2025 is almost over — and in building materials and construction, the 4th quarter is the 2-minute warning.

In this episode of The Platinum Business Break, Dan Owens (aka The Fixer) breaks down:

✅ Where the industry scoreboard really stands (housing starts down 11% YoY, permits down 11%, spending down 2.2% YTD)
✅ The impact of tariffs, rising input costs, and possible interest rate cuts
✅ What companies can do in Q4 to close strong (pipeline audits, smart discounts, CRM adoption, sales training)
✅ Why 2026 could be your best year yet — if you start preparing now

Housing starts down.
Material costs up.
️ The question is — will you wait, or will you move?

Do not let 2026 sneak up on you. The time to set the stage is right now.

Brand erosion isn’t always a headline-grabbing disaster like Bud Light or Cracker Barrel’s recent rebrand flop. In the building products industry, it’s usually a slow leak: quality issues, broken processes, untrained people, and tone-deaf leadership.

In this episode, Dan P. Owens—The Fixer—breaks down:
✅ Why brand value is more than logos and taglines—it’s your trust equity
✅ The hidden ways building products companies lose brand equity every day
✅ Hard stats on what happens when reputation slips (lost market share, profit, and people)
✅ The Brand Maintenance 101 checklist to stop erosion before it costs you millions

If you’re in the building products space, this episode will hit home—and give you tools to make sure your brand doesn’t become “just another commodity.”

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Trade show season is here — but are you ready, or are you about to light $30,000 - $80,000 on fire for badge scans, swag, and sore feet?

In this episode of The Platinum Business Break, Dan Owens (aka The Fixer) breaks down why most building products pros fail to get ROI from trade shows — and how you can flip the script.

For exhibitors: stop clogging the booth with untrained staff, ditch the “one shared scanner” look, and build a real CRM follow-up plan.
For attendees: no more wandering aimlessly or collecting stress balls — show up with a hit list, a story, and a 48-hour follow-up plan.

Because at the end of the day, the only trade show metric that matters is sales.

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