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Join "We Love Deck Builders," hosted by April Edwards, for key deck building insights. Get expert strategies, insider tips, and interviews with top professionals. Each episode offers practical advice, addressing real-world challenges to enhance your business and profitability.
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You’re Leaving Thousands on the Table With Every Quote (opens the original)
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If your pricing is even slightly off, it’s costing you—on every single job. Most builders don’t see it until it’s already cutting into their margins. In this episode, Brian Miller breaks down what was actually holding his deck company back, how estimating became the bottleneck, and what changed when he fixed it.If your quotes take too long, your profits feel tighter than they should, or you’re not fully confident in your numbers—this is where to look.In this episode, we cover: • What inaccurate
100 Decks, One Trade, No Regrets, with Jayson Rybak of Deck Crafters (opens the original)
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The most successful deck builders in our world do not spread themselves across five services. They pick one and get exceptional at it. Most builders never make that call.Jayson Rybak, owner of Deck Crafters in Monmouth County, New Jersey, walked away from a secure job with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to build decks full time, and turned that decision into a deck-only company with more than 100 completed projects.In this episode: Why Jayson gave up job security to bet on one tra
What Deck Builders Miss When They Skip Industry Events (opens the original)
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On June 24th, NADRA hosted a networking event in Carlsbad, CA, bringing together builders, manufacturers, suppliers, lenders, and outdoor living professionals from across the region. Join me and my special guest, Jenn Zedaker of NADRA as we recap the event and discuss how much of this industry still moves through relationships, conversations, and in-person connection.Because while marketing, systems, and operations matter, there is still a layer of business growth that only happens when you are
Stop Running Your Deck Business From Your Head (opens the original)
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A lot of deck builders are trying to grow a business that was never really designed to grow beyond them.The owner is often the best salesperson, the best problem solver, the quality control person, the scheduler, the customer relationship person, and the final decision maker. That works in the beginning. But at some point, the business has to stop running through the owner’s head.In this episode, April sits down with Lyn Askin of EOS Worldwide to talk about EOS in plain English and how it helps
Your JobTread Needs an Owner with Phillip Sessions of Refined VA (opens the original)
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The deck builders who are growing right now have two things running: a front-end sales system that automates follow-up and keeps the pipeline full, and JobTread managing every job on the back end. Most builders have one or neither — and the gap between those two things is costing them more than they realize.April sits down with Philip Sessions of Refined VA, the company that implements JobTread for deck builders, trains the team by role, and places construction-trained coordinators to run the sy
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