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Smarter Building Materials Marketing

Zach and Beth tackle your most burning questions about digital marketing for building materials and talk to other industry experts about what’s working in the building product space.

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EPISODE 169

How To Solve Labor Shortage in Building Materials

The harsh reality of the labor shortage is that professionals are overwhelmed and overworked. Product manufacturers have a growing opportunity to help builders and installers, many of whom are learning to install products on the fly. It’s a challenge that all of us in the industry, especially manufacturers, have to overcome.

EPISODE 177

TikTok Star Tony Piloseno on Being Fired To Building a Brand

He went from being fired for making TikTok videos to being the paint industry’s most viral story to date. This week, we welcome Tony Piloseno to the show to get the inside scoop on how he used social media to share his passion for paint — and find brand success.

EPISODE 172

Shark Tank Winner Joe Altieri On Building Brands That Disrupt

This week’s episode is an exciting ride in product innovation with Joe Altieri, a window industry professional who went from struggling with sales to winning Shark Tank.

EPISODE 174

How To Get More User-Generated Photos of Your Building Products

Creating an easy purchasing experience for your customers is a part of guaranteeing building product sales, but for eCommerce sites, that requires imagery. For manufacturers, getting images for your online presence is a challenge, so this week’s guest gave us a surprising strategy you might want to steal.

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WHO

Zach Williams is the founder of Venveo. Beth PopNikolov is the CEO of Venveo.

WHAT

We tackle your most burning questions about digital marketing for building material manufacturers, share proven strategies to grow leads and sales, and bring in other industry experts to share what’s working in the building product space.

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Episode 71

Home Depot vs. Lowe’s vs. Amazon: Where You Should Sell Your Building Materials Online

The audience that buys on Amazon is different than the audience that buys on HomeDepot.com and is different than the audience at Lowes.com. What most manufacturers don't know is that they need to have a strategy for each online distributor or retailer.

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Episode 70

People Over Profits: A Building Materials Success Story

“People over profits” is a phrase we hear more and more from many areas of business. But when you really put your money behind your team and your values, it can be a huge point of differentiation and a great way to drive long-last relationships.

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Episode 69

How Building Materials Can Embrace Failure to Drive Change

As business owners, and even as human beings, we love to celebrate our successes, but today’s guest is here to talk about why failing is just as important — and maybe even more so — when it comes to driving growth.

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Episode 68

2020 Housing Market Projections

Residential construction is often seen as one of the biggest indicators of how the economy is performing. Listen as we talk to one of the leading experts on the subject about what they’re seeing in the coming years, what the means for our economy, and what’s next for new home construction and sales.

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Episode 67

Making the Path to Purchase Easier for Building Materials Sales

Making it easy to do business with you is crucial, but it’s often difficult to make happen. Find out how one company is working hard to make business easy.

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Episode 66

The Business of People in Building Products

If your company values talk about your people, then this is an episode you don’t want to miss. We’re looking at why the key to turning any company around starts with people, as well as the number one way to get them to perform for you.

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Episode 65

How One Manufacturer Is Driving Demand Through Content

We talk a lot about digital marketing on this show. Okay, it’s all we talk about, along with the value it brings. But that doesn’t mean you have to take our word for it. Listen to this manufacturer talk about why content and digital marketing are almost all they need to run a nationwide business.

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Episode 64

How Unique Experiences in Building Materials Can Create a Full Pipeline

Creating exceptional experiences for your customers can turn first-time buyers into lifelong fans. Here’s how one manufacturer is creating unique experiences both online and offline to win customers for life.

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