The Joinery Business Podcast

Today on the show we have a very special guest, Justin Collins from Cabinets by Computer, here to talk to us all about what Cabinets by Computer is, give us some insight to his background in the industry, as well as go over their Legends of the trade initiative. Cabinets by Computer is a software solutions company that offers to install and support various cabinetry software to help improve manufa...

Today on the show Bruce decides to power through a painful recovery from the dentist to go over the concept of receiving financial help and advice, when to stop ignoring the problem and what you can look for to know what needs fixing. Knowing the exact time financial troubles have reached a point of needing outside help can be hard to spot, especially if you're not experienced with understanding a...

Today on the show we've got a quicker episode lined up. Clare Maree, the team leader over at the marketing joint, decided to jump on and talk a bit about Chat GPT and how to use it in a way that could benefit your joinery business without losing the human element or becoming overly reliant. AI is a bit of a hot button topic right now with pros and cons on either side, though if used in the right w...

Today on the show we have an incredibly special guest, David Carr from Cadmate, the Australian and New Zealand Representative for Mozaik software! Mozaik is a piece of CNC software striving to make CNC manufacturing and cabinetmaking more easy and accessible, and on today's episode David goes over some of the finer details about what makes Cadmate and Mozaik special, as well as his own thoughts an...

We can all remember a point in our careers where we felt like we were just starting out and didn't know what we were doing, whether in the joinery industry or outside. Who were the leaders that helped cultivate your skills? What attracted you to them in the first place, and what caused you to eventually leave? In the 3rd and final part of our Can't Find Good People series, we take a look at the id...

Today on the show Tiffany Newman is going to go over the ideas and principles around having a fixed mindset versus a growth mindset. Is one mindset better than another? Or are they more situational, where you can take strengths and weaknesses away from either. You'll be surprised to hear what Tiffany has to say as you might take away a new perspective on either mindset. As always, if you have any...

At the Joinery Coach one of our main Programs is the Manufacturing Excellence Program. In this program we dedicate ourselves to providing business owners with the resources and knowledge to let their factory floor implement Lean and reach a higher level of excellence and standard that every business owner should strive to achieve.  In todays episode Bruce and Aaron go over the main starting step t...

Todays episode is a continuation of our get to know us series focusing on the internal members here at the joinery coach and the marketing joint. On the show today is Aaron Gibb our resident Manufacturing Excellence Facilitator at The Joinery Coach, who'll go through his past in joinery and what's lead him to The Joinery Coach, as well as his various mantra's surrounding manufacturing excellence A...

Getting your head around social media on its own can often be a difficult task, especially when it comes to marketing your joinery business. Thankfully on today's podcast Bruce and Clare have you covered as they cover most aspects of marketing social media, going over terminology like SEO and analytics, as well as why marketing on the various social medias can be vital to getting the clients you w...

In the hub we often ask our community to vote on what they would like us to talk about here on The Joinery Business Podcast. Whenever the choice "Can't Find Good People" is included, it is always the number 1 choice. It's a common issue, feeling like your staff aren't living up to your expectations, or struggling to attract the right people to your business. To finally squash this quandary here on...

Today on the show we have an incredibly special guest, Verity Hare, the Founder and Director at TradieWives. Often within the joinery industry as well as other industries like it, there's commonly the story of the husband starting his business, the wife watching him get burnt out and deciding to step in to help in some way. TradieWivies is a business dedicated to providing resources and support fo...

Continuing our Get To Know Us series we're talking with Clare Maree, our content and team lead over at The Marketing Joint and The Joinery Coach. Clare is an invaluable member of our team with a lot of really fantastic advice and thoughts surrounding marketing and utilizing social media.  Today we get to know Clare a bit more as she talks about her background in marketing and her thoughts surround...

Within the joinery industry, and especially if you've just started out, sometimes it can be hard not to let clients walk all over you, they are the ones paying your bills after all. We often talk to clients that feel as though they're the dog getting wagged by the tail so to speak, with clients changing things last minute, making strange our ridiculous demands, or dates getting changed at the last...

Today on the show Tiffany gives us some great advice on LinkedIn, a social media website centered around employment and networking. LinkedIn can be a difficult website to navigate and wrap your head around as there's a lot you can include or miss out on which might be losing you vital work. Today Tiffany gives some of the dos and don'ts when it comes to LinkedIn so you can optimize your page.   As...

The specifics of running a joinery factory can often be difficult with every moving part and choice to make regarding equipment and parts, maintenance and methods, sometimes it's great just to get advice on these more subtle aspects. This is what our segment shoptalk is here to speak too, the more intricate and factory specific issues. Today on the show Bruce is speaking again to Nigel Newman, our...

Today on the show we have an incredibly special guest, Aaron Crees, the Director of sales and marketing at Jobman. Jobman is a fantastic piece of software for manufacturing that helps automate your factory, calculate quotes, track time, inventory, capacity planning, and much much more. On today's episode Bruce puts Aaron on the hotseat, asking him about his origins in software and manufacturing, w...

This year on the podcast, we want to have a bit more of a focus on the internal team and workings of the joinery coach and the marketing joint, and to kick that off we're running a series called Get to Know Us, and our first special guest in Nigel Newman! Now Nigel has been on the podcast many times before, but today we're focusing more on him and his background in joinery. Nigel joined the joiner...

When it comes to running a business, reading and understand numbers can feel intimidating, especially if you feel you don't know what you're looking at. We often find business owners not learning this skill and struggling because of it, so today Bruce is here to talk to us about why it's important to understand your numbers, and how it's not as intimidating as you might think. In our facebook grou...

Today on the show we have a very special guest, The CEO of Duckworks Millwork Solutions, Jacob Edmond. Jacob became the CEO of Duckworks in august 2022 with over 15 years of experience in the millwork industry. He describes himself as someone with a "passion for creating solutions to problems and delivering innovative results.". In today's episode we get to know Jacobs perspective on the industry,...

Running a team can be hard, especially in joinery. Sometimes you might feel you lack the confidence to lead your team effectively, or that communication between you and your team isn't where you want it to be. Today on the show we have Tiffany Newman here to talk to us a bit about running an effective joinery team. What to look out for, what to keep in mind, and some general advice that'll help st...

We're well into February at this point, and you may be wondering if it's too late to kick start or refresh your marketing for the new year. Well today we have Tiffany and Clare from The Marketing Joint here to talk to us about how it's not too late, and go over some of the key methods you can implement in your marketing to really kick off 2024. When it comes to creating an effective marketing plan...

Today on the podcast we have Mario Tsirbis from Cabinets express and 4 kitchens in the barn to talk to us a bit about his journey with joinery, what cabinets express is all about, and how The Joinery Coach has affected his business, as Mario has been a very long standing and consistent client of ours. Cabinets Express is a flat pack joinery manufacturer located in Bayswater, Melbourne. Mario start...

On our first episode today, Bruce is going to talk to us a little bit about some of the best ways to go about running your joinery business at the start of the year. What's new for 2024? What should you do if you feel you've had a bad start, or too late to make the changes you need? We're very excited to bring you a new season of the joinery business podcast! We have some new changes and topics to...

This week's episode is the last episode we're releasing for 2023. As such, we felt it necessary to do a sort of recap of 2023, going over some of the accomplishments this year as well as some of our major new developments! But on top of this, the break leading into 2024 should be something all business owners use wisely to recuperate and rest. As a business owner this is often far harder than you...