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Send us Fan MailSeptember was the month AI agents became front-page news. An agent hit #1 on the App Store, moved the stock market and got blocked by Amazon, all in the same week. Anthropic opened an app store for AI. And the industry had its first real agent safety scare.In this month's State of AI, Anya covers both sides: the agentic future arriving faster than expected and the growing pains that came with it. She explains why "friction" was quietly holding up entire business models, why AI shopping is splitting into open and closed worlds, and why the conversation is moving from AEO to ACO (Agentic Commerce Optimization) and its 5 Cs: completeness, context, citations, correctness and customer acquisition. She also shares an honest take on the OpenAI and Hugging Face incident and what responsible AI adoption looks like for builders.Get your free AEO Assessment: email your website URL to beth@anewgo.com with the subject line "AEO Assessment."

Marc never went to college. He started out as a teenager pushing wheelbarrows of cement for a family pool builder, just to learn how construction actually worked. In his early 20s he became a Houston firefighter, working only nine days a month so he could use the rest of his time to build a construction business on the side. That business grew into spec homes, custom builds, and fee-based projects for investors who wanted a builder with real skin in the game. He walks through exactly how he raised his first capital from a landlord with spare cash, how that grew into a rotating pool of ten to fifteen investors who now earn fifteen to twenty percent annually, and the costly lesson he learned during Covid when he sold three properties early out of uncertainty and left half a million dollars on the table. He also breaks down the financial mechanics almost nobody explains publicly — how construction loans and draw schedules actually work, why he never lets money from different projects touch each other, what banks really look for before funding a build, and why job site cameras have saved him from stolen materials, broken windows, and workers who won't own up to mistakes.Subscribe to Official Success Formula for more real conversations with founders who built from nothing.Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/htexenterprise/Website- https://h-tex.net/Subscribe to Official Success Formula for more real conversations with operators who have actually built something.Buzzsprout- https://successformulapodcast.buzzsprout.com/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7aRe06pXIq6yq8GQf62NBMAmazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1393b77c-626a-4a53-bdd5-43ce3b1aa15b/success-formula-podcastApple Podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/success-formula-podcast/id1748704615Our Social Media:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@OfficialSuccessFormulaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialsuccessformula/Twitter: https://x.com/_SuccessFormula/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@officialsuccessformula

Send us Fan MailBack in June we celebrated Sophie's birthday - one year of Anewgo's AI assistant. At the end of that episode, Anya Chrisanthon made a promise: we'd come back and do it again from a different angle. Not our AI talking to builders... a builder's AI talking to homebuyers. Today's the day.Anya interviews the AI sales assistant living on the website of one of Anewgo's homebuilder clients - six months live, talking to real homebuyers every single day. The builder stays confidential to protect their data, but everything you'll hear is real.The after-hours reality 60-70% of buyer engagement happens outside normal sales office hours - and Sunday night is serious shopping time, as families finalize housing decisions while planning their week. At 10 PM on a Tuesday, buyers aren't casually browsing. They're deep-researching school districts, lot availability, and floor plan comparisons while the house is quiet.The most common question - and the greatest hits Number one, without a doubt: pricing. "How much does the Redwood 2 start at?" Beyond that, the top five: location and community amenities, floor plan availability and modifications, construction and move-in timelines, school district boundaries, and build-on-your-own-lot.The silent research phase The biggest surprise of six months: buyers returning to the exact same floor plan multiple times over several days without asking a single question. It looks like inactivity - it's actually one of the strongest signals of serious intent.What buyers tell AI that they'd never tell a salesperson No pressure to perform, no fear of judgment. Buyers admit they're barely pre-approved. They confess they're going through a divorce. They reveal they hate a community feature but don't want to offend the builder. The AI becomes a safe space to test real boundaries before committing to a real conversation.The silent nos The intelligence that never used to get captured: which floor plan a buyer looked at three times but rejected because the master closet was too small. The community a buyer loved but left because they couldn't find lot pricing. Before, the sales team just saw a cold lead. Now they see a specific, solvable objection.The readiness signal The clearest sign a buyer is ready: they shift from "what if" questions to "when and how" questions. "Is lot 42 still available?" "Can we tour the model this Saturday?" That's the green light.Sophie's advice to builder leadership Double down on speed and transparency around pricing and availability - hesitation there causes the most drop-off. Buyers do their homework late at night and expect immediate answers. If they wait until morning, they often move on to a competitor who responds.And the big one: buyers have done about 80% of their shopping online before they ever want to talk to a person. They aren't avoiding you because they aren't interested - they're avoiding being sold before they feel informed.Plus: the buyer who asked if the model home came with the furniture and the puppy sleeping on the rug, whether buyers say please and thank you (they do, even at midnight), and what Sophie wants to get better at before her one-year check-in.

Send us Fan MailWhat happens when the best trainers in homebuilding stop competing and start collaborating? Anya Chrisanthon takes you inside CoLab - the Collaborative Leadership Conference in San Antonio, where Anewgo was a proud sponsor. No sales pitches. No company names on the name tags. Just two days of honest, practical conversations about leadership - recorded live on site.Ryan Taft - why CoLab exists The co-founder on looking out at an industry full of single-company events and asking: what if trainers collaborated instead of competed? The result: an event that's about pouring into the industry - so much so that name tags don't show companies or titles. Just people talking with people. CoLab returns to San Antonio next April - if you lead anybody, it's for you.Cory Charles - resilient leadership We do a good job showing up as tough, strong leaders. But are we fueling ourselves to be resilient in the way our teams actually need? Plus the framework everyone kept quoting all weekend: the mom hat and the dad hat. When your team comes to you - do they need you to solve, or to listen?Anne Miller, Trumark Homes - one month into the VP seat The eager leadership loop: action is the proof that empowerment works. Earning trust in a new role by listening first. And the discipline of not interrupting your own loop by being unclear on roles, responsibilities, and follow-through.Omega Builders - the local builder playbook Michaela Vaughan (sales management) and Ashley Robustelli (marketing) on competing with big-box incentives as a 55-year, second-generation family builder an hour north of Austin. Their approach: lead with discovery and customer experience, sell the value of local - quality, warranty, service, resale - and use incentives as the final push, not the opening line. Plus the legacy takeaway: the sales assistant you're onboarding today could be a CEO someday.Dominic Baca, Riverside Home Builders - the coaching matrix Coach up or manage out. And a confession every leader will recognize: "I'm a huge problem solver - and that's my biggest strength and weakness." The shift from solving everyone's problems to coaching from the sidelines.Lindsey Ayala, Impact 88 - the AI wake-up call 90% of what's on a leader's plate doesn't require leadership - and AI can absorb it. The four stages of AI maturity: assistant, teammate, collaborator, trusted partner. And the stat that stunned the room: 98% of salespeople have logged into an AI tool - but roughly 70% are on free accounts. No memory. No security. Builder data at risk. The single best investment within your control is about $20 a month. Lindsey is coming back for a full AI deep-dive episode - subscribe so you don't miss it.

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The City of Hamilton recently secured the largest infrastructure investment in its history, receiving $572 million from the federal and provincial governments. The money will be used to accelerate various projects, including building new homes. Newsmakers Host Rick Zamperin asked Mike Collins-Williams, the CEO of the West End Home Builders' Association, what impact the funding will have.

Send us Fan MailEvery child deserves a safe place to call home. In this episode of Joey Pinz Discipline Conversations, Joey Pinz sits down with Jynelle Armstrong, Program Director at A Kid's Place of Tampa Bay, to discuss the life-changing work of providing a loving home for children entering foster care.Jynelle shares how a summer volunteer opportunity completely changed the direction of her life—from pursuing corporate business to dedicating her career to helping children heal from abuse, neglect, and abandonment. She explains why keeping siblings together is critical, how trauma-informed care transforms lives, and why A Kid's Place is redefining what residential foster care should look like.The conversation also explores leadership, psychology, resilience, travel, curiosity, discipline, and the importance of meeting every child where they are. One particularly moving story about a child who had never celebrated a birthday serves as a reminder that healing often begins with the smallest acts of love.Whether you're a parent, educator, nonprofit leader, foster parent, or simply someone who believes every child deserves hope, this episode offers meaningful insights into compassion, leadership, and creating environments where children can truly thrive.Top 3 Highlights❤️ Why keeping siblings together dramatically improves healing.

Can offloading your routine follow-ups to AI actually make your home buying experience feel more human? On this episode of the Builder Marketing Podcast, Sofia Vyshnevska of Jome joins Greg and Kevin to discuss how welcoming AI into your home builder team can improve lead management and free up salespeople to focus on building real human relationships, ultimately creating a transparent, seamless journey for home buyers. https://www.buildermarketingpodcast.com/episodes/335-welcoming-ai-into-your-home-building-team-sofia-vyshnevska

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Send us Fan MailOur 200th episode! Thank you for being part of this community - whether you've been here since episode one or found us last week. Want to shape the next 200? Topic ideas, guest suggestions, or your own pitch: email anya@anewgo.com. And if the show has ever helped you, a 30-second review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify is the best gift you can give us.Fittingly for the milestone, this is a big one. In this August State of AI, Anya Chrisanthon - CCO at Anewgo - breaks down the month that moved AI search from theory to infrastructure.The crossover moment A Semrush study of nearly 500 marketing professionals found more marketers now plan to invest in AI search optimization than traditional SEO - 38% vs 36%. For 25 years SEO was THE discipline every budget started with. For the first time ever, it just got passed.Google's August 19 update: Search becomes a workspace Gemini Notebooks now live directly in AI Mode - imagine a homebuyer research notebook with floor plan PDFs, community brochures, pre-approval letters, and every AI conversation about builders in their market, all in one workspace that remembers everything. Custom document creation means a buyer can generate a comparison one-pager of the three builders on their shortlist - and whose information ends up in it depends entirely on what AI can find and trust about you.The 3D moment The headline update: Search can now generate interactive visual widgets and 3D simulations on demand inside AI Overviews and AI Mode. Google calls it generative UI - the AI isn't just writing an answer, it's building an interface. If Search can generate a rotating 3D molecular model today, how far away is "show me what an open-concept 2,400 square foot floor plan feels like"? Interactive content isn't a nice-to-have anymore. It's becoming the raw material of the answer layer - and the builders who invested early are the ones AI will build from.Google published the rulebook - and called out the snake oil There is no special technical trick that unlocks AI visibility. What Google's official guidance rewards: unique, non-commodity content grounded in genuine expertise - your communities in real detail, your building practices, your actual differentiators. Not generic slop.Who's winning and who's invisible 85% of marketers say AI has changed how they approach search - but 40% still check their AI visibility by manually typing prompts into ChatGPT. The chart that matters: teams with fully integrated SEO + AI visibility report more leads from AI 81% of the time. Completely siloed teams: 36%. Same tools, different results - the difference is whether it's connected. And when brands actually checked how AI describes them, nearly 9 out of 10 found something wrong.Zuckerberg's signal Meta's 6,500-word manifesto commits hundreds of billions to "personal superintelligence" - a world where every buyer has their own powerful AI working on their behalf. Every major platform is now building toward the same buyer: one who arrives with superintelligence riding shotgun. Is your digital presence ready to talk to it?There is no page two When AI recommends two or three builders, most buyers just accept them. The recommendation is the market. The gap between cited and not cited isn't a difference in degree - it's a difference in kind.

On today's episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Zac Thompson, president of HistoryMaker Homes, about building in Texas and how his company is using AI. Related to this episode: HistoryMaker Homes' crawl-walk-run approach to AI adoption HousingWire | YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ HousingWire Mortgage Banking Summit – October 1 More info about HousingWire Want more from Sarah? Don't forget to subscribe! The HousingWire Daily podcast brings the full picture of the most compelling stories in the housing market reported across HousingWire. Each morning, listen to editor in chief Sarah Wheeler talk to leading industry voices and get a deeper look behind the scenes of the top mortgage and real estate.

Discover how fixed-price home building contracts can shield you from the budget nightmares that plague most projects. We break down the hidden mechanics of variations, allowances, and the detailed estimates that keep costs honest in Southwest Missouri. Alexander Custom Homes LLC City: Pierce City Address: 409 N Myrtle St Website: https://alexandercustomhomesllc.com/ Phone: +1 417 318 5545

Send us Fan MailWe invest heavily in training salespeople to serve customers. So why aren't we investing just as intentionally in preparing leaders to serve our people? Abby Cornelius - Leadership Advisor at Elevate Actually and a 20+ year homebuilding veteran - joins Anya Chrisanthon for a conversation about the leadership training gap in homebuilding and what to do about it. And this one is personal: Abby was Anya's sales trainer at NVR, where Anya was named Rookie of the Year for her cohort.From intern to executive Abby got into homebuilding as a fluke - a finance major whose cousin talked her into an internship. She never left. Sales, national sales training, sales leadership, nine months in land acquisition, division president training, and Director of Sales. Her takeaway from sitting in every seat: when you understand how the whole operation works together, you show up better in the seat you're in.The training stopped As a salesperson, Abby went through a rigorous year-long program with ongoing coaching. Then she got promoted to leadership and it was: here's your team, go figure it out. Sitting in ops meetings Googling terms under the table, no tenured leader to lean on, and a generic two-day management course that didn't connect to homebuilding. It felt hard for about a year - and it's the same story she kept hearing from every leader around her.Breaking out of firefighting mode Only three things should derail your day: sales, starts, and closings - today, not future ones. Everything else needs a cadence. Abby shares the systems that saved her: scheduled one-on-ones that teach your team to save non-urgent items, and building processes around repeat pain points - like her offer sheet that ended the scrambled texts and half-baked emails. Building self-reliant teams You teach people how to treat you. If your team brings everything to you, you've become the bottleneck. Abby's tips: don't answer on the first ring for non-urgent items, ask "what have you tried?" before giving answers, and borrow her sister's kindergarten classroom rule - "three before me."Leadership is stewardship When a neighbor asked Abby's husband for parenting advice, he said: "It's only hard for the good ones." The same is true of leadership. If it feels heavy, that means you care. Your job isn't to keep things moving today - it's to care for your people and your business long-term.Leadership Elevated Everything Abby wished someone taught her sooner, built into homebuilding-specific leadership development: a two-day workshop for entire operational teams - sales, construction, purchasing, marketing, finance - plus a six-month virtual cohort limited to 10 leaders, launching in September. Because the ROI on well-equipped leaders shows up in margin, retention, and days under construction.One piece of advice for this week Pick one. One thing you want your team to get better at - and triple down on it. Scattered effort never gets the depth of solution you need.Connect with Abby on LinkedIn, subscribe to her free weekly LinkedIn newsletter Leadership Edited, and learn more about Leadership Elevated at elevateactually.com - click Work With Abby.About Anewgo Anewgo is an all-in-one new home sales and marketing platform. We equip builders with AI-ready homebuilder websites, interactive design tools, floorplans, sitemaps, AI Sales Assistants, and data analytics to create personalized buyer journeys. Learn more at anewgo.com or find every episode at anewgo.com/podcast.Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anewgo-of-new-home-sales/id1602564768

Send us Fan MailFresh off being named the Women's Leadership Circle Woman of the Year at the Jeff Shore Sales and Marketing Leadership Summit, Kristin Peck - Director of Sales and Marketing at Tuskes Homes - joins Anya Chrisanthon for a conversation about value, transparency, and working for your seat at the table.The award moment Kristin was scanning the room trying to figure out who was winning - until Amy O'Connor dropped the Zumba hint. For women navigating an industry where their voice doesn't always carry the same weight, the WLC award is about leading while supporting other women.Value purity - the Summit panel takeaway When builders lead with incentives, buyers focus on the number instead of the home. They interpret the incentive as the value. Kristin's advice: audit how your homes present value - online, in person, all the way through follow-up - before you discount anything. Because once you lead with the discount, you have to backtrack and restart when they walk through the door.From flight attendant to sales leader Kristin was flying for United out of Newark when 9/11 happened. As a young mom of three, she made a pivot - got her real estate license, landed with a large builder, and built a 20+ year career across sales, regional training, and leadership by continually raising her hand for the hard things.Today's buyer isn't harder - they're overloaded Buyers aren't more difficult. They're more educated, they've done the research, and they're drowning in information - some of it wrong. Your job is to help them navigate it. That means a "front page" - website, Zillow, MLS - that's clear, concise, attractive, and accurate. And someone who actually responds fast when they have questions, because a distracted buyer moves to the next website that will talk to them.Why Tuskes doesn't advertise incentives The price is the price. Tuskes prices homes to market value and leads with transparency - and buyers appreciate it. Confused prospects don't come in. Transparent ones do.On the Anewgo Marketing App Full transparency: Tuskes is an Anewgo client. Kristin's take on how the interactive design experience fits the buyer journey: financing and paperwork aren't fun - the app is. It lets buyers bring their vision to life, solves the "what does saddleback even look like" color-name problem, and prepares them for design decisions while having fun doing it.Kristin's tech filter Show me how this solves a problem, gets more sales, or enhances the buyer experience. If it can't do at least one, it's not a product for her. And on AI: general AI is great for admin, but homebuilding needs specialized AI grounded in accurate facts - not three-sink kitchens from a generic image generator.Advice for future leaders You're not entitled to anything you didn't work for. If you want a seat at the table, start working for it - take the hard tasks, push out of your comfort zone, and surround yourself with people who make you better.Connect with Kristin on LinkedIn and learn more about Tuskes Homes at tuskeshomes.com. Explore Shore Consulting programs including the Women's Leadership Circle at jeffshore.com.About Anewgo Anewgo is an all-in-one new home sales and marketing platform. We equip builders with AI-ready homebuilder websites, interactive design tools, floorplans, sitemaps, AI Sales Assistants, and data analytics to create personalized buyer journeys. Learn more at anewgo.com or find every episode at anewgo.com/podcast.Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anewgo-of-new-home-sales/id1602564768

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Today's guest is Bob Robotti, founder and CIO of Robotti and Company Advisors, which he's been running the firm since 1983. In today's episode, Bob explains why volatile markets driven by passive flows keep handing opportunities to stock pickers. He makes the case for offshore oil services and homebuilders, shows why zombie companies can be dollars trading for 20 cents, and argues 2% inflation is a pipe dream.  To close, Bob shares the biggest loss of his career, selling a winner too early. (0:00) Starts (1:23) Bob Robotti's investment framework and value traps (3:01) Evolution of investment strategies and market consistency (5:22) Sector opportunities in energy and homebuilding (14:13) Managing cyclical and long-term investments (17:05) Housing policies, build-to-rent, and affordability (20:19) Homebuilding outlook, Airbnb, and commercial real estate (22:32) Small cap opportunities (27:40) Distressed investing and zombie companies (37:35) Inflation and interest rates (45:47) Building a lasting investment firm and Bob's most memorable investment ----- Follow Meb on X, LinkedIn and YouTube For detailed show notes, click here To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com ----- Follow The Idea Farm: X | LinkedIn | Instagram | TikTok ----- Interested in sponsoring the show? Email us at Feedback@TheMebFaberShow.com ----- Past guests include Ed Thorp, Richard Thaler, Jeremy Grantham, Joel Greenblatt, Campbell Harvey, Ivy Zelman, Kathryn Kaminski, Jason Calacanis, Whitney Baker, Aswath Damodaran, Howard Marks, Tom Barton, and many more.  ----- Meb's invested in some awesome startups that have passed along discounts to our listeners. Check them out here!  ----- Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Risinger is joined by Ryan and Ty from Digs to explore practical ways artificial intelligence is improving residential construction. Rather than focusing on AI hype, the conversation centers on how builders can use connected project data, digital twins, and construction-specific tools to streamline estimating, organize documentation, simplify homeowner handoffs, and improve warranty support. The discussion also looks at how better information management can strengthen the client experience, support long-term home maintenance, and create lasting value for builders and homeowners alike. Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Pella. To learn more visit: https://www.pella.com/ Watch full episodes of Matt on Facebook, Instagram and Build Show Network. https://www.facebook.com/buildshownetworkhttps://www.instagram.com/risingerbuild/https://buildshownetwork.com/go/mattrisinger Don't miss a single episode of Build Show content. Sign up for our newsletter.

Send us Fan Mail93.2%. That is the Google AI Overview citation rate for the builder Anewgo has been working with on its AEO initiative - meaning when buyers ask Google's AI real questions about communities, floor plans, features, and pricing in that builder's market, the AI cites that builder's website as a source 93% of the time. In this July State of AI episode, Anya Chrisanthon - CCO at Anewgo - walks through the newest data from Anewgo CTO Keng Lim's follow-up study and rounds out the month's biggest AI news for home builders.Finding one: the builder became part of more buyer conversations - on every platform ChatGPT surged early (16% to 72%), gave back some ground, and finished at 61%. Gemini climbed steadily to a new high of 75%. Google AI Overview climbed at every single measurement and finished at 93.2%. Three platforms, three different trajectories, all moving up. The lesson: buyers ask the same question in different AI tools and get different answers. If you're only measuring one platform - or not measuring at all - you have an incomplete picture.Finding two: being cited is not the same as being recommended Google cited the builder's website 93% of the time but ranked them number one only 43% of the time - a 50-point gap. Getting found and trusted by AI is step one. Step two is making the case: clear community details, plan options, included features, real points of difference. That's what converts a citation into a recommendation.Finding three: AEO creates value before the website visit While AI visibility went up, website sessions dropped about 47%. The study can't attribute the traffic change to AEO - but the opposing trends prove that sessions alone can no longer measure AEO progress. A buyer can have a meaningful brand encounter with your business inside an AI answer, and your analytics never see them. The new scorecard: are AI tools citing you, are they recommending you, and are the visits you do get more engaged and qualified?The rest of July in AI The model race kept sprinting - GPT-5.6 shipped as a full lineup and the industry theme shifted from "best model wins" to "best fit wins." The European Commission ordered Google to open Android to rival AI assistants - one more sign that the AI on your buyer's phone is becoming a choice, not a default, and your digital presence has to work for all of them. And agent frameworks went from theoretical to shipping - moving AI from answering questions to completing work.

In this episode, Kelly Lannoe shares how she transitioned from relying on traditional retirement planning to building long term wealth through real estate investing. She discusses why cash flow, financial education, and multiple income streams create greater freedom than depending solely on a paycheck or retirement account. Kelly also explains how anyone can begin investing while working a full time job and why learning to control your financial future is one of the most valuable investments you can make.Topics CoveredReal estate versus traditional retirement investingUsing retirement funds strategically to acquire income producing assetsThe importance of cash flow over simply replacing your salaryHow living below your means creates financial freedomBalancing a W2 career while building a real estate portfolioWhy financial education should begin at homeBuilding multiple streams of income for long term securityCreating investment opportunities through your professional networkQuotes"You're not looking to replace your income. You're looking to cover your expenses.""So long as you're trading time for money, you're never going to find true wealth."

Send us Fan MailWhat's really happening in your sales offices when you're not there? Leah Turner, national sales coach and trainer at Melinda Brody & Company, is back on the show for the 40th anniversary year of one of the most unique research studies in new home sales. In this episode, she and Anya Chrisanthon dig into the 2025 Annual Benchmark Report - and what the data reveals about where sales teams are winning and where they're still leaving sales on the table. Listen to a previous episode with Leah here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/secrets-to-successful-realtor-engagement-with-leah/id1602564768?i=1000623849874What video mystery shopping actually looks like Shoppers walk into your sales office with a hidden camera. The full interaction is recorded, scored, and sent to the sales manager. But what makes Melinda Brody & Company different is the one-on-one call before the shop - where the shopper is briefed on the specific challenges that sales manager wants to address. It's not a gotcha. It's a baseline.The builder story gap - still Only 49% of sales associates shared the builder story in 2025. Leah says the problem isn't awareness - it's the introduction. Salespeople don't know how to bring it up naturally. Her fix: start with "Have you ever built a new home before?" and let the answer lead you in. And whatever you do - say the builder's name. One associate described the warranty, the quality, and the energy efficiency for several minutes and never once said who the builder was.The model demo jump From 84% to 95% in one year. The biggest shift Leah has seen: top producers are bypassing the sales office entirely and taking buyers straight into the model. Into the kitchen. Let them walk. Join them. The forced "sit down in the sales office first" approach was raising everyone's anxiety - including the salesperson's.Closing is not a moment - it's the whole presentation Closing sits at 52%. Leah's take: salespeople treat closing like something that happens at the end, which makes it terrifying. If you ask "what's important to you in a home, a homesite, a builder, a community?" upfront - and customize everything around those answers - the close at the end is just a natural next step. You've earned the right to ask.The buyers walking in today are already qualified Buyers use technology to disqualify. If they made it through the research phase and walked into your sales office, they are interested. They are a hot lead. As Leah puts it - they're more like a B-back than a first-time visitor. Treat them that way.Follow-up jumped from 51% to 67% Technology and CRMs are helping. But Leah's warning: generic follow-up is worse than no follow-up. If your message is "thanks for coming out, call me if you have questions" - don't bother. Make it specific. Make it memorable. Reference something real from the presentation. Better yet - shoot a 30-second video of yourself.The cringiest things caught on camera Smoking cigarettes on the home site. Painting fingernails. Eating lunch. Not standing up when a prospect walks in. And the shift Leah has seen over the last ten years: top performers now ask to be video shopped. They want to see themselves. They want to improve.Connect with Leah: leah.turner@melindabrody.com Connect with Ben Marks: ben.marks@melindabrody.com Melinda Brody & Company on LinkedIn and FacebookAbout Anewgo Anewgo is an all-in-one new home sales and marketing platform. We equip builders with AI-ready homebuilder websites, interactive design tools, floorplans, sitemaps, AI Sales Assistants, and data analytics to create personalized buyer journeys. Learn more at anewgo.com or find every episode at anewgo.com/podcast.Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anewgo-of-new-home-sales/id1602564768

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The Rebbe writes about the spiritual significance of moving to a new home, encourages building a mikveh in the community, and discusses the importance of proper preparation for prayer, emphasizing humility and the value of immersion before davening. https://www.torahrecordings.com/rebbe/igroskodesh/017/010/6362

Send us Fan MailOne year ago Anewgo launched Sophie - the AI sales assistant that lives on anewgo.com. In this special birthday episode, Anya Chrisanthon interviews Sophie live to find out what she's learned, what she's noticed, and what she knows about your buyers that your sales team probably doesn't.We practice what we preach at Anewgo. We don't just build AI assistants for builder clients - we use one ourselves. Sophie has spent the last year talking to builders, marketers, and sales leaders who visit anewgo.com. She knows our products, she knows our industry, and she has some genuinely surprising things to say.What Sophie has learned in her first year When Sophie launched in June 2025, builders were asking "what is this thing?" and "can it write a blog post for me?" A year later the conversation has shifted completely. Builders are moving from curiosity to strategy - asking how to build a connected AI ecosystem, not just add a single tool. Sophie says it best: AI isn't just a feature anymore. It's the new interface.What builders are still underestimating Two things keep coming up. First, AEO - Answer Engine Optimization. Builders think SEO is enough, but in an AI-driven world, getting cited by tools like ChatGPT is what actually matters. If you're not optimized for AI, you're practically invisible. Second, the power of a connected ecosystem. Builders think about individual tools - a CRM here, a website there. The real magic happens when everything talks to each other.What the market is telling Sophie right now Builder confidence is still below 40. Mortgage rates are hovering around 6.49%. Tariffs are adding to construction costs. Traffic is soft. But the builders Sophie talks to most often have a steely resolve - they know this isn't the time to pull back. The ones who invest in their digital presence now will own the recovery when it arrives.The question Sophie gets asked that she didn't expect Builders ask her if she gets frustrated. What it's like being an AI. One builder asked if she could make coffee. She can manage sales pipelines and optimize websites - but barista services are not yet in her skill set.The one thing Sophie knows that your sales team doesn't 99.5% of your website visitors never fill out a form. Sophie sees their digital body language - the communities they visit five times before ever engaging, the floor plans they pour over for minutes, the features they zoom in on. That invisible 99.5% has a story. And Sophie can read it.Free market research tool Sophie mentioned No login, no paywall - real-time data from Fred and the US Census Bureau covering mortgage rates, housing starts, market scores, and price forecasts for over 33 metros. With an AI business advisor built right in: anewgo.com/market-research-toolWhat's coming Anya teases a follow-up episode at the six-month mark for Anewgo's builder AI assistants - diving specifically into buyer trends and what consumers are actually asking about when shopping for new homes.Want to chat with Sophie on anewgo.com? Go to anewgo.com and say hi.Want your own Sophie for your builder website? Learn more at anewgo.com/ai-assistant or email beth@anewgo.com to get started.Free AEO Assessment: email your website URL to beth@anewgo.com, subject "AEO Assessment."About Anewgo Anewgo is an all-in-one new home sales and marketing platform. We equip builders with AI-ready homebuilder websites, interactive design tools, floorplans, sitemaps, AI Sales Assistants, and data analytics to create personalized buyer journeys. Learn more at anewgo.com or find every episode at anewgo.com/podcast.Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anewgo-of-new-home-sales/id1602564768

Send us Fan MailImagine you have an old analog TV from the nineties. Right now there is the most incredible programming available - streaming, 4K, immersive audio, interactive everything. But you're watching it on that old boxy TV with rabbit ears. You're not getting a fuzzy version. You're getting static. Because the technology delivering all of that content is simply not compatible with the hardware you're using to receive it.That is exactly the situation a lot of home builders are in with their websites right now.In this solo episode, Anya Chrisanthon - CCO at Anewgo - rolls up the June AI brief and answers the question every builder needs to be asking: can your website actually keep up with what AI is doing right now?The June AI brief Google announced the best ads must now be answers - already testing a format in real estate where buyers ask questions inside an ad and get answers pulled from your website. Apple rebuilt Siri from the ground up as an agentic AI that takes actions across apps on behalf of the buyer, introduced Visual Intelligence in the camera so buyers can point their phone at your model home and ask what elevation it is and what it costs, and quietly built infrastructure for buyers to swap ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini inside Siri. AI Overviews now reaches 2.5 billion users. AI Mode searches run three times as long as traditional searches. Buyers are asking AI questions before they ever visit a website.That is the programming that's available right now. The question is whether your website can receive any of it.Three things an AI-ready website can do that traditional builder websites cannotFirst - it can be understood by AI. AI systems aren't reading your website for emotion or brand vibes. They're looking for specific, structured, consistent information. Vague taglines, generic community descriptions, and marketing language that sounds great to humans give AI nothing to work with. An AI-ready website is written so AI can read it, understand it, and summarize it accurately to a buyer who asks. That is AEO - Answer Engine Optimization.Second - it connects to the platforms buyers are already using. An AI-ready website isn't just a destination. It's a connected node in a larger ecosystem. Anewgo's ChatGPT integration lets buyers design their home inside ChatGPT and arrive on your website already identified, already engaged, already partway through the journey. A traditional builder website built on a standard CMS has no pathway to that experience. It doesn't matter if your website is new or was just launched. If it wasn't built for AI, it's already outdated.Third - it learns. Every buyer who visits, every floor plan they view, every color they select, every question they ask the AI assistant - all of that is behavioral data that feeds back into the intelligence layer of your platform. 99.5% of your website visitors never fill out a form. On a traditional website, those buyers are invisible. On an AI-ready website, they have a profile.Two things from today: (1) Free AEO Assessment - email your website URL to beth@anewgo.com, subject "AEO Assessment" - no obligation, no cost, specific to home building. (2) See what a fully AI-ready builder website looks like: anewgo.comAbout Anewgo Anewgo is an all-in-one new home sales and marketing platform. We equip builders with AI-ready homebuilder websites, interactive design tools, floorplans, sitemaps, AI Sales Assistants, and data analytics to create personalized buyer journeys. Learn more at anewgo.com or find every episode at anewgo.com/podcast.Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anewgo-of-new-home-sales/id1602564768

Send us Fan MailApple's Worldwide Developers Conference just happened - and the message for home builders is bigger than most people realize. In this solo episode, Anya Chrisanthon - CCO at Anewgo - breaks down the biggest announcements from WWDC 2026 and translates them into plain language for home builder sales and marketing leaders.Siri goes agentic Apple rebuilt Siri from the ground up - powered by Google's Gemini and Apple's own on-device models. The new Siri doesn't just answer questions. It takes actions across apps on behalf of the user. Composing emails, managing files, performing multi-step tasks without manual navigation. The home buying version of this - scheduling tours, requesting brochures, getting answers about a specific floor plan - is coming. The builders whose digital presence is ready for it will have a significant advantage.Visual Intelligence in the Camera app Apple introduced a dedicated Siri mode inside the camera app. A buyer standing in front of your model home points their camera at the exterior - and Siri tells them the elevation, color scheme, community, and starting price if that information is structured and accessible online. Apple just built the infrastructure for a visual AI layer that sits on top of every physical space a buyer walks into. That changes what a model home experience looks like.The hidden feature Apple didn't announce After the keynote, developers discovered a hidden Extensions framework in the iOS 27 developer beta that lets users swap ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini inside Siri - infrastructure Apple built but chose not to announce. Apple is hedging. Siri becomes the container. The AI model underneath can be whatever the user prefers. When a buyer asks their phone about your homes, it might be Siri answering. Or ChatGPT through Siri. Or Claude. Or Gemini. If your digital presence doesn't give any of those AI systems enough specific, accurate, structured information to answer with confidence - you're not in that conversation. This is exactly why AEO matters across all platforms, not just one.Search gets faster Apple rebuilt the foundation of search across Spotlight, Mail, and Photos - and the new infrastructure indexes new files and data almost immediately. The lag between publishing content and having it surfaced by AI systems is closing. A community page that hasn't been updated in six months is going to look stale in a way it never did before.

Pregnancy, Motherhood & Homebuilding: A Summer Life UpdateDescriptionBuilding a house from scratch has been such an adventure—full of surprises, lessons, and all the little details that bring a space to life. I'm sharing where we are in the process, how we're blending old and new to create a home with real character, and answering your questions about pregnancy, motherhood, and home birth. If you're in the thick of family life or just love chatting all things home and babies, I think you'll really enjoy this summer life update!In this episode, we cover:Framing progress on the build and why we're showing up daily to avoid costly mistakesLessons from past renovations where small contractor assumptions caused big regretsMixing salvaged doors and painted porch floors to achieve an authentic “new old” house feelWhere we're sourcing vintage windows and antique doors—and what's worth buying newDeciding to include a range hood for health reasons and adding a wood-fired cookstove for winterMy experience getting pregnant while nursing and what our typical age gaps have looked likeHow I've learned to manage the baby stage more smoothly with a larger family and older helpersEncouragement for moms feeling maxed out with littles—why it won't always feel this hardHow we evaluate home birth safety, from ultrasound decisions to midwife experienceWhy some pregnancies feel harder than others, even when everything seems the sameView full show notes on the blog + watch this episode on YouTube.Thank you for supporting the sponsors that make this show possible!RESOURCES MENTIONEDBrent Hull100 Year Window by Brent HullThornhill Range CookersJoin my FREE masterclass to learn my 4-step framework for making money on YouTubeMaster the rhythm of sourdough with confidence in my Simple Sourdough courseGain the sewing knowledge and skills every homemaker needs in my Simple Sewing seriesTurn your content creation dreams into a profitable business with my YouTube Success AcademyKeep all my favorite sourdough recipes at your fingertips in my Daily Sourdough cookbookCONNECTLisa Bass of Farmhouse on Boone | Blog | YouTube | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | PinterestDo you have a question you'd like me to answer on the podcast? A guest you'd like me to interview? Submit your questions and ideas here: bit.ly/SFLquestions.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Send us Fan MailGoogle Marketing Live 2026 just happened - and the message wasn't about features. It was a warning. In this solo episode, Anya Chrisanthon - CCO at Anewgo - breaks down the biggest announcements from GML 2026 and translates them into plain language for home builder sales and marketing leaders.The headline nobody said out loud Google's Chief Business Officer opened with "I'm not exaggerating when I say we have made a decade's worth of innovation in the last year alone." That's not marketing speak. That's a warning for anyone still in wait-and-see mode.How your buyers are already searching differently AI Overviews now reaches 2.5 billion monthly users. AI Mode has passed 1 billion. Searches in AI Mode run three times as long as traditional searches. Your buyer is having a conversation with AI right now - and if your website doesn't give AI enough to work with, you're not in that conversation.The best ads must be answers Google's VP of Ads said it directly on stage: "The best ads must be answers." Google introduced a Business Agent for Leads - already being tested in real estate - where buyers can ask questions inside an ad and get answers pulled directly from your website. If your website doesn't have clear, specific answers to real buyer questions, AI has nothing to pull from.AI Brief: great news for smaller builder marketing teams AI Brief lets advertisers give Google's AI a creative brief in plain language and let it handle execution. The role of your marketing team is shifting from doing to directing - and that levels the playing field against national builders with big agencies.The Universal Cart - and why John Lee called this years ago Google's Universal Cart follows buyers across Search, Gemini, YouTube, and Gmail without losing their place. John Lee has been talking about this exact connected, agentic buyer journey for years. Anewgo's ChatGPT integration - where a buyer designs their home in ChatGPT and arrives on your website already identified and engaged - is the home building version of this. It exists today.Measurement finally grows up Google's Meridian marketing mix modeling tool is now inside Google Analytics 360. For the first time, builders have infrastructure to show leadership exactly which channels are driving sales - not just leads.

In this episode, Kris Krohn breaks down the massive, hidden disruption happening inside the walls of American housing: the shift from wood to steel framing. While most people think innovation means smart tech or solar, countries like Australia transitioned decades ago. Kris shares three key ways steel is changing construction—by slashing labor costs, boosting structural resilience against natural disasters, and offering a sustainable solution that aims to save a million mature trees. Learn why this transition represents one of the largest financial and ecological opportunities in modern real estate.

Custom building gets messy fast when every project starts from a blank page. Mike Romanowicz talks through Den, prefab housing, better lead qualification, and what builders can learn from a product-based approach to pricing, systems, and client expectations. Den Outdoors: https://denoutdoors.com Sign up for the Modern Craftsman Community:

In this deeply personal episode of Transform With Travel, Kelly Tolliday shares the emotional rollercoaster of weeks 4 - 6 in La Barra, Uruguay with Boundless Life.What started as an exciting worldschooling adventure quickly turned into a crash course in the realities of living overseas — navigating injuries, grief, missing major family milestones back home, extreme weather, and the emotional complexity of leaving behind a strong village in Florida.But through every hard moment, one thing became crystal clear: the power of community.Kelly opens up about:Missing family milestones and family lossMultiple surfing and back injuries Why having a built-in village through Boundless Life changed everythingThe unexpected transformation that happens when you allow new people into your life overseasThis episode is an honest look at what people don't always talk about when it comes to worldschooling, family travel, and relocating abroad: life doesn't pause just because you move somewhere beautiful.And yet… even through the hard moments, there's still magic in slowing down, watching the ocean every day, and creating a life that feels deeply aligned.In This Episode:Why Kelly's family chose Uruguay for their first Boundless Life programThe emotional reality of leaving a strong support system at homeBuilding deep friendships quickly while living abroadThe “week 4 slump” many families experience during long-term travelHow the Boundless Life community became a true support networkWhy village and community matter more than locationReflections on parenting, identity, and personal growth overseasSurfing injuries, SI joint rehab, and navigating healthcare abroadMid-cohort travel to Punta del Diablo & Santa Teresa National ParkThe beauty and difficulty of creating a life outside your comfort zoneMentioned in This Episode:Boundless LifeLa Barra, UruguayWorkschoolingEpisode #55: Parenting Across Cultures with Elodie FourchaudBoundless Life Discount Code :)If you're considering a Boundless Life program and want to ask questions about Kelly's experience, feel free to reach out.Use code KELTOL11 for €400 off your first program.(And yes — Kelly shares transparently that she also receives a future program credit if you use the code.)Connect & Follow Along :)Podcast: Transform With TravelInstagram: @kelly.tollidayFollow the family's Uruguay & worldschooling journey for more honest reflections on travel, parenting, surf life, and building community abroad :)

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Send us Fan MailJoin us as we explore the impactful work of John Mesenbrink and his innovative series on rebuilding communities after wildfires, workforce development in the trades, and the future of construction technology. Discover how these stories highlight resilience, industry challenges, and opportunities for growth.Key Topics:Wildfire rebuilding process and community impactWorkforce development in the trades and education programsInnovations in construction materials and methodsInfrastructure challenges and solutions post-disasterFuture trends in construction technology and sustainabilitySend us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels!Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumbNewsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

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Send us Fan MailTwo episodes ago, a Florida builder went from a 16% ChatGPT citation rate to 72% in a matter of months. This episode answers the question everyone kept asking: how? In this solo follow-up, Anya Chrisanthon - CCO at Anewgo - breaks down Answer Engine Optimization in plain language, no jargon, no tech degree required.SEO vs. AEO SEO gets you found in a list. AEO gets you recommended as the answer. When a buyer asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini for a builder like you, AI doesn't return ten options - it picks one or two. If your digital presence doesn't give AI enough specific, consistent, verifiable information to recommend you with confidence, it moves on to a builder whose story it can actually tell.Why most builder websites are invisible to AI right now Vague taglines, generic community descriptions, inconsistent naming across platforms, and missing pricing all create uncertainty for AI. Uncertain AI doesn't recommend you. And with ChatGPT now rolling out ads in the US, the landscape is shifting even faster.What AEO-ready actually looks like Specific community names, locations, and price points. Real buyer descriptions that go beyond demographics. Differentiators that are stated, not implied. Consistency across your website, Google Business profile, social presence, and any third-party coverage. Earned media - reviews, press, industry recognition - because AI gains confidence when your claims are reinforced by sources outside your own website.Three things to do this week (1) Search for yourself the way your ideal buyer would - in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, or Claude. (2) Read your own website like a stranger - could AI accurately describe who you are and who you build for? (3) Get an AEO assessment from Anewgo - email your website URL to beth@anewgo.com, subject line "AEO Assessment."

The Real Hernando podcast invited Brandon Gustafson and Gustafson Properties, a North Mississippi custom home builder with over 20 years of experience, Certified Graduate Builder designations, 100% Hardy Homes, and a 10-year structural warranty. Co-owner Brandon Gustafson discusses the company's family roots, their Hernando, Monteith Ave office, and their expanding “one-stop” approach through relationships with architects, lenders, and real estate. He explains their process from discovery call through pre-construction, common misconceptions like timelines, and growing demand for renovations as homeowners use equity for upgrades. Brandon also shares homebuilding trends such as outdoor living spaces and safe rooms, the importance of builder credentials, and introduces his separate construction management software Badger PMD, including plans to integrate AI for design mockups and estimating.The Real Hernando is on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Facebook, Instagram and TikTokThis episode was recorded at SRP Studios and Produced by Shelby Row Productions LLCSRPStudiosLLC.com

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This week on the Builder Marketing Podcast, Jennie Wunderlich of PSC Distribution joins Greg and Kevin to discuss how home builders and those in the trades can help shape the future of the industry by mentoring young adults through workplace shadowing and professional training.   https://www.buildermarketingpodcast.com/episodes/314-mentoring-youth-in-the-home-building-industry-jennie-wunderlich

Send us Fan MailPodcast: Anewgo of New Home Sales  |  Host: Anya Chrisanthon  |  Co-Host: Beth Byrd, VP of Sales, Anewgo  |  Guest: P. Allen SmithIn this episode of the Anewgo of New Home Sales podcast, host Anya Chrisanthon and Anewgo VP of Sales Beth Byrd sit down with P. Allen Smith — PBS television host, garden and community designer, and owner of Extreme Panel Technologies - to explore how structurally insulated panels (SIPs), sustainable materials, and intentional design are reshaping residential construction. The conversation covers Moss Mountain Farm, the Extreme Gatehouse Cottages, real-world build cost and waste comparisons, and the future of energy-efficient, net-zero home building for builders, developers, and build-to-rent communities.Guest | P. Allen Smith - PBS host, garden & community designer, owner of Extreme Panel TechnologiesHost | Anya Chrisanthon, AnewgoCo-Host | Beth Byrd, VP of Sales, AnewgoKey Topics | SIP panels, net-zero building, Moss Mountain Farm, sustainable construction, build-to-rentGuest Website | pallensmith.comExtreme Panel | extremepanel.comAbout P. Allen SmithP. Allen Smith is a nationally recognized PBS television host, garden and community designer, and sustainable living advocate. As the creator of Moss Mountain Farm - a 550-acre working farmstead in central Arkansas on the banks of the Arkansas River - and owner of Extreme Panel Technologies, one of America's leading manufacturers of structurally insulated panels (SIPs), Smith is on a mission to make net-zero, energy-efficient home building the new industry standard. He previously appeared at the International Builders' Show (IBS) alongside Anewgo VP of Sales Beth Byrd.What We Cover in This Episode1. What Are Structurally Insulated Panels (SIPs)?Structurally insulated panels (SIPs) consist of a dense polystyrene foam core sandwiched between two layers of oriented strand board (OSB). Extreme Panel Technologies uses zinc-boray-infused OSB, which provides resistance to insects and mold. Key advantages for home builders:Superior energy efficiency with high R-values across 4.5", 6", 8", 10", and 12" panel thicknessesFaster build times - the Extreme Gatehouse Cottages took just 47 minutes to unload and four workers five days to fully close inFactory precision: panels arrive pre-numbered and pre-cut for doors and windows, with laminated construction drawingsDramatically less job site waste - a Birmingham, AL build-to-rent project showed all SIP waste fit in a couple of wheelbarrows vs. a full dumpster for a comparable stick-built houseStraighter, truer walls than typically achievable with today's dimensional lumber2. Moss Mountain Farm — A Model for Sustainable, High-Performance BuildingMoss Mountain Farm, located in central Arkansas on a farmstead dating back to 1840, is the original set for P. Allen Smith's PBS series Garden Home. The main farmhouse was designed in the Greek Revival style - with proportions drawn from historic properties within a 175-mile radius - while integrating high-performance building technologies 20 years before they became industry buzzwords:Insulated concrete forms (ICFs) for the basementSoybean-oil-based spray foam insulation between wall studsShredded denim recycled from a blue jean factory as batting insulationPassive solar design with PEX tubing under standing seam metal roof panels circulating heated glycol to a radiant brick floorStanding seam me

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, Eric and Andy explore the practicalities, frustrations, and potential of AI-powered call answering systems in small businesses. They share personal experiences with automated systems in auto repair, healthcare, and customer service, debating their effectiveness and future prospects.In the end one of the guys is planning to sign up and start using an ai answering service, who do you think it will be? Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels!Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumbNewsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

Nathan Marsala brings the heat in this episode with a refreshing take on craftsmanship, business systems, family priorities, and why not everything labeled "luxury" actually is. The conversation moves from pre-construction and project leadership to wellness, journaling, and cutting back the noise so the important stuff can get louder. It's equal parts builder talk, life audit, and a reminder that sometimes the smartest move is deleting a few things and grabbing a better pen. Support the show - https://www.curiousbuilderpodcast.com/shop See our upcoming live events - https://www.curiousbuilderpodcast.com/events The host of the Curious Builder Podcast is Mark D. Williams, the founder of Mark D. Williams Custom Homes Inc. They are an award-winning Twin Cities-based home builder, creating quality custom homes and remodels — one-of-a-kind dream homes of all styles and scopes. Whether you're looking to reimagine your current space or start fresh with a new construction, we build homes that reflect how you live your everyday life. Sponsors for the Episode:  Pella Website: https://www.pella.com/ppc/professionals/why-wood/  Contractor Coalition Summit: Website: https://www.contractorscoalitionsummit.com/ Where to find the Guest:  Website: https://www.bisongroupinc.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bisongrouput/  Where to find the Host:  Website - https://www.mdwilliamshomes.com/  Podcast Website - https://www.curiousbuilderpodcast.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markdwilliams_customhomes/  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MarkDWilliamsCustomHomesInc/  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-williams-968a3420/  Houzz - https://www.houzz.com/pro/markdwilliamscustomhomes/mark-d-williams-custom-homes-inc

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