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1d ago
inChose to film my mate's tradie rant on my phone instead of a proper camera and it somehow hit 400k views
Have you noticed how the planned stuff always flops while the random throwaway clip blows up? Same thing happened to me last year when my brother in law was having a whinge about a client who kept changing the quote, I grabbed my phone off the kitchen bench and got him mid sentence, shaky as anything, and it did way better than the videos I actually sat down and edited with titles and music. The messy ones feel like you are just standing there with your mates, not making a ad. I reckon Dave should just keep doing what he does and you keep the phone handy, the second you start planning a "series" it turns fake and people can smell it. Tell him the next one happens when it happens, no set up, no script, just press record when he starts going off.
5d ago
inHit 37 panels in one week and it finally stopped feeling like luck
Man, 37 in a week is solid but I gotta say I see it different. Volume does not mean corners are getting cut, sure, but four days of clean work is a small sample. Your real callback rate shows up a month or two later, not the same week. I have seen guys hit big numbers and then eat it on warranty calls later when the sealant fails or a flashing was rushed. What is your rate looking like after 90 days on those 37?
7d ago
My magnesium float bowed on a hot day in Tulsa
Man, the thing nobody talks about is the temp difference between the tool and the slab. If your float sat in a hot truck bed it could be 130 degrees or more, then you lay it on concrete that's way cooler, and that metal is gonna move. It's not even the bend from sitting there, it's the quick change in temp that warps it. A magnesium float is lighter than steel so it pulls heat faster and moves more. That's probably why your steel one held up fine even though it was in the same truck. Next time try keeping your floats in the shade or on a piece of foam so they don't soak up all that heat before you even start.