05/27/2026
He Started With 30 Days of Moving Experience. Now He Runs 12 Trucks.
Don't chase the money. Chase the act of taking care of people. The money will follow.
That's the line Blake Fitzpatrick got from his first big client at Allegra Homes, and it became the foundation of everything he built after.
Blake is the founder of Sunshine Movers in Sarasota, Florida. He started in 2020 with 30 days of moving experience, a $3,000 truck that blew its rear main seal on the Skyway Bridge, and a willingness to do things differently. Today he runs 12 trucks, has an approved partnership with Michael Saunders (one of the top-tier realty firms in his market), and built one of the most relationship-driven moving brands in the Southeast.
On this Movified Wednesdays, recorded live at the ATA Moving and Storage Conference in Nashville, host Mark Hirschi and co-host Steven Reed sit down with Blake for one of the most honest conversations about scaling a moving company through relationships, not ads. Why he pays his realtor partners zero dollars in referral fees and gets all their business anyway. How he turned a Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance event into a marketing weapon. Why cooking breakfast for his guys is the best marketing he's ever done.
Full Episode here:
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Blake Fitzpatrick. Sunshine Movers. Sarasota, Florida
🌐 https://www.sarasotasunshinemovers.com/
📍 Recorded live at the ATA Moving and Storage Conference, Nashville, Tennessee
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