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SBA 349: Growing Your Controls Business in a Recession

By Phil Zito on Aug 3, 2022 2:58:18 PM

The recession is here. What are you going to do about it?

As the value of the dollar decreases and disposable income starts to shrink you may feel that it is time to batten down the hatches in order to save enough cash to ride out the economy.

However, with the cost of energy rising and governmental policies that will further impact energy prices I believe this is the perfect time to grow your controls business.

In this episode we will discuss strategies to optimize and grow your controls business over the next 12-24 months.

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SBA 348: Sales 101 with SBA Sales Leader Julian Palacios

By Phil Zito on Jul 15, 2022 5:54:22 PM

In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast, I interview Julian Palacios, our Director of Sales, on how he works with our customers to grow their existing sales teams.

We will highlight the use of data in sales management, pivoting strategies to increase market share/capture, the top sales gaps and how to close them, and how to analyze, adjust, and optimize your sales process.

This is the exact information companies pay us thousands of dollars for. You won't want to miss this event.

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SBA 347: How to Manage BAS Projects From Start to Finish

By Phil Zito on Jul 13, 2022 3:10:31 PM

In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we will be discussing the BAS Project Management Framework. This will be a master class on how to manage BAS Projects.

If you want to get better at managing BAS projects then you need to attend this episode.

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SBA 346: Sales Mastery with Sales Expert Keith Reller

By Phil Zito on Jul 11, 2022 4:37:17 PM

Have you ever entered a room full of people that disliked your business and left with a sale?

When I worked for Keith Reller this was a regular occurrence.

Keith possesses a supernatural ability to connect with and motivate customers to buy.

In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast I interview Keith Reller about how to sell and how to lead sales teams.

You will not want to miss out on this podcast episode.

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SBA 345: Learning Guideline 36 Together

By Phil Zito on Jun 24, 2022 2:49:30 PM

Energy costs are skyrocketing.

The potential for rolling blackouts is increasing.

More now than ever companies need to find ways to reduce utility consumption while maintaining tenant comfort.

Join me on this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast where we both learn how to implement Guideline 36 in the built environment.

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SBA 344: A Design Pattern Approach to Programming

By Phil Zito on Jun 22, 2022 2:48:34 PM

Programming is the easiest skill to learn in building automation.

Seriously, all you need to know in order to program is how to select the correct programming design pattern for specific HVAC functions.

In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we will be diving into how to select and develop design patterns.

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SBA 343: Defending Your Team Against Scope Creep

By Phil Zito on Jun 20, 2022 2:56:24 PM

Have you ever showed up to retrofit a VAV box and left installing a new central utility plant? Scope creep is the insidious destroying of project revenue and business profitability.

In this episode we will discuss how to protect yourself from project scope creep.

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SBA 342: Demand Control Ventilation Deep Dive

By Phil Zito on Jun 17, 2022 4:59:53 PM

Set aside what you think you know about demand control ventilation. In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we're going to dive deep into the topic of demand control ventilation.

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SBA 341: Handling Callbacks, Scope Drift, and Other Project Issues

By Phil Zito on Jun 15, 2022 2:00:00 PM

This week I got a question from a connection. He is/was experiencing the age old problem of "It's Control's Fault". You know what I'm talking about. Everything is going great on a project and then all of the sudden it isn't. But the catch is, the "issue" has nothing to do with you! How do you deal with this in a subcontracted project environment? We're going to tackle this exact issue on this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast

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SBA 340: Identifying the True Sales Opportunity

By Phil Zito on Jun 9, 2022 12:04:41 PM

In this episode, we discuss how to identify what the real sales opportunity is with your customers. 

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