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Welcome to Season 5 of Couture & Construction! We are an uplifting podcast dedicated to the many different aspects of the luxury building industry.

This week, for our 86th episode of the podcast, we have the joy of sitting down with 2 incredible guests from the luxury real estate market! It's our treat to get to sit down with Caitlin Martin & Megan Mathewson of The Caitlin Martin Team with Weichert Realtors of Tennessee.

Caitlin & Megan are phenomenal guests and truly provide some incredible facts about the luxury real estate market of Middle Tennessee. They also do a great job of projecting how they think the market will continue to shift going into 2023!

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Welcome to Season 5 of Couture & Construction! We are an uplifting podcast dedicated to the many different aspects of the luxury building industry.

This week, for our 85th episode of the podcast, we have the delight of sitting down with 2 incredible guests from a powerhouse name of the design community! It's our pleasure to have on Melissa Van der Laak of Schumacher & Eugenia Soto of Frederic Magazine (a Schumacher sister Company).

Melissa & Eugenia are the best guests and truly provide some unique experience on the topic of makers and local artisans. Their company Schumacher just opened up a one-of-a-kind  multifaceted showroom here in Nashville that also doubles as a community events center for the design community! Melissa & Eugenia discuss the importance of Schumacher's highlighting of the maker community, the supporting & collaboration of local artisans, as well as what to expect with the Nashville Schumacher showroom experience.

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Welcome to Season 5 of Couture & Construction! We are an uplifting podcast dedicated to the many different aspects of the luxury building industry.

This week, for our 84th episode of the podcast, we have the pleasure of discussing further discussing a panel from Nashville Design Week! It's our pleasure to have on Amanda Dease of Studio Dease & Krissy Melendez of AJ Capital Partners.

Amanda & Krissy are great guests with phenomenal experience on this matter. They actually spoke on this exact topic for one of the Nashville Design Week panels. Tune in the hear their conversation with Andrew about the Nashville Aesthetic & some fun projects they both have on the horizon!

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Welcome to Season 5 of Couture & Construction! We are an uplifting podcast dedicated to the many different aspects of the luxury building industry.

This week, for our 83rd episode of the podcast, we jump to the very end of your project with the builder handoff to the client. We have on beloved return guest Brady Fry, the Owner/General Contractor of Fry Classic Construction!

Brady is the perfect guest for this topic since his company is known for their exceptional project presentation, as well as the character of his entire team. Tune in to hear from a pro what to expect from your project handoff & how to navigate any potential warranty issue with your seasoned builder!

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Welcome to Season 5 of Couture & Construction! We are an uplifting podcast dedicated to the many different aspects of the luxury building industry.

This week, for our 82nd episode of the podcast, we finally get to dive into the ins & outs of the MEP process. We have on Dusty Hannah the President/Owner of Hannah Custom Homes!

Dusty is so well versed on the matter & helps teach us so much more than we even thought possible. Tune in the hear the best ways to navigate your mechanical, electrical & plumbing process prior to entering the drywall phase of your project!

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Welcome to Season 5 of Couture & Construction! We are an uplifting podcast dedicated to the many different aspects of the luxury building industry.

This week, for our 81st episode of the podcast, we have the pleasure of sitting down with the three cofounders of the incredible Oxford Shepard Collective team! We sat down with Jason Garner, Scott Lenox & Jesse Willits to discuss all of the ins & outs of highrise development/living here in Nashville.

With decades of combined luxury construction projects under their belt, this incredibly special Oxford Shepard team is the best representation of the direction that highrise living is trending in Nashville. The trio helps take us through the process of their standard builds & dive a bit into how customizable they can get for their clients on their unbelievable projects!

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Welcome to Season 5 of Couture & Construction! We are an uplifting podcast dedicated to the many different aspects of the luxury building industry.

This week, for our 80th episode of the podcast, we have the pleasure of discussing why your business needs a CRM. We have on David Graham of Greenhouse Creative & Chelsea Rand of Chelsea Rand Consulting!

David & Chelsea are great guests with phenomenal experience on this matter. They actually headed up our very own CRM implementation here at Textures, so they are incredibly well versed in the subject! Tune in the hear the good, bad, ugly & overall success that comes with starting your CRM journey & everything that comes with it!

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• CRM can boost your conversion rates by 300% (Source).
• The ROI of a CRM software system, when properly implemented, can exceed 245% (Source).
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• CRM applications can increase revenue by up to 41% per sales rep (Source).
• Companies that use CRM have increased their sales forecast by 42% (Source).
• Sales teams that adopted CRM have grown productivity by 34% (Source).
• 50% of business owners say CRM increased productivity (Source). 
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• 50% of teams improved their productivity by using a mobile CRM (Source).
• Users of mobile CRM software experienced an 87% improvement in sales, a 74% increase in customer satisfaction, and a 73% improvement in business efficiency (Source).

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Welcome to Season 5 of Couture & Construction! We are an uplifting podcast dedicated to the many different aspects of the luxury building industry.

This week, for our 79th episode of the podcast, we have the delight of doing something brand new for us. We went out to the Parade of Homes again to set up a table & ask visitors live on the scene about their thoughts of the projects!

After setting up in front of Legend's Best of Show home, we waited as the guests rolled in to hear their live reactions to each of the projects. They each shared with us their favorite overall home, their ideal design feature to take to their own project & more!

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Welcome back to Season 5 of Couture & Construction! We are an uplifting podcast dedicated to the many different aspects of the luxury building industry.

This week, for our 78th episode of the podcast, we have the pleasure of doing something brand new for the upcoming Parade of Homes. We have on Joe Crider who is the Vice President of Operations with Legend Homes and Stephanie Handley who is the Principal Designer & Owner of Studio 36 here in Nashville!

We left the booth & visited Rosebrooke which is the site of this seasons Parade of Homes, finally back after a 3 year hiatus! Joe & Stephanie were kind enough to invite us inside of Rosebrooke 4 to sit down at the kitchen table for this episode. Now that the Parade of Homes is right around the corner, they share their incredible insights into how they navigated this project, from both the building & design sides!

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Welcome to Season 5 of Couture & Construction! We are an uplifting podcast dedicated to the many different aspects of the luxury building industry.

This week, for our 77th episode of the podcast, we have the pleasure of discussing what it's like to launch a new product line with your brand. We have on Scott Moore who is the Vice President of Business Development with Textures Flooring!

Scott is a great guest with phenomenal experience on this matter. He is actually heading up our very own new product line launch at Textures, so he is incredibly well versed in the subject! Tune in the hear the good, bad, ugly & overall advice that Scott contributes if you're deciding on how to go about your own product launch!

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