Latest Grubhub Podcast Episodes
Episode 66: Maintaining Mental Health While Delivering During a Pandemic
Deliver on Your Business - April 03, 2020 17:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHow are you holding up, delivering for Grubhub, Doordash, Postmates, Uber Eats or any other gig companies during this COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic? That's an important question. I fear that the mental health toll from this could be as bad if not worse than the physical health. How can we respo...
Episode 65: Alternatives to Delivery Income During a Pandemic
Deliver on Your Business - March 27, 2020 20:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIs your income while delivering for Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats or others dropping because of this pandemic? Or did you have to stay home? It's frustrating to pause like this. And to compound things, the Supreme Court in New York State just ruled that Postmates drivers are employees. This will...
A Delivery Driver's Message to Restaurant Operators
Deliver on Your Business - March 23, 2020 16:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsI wanted to take a moment and offer a special message to restaurant owners. I'm a delivery driver who contracts with Grubhub, Postmates, Doordash and Uber Eats. Normally this podcast is directed towards other couriers. But today I wanted to just take a moment and give a heartfelt message to thos...
Episode 64: Will Response to COVID-19 By Delivery Gig Apps Help or Hurt Them?
Deliver on Your Business - March 20, 2020 18:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsBefore digging into the topic, I wanted to post a link to this article on Marketwatch that looked at my experience doing delivery in the midst of the Covid-19 Coronavirus crisis. Here are some links related to today's topic. Grubhub's announcement they would waive fees for independent restaura...
Episode 63: How does COVID-19 Coronavirus Impact Us as Food Delivery Contractors?
Deliver on Your Business - March 13, 2020 19:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThis past few days have really hit home how seriously the Corona virus is being taken. Major sporting events are being canceled. Tom Hanks has the virus. Schools are being suspended or canceled. How is this going to impact us as delivery contractors for Grubhub, Postmates, Uber Eats, Doordash ...
Episode 62: Order and Pay - Is it Worth It?
Deliver on Your Business - March 06, 2020 21:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsUber Eats is starting to roll out Order and Pay where couriers place the order and pay for it with an UE-provided debit card. Grubhub only recently joined in. Is it worth it to accept Order and Pay delivery offers? Does it make sense? We talk about the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes ...
Episode 61: How Can a Delivery Platform Earn My Loyalty?
Deliver on Your Business - February 28, 2020 14:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsLast week's episode (Episode 60) involved a discussion with researchers who were looking at the non-monetary things that gig platforms can do to attract and gain loyalty. So this week I thought I'd throw my two cents in. Amazing how long I can talk with 2 cents. Here's what it all boils down...
Episode 60: What Keeps Us Engaged or Attracts us to a Delivery Platform?
Deliver on Your Business - February 20, 2020 18:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWhat is it that makes you loyal to one particular platform over another? Is there one that you prefer to deliver for? Why is that? Are there things besides money that might make us more likely to stay with a platform, or more likely to switch to another type of opportunity? Today, we talk with...
Episode 59: The Great Grubhub Free Uber Eats Experiment
Deliver on Your Business - February 14, 2020 21:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsAbout 70% of my deliveries are for Grubhub. Maybe 1% are with Uber Eats. I was unable to get Grubhub time blocks scheduled for much of this week, so I decided to see how it would go if I went all in on Uber Eats for a few days. Here's my experience chasing a 40-delivery Quest this week, and ho...
Episode 58: Reducing Taxes and 1099's with CPA Mark Toussaint
Deliver on Your Business - February 07, 2020 02:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIt was an honor having Mark Toussaint, CPA, join us for the podcast this week. Mark owns and operates TASC Public Accounting and CFO Services with offices in Boulder and Longmont, Colorado. Mark is also on the faculty teaching accounting at Metro State University in Denver and occaisionally dabb...
Episode 58: Reducing Taxes and 1099's with Public Accountant Mark Toussaint
Deliver on Your Business - February 07, 2020 02:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIt was an honor having Mark Toussaint, Public Accountant, join us for the podcast this week. Mark owns and operates TASC Public Accounting and CFO Services with offices in Boulder and Longmont, Colorado. Mark is also on the faculty teaching accounting at Metro State University in Denver and occa...
Episode 57: All About the 1099's for Doordash Grubhub Postmates Uber Eats etc.
Deliver on Your Business - January 31, 2020 13:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsYou got your 1099. Now what? What is the 1099 for Grubhub, Postmates, Doordash,Uber-Eats and other gig delivery companies? What if my 1099 from Doordash is wrong (or anyone else - it just happens a lot with Doordash in particular? What's the deal with the 1099-K For Uber Eats? Do I have to ...
Pregame Speech for Delivery Drivers
Deliver on Your Business - January 27, 2020 18:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThis is a special episode I recorded in anticipation of the big game happening this Sunday. You know, that football championship game where everyone watches the commercials? I love listening to some of the speeches coaches give their players before a big game. Some of them have you ready to run...
Episode 56: How to Avoid Being Exploited by Doordash, Grubhub, Postmates, Uber Eats etc.
Deliver on Your Business - January 24, 2020 21:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsYou may have seen the reports going around that Doordash Dashers are only making $1.45 per hour. I’m not linking to any of those articles because the reporting is so shoddy and irresponsible that they are not worthy of a link. HOWEVER, the study that prompted the articles is worth linking. Work...
Episode 55: Using Delivery Bags: How do they help your delivery business?
Deliver on Your Business - January 17, 2020 23:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsDoes it make sense to use Insulated Delivery Bags or Hot Bags Delivering for Grubhub, Doordash, Postmates, Uber Eats, etc.? There’s a couple questions about bags: Do you have to use them on deliveries? SHOULD you use them? I’m not sure on the ‘do you have to’ question. I wrote more about that h...
Episode 54: Seven Audio Books that have helped me as a Delivery Independent Contractor
Deliver on Your Business - January 10, 2020 14:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMaybe the greatest, most pleasant surprise that I've encountered with this delivery gig is the time. I used to see my delivery time as taking away time from other things. I'm coming to realize that the time spent driving to places is a time where I can learn, develop, and grow. One of the bigges...
Episode 53: The State of the EntreCourier Address
Deliver on Your Business - January 03, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe New Year is a natural time for reflection What was great about the last year? what wasn't so great? What do you want the year to come to look like? This week, I get a little more personal about why I started doing delivery, why I do the website, and how does that tie in with my passions an...
Episode 52: What will change in California with AB5 January 1 for Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats Drivers?
Deliver on Your Business - December 27, 2019 21:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWith AB5, What happens to Contractors for Grubhub, Doordash, Postmates, Uber Eats and others on January 1? What will change? Nothing. Okay, your clock will change, your calendar will change. But you will still be a contractor. Nothing changes until something changes. We talk about the changes...
Episode 51: My Christmas Gift to My Customers (Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats, Postmates)
Deliver on Your Business - December 20, 2019 19:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMerry Christmas This is our last episode before Christmas. I want to wish all of you a very merry and wonderful Christmas. I don’t mean to impose any particular beliefs on anyone by sticking to the Christmas name (rather than saying Happy Holidays or something like that) but I sincerely wish fo...
Episode 50: When is Bad Weather an Opportunity and When is it a Bad Idea for Delivery Contractors?
Deliver on Your Business - December 13, 2019 14:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWe’ve already had some crazy bad weather for the early part of Winter in several parts of this nation. And just think, January, February and March have yet to hit. Snowstorms or even heavy rain storms can be a great time to make money. Super cold weather, lots of snow, windy miserable days are...
Episode 49: Is Doordash Top Dasher Worth It? Should You Pursue Grubhub Premier?
Deliver on Your Business - December 06, 2019 17:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIs Top Dasher Worth it? Is Grubhub Premier Worth Pursuing? At the start and end of every month, the whole topic of being Top Dasher moves to front and center in Doordash forums. People are close to achieving their status. People did or didn’t make it. But the question is, is it even worth it?...
Episode 48: Is it Possible to Be Thankful When Delivering in the Gig Economy?
Deliver on Your Business - November 29, 2019 17:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHappy Thanksgiving, my friends. Keeping it real simple this week, it's all about gratitutde and thankfulness. I am thankful for you. Thankful that you choose to be a part of this whole EntreCourier thing, whether listening to the podcast or reading the blog. That means everything. And I hope ...
Episode 47: Comparing Grubhub Doordash Postmates and Uber Eats For Delivery Drivers
Deliver on Your Business - November 22, 2019 16:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn recent episodes we looked at each of the four dominant food delivery apps and how they worked as delivery options for independent contractors. We asked the same five questions of each. Episode 33: Postmates Episode 35: Grubhub Episode 39: Doordash Episode 45: Uber Eats This week we compare ...
Episode 46: The New Uber Eats Pay Model: First Impressions
Deliver on Your Business - November 16, 2019 01:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIs Uber Eats a better option with the new pay model? In last week’s episode we wrapped up our four-part series of looking at different delivery apps including Postmates, Grubhub and Doordash. Last week we looked at Uber Eats. I’d drug my feet talking about them because I wanted to wait for the ...
Episode 45: Is Uber Eats a Good Delivery Option for Independent Contractors?
Deliver on Your Business - November 08, 2019 21:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWe have been focusing in some of our episodes on the four dominant food delivery apps. In Episode 33, we talked about Postmates, Episode 35 talked about Grubhub, and Episode 39 covered Doordash. This week it'sUber Eats .We ask the following questions: · How is the pay? (3:05) · ...
Episode 44: Should I Deliver Full Time as an Independent Contractor for Grubhub Doordash etc.?
Deliver on Your Business - November 01, 2019 13:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsA lot of couriers will try this delivery gig as a side hustle and think, this is paying better than my regular job. Others see the ads for 'up to $25 per hour' and think that looks pretty good. Is this a viable option for full time work? Can it pay well enough to be worth doing fulltime? In t...
Episode 43: Being More Profitable on Apartment Deliveries, with Eddie and Akash from Beans
Deliver on Your Business - October 25, 2019 13:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsApartments. Finding the customers while on delivery at apartment complexes can be a miserable experience. The way complexes are laid out, the way they are numbered, the way they are marked, it can be next to impossible to find the customer. And too often, the customer has no idea how to tell yo...
Episode 42: A Tale of Two Profits: Talking Taxes, Profits, and is it Time to Get Worried?
Deliver on Your Business - October 18, 2019 20:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWe are coming up on the end of the year. Doesn't seem possible, does it? One thing that the end of the year is going to mean is, TAXES. Are you ready for tax day? This week we do a bit of a more general overview of taxes. In Episode 21, we talked a little more in depth about how taxes work.Ear...
Episode 41: The Big Picture of Financial Success for Delivery Contractors With Elijah Bilel of The App Lifestyle
Deliver on Your Business - October 11, 2019 13:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMoney. Bottom line, that's why we're doing this delivery gig, right? I don't know that many of us can say we feel our life calling is to bring food to people, at least not in this fashion. We're here to make money. But we're running a business as well. Money is a big part of that. Have you e...
Episode 40: It's not Quite Knight Rider and Kitt: Talking Tech, Driving and Delivery
Deliver on Your Business - October 04, 2019 16:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn the 1980's, the TV show Knight Rider made quite a splash with Michael Knight (played by David Hasselhoff) saving the world with his high tech car, KITT (Knight Industries 2000). Some of the tech they envisioned then, we're just now starting to see come to reality.Some of the tech we have av...
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