Coaching and Consulting for the Trades

How to Get Your First Coaching Client in 45 Days: The Day-by-Day Plan for Contractor Coaches

Jim Cosmas

Published on: 09/09/2026

The 45-day plan three new contractor coaches followed to a signed client: the list of twenty, two messages a day, the discovery call, the fee, and the paperwork sent the same night.

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Coaching Contractors Without Trade Experience: What the Owner Has and What You Bring

Jim Cosmas

Published on: 09/09/2026

Trade experience is a door, and a long way from the job. What a contractor already has, what he is missing, the weekend of vocabulary you owe him, and how to answer when he asks.

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HVAC Business Coaching: The Five Profit Leaks a Coach Fixes First

Jim Cosmas

Published on: 09/09/2026

The HVAC coaching playbook: the 50 percent gross profit standard, then five leaks in order, with the number to ask for and the first move for each.

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What Contractors Pay Business Coaches: Fees, Retainers and the Math Behind Them

Jim Cosmas

Published on: 09/09/2026

The three fee structures that hold up with contractors, the working retainer range, the four-input arithmetic that produces your number, and how to say it out loud.

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