Smarter Building Materials Marketing

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The building materials marketing landscape is changing faster than ever. Creating an engaging online presence is crucial to the success of any building materials manufacturer. But can your Facebook profile actually grow sales? Will you earn more market share if you change your website? How can you outperform your competition online? Zach and Beth 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.

  • 25 minutes 52 seconds
    How a Commercial Window Manufacturer Grew 30% with Tech & Alignment

    INTUS Windows designs and manufactures high-performance windows and doors for commercial and multifamily projects. On this episode of Smarter Building Materials Marketing, Beth PopNikolov sits down with Kurtis Perdelwitz, INTUS’s Director of Marketing & Communications, to unpack how the brand has embraced alignment between sales, marketing, and customer service—and the surprising tech that’s helped them grow 30% without adding headcount.

    8 December 2025, 6:46 pm
  • 16 minutes 42 seconds
    How Market Intelligence is Helping a Luxury Brand Break into the US Market

    EuroCave invented the first wine cabinet nearly 50 years ago. Now the company is using market intelligence to launch Goguette, a design-forward brand built for modern wine lovers in the U.S.

    Camille Frey-Syren, Director of Brands at EuroCave Group, joins Beth to share how they turned French heritage into an accessible lifestyle brand and what every manufacturer can learn about entering and winning a new market.

    29 October 2025, 3:55 pm
  • 26 minutes 5 seconds
    How a PE-Backed Home Services Brand Scales with Speed and Precision

    Marketing in the home improvement industry is evolving fast—but consumers still want what they’ve always wanted: speed, clarity, and convenience.

    On this episode of Smarter Building Materials Marketing, Beth PopNikolov sits down with Josh Churnick, Chief Marketing Officer at Express Flooring, to explore how his team is building a high-volume marketing engine that delivers real results in real time.

    14 October 2025, 7:00 am
  • 21 minutes 4 seconds
    BOXABL’s Big Bet on Affordable Housing

    What does it take to create a brand-new product in the home building space — and scale it from idea to IPO? On this episode, Beth PopNikolov talks with Galiano Tiramani, co-founder of BOXABL, about the foldable casita that has generated over a billion social views and what it means to turn that attention into sales, distribution, and a long-term strategy for disrupting affordable housing.

    22 September 2025, 2:11 pm
  • 11 minutes 44 seconds
    How a Leading Fireplace Brand Helps Builders Sell More Homes

    Homebuyers don’t fall in love with square footage. They fall in love with moments. In this episode, we explore how one often-overlooked product category can help builders sell more homes. Kurt Stauffacher, Senior National Account Manager at Hearth & Home Technologies (Heat & Glo, Heatilator), shares how to turn fireplaces into model-home centerpieces, adapt to spec and attached housing trends, train sellers on nuance, and protect margins by delivering high perceived value at the best total cost.

    11 August 2025, 7:00 am
  • 16 minutes 30 seconds
    Solving for Cost, Labor, and Speed in Modular Construction

    How do you bring clarity, consistency, and energy to a category still fighting for mainstream adoption? In this episode, Beth and Zach sit down with Audree Grubesic—Offsite Construction ambassador and founder of Offsite Dirt Network—to talk about what’s really happening inside the modular movement.

    Audree shares how she went from builder to media creator, how modular has evolved over the past decade, and what building materials companies need to understand if they want to stay relevant as offsite continues to grow.

    21 July 2025, 12:30 pm
  • 33 minutes 26 seconds
    How Oldcastle APG Blends High-Tech Marketing with High-Touch Relationships

    What does it take to lead growth inside one of the most recognizable names in building products?

    Beth sits down with Jenny Nail, Chief Revenue Officer at Oldcastle APG, to explore how the brand has evolved beyond masonry into a full outdoor living powerhouse. Jenny shares how Oldcastle APG is balancing B2B partnerships with a growing direct-to-consumer focus, how customer decision-making is shifting, and why internal culture plays a critical role in long-term success.

    14 July 2025, 7:00 am
  • 38 minutes 42 seconds
    How Modular Leaders Leverage Social Media as a Revenue Driver

    What do you get when you put four outspoken leaders from the modular world on one mic? A very honest, very unfiltered conversation about what actually works when it comes to social media, sales, and brand presence in construction. In this special episode, guest host Heather Wallace from Momentum Innovation Group leads a follow-up panel discussion with Steve Dubin of Rmax, Merrick Macomber of Modular Maven, and Chad Crosby of Halo Halo. They originally joined Beth on stage at World of Modular to talk about LinkedIn and using social platforms to drive real business. Now they’re bringing that conversation to the podcast—complete with live commentary, strong opinions, and zero fluff.

    7 July 2025, 7:00 am
  • 32 minutes 42 seconds
    3form’s Digital Strategy to Build Pre-Sale Brand Equity

    How do you serve a customer who wants to be hands-on and self-serve—but still expects a high-touch experience when it counts? In this episode, Beth talks with Karli Slocum, Vice President of Marketing and Product at 3form, about building the digital tools designers actually want, translating online behavior into offline sales, and making sure the brand shows up consistently from product sample to project handoff.

    30 June 2025, 7:00 am
  • 35 minutes 23 seconds
    Selling Smarter: How to Master Value-Driven Building Materials Sales

    What happens when market conditions shift and your team has to learn how to sell again? In this episode, Beth talks with Bradley Hartmann, CEO of Bradley Hartmann & Co., about how to train sales teams that have grown used to order-taking, how to clearly define sales activity, and why tightening the feedback loop between sales and marketing might be the most underrated growth lever in building materials today.

    23 June 2025, 7:00 am
  • 24 minutes 55 seconds
    How a Leading Exterior Door Manufacturer Uses Storytelling to Drive Sales

    What happens when a family-owned manufacturer known for its values decides to take on modern lead generation? In this episode, Beth sits down with Jake Calhoun, Vice President of Marketing at ProVia, to talk about navigating legacy, managing modern messaging, and bridging the gap between product and service in one of the industry’s most competitive categories.

    16 June 2025, 7:00 am
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