About a month ago Daniel, who is owner of Proline Parking Lot Maintenance and a content creator here at BB,  FaceTime calls me... which never happens. Daniel was immediately speaking and being firm about something that he just experienced and something that has been under the surface of our industry fro years, but never been tackled head on by the ones it effects most, the best contractors in the industry. What is this thing that had our friend so up in arms and ready to do something about it you ask? The lack of dedication to producing a quality product, consistantly, every single time. That means no shortcuts, no half-a**ing it, being accountable to the clients and most importantly, SHOWING YOUR WORK aka "being-transparent". The result is a better industry image, with higher margins for higher quality work. I love this discussion and hope you do too. We are excited about launching our #RaiseTheBBar campaign this 2023 season and are looking forward to seeing how everybody pitches in to make this happen. -Marvin

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Winter is Coming. I know we all have a list as long as our arm of things we need to do over the next 4 months or so, but one thing I would like to bring up is Relationships. Relationships with vendors, manufacturers and peers. I have had great advantages given to me over the years by building, and keeping, these relations ship growing over the winter months. In this episode I explain the why, and the how, of this tactic. A tactic...that ultimately leads to some of these people becoming great friends of mine. -Marvin

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Michael Blake is the Marketing Manager at KM International and has been for the last 8 years. It is UNDENAIBLE that during that time, KM has been on a great run as far as bringing products to the market that has in incredible reputation and are dependable for their customers... but how do we use "Know" that? We know that because KM has done a great job through marketing, to show what their brand is about. They have also done a great job building a network through their modern connections through that marketing plan and branding efforts. To put in plainly, they are nailing it, and look to keep nailing it for their customers and the asphalt industry. Michael talks with us about how they are bring in it all together and the importance of their efforts on Social Media and the Marketing tool it is for branding, and beyond. -Marvin

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Carl is a 3rd generation Tarp maker in the Asphalt Industry. Out of their shop in Fort Worth, Carl and his team make tarps for any size truck or dump trailer and can specifically design a custom setup for any rig...and ship it if need be. In this episode Carl goes into the fabric design, framework and what makes them the best in the industry at what they do. Hope you enjoy this one as much as I did. We love what Carl and his family are doing and look forward to a long relationship with them in the asphalt industry. -Marvin

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Todd Hendricks Jr is the President of Robotic Maintenance Vehicles. The company that unveiled the Robotic Crack Sealing Machine last year and made quite a splash at NPE with it, as well as their social media content showing just what it can do. In this episode Todd tells us how the machine came about, what it can do and what is in store for the future of not only this machine, but more ideas that are in the works from their epic think tank. I geeked out and loved this episode, hope y'all do to! -Marvin

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Ryan Farmer is the 2017 Street Luge World Champion and 2x WRG Silver Medalists. As well as represents Team USA in the World Skate competition. Besides that, the guy takes some epic photos while on his journey through the world, that capture our future and moments that are very thought provoking. Saying Ryan has experience noticing an analyzing the different forms of pavements all over the world, would be an understatement. During his Championship season, he went to 14 different countries to race, in 12 months. In this episode, Ryan gives us a breakdown of his career, but also gives us a breakdown of the different pavement types/conditions and how they effect everything on Raceday. hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did. -Marvin

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Was fortunate enough to be asked by Leeboy and the 800 Pavement Network to speak at LeeBoy Headquarters in North Carolina for the debut of their Key Account Program. In this talk I go over how we have successfully merged the new school marketing of Blacktop Banter, with the old school marketing of the 800 Network and the iconic phone numbers they provide. Hope you enjoy this segment and much as I enjoyed delivering it. Sorry about the Mic noise in the first minute, after that it clears up very well. -Marvin

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Audio Recording Credit: CDS Visuals

After my visit to North Carolina this week, I was thinking about what it takes to make Businesses succeed in this industry. Not only Wis-Coat or BB, but big businesses like US Pavememnt, LeeBoy and Dynapac. I go over a few tips that I have learned personally and share them with you here. Enjoy. -Marvin

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10 years in the NFL. Think about that. What kind of drive, experience, dreaming and perseverance does it take to accomplish that?... Will James knows. My friend Will spent that much time playing for the New York Giants and other teams, at the highest level a Cornerback can. Will shares with us his story and the valuable lessons he learned along the way. Will accomplished great things on the gridiron, but as his friend, what I am most proud of, is what he has done off the field since then. The impact Will has made in his community is one to be in awe of and the differences he has made in the lives of the people he has come in contact with through his outreach is something to strive for. Very thankful my man made time to share with me this conversation, and I hope you will be too. Listen and Enjoy. -Marvin

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Longtime friend and fellow Asphalt Industry Business Owner, Todd Eichholz joins me for this podcast episode. Todd owns A&A Paving out of Illinois and shares with us their level of success and scaling, as well as talks to us about an important cause he is running for. Todd is fundraising for World Vision, and is running the Chicago Marathon, in order to raise money to bring clean water to children in parts of the world where that is a struggle. We hope you enjoy this conversation, and if you are inspired to donate to Todds fundraiser, the link is below this description. -Marvin

TODD'S LINK: https://www.teamworldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=344855

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