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Sid Meadows and Rob Kirkbride discuss selling, marketing, and trust in the contract interiors world.

Send us Fan Mail We're back with another Hot Takes episode. Sid spins the wheel with Rob Kirkbride from officeinsight, discussing topics on selling, marketing, and trust in the contract interiors world. They challenge each other on vertical specialization, call out social media noise, and lay out what real partnership should look like between manufacturers, dealers, and the A&D community. References: The Trend Report Episodes: 187 - 10 to Win: The Visibility Problem No One Tal...

People in this episode

Host: Sid Meadows

Guest: Rob Kirkbride

Topics covered

• selling
• marketing
• trust
• contract interiors
• vertical specialization
• partnership

Keywords

• contract interiors
• selling
• marketing
• trust
• partnership
• vertical specialization
• social media

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Organizations: officeinsight

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