Building Brands
Building Brands
Tim Bouchard
The Building Brands podcast, hosted by Luminus Owner & CEO Tim Bouchard, is a biweekly show that dives into marketing and branding strategies relating to the building materials industry. If you’re an owner or marketer in the manufacturing, distribution, or contracting spaces, this podcast is for you. In each show I’ll dive into a wide variety of topics with industry experts in the building materials and marketing spaces. So whether you’re reinventing a well established company or introducing a new company or product line to the market, these conversations will allow you to draw inspiration from the experiences and knowledge of others who have been there before and succeeded.
Scheduling Announcement
An update on the release schedule for the podcast. No we're not going away, just switching things up!
Jun 22, 2021
1 min
Why Brand is Regaining Traction in Digital Marketing
A solo-cast with Tim Bouchard, Owner & CEO of Luminus diving into how new privacy restrictions and opt-in settings for device and online platform users are going to affect paid retargeting funnels and how brand building will start to regain traction again as a major strategy consideration for digital marketing.
Jun 8, 2021
26 min
Rebranding For Growth After an Acquisition
Alex Keogan, President and Owner at Eaton Brothers shares his story of acquiring Eaton Brothers in 2020 with his partner, what factored into their decision, why they chose to immediately rebrand the company, and the long-term value the rebrand will provide them.
May 25, 2021
42 min
Benefits of Having a Communications Plan
Libby Johnston, Publisher & VP of Media at the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) & Hardwood Floors Magazine shares her thoughts on the benefits of having a communications plan, what it entails, and how to enact it. She offers actionable advice on where to get started and how to use your plan moving forward.
May 11, 2021
41 min
How Establishing Voice & Tone Can Power Brand Loyalty
Tess Felton, Associate Creative Director at Luminus talks about how building a brand persona and injecting a specific personality, voice, and tone into a company’s marketing communications strategy can help establish trust, lead to sales, and build customer loyalty.
Apr 27, 2021
31 min
How Digital Interactions Are Infiltrating Sales Experiences
Josh Neuberger - Director of Marketing at Uzin Utz North America talks about how his team dialed up their digital sales interactions when they were forced to adapt during the pandemic and carefully considered how to craft personalized experiences for their customers despite the digital limitations they encountered. The results may surprise you.
Apr 13, 2021
38 min
Critical Elements Interior Designers Consider
Lisa Wood, Owner, Designer at Lisa J Wood Interiors talks about the various elements an interior designer takes into consideration when sourcing a product or material and what manufacturer brands can do to provide value to designers beyond just the aesthetic allure.
Mar 30, 2021
35 min
Using Content Marketing To Build Brand Authority
Jessica Hickman Fresch, Marketing & Sales Director at Allegheny Mountain Hardwood Flooring talks about her approach to building brand authority through multiple content outlets as a way to reach, educate, and motivate the company’s target audiences.
Mar 16, 2021
35 min
Designing Modern Digital Customer Experiences
John Dupra, Co-Founder of Revel Woods talks about Revel’s journey to developing a more modern approach to the digital sales experience of researching and sourcing hardwood floors online. Through creative thinking, research, and even a little failure along the way, Revel was able to create a guided digital experience for their target audience that fully supports their design processes.
Mar 2, 2021
44 min
What is the ROI of Branding?
A solo-cast with Tim Bouchard, Owner & CEO of Luminus, addressing the mystery that surrounds understanding the value and ROI of branding and strategy. By nature, a strategic engagement is meant to affect future outcomes, so this episode dives into what some of those intangible and even tangible measurable outcomes are along with how to track some of them in order to understand the long-term ROI of branding.
Feb 16, 2021
34 min
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