LBM Talks

About LBM Talks

“LBM Talks” hosts professionals from different sectors of the lumber and building material industry to share their expertise, with a heavy emphasis on practical, tactical strategies to help you serve your markets and grow your business. Tune into either LBM Talks Credit with Thea Dudley every other Tuesday, or LBM Talks Social Media with Sally Lacey every other Thursday. Subscribe and stay up to date. Here's to growing your brand and your business.

Publisher

LBM Journal

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jun 2024

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

101 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Reading the LBM Market Through a Credit Lens

   Thea Dudley is joined by Trent Johnson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/trent-johnson-95980a1a/) of Red Book Lumber Data (https://www.redbooklumberdata.com/#)to look at the LBM market through a credit lens. They discuss how rising lumber prices, consolidation, sawmill closures, purchasing power, and changing market conditions are affecting credit decisions across the industry. Trent also shares what the data is showing from 2026 and the trends LBM credit professionals should be watching as they head into 2027.

2. 

   1 Oct 2026

   How Dakota County Lumber Built Its Social Media Presence

   Dakota County Lumber (https://www.dakotacountylumber.com)President and CEO Sunny Bowman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunny-bowman/) joins Sally to talk about how the lumberyard built its social media presence and the role it now plays in the company’s brand, culture, and sales efforts. Sunny shares why DCL prioritizes Instagram, how the team creates entertaining content without taking employees away from their jobs, and why the company recently expanded its strategy with a separate CEO social media presence.

3. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Sales, Collections & the Commission Question

   How involved should sales be in collecting money? In this episode of LBM Talks Credit, Thea Dudley talks with SunPro Vice President of Sales Jason Butterfield (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-butterfield-9688871a/) about sales reps’ role in collections, tying commissions to customer payments, and the challenges that arise when selling and collecting overlap. They also discuss why credit and sales need to work together—and where each department’s responsibility should begin and end.

Who has been a guest on LBM Talks

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Joe Ketzner
• Bobby Williams
• Zach O'Brien
• Amy Wallace
• Alex Petrin

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

76

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Books guests

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