EP230: From Zero To 3,000 Reviews In 3 Years – How Ruva Blends Door-to-Door & Digital In The Northeast
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The episode discusses how Ruva Pest Control achieved significant growth through a combination of door-to-door sales and digital marketing strategies.
In this episode of The Boardroom Buzz, the Blue Collar Twins sit down with Trevor Sharp and Scott Sandberg from Ruva Pest Control, the Utah door-to-door guys who packed up, moved to Connecticut, and built a high-retention pest brand from scratch. In just three years, Ruva has stacked close to 3,000 five-star Google reviews, blended aggressive door-to-door with disciplined digital, and built a culture where twenty‑somethings earn $80K+ and line up for supervisor licenses. They share how they chose Connecticut, why they fired almost their entire first ops team, and how they rebuilt around culture, referrals, and customer experience. This is a doors-to-boardroom playbook on building a real company behind a door-to-door engine. You’ll learn: • Why they left a big national and relocated to Connecticut with zero presence • The hiring mistake that wrecked year one ops and how they fixed retention • How they use NPS and review-based incentives to drive service quality • Why combining door-to-door with LSA, PPC, and referrals beats single-channel growth • How they’re structuring branch equity for future leaders (and why it matters) Ready for boardroom-level help with your own business? •…
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