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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 88

Navigating a Building Materials Marketing Digital Transformation

Digital transformation isn’t an overnight process, it’s a journey. Here’s one manufacturer who is ready to share insights on what's worked, what hasn't, things to think about and what to avoid when you're going down this path, as well as some of their success.

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Episode 82

How Building Materials Can Use Social Media to Drive Sales

Whether you’re a small business or an international manufacturer, you hear a lot about social media and how to get customers to follow you, like your content and engage with what you’re sharing. But greater value may come when we go after very specific, unique people that meet your ideal customer profile. Here’s how one manufacturer does just that.

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Episode 81

Building Materials Communication Shifts Needed During COVID-19

One of the things that every single building products company out there needs to be doing is helping their audience and their customers sell virtually more effectively. There are jobs and opportunities out there, but many people are uncomfortable with how to use and leverage digital technology to get through the noise and actually land the sale.

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Episode 80

Building Materials Visualizers & Virtual Reality Strategies

With the rise of visualizers, configurators and other online tools, should building materials manufacturers be considering augmented reality and virtual reality apps as part of their sales and marketing strategy? We talk to one manufacturer who thinks they should and how to make them successful.

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Episode 76

How Building Materials Companies Can Navigate Change During the Coronavirus Crisis

Whether you usually listen to us at work, in the car, or on the jobsite, your working conditions are probably very different this week. We felt it was important to acknowledge how suddenly times have changed, and what building materials companies can do to navigate the uncertain road ahead.

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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 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 46

3 Types of Content that Every Manufacturer Needs to Drive SEO and Awareness

Learn about the 3 types of content you need to have on your site in order to drive SEO rankings and build brand awareness.

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