Bonus Episode: 10 Questions with Craig Eubanks | The Fence Industry, Business & Beyond

Question number one.

is the trades shortage real or did we just stop telling kids it was an option i don't know where these questions come from but it's like hey apparently they want me to talk about these things but in my opinion i would say the trade shortage is real and and we did stop telling kids to join the trades because i remember growing up Everybody talked about college.

You had to go to college to be successful.

You had to.

You had to.

Fast forward to now when I'm a dad, I tell my kids, you got to go to college.

Well, you don't have to, but it'd be a really good thing.

But I also tell them at the same time, like, make sure you sign up for scholarships, grants, all that stuff, right? Because you don't want to send them into debt, right? And I tell them that trades is obviously an option as well, because that's what I am.

But if they want to be a business owner in the trades, it is a lot of work and it's not for everybody.

Not saying that college is for everybody.

Cause it's not, but.

It's a lot of work and you got to be prepared for that mentally, physically, all of the things.

So that's what I tell my kids.

I don't want to rant too much because then there's 10 questions and I'm only on number one and five minutes into the show.

Question number two, social media has changed how contractors get work.

Yeah.

Is that a good thing or did it just create a bunch of guys who are better at posting than they are at fencing? Which by the way, I did not read these beforehand.

I probably should have.

But anyways, I think it's both.

Yeah.

There's people that are good at fencing and then there's people that are good at posting.

And it's also awkward because we own nailed it productions and we do posting, but also own a fence company.

I would say there's both, but we don't use social media as a lead generator.

We use it as a brand recognition.

So we want our brand to be out there more.

Question number one.

is the trades shortage real or did we just stop telling kids it was an option i don't know where these questions come from but it's like hey apparently they want me to talk about these things but in my opinion i would say the trade shortage is real and and we did stop telling kids to join the trades because i remember growing up Everybody talked about college.

You had to go to college to be successful.

You had to.

You had to.

Fast forward to now when I'm a dad, I tell my kids, you got to go to college.

Well, you don't have to, but it'd be a really good thing.

But I also tell them at the same time, like, make sure you sign up for scholarships, grants, all that stuff, right? Because you don't want to send them into debt, right? And I tell them that trades is obviously an option as well, because that's what I am.

But if they want to be a business owner in the trades, it is a lot of work and it's not for everybody.

Not saying that college is for everybody.

Cause it's not, but.

It's a lot of work and you got to be prepared for that mentally, physically, all of the things.

So that's what I tell my kids.

I don't want to rant too much because then there's 10 questions and I'm only on number one and five minutes into the show.

Question number two, social media has changed how contractors get work.

Yeah.

Is that a good thing or did it just create a bunch of guys who are better at posting than they are at fencing? Which by the way, I did not read these beforehand.

I probably should have.

But anyways, I think it's both.

Yeah.

There's people that are good at fencing and then there's people that are good at posting.

And it's also awkward because we own nailed it productions and we do posting, but also own a fence company.

I would say there's both, but we don't use social media as a lead generator.

We use it as a brand recognition.

So we want our brand to be out there more.