How John Akhoian relied on grassroots marketing techniques to bring Rooter Hero to $50M in revenue

John Akhoian, Rooter Hero, Marketing, Non-Tech, Scaling

How do you build a brick and mortar business like plumbing into a $50M a year business?

John Akhoian is the Founder of Rooter Hero which is a plumbing and rooter service company.

John Akhoian built Rooter Hero from the ground up relying heavily on old-fashion marketing techniques and now has 12 locations across California and Arizona.

 

 

John Akhoian

Rooter Hero

John Akhoian is the Founder of Rooter Hero which is a plumbing and rooter service company.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. Usually, my guests are like full-on tech entrepreneurs, got funding from Silicon Valley, built stuff that’s all in your phone or on your computer, or, frankly, on somebody’s server and you never get to interact with it.

Joining me today is an entrepreneur whose company is very much offline and has to be because your toilet is offline. His name is John Akhoian, and he is the founder of Rooter Hero. They are a plumbing service with multiple locations and good revenue. And what I wanted to do was bring him on for frankly, from variety. I want to understand how businesses like that work so that we could get ideas outside of our bubble.

You guys know if you’ve been watching, one of the things I’m doing this year is running a marathon on every continent. And as I fly all over the...

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