Born To Tint with The Miller Brothers
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Born To Tint with The Miller Brothers
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The Born to Tint Podcast — Solo Episode with Ricky & Josh MillerThis week the Miller Brothers go one-on-one, no guest, just two installers who built and scaled a shop breaking down everything happening in the tint world right now — from competition season to the AI tools that are quietly changing how you close jobs. If you're a tinter, shop owner, or entrepreneur trying to level up, this one's packed.
🏆 Inside Film Fest — Ricky breaks down his run at the competition: overcoming a 23-point deficit to beat Fernando, finishing 3 points shy of the podium, and the game-planning "gray area" tricks that separate winners from the pack.
🤖 AI Mockups That Close Deals — How Ricky used Perplexity Computer to generate a photo-perfect exterior tint mockup for a customer in 2 minutes for about $2 in compute — and landed the job. This is the future of the consultation.
📊 The Market Truth Nobody's Talking About — Home sale transactions in the Valley are down ~35% year over year, yet the shop is thriving. Why high-end residential work is recession-resistant, and what it means for your pricing.
💰 The #1 Pricing Lever — "If capacity is your problem, price is the lever to pull." Why being maxed out means you're not charging enough.
⭐ The Real Review Hack — How Green Valley built 2,000+ reviews. Spoiler: it starts with taking care of the customer first.
🔥 Turf Burn & Standing Behind Your Work — A real customer story on perf screens, the Zen55 switch, and why eating a $1,000+ replacement to keep one customer happy is just good business.
🥊 Tinter Battles Prep & The 17-Year-Old Prodigy — Trash talk, training the next generation, and why veterans need to stop sleeping on the young social-media tinters.
🎓 TintLab — Next class runs in September, first come first serve. If you've got a couple years of experience and you've been following along, reach out.Plus Solar Gard backing flat glass competition, decorative UV printing plans, running, golf, and a whole lot more.
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00:00 — Intro: Ricky & Josh go solo
00:54 — The Dick Stick: pushing vs. cleaning squeegee
02:22 — Film Fest recap & meeting the community in person
03:48 — Beating a 23-point deficit & falling 3 points shy of podium
06:00 — Fixing competition scoring: accumulative rounds & timing
09:08 — Game-planning the "gray area" & straight-edge tricks
16:00 — Using Perplexity Computer for decorative & AI work
19:30 — The Dragon Ridge AI mockup that landed the job
23:37 — Building before/after templates & training an AI agent
32:14 — Running, training & the high school distance prodigy
37:08 — Tinter Battles prep & don't sleep on young tinters
45:50 — Frosted glass problems & exterior film solutions
53:16 — The review hack: 2,000+ reviews start with the customer
54:51 — Turf burn, the zen55 switch & standing behind your work
1:01:38 — Market down 35%, pricing as your capacity lever & TintLab in September