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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 161

What Builders Thought of IBS 2022

We haven’t covered one of the construction industry’s biggest events in a couple of years, so we were thrilled to report live from this year’s NAHB International Builders’ Show. Beth and Steve attended IBS 2022 in Orlando, and we checked in with them on what’s buzzworthy at this year’s event.

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Episode 160

All About CEUs: The ROI of Education in Building Materials

Educating your customers and giving them more opportunities to learn is such a valuable resource and service in the building materials industry today. Some manufacturers do this well — but some don’t. We talk with an education expert about how more BPMs in the industry can get it right.

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Episode 159

What Pros Want in 2022: Insights From a Building Materials Industry Panel

Every year, Venveo partners with The Farnsworth Group to survey pros, builders, architects and DIYers on how they research, specify and purchase building materials products. This week, we’re sharing insights from the pro panel we held during the 2022 Building Products Customer Guide event.

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Episode 158

Why Architecture Firms Care About Your Product Certifications

The sales process in building materials can involve a few hurdles. Product certifications, though, might get your product in front of architects you’ve only dreamed of and prevent value engineering your product out of the project later on. But is a certification worth it? Let’s find out.

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Episode 157

How Manufacturers Can Reach Architects and Contractors in 2022​​

A crucial key to making your brand an industry leader is by differentiating it from competitors. Identifying your audiences’ wants and needs is a great start, but understanding how to reach them should be first and foremost. The moment your brand becomes top-of-mind for customers, you’re on your way to big success.

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Episode 156

How To Build Your Sales Team to Win Offsite & Modular Projects

There are experts in the building materials industry who are certain that we're about to see a huge growth trend in offsite and modular construction — the kind of growth that can truly disrupt the industry and how we build its future.

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Episode 155

Top 5 Smarter Building Materials Marketing Podcast Episodes of 2021

From lumber prices to eCommerce to TikTok trends, Beth and Zach talked about what matters most to the building materials industry. Here are our five most popular podcast episodes — and a couple of bonuses for you to check out.

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Episode 154

How To Create a Competitive Advantage Through Education

By offering free education, insights and community, manufacturers can build trust with their customers and prospects. That kind of trust gives businesses a serious competitive advantage, but not everyone does it right.

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