Best Business Podcasts/Videos for Builders

Checkout these hand-picked podcast/video series for builders to help you grow your vision, your business, your profits and your team – successfully.

Not everyone has time to read business books or attend courses so here are some great industry podcasts/videos you can checkout at your leisure. You can listen to them onsite, driving between jobs, going for a walk or even lying on the beach.

So, here goes:

Get the inside word from 4 construction quoting experts to avoid the grief that quoting creates for most builders. Short cuts, profit boosters and time savers from the trenches. Check it out

2. The Toolshed: Real Business Tactics That Work – Week ly

Mick Hawes interviews expert guests in the Builder’s Toolshed Podcast live every week (or catch up on the replays in your own time) for The Builder’s Business Success Podcast. It’s packed full practical advice and strategies on how to elevate your building business, be more profitable and reclaim your time for yourself.

3 The Builders Coach Show

Hosted by Kurt Hegetschweiler, hear about real life stories from the trenches. Includes business Insights and strategies for builders.

Available on Spotify Apple Podcast or Youtube

4. The Builders Ladder

Most builders are taught how to build excellent homes… But not how to build amazing businesses.

Follow the Builders Ladder podcast every Thursday for business best practice on hiring, recruitment, site and office systems along with pricing, financial management.

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & Youtube

5. Made to Build (HIA)

Made to Build is HIA’s new video podcast, spotlighting the excellence, innovation, and future of Australian residential building. Co-hosted by ProCalc’s Richard Armstrong, it features industry identities who have runs on the board. Check it ou t

6. Build Insite

Build Insite is a podcast for builders, sharing insights on better methods, materials, and sustainability. Hosts Luke Callery and Dean Backman explore challenges and solutions to elevate the building industry. Listen here

7. Builders & Marketing Podcast

The Builders & Marketing podcast is a show about staying relevant as a builder in the ever-evolving internet world and how to best position your building business in your marketplace. Listen Here

8. Renovare Blog for Home Owners

We’ve included the Renovare blog in this list because it’s a brilliant example of the content marketing builders can do to attract, educate, qualify and position prospects. Strong content marketing is low cost and highly effective. Check it out here.

9. The Sustanable Builders Yak

Listen to the ‘Sustainable Builders Yak’, bringing sustainable building experts to your ears. Subscribe on iTunes or Spotify to catch them as they drop, and feel free to check out the back catalogue at Sustainable Builders Yak

10. The Good Builder Podcast

Real Conversations. Bold Insights, Trusted Voices. The Good Builder Podcast tells the stories of those that have taken on this industry and won. It brings together industry leaders, innovative builders, and passionate professionals to share stories, tackle challenges, and explore the future of construction in Australia. Listen Here

11. Coffee with Glenn (OHS)

Hear from HazardCo’s Senior Health & Safety Advisor, Glenn Smith, and Head of Customer Success & Experience, Vanessa Lambert, as they cover a range of H&S topics in a simple, easy to digest way. Watch Coffee with Glenn

Naturally, if you come across a podcast/webinar/video series that should be on this list – let us know.

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6 Builder Hacks to Stop Wasting Time.

Wasting time wasn’t part of the plan. But it’s probably happening. You’re flat out. Quoting. Chasing clients. Solving problems. Maybe try this….

10 First Meeting Screw Ups that Cost Builders

Your first meeting with a prospective client sets up the success of a project. Get it right and you grow profits with happier jobs. Get it wrong and you’re in for a world of pain…

Tired of losing jobs you quote?

It’s not until you analyse your quoting system for time and money wasted that you realise how costly a ‘leaky’ quoting process is. Here’s how to quote ONLY the jobs you’ll win…

5 Hidden Costs to Builders When “Clients Supply” Fixtures

It can feel awkward turning down the client’s request to supply fixtures – especially if you haven’t yet won the job. What to do…

Cost+ Contracts – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Roughly 1 in 8 builders currently use Cost+ contracts; primarily to manage cost escalation risks. We reveal their pros/cons – which might surprise you…

Builders Roadmap: Increase Margins & Prices in Competitive Markets

This is NOT advice about reducing costs & overheads in competitive times. Rather, it’s strategic advice about how to fast track bigger profits in a competitive environment based on what successful home builders do.

Builders, are you the victim or the victor?

In tough times, it’s easy for builders to feel helpless with no control over their future. See how attitude has helped builders not just survive but flourish in tough conditions.

5 Warning Signs Mistrust is Killing Your Sales

If clients don’t trust you, they’re unlikely to engage your services. Here are 5 signs to look for – and what to do.

10 Simple Rules to Make Builders’ Lives Easier

Building’s a challenging game to play so we’ve compiled 10 simple rules to make every builder’s life easier (from hundreds of builders we interviewed)

5 Client Fear-Driven Tricks That Hurt Builders

Clients start the project process at a disadvantage because they’re on a steep learning curve. Through fear, some of them employ ‘newbie’ tricks. Here’s how to help them.