Ron and Laura Robey are back with another Christmas Light Installers Mastermind Podcast covering the latest news, conversations, and lessons from inside the professional Christmas lighting industry.

In this episode, we discuss the latest Christmas Expo 2026 news, our dinner meeting with Mike Marlow, and Ron’s recent conversation with Heather Lundervold. We share what we are hearing across the industry, the value of building strong professional relationships, and how these conversations could help Christmas light installation companies prepare for the upcoming season.

We also step away from business to celebrate Stella’s 14th birthday and share highlights from our family trip to the zoo. Growing a business is important, but successful business owners also need to make time to celebrate their families, relationships, and personal wins.

In This Episode

• Christmas Expo 2026 news and upcoming plans
• Our meeting and industry conversation with Mike Marlow
• Ron’s conversation with Heather Lundervold
• Preparing a Christmas light installation business for the season
• Networking and relationship-building within the holiday lighting industry
• Balancing business growth, family, and personal celebrations
• Stella’s 14th birthday and our Kingdom Zoo adventure

The Christmas Light Installers Mastermind Podcast features real conversations about Christmas light installation, commercial holiday lighting, permanent lighting, leadership, marketing, operations, and growing a profitable seasonal business.

Hosted by Ron Robey and Laura Robey of Kingdom Christmas Lights and ChristmasContractor.com.

New episodes and live conversations every Wednesday at 3:00 PM Central.

How do successful Christmas light contractors approach large commercial estimates—and what separates a profitable project from an expensive mistake?

In this episode of the Christmas Light Installers Mastermind Podcast, Ron and Laura Robey sit down with Joey and Chelsea Murphy of Murphy Christmas Lighting for a wide-ranging conversation about commercial holiday lighting, business growth, industry changes, and preparing for the upcoming Christmas season.

The group discusses:

• Strategies for estimating commercial Christmas light installations • What contractors should evaluate before bidding a large project • Lessons and business takeaways from the recent Las Vegas trip • Fourth of July stories and updates from Texas • Working together as couples and business partners • Changes happening across the Christmas lighting marketplace • New opportunities for installers, distributors, and service providers • The importance of systems, preparation, relationships, and taking action

Whether you are building your first Christmas light installation company or managing crews, commercial projects, permanent lighting, inventory, and multiple markets, this episode offers practical insight from four people actively working inside the industry.

The Christmas Light Installers Mastermind Podcast brings together contractors, vendors, distributors, manufacturers, trainers, salespeople, office teams, and business owners who are helping shape the future of professional holiday lighting.

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In this episode of the Christmas Light Installers Mastermind, Ron Robey and Laura Robey sit down with Joyce Perhac, owner of Christmas Expo, and Michael Simmons, RGB expert and Christmas Expo committee member, to talk about the power of networking, education, and showing up for industry events.

With Christmas Expo coming to the Dallas / Fort Worth area in July, this conversation looks at how the event started, how it has grown, and why installers, vendors, decorators, and business owners should make time to attend events that help them grow.

You can learn a lot from YouTube, Facebook groups, and online training, but there is something different about being in the room. Events give you the chance to meet other contractors, ask better questions, see products in person, build relationships with vendors, and get around people who are serious about growing their business.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How Christmas Expo began and how it became a major industry event
• Why in-person networking still matters
• The value of continuing education for Christmas light installers
• How events can help contractors find new ideas, products, and partnerships
• Why surrounding yourself with other business owners can change the way you think
• What installers can expect from Christmas Expo in the Dallas / Fort Worth area

Whether you are brand new to the Christmas light industry or have been installing for years, this episode is a reminder that growth often happens when you step away from the day-to-day work and get around people who are building, learning, and pushing the industry forward.

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