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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 63

Owning the End Consumer by Manufacturing and Distributing

Today's episode talks about how you can market when your company acts as both manufacturer and distributor, without losing touch with your partners in the pro channel.

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Episode 62

3 Marketing Metrics That Matter in 2020

Data makes the world go round. But if it also makes your head spin, here are three marketing metrics that will help you gauge success in 2020.

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Episode 61

How the Largest Building Materials Companies Stay Nimble & Drive Growth

This week, we’re talking about how even the biggest manufacturers need to stay nimble to keep on top of the changing market landscape, and how digital marketing does more than get your name out there.

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Episode 60

5 Steps to Drive Demand for Local Partners to Increase Your Sales

The key to growing your manufacturing business is helping your local dealers and pros grow their businesses. When your local partners are selling more successfully to their end customers, they’ll purchase more from you.

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Episode 59

China, Tariffs and Impacts on Building Materials

In this episode, we’re talking China, trade wars, the global economy and how it all relates back to building products.

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Episode 58

Building Materials Pricing & Value Strategies

One of the main motivators and value communicators for any building product is also one of the least talked about. Let’s tackle pricing strategies head-on, including insights on mistakes that manufacturers are making with their as well as some examples of manufacturers that are doing it the right way.

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Episode 57

7 Digital Trends in 2020 That Can Make or Break Building Materials Sales

["We\u2019re under a hundred days from the turn of the year","2020 is right around the corner and we want to help. It\u2019s time to start planning and thinking about different tactics and strategies that may not be on your horizon or peripheral \u2014 but need to be."]

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Episode 56

The Future of Sustainability & How It Helps Profitability

With the construction industry facing continually rising materials costs, we talk to two people who are working with manufacturers and buyers to build sustainability into the future of architecture...with surprising financial implications.

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