The Lighting Trade School Podcast
The Lighting Trade School Podcast
Podcast Description
If you own an outdoor service business and want to add landscape lighting—or already run a lighting company and want to scale—this podcast is for you.
Join The 3 Lighting Amigos (Nate Mullen, Captain Matt, Shane Duffy) as we dive deep into the world of landscape lighting design, installation, marketing, and business growth. Featuring the Godfather of Landscape Lighting and lighting business owners pulling in over $1 million in revenue annually, we bring 50+ years of combined experience to the table.
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The podcast emphasizes key aspects of landscape lighting, including essential beam spreads and wattages, placement techniques, and common pitfalls to avoid, such as glare in lighting jobs. Specific episodes will cover topics like the 7 deadly sins of lighting and tips for maximizing revenue in outdoor lighting careers, providing practical insights for listeners.

If you own an outdoor service business and want to add landscape lighting—or already run a lighting company and want to scale—this podcast is for you.
Join The 3 Lighting Amigos (Nate Mullen, Captain Matt, Shane Duffy) as we dive deep into the world of landscape lighting design, installation, marketing, and business growth. Featuring the Godfather of Landscape Lighting and lighting business owners pulling in over $1 million in revenue annually, we bring 50+ years of combined experience to the table.
Most lighting contractors want more leads.
But most of them are sitting around waiting for the phone to ring.
In this episode of The Lighting Trade School Podcast, Captain Matt, Nate Mullen, Shane Duffy, and special guest Ryan break down one of the oldest, simplest, and most uncomfortable ways to create opportunity in your lighting business:
Door knocking.
Not theory. Not motivational fluff. Real door-to-door sales strategy.
Ryan has sold over 100 accounts in a month, helped companies run blitz campaigns across the country, and is now helping build a door knocking division for permanent roofline lighting and color changing soffit lights.
This conversation gets into:
Why door knocking still works when everyone else is hiding behind ads
How to approach homeowners without sounding like a desperate salesman
Why neighborhood density matters for lighting companies
How permanent roofline lighting can spread from one house to twenty
Why door hangers and leave-behinds still matter
How to use nearby installs as proof when knocking doors
The mindset required to actually get out there and create your own leads
Why contractors who avoid uncomfortable sales work are leaving money on the table
This episode is especially valuable for landscape lighting contractors, outdoor lighting business owners, permanent lighting installers, and anyone trying to grow a lighting company without depending only on Facebook ads, Google ads, or referrals.
Because here’s the truth:
If you want to own a neighborhood, sometimes you have to walk the neighborhood.
And while your competitors are sitting at home refreshing their inbox, you could be standing in front of the exact homeowner who needs what you sell.
Ready to Start or Grow Your Landscape Lighting Business?
🔹 Learn design, sales, and installation at:https://www.lightingtradeschool.com/
🔹 Buy elite fixtures from:https://lifetimelightingsystems.com/
🔹 Join The Illuminati Lounge Club — $47/mo weekly group calls with the 3 Lighting Amigos:https://www.lightingtradeschool.com/illuminati-lounge-club
🔹 Apply for 1-on-1 mentoring with Captain Matt:https://www.captainmattoutdoors.com/captains-crew
🔹 Start your own lighting biz as a GloGeek:https://glogeeksgang.com/
🔥 50 lighting assassins. That’s it. The elite rise, everyone else is background noise. You can chase jobs…or become the one others chase. Which are you?

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