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A video podcast for remodelers and custom home builders · Premieres December 2026
How the Best Remodelers Actually Grow
Grow Builder’s host, Brandon Clay, sits down with successful remodelers and custom home builders to break down what filled their pipelines, kept their crews busy and got them out of the field. Real numbers. Real mistakes. No fluff.
New episodes twice a month.
Why this show exists
You know how to build. Nobody taught you how to grow.
You do excellent work. Your reviews prove it. But the calendar still swings between slammed and wide open, and the next three months depend on who happens to call.
Most advice for contractors comes from people who've never run a crew, chased a deposit or covered payroll during a slow month. Grow Builder is different. Every episode is a conversation with an owner who's already been where you are and figured out the next step.
We ask the questions you'd ask over a beer: What actually brought in the good jobs? What did you waste money on? When did you hire your first project manager? How did you stop being the bottleneck?
This show is
- Owners sharing what worked and what didn't
- Specific numbers, tools and decisions
- For remodelers/home builders doing real volume
This show isn't
- A sales pitch in disguise
- Generic “grow your business” advice
- Tips for your first job
What you'll learn
What we dig into every episode
Sales and pricing
How they qualify homeowners, present estimates and stop losing jobs to the cheapest bid.
Operations and systems
The software, processes and checklists that let the work run without the owner on every site.
People and leadership
Hiring the first PM, keeping good crews, building a team that can run things when you're not there.
Every guest is asked the same closing question: “If you were starting over in your contracting business, what would you do first?”
Who you'll hear from
Owners who've been where you are
Our guests run kitchen and bath companies, whole-home remodeling firms and custom home building companies doing $500K to $10M+ a year. They've survived slow seasons, bad hires and agencies that burned their budget. Now they're here to tell you what they'd do differently.
- Kitchen and bath remodelers
- Staircase remodelers
- Whole-home remodelers
- Custom home builders
- Basement and outdoor living specialists
- Design-build firms
Meet your host
Hosted by Brandon Clay
I've spent 18 years in digital marketing, and since 2010 I've run Search Pros, a Dallas agency that helps local businesses, including remodelers, generate new business through Google Ads, Meta Ads, SEO, and AI visibility.
I've seen the ad accounts, the lead reports and the close rates. What I kept noticing: the companies that grow aren't always the ones with the best work. They're the ones with a proven, repeatable growth system. Grow Builder is where I ask the owners who built those systems to show their work.
Brandon Clay, Host · Founder, Search Pros
Premiere and format
Premieres December 2026
We're launching with three full episodes in December, then two new conversations every month. Full video interviews on YouTube, plus short clips you can watch between job sites.
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Episode 1 · December 2026
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Episode 2 · December 2026
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Episode 3 · December 2026
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- Full video interviews
- 2 episodes a month
- Free on YouTube
- Short clips between job sites
Be a guest
Built something worth talking about?
We're looking for remodelers and custom home builders who've grown a real company and are willing to share how. You don't need to be famous. You need to be honest about what worked, what didn't and what you'd tell your younger self.
Apply to Be a GuestWhat guests get
- A professionally produced interview you can share with clients, recruits and partners
- Clips cut for your own social channels
- A link to your company from the episode page and description
Good fit if you
- Own or run a remodeling or custom home building company
- Do roughly $500K–$10M+ a year in revenue
- Have at least 3 years in business
- Can spend about 60 minutes on a remote recording
FAQ
Questions, answered
The next owner who figures it out could be you.
Subscribe now and get the first three episodes the day they premiere.