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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 41

New Data Released: What Building Materials Audiences Want From Manufacturers Online

Learn about the results of a recent survey conducted by The Farnsworth Group with pros in the building materials industry, including how they use online tools to make business decisions.

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Episode 40

Commodity to Sought-After Brand: How Building Products Can Make This Jump

Learn how one manufacturer took his company from a commodity product to a sought-after brand, coveted by designers and celebrities alike.

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Episode 39

Changes to Google, Facebook and LinkedIn Impacting Building Materials

Learn about major changes and shifts to Google, Facebook and LinkedIn and how they will impact building materials manufacturers.

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Episode 38

How to Market and Sell to Pros and Contractors

In order to win in your industry, you need to be able to sell to builders and contractors effectively, in a way that resonates with them. This week, we talk to a builder about how to get pros to switch to a new product or try a new one.

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Episode 37

How to Sell Green Building Materials

Having a “green” building product doesn’t mean what it once did, but there’s a wave of new demand in this building products category that most companies don’t know about. Learn how manufacturers can use the right language and positioning to grow sales with green products.

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Episode 36

Offsite Construction: How To Stay Ahead of This Building Materials Shift

Learn how the building industry is moving towards offsite, modular construction and how you can stay ahead of this building materials shift.

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Episode 35

Conversation Marketing for Building Materials

Learn about the importance of conversation marketing, what it is and why you need it to build relationships, trust and sales.

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Episode 34

Winning Outside Sales Rep Strategies for Building Materials Manufacturers

Learn how to win over sales reps, how to avoid common mistakes and how to start building better relationships and growing sales through your external sales rep team.

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