid the mistakes and roadblocks that can deter them from growing their business and achieving their mission. These courses are a solid road map to success in your business and will help you sort out the ankle biters that cause you to lose focus on the big picture. Kyle’s style of teaching is straightforward and relatable on a human level, and he provides practical advice that you can apply to your business immediately – no waiting until the end of the course to get your money’s worth!
Our course offerings and tuition prices are listed below.
Bundle Package Discounts:
- $25 per week discount for contractors who sign up for 20 weeks minimum
- $40 per week discount for contractors who sign up for all 44 weeks
*Customized payment plans are available.
Complete the registration form below to learn more, or email marie@kylehoffmanllc.com
Course #1 – Detailed Business Plan: Your MapQuest Directions
Number of Classes: 11
Tuition: $2000
- Week 1: The WHY behind the WHAT
- Week 2: Understanding the numbers & the numerical plan — Budget and plan development
- How and where to start YOUR plan
- Above the line cost and how to set it up correctly
- Week 3: Below the line
- Week 4: Sales & production
- Week 5: Part 1 — Marketing plan/strategy and measuring
- Week 6: Part 2 — Marketing plan/strategy and measuring
- Week 7: Vision, mission, core values, pledge and promise
- Week 8: Part I — How to properly price a project (your pricing must match your plan)
- Week 9: Part II — How to properly price a project (your pricing must match your plan)
- Week 10: Developing your dashboard
- Week 11: Your written business plan
Course #2 — Leader: Your Intentional Growth Plan
Number of Classes: 7
Tuition: $1400
- Week 1: Trust yourself completely (A strengthening exercise)
- Week 2: Commitment and tools
- DISC introduction and training
- Week 3: Reading reports (the right reports)
- Who are these reports for?
- Asking the right questions
- Week 4: Emotional intelligence
- Weekly leadership team meetings
- Agenda and preparation
- Week 5: Processes & procedures
- How to introduce and develop standard operating procedures
- Week 6: Consistent meetings
- Developing agendas
- Make it about them
- Week 7: Coach the right people
- Grow you own leaders within
Course #3 The Team: Building the Right Team
Number of Classes: 5
Tuition: $1000
- Week 1: How to develop your process (The right process)
- Week 2: How to hire the right people — Part I
- The job ad — How to write it to attract the right people
- The position and job description
- The resume — What are you really looking for?
- Week 3: How to hire the right people – Part II
- The interview — How to conduct a better interview
- Offer letter — Make it official
- Onboarding and training plan — How to set them up for success
- Week 4: How to deal with the people you already have
- Change is difficult (Lead them through it)
- Week 5: Processes for handling employee and sub issues appropriately
Course #4 – Specific Sales Process
Number of Classes: 7
Tuition: $1400
- Week 1: True differentiation (How to set yourself apart from the others)
- The science & art of selling — Part I
- Week 2: The science & art of selling — Part II
- Week 3: Setting the appointment
- Tee them up for success
- Detailed processes (Don’t be fooled)
- Confirmation
- Preferred method of communication
- Week 4: Power questions
- How to develop your questions for the customer
- Week 5: Creating your presentation
- How to and where to start
- Week 6: Your proposal/contract/agreement
- Creating the right size (How many pages should it be?)
- To-the-penny pricing (Why does it matter?)
- Week 7: Asking for the business
- The relationship (Some call this the close)
- The beginning
- The middle
- The end
- The follow-up
- The relationship (Some call this the close)
Course #5 – Lead Setting and Tracking Processes
Number of Classes: 3
Tuition: $600
- Week 1: Do more with what you have
- Definition of a lead
- Lead targets/measuring
- Daily-weekly-monthly reports
- Week 2: Qualifying VS Disqualifying
- Answering the Phone
- Questions you are asking
- Information you are getting
- Week 3: The follow-up process
Course #6- Specific Approval, Handoff & Installation Processes
Number of Classes: 3
Tuition: $600
- Week 1: Developing and implementing an approval process
- Week 2: Developing and training the hand-off process
- Week 3: Using manuals
- Employee and sub training & accountability
Course #7 – Close and Collection Process: Cash is King and Reviews Drive Business
Number of Classes: 2
Tuition: $400
- Week 1: How to collect and finalize projects quickly and efficiently
- Week 2: Obtaining reviews (A process that works)
Course #8 – Financial Reports and QB Setup
Number of Classes: 4
Tuition: $800
- Week 1: P&L Review — How to read it and use it to make decisions
- Week 2: Chart of accounts & class set up
- Your options
- Consistency is the key
- Week 3: Setting up your budget in QB & review budget vs. actual
- Week 4: Job costing & ensuring accurate information
Course #9 – Creating a Standard Operating Procedure Manual & Employee Handbook: We will show you our manuals and give you ideas and tools to get started
Number of Classes: 2
Tuition: $400
- Week 1: What does an SOP manual include?
- Why is this important and what do I use it for?
- It starts with one
- Choose a template
- Start from the beginning
- It grows with you
- Adjustments along the way
- Week 2: What does an Employee Handbook include?
- Why is this important and what do I use it for?
- Choose a template
- Start from the beginning
- It grows with you
- Adjustments along the way (Recommended annually)