29 episodes

Welcome to Hubs & Drivers: A Podcast for Building Products Marketers. Your customers and prospects are rapidly changing how they find, validate, and specify your products. Are you responding to these changes? Is your marketing engine fueled for success both today and tomorrow? Join your host Jeff Donaldson for insightful conversations with industry subject matter experts on best practices and the latest trends for impactful building product marketing in today's digital-first paradigm.

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Welcome to Hubs & Drivers: A Podcast for Building Products Marketers. Your customers and prospects are rapidly changing how they find, validate, and specify your products. Are you responding to these changes? Is your marketing engine fueled for success both today and tomorrow? Join your host Jeff Donaldson for insightful conversations with industry subject matter experts on best practices and the latest trends for impactful building product marketing in today's digital-first paradigm.

    Brand Unification: Speaking With One Voice

    Brand Unification: Speaking With One Voice

    As a building products marketer, it’s likely that your organization has or will come across this challenge: Multiple brands in one family. Perhaps it’s through mergers and acquisitions. Should you unify those multiple brands under one heading? If so, what steps do you need to take so that you are speaking with a clear, consistent voice to your prospects and customers? Joining host Jeff Donaldson to discuss are a host of BLD Marketing experts.

    You can also view this episode on YouTube here.
    Visit Hubs & Drivers podcast website here.

    Hubs & Drivers is sponsored by BLD Marketing.
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    About our sponsor: BLD is a results-based, data-driven, full-service strategic marketing firm exclusively serving the commercial and residential building materials category. Our fully integrated services help clients build and optimize a vibrant digital marketing ecosystem to ignite fast and attributable growth. To learn more, visit http://www.bld-marketing.com

    • 39 min
    2023 AIA Construction Consensus Forecast

    2023 AIA Construction Consensus Forecast

    Will we see a recession in 2023? It’s the burning question across every segment of the economy, and that includes the construction sector. The American Institute of Architects, or AIA, recently released its semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast. The findings are compelling, particularly for the commercial construction marketing. Here to break it down is Dave Sladack, president of BLD Marketing.

    You can also view this episode on YouTube here.
    Visit Hubs & Drivers podcast website here.

    Hubs & Drivers is sponsored by BLD Marketing.
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    About our sponsor: BLD is a results-based, data-driven, full-service strategic marketing firm exclusively serving the commercial and residential building materials category. Our fully integrated services help clients build and optimize a vibrant digital marketing ecosystem to ignite fast and attributable growth. To learn more, visit http://www.bld-marketing.com

    • 19 min
    Paid Social Media: Best Practices for Building Product Manufacturers

    Paid Social Media: Best Practices for Building Product Manufacturers

    At least one survey says that 75 percent of B2B buyers use social media during the purchasing process. Translation: If you are a building products manufacturer, your target audiences are engaging on social media. The question is: Has your brand developed a paid media strategy for communities that include LinkedIn, Facebook, and others? How do you even get started?

    To outline some best practices on this episode of Hubs & Drivers are two BLD marketing experts at Amy Meyers, vice president of paid media; and Candace Howell-Williams, social media specialist.

    You can also view this episode on YouTube here.
    Visit Hubs & Drivers podcast website here.

    Hubs & Drivers is sponsored by BLD Marketing.
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    About our sponsor: BLD is a results-based, data-driven, full-service strategic marketing firm exclusively serving the commercial and residential building materials category. Our fully integrated services help clients build and optimize a vibrant digital marketing ecosystem to ignite fast and attributable growth. To learn more, visit http://www.bld-marketing.com

    • 18 min
    IBS 2023: A Look Back - Part 2

    IBS 2023: A Look Back - Part 2

    The International Builders Show (IBS) 2023 drew 70,000 construction and building product professionals to Las Vegas this February. In part two of this two-part episode of Hubs & Drivers, join host Jeff Donaldson and a roundtable of BLDers who also attended for their takeaways and insight on emerging trends.

    You can also view this episode on YouTube here.
    Visit Hubs & Drivers podcast website here.

    Hubs & Drivers is sponsored by BLD Marketing.

    About Our Sponsor:  BLD Marketing is a results-based, digitally-focused, full-service strategic marketing firm exclusively serving the commercial and residential building materials category. BLD offers a portfolio of strategic marketing services and implementation capabilities to help clients build, grow, and optimize a healthy digital marketing ecosystem, leading to quicker growth rates and higher profitability. To learn more, visit www.bld-marketing.com

    • 16 min
    IBS 2023: A Look Back - Part 1

    IBS 2023: A Look Back - Part 1

    The International Builders Show (IBS) 2023 drew 70,000 construction and building product professionals to Las Vegas this February. In part one of this two-part episode of Hubs & Drivers, join host Jeff Donaldson and a roundtable of BLDers who also attended for their takeaways and insight on emerging trends.

    You can also view this episode on YouTube here.
    Visit Hubs & Drivers podcast website here.

    Hubs & Drivers is sponsored by BLD Marketing.

    About Our Sponsor:  BLD Marketing is a results-based, digitally-focused, full-service strategic marketing firm exclusively serving the commercial and residential building materials category. BLD offers a portfolio of strategic marketing services and implementation capabilities to help clients build, grow, and optimize a healthy digital marketing ecosystem, leading to quicker growth rates and higher profitability. To learn more, visit www.bld-marketing.com

    • 22 min
    Google Analytics 4: The New Metrics Paradigm

    Google Analytics 4: The New Metrics Paradigm

    Google is by far the most used search engine, and building product marketers rely on Google Analytics to quantify their digital marketing efforts. Now, with the introduction of Google Analytics 4, the rules of engagement are changing in big ways in terms of what is measured and what is considered to be critical intelligence.
    Julia Saunders, digital strategist and senior account manager at BLD Marketing, joins host Jeff Donaldson on this episode of Hubs & Drivers to break it all down.

    You can also view this episode on YouTube here.
    Visit Hubs & Drivers podcast website here.

    Hubs & Drivers is sponsored by BLD Marketing.

    About Our Sponsor:  BLD Marketing is a results-based, digitally-focused, full-service strategic marketing firm exclusively serving the commercial and residential building materials category. BLD offers a portfolio of strategic marketing services and implementation capabilities to help clients build, grow, and optimize a healthy digital marketing ecosystem, leading to quicker growth rates and higher profitability. To learn more, visit www.bld-marketing.com

    • 7 min

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