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What happens when two shed industry innovators join forces? A digital revolution that's reshaping how Americans shop for outdoor buildings.

In this revealing conversation, ShedHub founder Jeff shares the platform's impressive growth – now reaching 1.6 million Google search impressions monthly and welcoming a new visitor approximately every 90 seconds. These aren't casual browsers; they're serious shed shoppers actively searching for their next building.

Shannon announces his new role as part-owner of ShedHub, creating a powerful partnership between Shed Geek and the leading online shed marketplace. This collaboration aims to bridge the gap between traditional shed dealers and the growing population of digital-first shoppers who begin their buying journey online.

The discussion tackles common objections head-on, explaining why ShedHub complements rather than competes with platforms like Facebook Marketplace. At roughly $40 per location monthly, the investment pays for itself with just one or two additional sales per year while delivering targeted visibility far beyond a dealer's typical geographic range.

Looking toward the future, Shannon and Jeff explore how the shed industry's digital landscape continues evolving. They emphasize that embracing online marketplaces doesn't diminish the importance of physical lots but rather extends a dealer's reach to customers who might never discover them otherwise. As younger generations increasingly shop online first, having a strong digital presence becomes not just an advantage but a necessity.

Ready to get your sheds in front of thousands of serious buyers? Contact Shannon today to learn how this powerful partnership can transform your shed business's online presence and connect you with customers you're currently missing.

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Episode Transcript

Shed Geek (00:08):
Okay, welcome back to another episode of the Shed
Geek podcast.
Nerves on high today foreverybody around our area
because it is April 2nd, we arein Metropolis, we're actually in
our new office and while it'snot completely finished out

(00:29):
we've got a long way to go We'veat least moved in here and out
of our house into an old church.
So, yeah, pretty significantand maybe unusual for a business
, maybe unusual for a business.

(00:51):
But everybody's nerves are onhigh today because we've got
some pretty significant severeweather coming through
Catastrophic storms andtornadoes and followed up by
biblical flooding.
So that's life today.
But we know who's in control.
So, um, we will either endurehere longer or we will be with

(01:12):
him sooner.
One of the two, that's the wayit goes around my mind, uh.
But I'm here with a, a friend,a colleague, um, gosh, maybe a
lot of adjectives I can use foryou, all positive for the
podcast.
Jeff, um, just someone thatI've gotten to know for a long

(01:35):
time and very early guest of thepodcast.
You would have traveled toMetropolis four years ago yeah
and done a podcast about shedhub, uh, four years ago.
So, who knew just what all theyou know things would experience

(01:55):
?
You know, like the yeah, it'sjust, it's.
It's kind of uh, fiction isstranger than the truth, they
say, or whatever, and I feellike that's kind of been the
case for some of mine in yourjourney, getting to know each
other and work with each otherthroughout the industry.
But, um, you are the founderand the idea man behind ShedHub.

(02:19):
Yes, uh, which has been.
I've been four years.
Now we we're on year five goinginto the podcast.
You guys are.
I don't even know when didShedHub begin?

Jeff Huxmann (02:30):
ShedHub started.
Well, shedhub.
com started right around thetime COVID was hitting the
United States.
So winter of 2020, spring of2020 is sort of when we went
live, but we weren't reallyadvertising ourselves a whole
lot at that point.
We were just brand new.

(02:51):
We didn't have a huge followingon the website, but that's when
we launched, and so, as awebsite that's designed to
promote sheds, everybody wasselling sheds, just fine,
without Shed Hub.

Shed Geek (03:10):
What a time During the COVID era.

Jeff Huxmann (03:13):
You know people really didn't need to advertise
or anything like that.
So, we sort of laid low, didn'tdo a whole lot in that first
year or so.

Shed Geek (03:22):
Yeah, I definitely remember you telling us about it
and then coming down and doingthe interview with me and Kyle,
um and um, it was an interestingthought.
We went out to eat, uh, and andI just remember it being a very
interesting thing Um, we wereworking more in rent to own at
that time, so we had kind oflike moved away from shed sales.

(03:42):
Like imagine that we decide toquit selling sheds the year that
COVID happens, when sheds flewoff the shelf, rent-to-own at
that time.
So we had kind of like movedaway from shed sales, like
imagine that we decide to quitselling sheds the year that
covid happens, when sheds flewoff the shelf with not much
effort whatsoever.
And then, of course, you mustbe an equal uh glutton for
punishment because you start ashed sales right, pipeline,
right, basically a leadgeneration tool right, right in

(04:04):
the middle of a time wherepeople are saying I don't need
help selling sheds, I need helpbuilding sheds.
Okay, do you have a shed hubbuilder?
right, exactly um so yeah, itwas.
I mean, um, it was definitely.
I feel like it's one of thosethings that the industry didn't
get the opportunity to embrace,much like today, where you hear

(04:26):
the opposite story of we'rebuckling down, we're increasing
marketing, we're increasingother efforts to be able to get
sheds in front of people.
And I think about the specificnature of the fact that it's
tech.
It's getting sheds in front ofpeople who are shopping on a

(04:48):
tech perspective and it's alsousing tech from an industry
facing perspective.
So, it's just kind ofinteresting the two-sided
marketplace.
So what?
What probably the shed industrydoesn't realize, is some of the
success that you have had inone side of the marketplace,
which has been getting in frontof people yeah, yeah.

Jeff Huxmann (05:11):
So, for instance, um, this is the beginning of
April and both February andMarch um of 2025, we got over
1.6 million impressions ongoogle search.
That's the number of times thatgoogle delivers us as an option

(05:31):
to click on.
We get a new visitor roughlyevery 80 90 seconds or so to
shed hub.

Shed Geek (05:38):
So, there's a lot of serious shed shoppers going to
the shed hub platform lookingfor their next building, for
sure so, uh, I always mean youlike to joke, laugh and talk
about these different thingsbecause we kind of so involved
in the shed industry, that likeit's, it's.
It's a different language, butwhen you try to reach somebody

(06:01):
to say like, how does that helpme?
What does that mean?
1.6 million, I think, probablyfor comparison, shed, uh, Shed
Geek gets you know, like 20 000impressions.
You get 1.6 million.
I'm not trying to reach thepublic, right, I'm trying to
reach the industry, right?

(06:22):
You know, like we talk to theindustry about industry things,
um, you try to do both.
You try to explain to theindustry.
This is a tool you can use, buta bigger part that overshadows
that is that you get in front ofthe public, which is anybody
who's done marketing, if they'vedone any kind of ads or SEO,

(06:44):
realizes probably from theprofessionals that are telling
them what that takes or whatkind of budget that takes.
That's accomplished.
That's getting even better, butit's there.
So that $1.6 million is likewhat does?
that mean, Does that help mesell a

Jeff Huxmann (07:04):
In certain ways, it's creating brand recognition
out in the general public forShedHub, so people are more and
more likely to use ShedHub as aresource.
Think about when you're outlooking for a new home and you
type in homes near whatever cityyou're about to move into.

(07:24):
And you type in homes nearwhatever city you're about to
move into.
You're probably going to getRealtor.
com or Zillow, one of thosemarketplaces that comes up and
it's aggregating all the realestate in that neighborhood in
that city into one website.
So, might be 20 real estatebrokers serving one city, but

(07:49):
Zillow or Realtor is going tohave all those properties in one
spot, so you're not necessarilygoing to 20 different websites
to look for your next house.
You're going to one, and it justmakes it a nicer shopping
experience for those who arelooking for a home in this case.
So that's sort of the similaridea with Shed Hub is people who
are looking for their nextaccessory building can come to

(08:11):
Shed Hub, look at everythingthat's available out there and
learn about you, whereas theymight not have never heard about
you before.

Shed Geek (08:19):
Let's address some of the you know the obstacles
Obstacle is the way right.
You know the obstacle is theway right.
You know the obstacle is theway.
So embrace the obstacles.
You know, um, I put my buildingon shed hub.
It's out there with a bunch ofother buildings on shed hub.
I have a response.

(08:40):
A couple responses that come tomind for me are if it's good
enough to work in the realestate world and it's good
enough to work in the car world,I think that we would be miss a
miss if we said can't work inthe shed world?
Uh, you know, of course it can.
It's worked in these industriesand it's worked well with auto

(09:01):
trader.
It's worked well with, you know, Zillow.
You know, um, there comes apoint where the auto industry,
from what I've, you know, beentold in any of this research I
mean we've interviewed some guyslike John Grossman, you know,
wrote the amazon way.
He was part of Jeff Bezos teamwhen they started amazon.
Even you know what I mean, uh,and he talks about these

(09:22):
different things and he's andyou know he said it's.
It's difficult in the beginningbut even the car guys that
didn't want to be on it saw somuch value that why shouldn't
you be on it?
You know, unless you're goingto create your own system, and

(09:42):
then, if you do, you've got togenerate that SEO.
That shed hub's already donefor you, and so that that's.
One pushback that I would giveis if it's good enough for the
homes that sell every day andthe cars that sell every day,
it's good enough for the shedsevery day.

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Shed Geek (11:28):
and two.
You can't, in my opinion, likeeliminate enough competition to
be successful.
I'll use government as anexample.
You can't save enough money tobe wealthy.
You can't save enough money tobe wealthy, right?

(11:49):
You only make a certain amountof much money.
So saving is always responsibleand you should do that and I
encourage that.
But you can't save yourselfinto prosperity.
You still have to earn yourselfinto prosperity, which is why
I'm a probably a big yeah I'mnot, not, I don't want to go
down that road, but uh, you know, so like to me.
I guess what I'm saying is likethe, the point I'm trying to
draw, the conclusion I'm tryingto draw there is like you have

(12:11):
competition today that you haveto beat.
Who puts a shed lot out, whoadvertises on Facebook, google?
They have SEO, they havemarketplace.
So, you have all those thingsyou already have to overcome.
Would you treat Facebook thesame way and say, ah, these guys
can't put sheds on marketplace.

(12:32):
I'm putting sheds onmarketplace.
Your product and your process iswhat helps you win business,
not the fact that you can put iton here and no one else can
Right, that's my take and that'smaybe too strong of an opinion,
but I don't think thateliminating people off of a

(12:53):
platform is the answer, and youhaving the only platform.
I think it actually generatesmore eyeballs onto your products
too.

Jeff Huxmann (13:01):
Right, Right, yeah , and you're going to get
eyeballs from people who are notnecessarily right in your area.
Like, if you have a Googlelisting a good Google listing
you're probably going to getdecent clicks from local search
within that 30 mile radiusaround where you are.
I think where ShedHub shines issort of going out beyond that

(13:24):
30 miles, going to the 80-mileradius, say, and you're going to
get people finding yourproducts that maybe live a
little bit further away from youcoming in and looking at your
products and buying them.

Shed Geek (13:38):
So, I'm trying to think of more accolades, because
we've done a couple interviewswith you people, like we know
what Shed Hub is maybe.
I don't know, some people do.
Maybe some people are stillfinding it.
Maybe there's an awareness, umthat I'm not just focusing on.
Uh, you know that people arestill.
I talked to someone today thatwas like you know, yeah, I think

(14:01):
I have heard of that you knowwhat is that you know and I was
talking about our partnership,which we'll get into a little
bit deeper as you guys continueto listen to the podcast.
But, um, um, you know, whatother accolades would you focus
on?
That has made shed hub reallygood.

(14:22):
I know I make you nervouswhenever I say this, but I was
one thing that, when you startedadvertising, that I thought was
very neat in comparison and incomparison to any other lead
generation tool that was outthere.
If there's a shed listed onshed hub within like 50 miles

(14:52):
roughly, uh, something alongthose lines.
Like I have people call me allthe time and they and they say,
uh, I can't figure out the SEO,what on earth has he done?
And I'm like, well, if he toldyou that then he'd have no
company.
He's not selling that, he'sselling you the product, not the
cure.
And the product is hey, we canget your sheds in front of

(15:14):
people.
I want to talk about thenegative things and the things
to overcome here in a bit, but Istill want to spend a little
bit of time flossing it upmaking it look good showing
everybody why you should be onshed.
Let's talk about the good.
We can talk about the bad later.
Okay, what?
What are other things that cometo mind for you that you're

(15:36):
just proud of, things that haveworked, good things that you're
excited about?

Jeff Huxmann (15:39):
well, the seo, as you mentioned.
Um, we work every day on SEOand making sure that your
products show up on ShedHub whenpeople are searching.
If you're near the town thatsomeone's searching in.
They type in Sheds near,whatever the town name is.
We want you to get benefit outof ShedHub and that means

(16:00):
showing up on page one on GoogleSearch and getting your
products out there.
And I think we've done a goodjob of that and that's a never
ending job to make sure thatyour products can show up on
page one of search.
So, yeah, that's something wenever quit thinking about.

Shed Geek (16:22):
We're always thinking about how can we improve this
and make it better for thepeople who are paying money to
be on our platform I think it'simportant to point out too that
this is not, we say, it's a newtechnology, and that's, that's
fair.
But the dot-com boom started inthe 90s under the Clinton

(16:42):
administration.
But here we are, 35 years later.
Essentially, you know, the dot,the dot-com boom's here to stay
right, like you know, barringthe idea that all humanity
ceased to exist.
It seems as though we're movinginto a retail world that is
embracing and I'm not sayingthat industry is embracing, just

(17:07):
to be clear.
I'm saying the world, thepopulation of the world and the
way they choose to shop, seemsto be gearing up in more of a
digital, sure, storefront notsaying that that eliminates a
correct brick and mortarstorefront by any means
whatsoever, not even suggestingthat you can't do well with just

(17:28):
a brick-and-mortar storefront.
You can do very well.
I think growth and scalabilityis maybe a bit more difficult
without sort of embracing someof the new technologies that
allow you to get in front ofpeople.
Social media is a perfectexample.
We talked about the early birdnot getting the worm.
Myspace didn't get it, Facebookgot it, you know.

(17:51):
Tiktok seems to be, you know,really infiltrating that space.
Currently X just sold, you know,to its own parent company right
but still an ai generatedcompany that's going to
incorporate that into socialmedia.
It's, I think, people getfrustrated when they don't
understand these things right,because it should be simple.

(18:12):
You know and I think a lot oftimes it's just recognizing your
place in history that it willbe probably a little bit easier
explained in 10 years or 20years or 30 years, but the
people who are on the forefrontof building the rocket ship are
already doing it.
We'll learn about it later,right, right.
So, my mindset is ShedHub is nota new technology, it's a

(18:37):
website.
I know there's more than that,but I'm trying to convince
people like this is notnecessarily a new technology.
It is a website that isoptimized to get in front of a
bunch of people.
Right.
And get your sheds in front ofa bunch of people.
That's really the mystery.

Jeff Huxmann (18:55):
It's really no different than Zillow or
Autotrader or any of these othermarketplaces.
They're optimized to serve oneparticular niche product
category out there and they do areally good job of it.

Shed Geek (19:08):
So, anything else before I start grilling you or
we start doing the hardquestions?

Jeff Huxmann (19:16):
I'm ready for whatever.

Shed Geek (19:17):
Okay, all right.

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Shed Geek (20:20):
So, I'm trying to think of, like, um, questions
that people would ask, and maybeI should have just put
something out before thisepisode.
Uh, but we didn't know we weregoing to do this necessarily
until last week.
So, uh, I guess.
I guess what I'm thinking iswhat are the concerns that you
have to overcome from a salesperspective on ShedHub?

(20:43):
Yeah, that you have heard, andmaybe I can bring up some that
I've heard and then like justaddress them head on, because I
think the humility in that isappreciated.
Sure, you know what, what.
What are things that have youfeel like have uh stagnated at
any of its success at a higherlevel?

Jeff Huxmann (21:04):
I think, um, you know there's Facebook
Marketplace out there and youcan list buildings for no cost
and that's great.
It's a tool that people shoulduse.
And so, people might say, ohwell, I'm already listing on

(21:25):
Marketplace for no cost, whyshould I use ShedHub?
That costs a little bit, and Iguess think about all the
different advertising that youpay for.
You know you might get printads, you might do Facebook, uh,
paid ads, you might do googlepaid ads.

(21:45):
You know there's stilladvertising dollars being spent
and Facebook marketplace isgreat.
You should use it, um, but youknow this is a paid advertising
channel, if you want to call itthat, and we try to be very
reasonable in cost.
It's, you know, roughly 40 perlocation per month it's, you

(22:14):
know, roughly 40 per locationper month.

Shed Geek (22:16):
So, one sale, I mean one sale annually, at a cost of
six thousand dollars per averageon.
You know sheds, you know, uheven as a, as a dealer who's a
10, you know commissionstructure, you know, uh, 600
bucks.
So, you sold one shed off of it.

Jeff Huxmann (22:27):
You've broke even right for the year you, you know
two sheds and you've made money.
Right, exactly, and just thinkabout how much you spend on
Google or meta ads during thecourse of a year or a month.
It could easily exceed that.
Um, so you know, I don'tencourage people to not use
other channels.

(22:47):
I just think this is anotheravenue to get leads.
You're getting people who areserious about buying a shed.
These people visiting Shed Hubare serious about buying a shed,
and so there's some value inthat, and so you know, and it
takes money to run a company.
Yeah, so you can't do it forfree.

Shed Geek (23:08):
Well, I would even add people on marketplace.
You know it's tax time, so a lotof times tax dollars are out
there and it's like they're justscrolling through Facebook
marketplace and they see a shedand they're like we really need
one, but there's a newmotorcycle or there's a
four-wheeler or whatever thedistractions the distractions

(23:28):
you don't have that becausethey're staying on a shed
specific site.
So, if they are impulsive orlooking to spend, you know, a
tax return or save money orwhatever it is, uh, they're,
they're more inclined and morelikely to stay in the area of
which you want them to be, whichis on your website, on the

(23:48):
sheds.
And then there's tons of datathat you gather as well from you
know, just them being on thewebsite, where they go, what
they're looking for, what theydo, what they're interested in.
Um, you know, all, all anymajor marketing outlets are
going to be able to utilize andclone and, and, and you know,
like, understand that data anduse that data for the purpose of

(24:10):
, uh, you know, uh, making for abetter shopping experience for
the customer overall.
But, um, you know, I've neverimagined telling someone don't
use something that will workright for them to sell sheds.
It's a wild kind of like thoughtin the shed industry.
I think that there's someterritorial things that exist,

(24:33):
uh, in the shed industry, basedoff of the way that it has just
been established as a industryover the years, and I think part
of that comes with a mentalitythat's like uh, I have to, you
have to fail for me to succeed.
We couldn't possibly bothsucceed together.
You know, I don't know why thatexists.
It's probably more of a justlike business acumen to you have
to fail for me to succeed.
We couldn't possibly bothsucceed together.

(24:53):
I don't know why that exists.
It's probably more of abusiness acumen mentality in
general.
But, yeah, it's one of thosethings where use it.
But Facebook has made it clearthat for businesses, they want
you to spend money.
You can use marketplace forfree, but the algorithm is

(25:14):
manipulated right, even on yourpersonal page it's manipulated,
um, and they admit that that'snot something that they like
hide from.
They're like yes, if you createa uh business page right.
We are going to suppress thealgorithm because we want you
using the Facebook ads manager.
We want you spending money andthen working those leads inside

(25:37):
of that.
If you want to test that out,any of you who have created a
personal page and watched yourgrowth and friend suggestions or
things like that versuscreating a business page, it
kind of falls flat.
You just don't see as muchinteraction without spending
dollars.
Now if you were to go create aprivate Facebook group, the
algorithm is pretty open, right?
You know they make suggestionsto people all the time.

(26:01):
That's how many of you findShed Sales Professionals or Shed
Haulers page or whatever it isthat's out there.
So, to me, Facebook has alreadymade it clear we're a business
and if you're a business, wewant you to spend money to be
profitable on here.
You can be successful onMarketplace, but it is limited

(26:23):
in terms of your total potential.

Jeff Huxmann (26:26):
Sure.
Also, one perhaps advantage ofShedHub is your listings
automatically renew and yourmarketplace listings you have to
go in and click buttons to getthem to pop up again.
I forget the time period, butevery so many days you have to
go in and renew your listingsthere, so there's some time

(26:46):
savings there too yeah, yeah,yeah, no, I get it.

Shed Geek (26:51):
Uh, other things that you've just kind of heard uh,
reasons for why ShedH ub may notbe for me, or people who have
even already tried it and said,oh, maybe that wasn't for me.

Jeff Huxmann (27:08):
I think if you know buying into the platform
takes time too.
You have to upload yourinventory and take the time to
do it.
You're not going to get leadsif you don't have inventory in
there.
And the people who arecurrently using it I would
encourage them to add newproducts every couple of days,

(27:30):
because our algorithm withinShedHub is going to favor new
content and new things.
So, if someone's out thereshopping over the course of a
week and they come back toShedHub several times during the
week, they're going to see whatwas newly posted, they're going
to see something different, andso but you just got to use the
platform.

(27:51):
It's one thing to just spend alittle bit of money, but you
actually have to put in the time.
We also have integrations,however.
So, if you're using, say, ShedSuite or you're using RTO
Nationals DMS, we've alsocreated custom integrations with
other proprietary inventorysystems.

(28:15):
We can bring that data fromthose systems into ShedHub so
that your dealers don't have tore-upload everything into
ShedHub, which is a huge timesaving.
So, twice a day, we'll pingyour inventory system and look
for a new inventory and bring itinto shed hub automatically,

(28:36):
and that's a huge time savingsyou do see you know, tech's
always improving, apple's makingimprovements.

Shed Geek (28:44):
I have to update my phone regularly, even with a new
phone.
Um, I'm sure it's the same forshed hub.
I know it is in fact, andoccasionally something will
break.
Happens with apple, happens allthe way down the line.
Um, I guess my question to youis what encourages you when

(29:08):
something breaks?

Jeff Huxmann (29:11):
if something breaks and you get five
different phone calls.
It says shed hub is down, orshed hub's not working, or this
is that's to me.
Uh, I want to fix it right awayfirst of all.
But it also tells me people useit and need it for sales.
Um, so you, you never wanttechnology to go down, but when

(29:35):
it does and you start getting aflood of calls, you know, oh,
okay, this, this is important topeople to have it up and
running.
So that's encouraging to me.
When I hear people saying, yeah, I, I couldn't access it 10
minutes ago, I said, okay, yeah,we're on it, it'll be up in
five minutes, or something likethat.
You know, I don't mind gettingthose calls.

(29:56):
It means people are payingattention.

Shed Geek (29:59):
Yeah, really good.

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Shed Geek (31:04):
Time's flying by, so I want to segue.
We've talked all about the good, the bad, or, and we welcome,
to be clear, any, any calls, anyemails, any concerns.
Um, even if, if it's somethingyou've used or you've used
another program before and yousay, well, it didn't work, I

(31:24):
gave it my shot, it didn'thappen, I moved on.
These are programs that, ifShed Hub's not it, in five years
someone else is going to createa different program that's
going to be very similar toe-commerce, that's going to
offer these same solutionsanyway.
So, like these are things thatare not going away in the
digital storefront, that's notto say you know, might as well

(31:46):
use it, or else.
You know I'm not trying topaint that picture.
What I am saying is, like thosewho embrace different things, or
that's what's going to set themapart in the in the business
world, and I do think that ifShed Hub fell flat on its face
today and wrote up shop and lefttown, someone else is going to
create something.
So, it's like you know you wantto keep going till you get it

(32:09):
right in every situation and youlearn right, you learn um.
But what I want to talk aboutnow for the second half of the
podcast, with the time thatwe've got left, is a I don't
even know what word, but a jointeffort on behalf of Shed Hub

(32:33):
and Shed Geek to make for abetter user experience, both in
the shed industry, which we havedone a pretty fair job of
reaching, and then also in thepublic-facing space, which you
guys have done a really good jobof connecting with.
I'm going to let you take it,I'm going to let you have the

(32:57):
microphone and tell you know,like the industry, your thoughts
on sort of, and then I'll comein and correct you All right.

Jeff Huxmann (33:08):
Well, we're really excited to announce that shed
geek is a you know a partnerwithin shed hub and um.
Shed Geek will be um, taskedwith making our industry-facing
presence more powerful,empowering what we do for the

(33:37):
next foreseeable future.
And then ShedHub will keepservicing the general shopping
consumer.
Keep doing what we're doingthere.
Shannon, you're going to comeon as project manager.
Yes, doing there.
Shannon, you're going to comeon as project manager.
Yes, and um, you'll be workingwith the industry side of things
a lot more and helping us out alot.
So, we're really excited forthis new joint effort, this

(34:00):
partnership, to move forward,and it'll take the shed industry
to the next level, I think andthis will include ownership to a
degree that is being keptprivate for our purposes.

Shed Geek (34:16):
There's just no reason to let everybody know the
details of what it is thatwe're working on.
But you can feel comfortableknowing that we're embracing
shed hub.
We've advertised for them forquite some time and found some
success in that, uh, using shedgeek specific codes and things
of that nature.

(34:36):
But we just wanted to take thatto a new, a new level where you
know me buying in as owner.
Ownership would sort of umsynergize that.
Did I just use that word?

Jeff Huxmann (34:51):
You can use that word, okay.

Shed Geek (34:57):
Synergize the effort that we're trying to create for
the industry, hoping that youknow, you guys see that I
embrace this effort, regardlessof how long it takes to make it
successful, because we are now,you know, doing finance and
finance and rent, own andmarketing.
We're pretty heavily involved.
I mean, there's not a whole lotof areas left in the industry,
right, uh, in a tech worldoutside of e-commerce.

(35:20):
You know, um, we, we partnerwith many um 3d configurators,
pos, crp's and guys like andguys like that, and we support
them all and we think theyshould all do good.
We are having a change of titlesponsor That'll be coming up in
May, so keep an eye out forthat, because that is a tech

(35:41):
space that is choosing to takethat on.
And, look, we encourage them,just as we've been a faithful
steward to union grove lumberfor three years, for their
dedication and effort to whatthey've been doing.
Um, uh, to help sponsor thepodcast.
Uh, we want to make sure tooffer the same, you know to the

(36:01):
new, to the new partner who'sdeciding to take that space.
Uh, and the tech world's trickybecause not everybody does the
same thing.
You know, um, some of our, ourpartners, overlap even uh from
time to time.
I mean you, you, you do theoccasional one-off.
I got websites and differentthings.

(36:23):
So, like, you know, how can wepartner with you and we offer
this marketing services right asa, as a, as a um, you know uh,
to the industry, um, and but wecan, because I think that
certain people are willing topartner, who realize that, um,
it's, it's better to workcollaboratively, yeah, for the

(36:44):
benefit of not only yourbusiness but also the shed
businesses you serve right, asopposed to creating a hard line
and saying we're unwilling towork with this person or that
person because of that situation.
And it's a.
I've had people tell me beforeit's a tightrope.
You know you walk a tightrope,Shannon, and I do.

(37:05):
I do walk a tightrope.
I'll admit that.
Um, I want to see everyone win.
I'm also realistic enough toknow not everyone will win.
You know, um, we would like towin business all the time.
We're also realistic enough toknow that we won't always win
business, uh, but we don't takethat as a failure for us If we
don't win business.

(37:26):
Uh, we've been very successfulin this marketing uh agency role
.
Uh, in the last 18 months, uh,creating over 50, you know uh,
accounts and gosh, it just makessense to do this with shed hub
because you are a leadgeneration tool, mm, and guess

(37:47):
what?
Marketing is trying to createlead generation and it's like
why should we not be managingpartners, if you will, uh, to
kind of oversee this, especiallyas it relates to the industry
itself?
You get me out there in in inthe world of retail that you
guys do on shed hub, on thetwo-sided marketplace, and you

(38:10):
tell somebody you know wepartnered with shed geek.
They're going to say who's that?
don't care right.
You know they don't listen tomy podcast every day.
We don't try to get thosepodcast listeners.
You know we go for quantity.
Uh, quality over quantity wedon't need 50 million people.
Who's going to listen in on apodcast to find out about shed

(38:31):
industry and the inner workingsof it?
But we do try to make itentertaining and talk about life
and people's business and notjust try to sell somebody
something all the time.
Albeit, we're trying to sellyou something today, aren't we?
We're trying to sell you a shedhub.
I believe in it because Iunderstand the tech well enough

(38:52):
to see how profound 1.6 millionimpressions is, and for anyone
who does understand it, theywould get that too.
But as a project manager,there's just a few things that
we wanted to start to do to sortof like build and instill the
confidence in the industry.
If there's any that's been lost, we want to regain it.

(39:13):
If there's any that hasn't beenfound, we want to break, make
awareness of it, and the onething that that I noticed almost
immediately in connecting withyou is your SEO is working
amazing.
The problem is sometimes peopledon't know when they're getting
leads from ShedHub.
Sure, would
mean we post your websiteaddress, we post your phone

(39:34):
number, we post links to your 3Dconfigurator.
So unless you have a really,really good way to track that on
your own, those clicks andthings like that, it might be
hard to know that ShedHub wasone of the many touch points
that people use to find yourproducts and you know if you
have a ring to number that youcan put into ShedHub to track

(39:58):
calls coming in that mightbenefit you.
But if it's the same number thatyou're posting everywhere, you
might not know where they foundyour phone number originally,
and so we have lead generationforms on the website.
We'll know exactly who foundyou how through ShedHub.
But a lot of times I get callsall the time that say, yeah,

(40:21):
jeff, I just sold a shed off ofShedHub and I didn't see the
lead come in.
There's no record in ourdatabase.
So, to me that says okay,someone found your number and
called you and that's good,that's what we want to.
There's not always a directconnect back to shed hub unless
you get those anecdotal uhstatements from different

(40:44):
sellers.
So, we know it's, it's working,um, and people are getting
visibility on their products youknow, 90 of the population's
using a smartphone now.
You see the phone number and you click on it.
The salesperson's not going totake the time to be like.
You know.
Even if they do, they're notgoing to grill them.

(41:04):
And the truth is, the customermay be unaware, they're just
shopping.
They don't even know whatwebsite they've landed on.
They've clicked a page becausegoogle suggested it.
Google is suggesting ai is evensuggesting correct shed hub now
as a uh, primary outlet ofplaces to find sheds.

(41:26):
Correct.
The whole purpose of google isto be an information source.
That's why it says you know1.7896, 37 million.
You know options in 3.2 seconds, you know, or whatever it is
like.
You know based off what yousearch.
I need water.
Well, they, they're going tofind the, the best suggested

(41:46):
water source near you, timeswhatever.
And you're going to go throughall these different pages.
Well, we all know everybodystops after the first page.
I mean, sometimes you go tosecond or third, maybe, if you
just really are, you know,desperate for water or whatever
it is you're looking for, uh,but with sheds they don't.
They don't spend a whole lot oftime.
And then the sales people don'tspend a whole lot of time
saying where'd you find thislead?

(42:06):
Where'd it?
We need to measure our ROI.
No, it's a barrier to entry forthe customer to get a shed.
They're just like, hey, how canI help you?
So, they're not really worriedabout how it came in.

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Shed Geek (43:29):
What we're going to attempt to do with our
connection, you know, uh and ourtools at shed geek marketing as
part of this process is tie insome of those analytics to be
able to show people the value ofShedHub and just exactly not
only how useful it is already,but how much more useful it can
become.

(43:49):
And here's the beauty of it.
You know Maya Angelou, yes,said that right.
She says creativity is a funnything the more of it you use,
the more of it you have, well,ShedHub's kind of similar.
So, the more you guys post, themore things get seen.
So, it's actually beneficial asyou guys embrace it and you say

(44:13):
you know, um, well, I was on it, but I didn't get a lead.
It's like, well, actually, themore you use it, the more leads
you'll get, and the more otherpeople use it, the more leads
it'll get.
So, I guess what I'm saying isit only has growth potential to
go up, because you're alreadyseeing natural growth from an

(44:34):
impression side, with or withoutthose listings.
So, with those listings, itwill only increase the SEO value
to the point to where I mean Ialready know that ShedHub's SEO
is outperforming many, manywebsites.
Uh, most let's be honest, mostwebsites, because we get those

(44:55):
calls and we're in marketingenough to know that we sell SEO
packages to people and they'relike you know, how do you get us
there?
And we're like, yeah well, youknow, Jeff and ShedHub sure have
the secret figured out, becausethey're everywhere right.
And it's like yeah, well,that's what we want to do with
you, which, in turn, limits theamount of spending you have to
do on google ads and Facebookads.
So, whenever you say thingslike I don't want to spend more

(45:17):
money, it's like cool, increaseyour SEO value.
And you won't have to, becauseyou'll start getting organic
traffic based off search results.
ShedHub's already doing that,with or without sheds.
The thing is we needsubscriptions, and there's a
couple other things that we'regoing to create.
I don't know that we want totalk about them too much today,
but I'll mention them in thisway.
I'll mention them in this way.

(45:37):
There will be a yeah it's okay.
There will be a model that willexist outside of the
subscription model that we aimto create.
And, from a industryperspective, why on earth would
I not pull on your SEO valuewhile I'm already selling

(45:58):
advertising?
So, for those of you who areadvertising with us, hey, let's
talk.
Maybe we can get you ontoShedHub and create this other
entire stream of you to get infront of people.
And obviously it's probablybest for products and services
that are aftermarket, to behonest with you, but that

(46:21):
doesn't mean that you can't helpby getting in front of people.
We get in front of people now.
ShedHub's just going to get infront of more people.
The hard part's going to be thebranding.
ShedHub's already branded andit's branded to not just the
industry, whether that brandname is excellent or whether

(46:41):
it's just okay.
Brand name is excellent orwhether it's just okay, um, but
from an SEO perspective, it'sexcellent whenever it comes to
the public facing uh.
So we're going to have to becreative on on this, this
co-branding effort as far asshed hub and and shed geek
collaboration.

(47:02):
What are your thoughts?
I'm babbling.

Jeff Huxmann (47:05):
Oh, you're fine, I'm excited for it.
I think this will be a newchapter for us, a new chapter
for the shed industry.
So many people come to theinternet first to start their
shopping journey and they'regoing to learn about you online
and then come out and visit thelot and make a purchasing
decision, and so it's justimportant that the shed industry

(47:31):
embrace the Internet and gowhere people are looking for
sheds, which is online.
I think a majority of peoplestart their auto shopping
journey online.
Um uh, and so it's just a trendthat's going to keep growing and
growing as this youngergeneration grows up and becomes

(47:55):
shed buyers and accessorybuilding buyers.
Everything's headed towardsdigital age.

Shed Geek (48:02):
No, I agree.
Uh, we're.
We're just in that weird placein history where we're, we're
the middle children of whatseems like both of these things
in many ways, like they bothstill work.
Uh, are there models that workbrick and mortar only absolutely
.
Are there models that workdigital?
Only absolutely.
Who's doing it best?
Probably those who are able todo both and then scale it.

(48:24):
You can figure out how to scalethat, uh, and there are some
that that are, and I think a lotof that comes back to branding
and conversations we've had onbranding uh I don't care to
share my thoughts even deeper onthat.
Um, for anybody who wants toknow, we've got thoughts and
opinions on it.
For those who call in and seekto work with us, something I

(48:45):
want to do, uh, deemed projectmanager, hate the title, ceo or
whatever you want to call it,but as project manager, one of
the things that that interestsme first is making it, making it
easy, make it simple to sign upfor someone who says, okay,
I'll give it a whirl, you know?
Hey, uh, you know we're monthto month, we're month to month,

(49:08):
but you know, for, for, for $39a month, for 480 bucks or less.
You know, give it 12 monthsgive it a shot.
You sell one shed.
You broke even.
Obviously, you don't want tojust break even, but you sell
two.
You've actually made money.
So, it's actually really lowrisk in comparison to the many
alternatives, sure you know, togetting your sheds in front of

(49:30):
people online.
Um, so I want to make it simple.
So for those who are like Itried to sign up in the past or
there was complicated, just know, call me directly, we'll do
whatever.
We'll get the people on thephone to get you signed up, get
you onboarded, get it figuredout or whatever.
But just know that we'reworking on a process to just

(49:51):
make it simple, make it easy,clutter-free.
You understand the website well.
We're kind of going backthrough that a little bit to
make it just more user-friendly.
We want the program to be userfriendly as a whole.
It already works is the beautyof it.
It's just a matter of tying insome of these different things,

(50:13):
like the analytics, to show, hey, this person actually clicked
on your phone number and thatwas a lead you got from here if
you ended up selling that shed.
We don't.
It's not that we need credit,we need the subscription.
You pay for the subscription.
We consider us even.
We're not trying to get more ofthe sale right, yeah, there's
no commission.

(50:34):
There's no commission on it.
So, it's like, man, this isreally really really simple.
Um, the beauty is, if you're anindependent 1099 contractor,
you can sign up and list yourinventory on this today.
Yeah, uh, you know, like Ican't imagine I have seen this
where you know there's morecompany influence that says, you
know, don't use this program,do use that program, and it's.

(50:56):
It's just kind of aninteresting thought to me.
Sometimes it's hard for me todigest and get through all of it
.
But, dude, I've said from thebeginning I love your.
You know, I've always enjoyedit.
We've stayed friends through alot of different things that the
industry will probably neverknow about, and I've always

(51:18):
enjoyed your tech brain.
Thank you.
To be able to come on and mytech brain may be lacking where
your sales initiative may belacking, and we've somehow
figured out how to right orientthose together correct, and it's
worked out really, really,really well

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Shed Geek (52:41):
Yeah, thoughts or questions for me, or thoughts or
questions, just anything forthe industry that you would want
to put out there.
This is a first adventure.
This, this podcast, it's April2nd, I don't know, it might not
even come out till May.
We've got some other partnersin this that we may bring in on
a podcast eventually, correct?
Uh, that we want to, you know,talk about help build the, the

(53:04):
stability of just the userfriendliness of it and the
overall effectiveness of shedhub um via shed geek.
However, you want to say thatwe still got some of some
language there to figure out um,but I am an owner now yes,

(53:24):
congratulations so yeah, we'regonna make it work.

Jeff Huxmann (53:27):
We gotta make it work, right, yes, but just
thoughts, thoughts that you havejust for people, or questions
for me, or anything I guess aquestion for you would be where
do you think the digital isgoing for the shed industry over
the next two, three years?

Shed Geek (53:53):
You know, um, good, good question.
Um, obviously it's as you said.
Younger generations are goingto continue to embrace things
more and further.
Um, obviously, social media isa big thing.
You know a lot of people don'trealize, like Instagram and
other areas is almost used as asearch engine.
Tiktok is almost used as asearch engine.
So, whenever you start thinkingabout you know youtube is the
second largest search engine.

(54:14):
You know essentially, so whatwhat's on the surface may not be
.
There's just so many changes.
You know intuit, buying things,oracle buying things.
You know google uh, essentiallygetting out of the URL game,
selling that to squarespace,which is a pos kind of an
interesting thought when youjust watch all of these things

(54:37):
happen.
There's obviously things thatare happening at this higher
level, uh, with people who haveway more money than me, who are
making way bigger decisions forour future in tech.
So, the only thing we can do isoperate within what we have
control of.
We can't really operate outsideof that.
But seeing social media beingused more like a search engine,

(55:00):
if somebody wants to find whereto go find an ice cream shop and
they're teenagers and they findit through TikTok, they don't
necessarily Google ice creamshop near me.
That's interesting, you know.
So, when you say digital, Iwould say you know, younger
generations are choosing to rentmore than buy, you know.
So that's an interesting trendbecause, guess what?

(55:26):
We rent buildings.
That works out perfect, right?
You know so, if you don't wantownership and the beauty is, you
can have ownership at somepoint Maybe there's a
rent-to-rent market happening atsome point instead of a
rent-to-own market, I don't know.
Maybe they don't want to beresponsible for the repair you
know, I don't know or the upkeep, or something like that.
Who knows what businessopportunities it's going to

(55:49):
spawn for people who arecreative, dedicated and just
want to make it happen, kind ofpersonality.
Um, I do believe the digitalworld's just going to get bigger
.
Probably my biggest thing islike how are you branding to
some of these big companies?
You know I don't like to giveall of our information away or

(56:11):
whatever, but you know, I justcan't imagine they would
continue to open up, shed lotsand then try to rebrand two to
three different brands.
That's pretty wild, becausethat's really limiting their SEO
value, their ad budget, andwe've kind of signed on a role
as a bit of a consultationpartner in some ways, we

(56:34):
actually do some consultationfor a few different companies.
More so not because we had anorganized consultative company,
but more so because they justbegin to ask and it was like,
hey, you're getting into thepoint to where we got to charge
you for information.
So, we got to create somethinghere, like we're friendly but we
need to make a living too,right?
So, um, I just think you knowit's.

(56:58):
It's interesting to watch thedigital storefront play out at a
bigger level.
Graphic design is getting waymore robust.
It's really impressive at likewhat these websites are starting
to see.
You'll see a new shed geekmarketing site here coming out
soon.
So, we're going to start toseparate the sites because the
business opportunities aregetting big enough now to where

(57:20):
we need to be able to workcohesively but also autonomously
.
Um, and the graphics are goingto be just dynamic on the
website.
It's going to be awesome.
So, look forward to that, andthat's what we're trying to
create for you guys too.
Whenever you call in um, it'shere to stay.
I mean, it's here to stay.
You said it yourself.

(57:41):
People start their car buyingjourney there and that might not
look like the same foreverybody.
That might not look like, letme it might be.
Where is this BMW?
Is there one of these locatedclosest to me?
Or it also might be?
What's the average cost of that?
That's still starting, andsometimes that's what people

(58:03):
come to shed up for is to findout.
Well, what is the average priceof a shed?
Is this guy totally gigging meover here on this?
You know, 10 by 12?
Or is it in line with most?
10 by 12s, right?
And then people might get onthere and they might be like man
, this one's $3,000 more.
But my goodness, look at thestuff on it.

Jeff Huxmann (58:23):
There's no Kelly Blue Book on a it.
There's no Kelly blue book on ashed.
There's no Kelly blue book.

Shed Geek (58:27):
Yeah, we need to create a shed geek blue book.
There's no, yeah, there's no.
They just you know when, when,when lumber prices spike, during
COVID, you know one of myfavorite people in the industry
told me.
he said you know, oursalespeople were so worried
about this increase because thatincrease ultimately gets passed

(58:47):
on to the consumer.
Let's be honest, you know, andhe said the thing is, though,
that lumber for them to buildsheds costs the same for me.
So, if our sheds $5,000, it'snot going to be $2,000 down the
road it's going to be 49, 95 or5,100 or something.

Jeff Huxmann (59:07):
You know what I mean.

Shed Geek (59:07):
Like it's, we're going to be close, right, it's
really just at that point.
It's about execution.
You know, how soon can we getit?
What's our process is like howsimple can we make it?
Are we good salespeople?
Can we close all thesedifferent things?
Do we have what they want?
Can we build what they want?
Can we use a 3d builder builderto show them what they want?
It's all these start.
Things start to come into intoplay, but he's like the reality

(59:29):
is, though, my shed is going tocost about the same as their
shed down the road, so we don'thave to overcome the prices as a
company.
We have to overcome it as anindustry, and we're probably
going to start seeing some ofthat with tariffs and different
things and think about how itaffects steel.
And you know carports, and youknow I keep thinking to myself
like how big does this thing getright?

(59:52):
Because, like, I know guys thatare doing like well, we do 90
metal sheds, and I'm like whydon't you have a roll former?
I'm like, oh my gosh, do I needto start going to the roll
forming shows?
Do I need to get involved inthat very deep so that I'm
educated enough on it to be ableto explain and then suggest a
row former maybe, or a cost orsomething.
It just for me there's noshortage.

(01:00:13):
Whenever people say the shedindustry small, I'm like well,
it's as.
It's as small as you want it tobe based off of your ambition,
and it's as big as you want itto be based off your ambition.
So good, good question, and Ilike to ramble.
So more questions, morethoughts.
We're 55 minutes in.
I got a few minutes.

Jeff Huxmann (01:00:30):
If you're just something you really want to
share or no, I'm good we go homeand get in a bunker so that we
don't get blown away right yeah,uh, no, I what, what's?

Shed Geek (01:00:41):
what's your thoughts?
I mean, what do you?
What do you?
Where do you see the industrygoing the most?
What are the things that stickout to you the most?

Jeff Huxmann (01:00:48):
I think people just need to pay more and more
attention to leads coming infrom all sources, not just Shed
Hub, but, you know, beingresponsive to leads that come in
using a CRM.
If you've got a team makingsure that someone's on top of
your salespeople, make surethey're using it, because a lot

(01:01:13):
of people shopping online aregoing to want quick response
times.
If you can respond within fiveminutes, that's super, super
important.
And so don't just think ofyourselves.
Nobody should really think ofthemselves as a brick and mortar
only.
I mean, there's always going tobe this digital aspect to bring
those customers into you, andit's just going to become more

(01:01:36):
and more important.
And you were mentioning searchand how some of these social
media channels are big on search, and you mentioned YouTube.
I think Instagram is a bigsearch engine now too, as well.
So, there's all these differentareas where you just sort of

(01:01:56):
need to have a presence and yourmarketing team needs to start
thinking about those sorts ofthings.

Shed Geek (01:01:59):
What's really amazing to me is like and I know it's
it's kind of like we could maybebecause it's been proven, but
the, the I've seen some of thecompany numbers and like what
they'll drop on a new shed lot,like that blink of an eye want
to think about it.
Yep, let's go spend that moneybig dollars, big dollars, and
it's like half of that in adigital presence would, would,

(01:02:20):
would net you way more.
And it's like because it's notproven or they don't trust it or
don't understand it or whateverthe reason.
It's kind of like, man, it'snot the spending of the money
that is the issue, it's theconfidence of where to spend it,
isn't it?
And it's like if you would justreally drop that on a digital
storefront and then, and then ofcourse, there's like you know

(01:02:41):
this, this wholesomeness to theindustry.
That's like a dedication to adedication to their dealer
network.
And I admire that.
And I love that and I'm likewell, that's completely true.
Isn't there also a dedicationto the vendor who's bringing you
free sheds to sell withessentially no accountability if
you don't, and if you don'tsell for them, do they not have

(01:03:07):
the right to figure out how tosell?
And with the digital storefrontbeing able to offer so much
like?
The truth is, I know I knowsome, some companies that have,
like, endured a lot in keepingcertain dealers, you know, and
it's like wow, you probablydon't see that in most other

(01:03:27):
industries.
It's much more cutthroat andI'm glad that we're not that at
the same time, I couldn't dothis and you couldn't do what
you do, and none of thelisteners could do what they do
without making money.
It's about where is your hearton making that money?
We have to make money, everyonehas to make money, and I think
any reasonable business personunderstands that.

(01:03:50):
I think that those who don'toccasionally message me and
they're like man, you shouldn'thave got into this, nah, you
shouldn't be doing that, youknow, and I'm like, oh my gosh,
you know, like I'm sorry thatit's, it's worked out, but we,
we, we encourage you to dothings too Like you know, we
don't want to limit you in anyway, shape or form and we'd ask

(01:04:12):
that you don't limit us.
You know Got to make money.
The more that we're given, themore that we can give away.
You know I hope I alwaysmaintain that mindset.
So, it's not just about livingsome, some high life or
something.
So, we're thankful for theopportunity that God's given us.
And look, this podcast is his,this endeavor is his.

(01:04:34):
If it doesn't work out, thenyou know, so be it.
If it does work out, then hegets all the credit.
So, I'm excited that we'refinally working together and I
can call myself an owner of ShedHub.
So, for those of you who wantto talk to an owner, give me a
holler and we'll try to get youthrough it and know that we have
your best interest in mind inevery one of our meetings.

(01:04:56):
We meet every week more thanevery week.
We have a big phone call everyMonday and then we meet several
times throughout the week tosteady this process.
Hope that you guys will embraceit.
If you've ever in any way,shape or form, thought about
helping yourselves, it's 39 amonth.
If you thought about helping me, it's 39 a month.

(01:05:17):
Thought about helping yourcustomers 39 a month to get on
shed hub.
So, uh, give us a holler.
We'll try to continue to buildand instill more confidence in
this uh collaboration and thispartnership.
I'm super excited about it andreally excited about being able
to put it out on the air.
Um, nothing else, I'm good.

(01:05:40):
I'm going to say a prayerbecause of all the anxiety that
exists today for the bad weatherthat is coming into our area,
including terrible rainsafterwards.
Me and you have some reallyawesome meetings tomorrow we'd
like to be able to attend andget to if the weather is
cooperative.
Uh and uh, I just, you know Ifeel the anxiety something that

(01:06:01):
we did recently.
Uh, we actually purchased awhat's called a safe shed.
For those of you who want to golook it up, it's located in
Salem, Illinois.
Um, no disrespect to thosepeople, but they know nothing
about the shed industry, becausethey build a concrete bunker
basically for as a storm shelter, and we purchased one, so we're
probably going to go get in ithere soon.
Uh and uh, I encourage peopleto take a look at if they travel

(01:06:26):
all across the United States.
I'm not a paid spokesman.
I don't make a dime off of this.
I just thought it was a reallycool thing and if it's a way to
provide safety and security foryou, as it will be about 11
people here for us in the nextcouple hours um, go take a look
at it, tell them shed geek sentyou and I'll say who's that?
I have no idea who it is, uh,so, um, I'll just, I'll just

(01:06:48):
pray over the industry andsafety, if that's okay.
Uh, lord, thank you for this day.
Um, I'll be at a weary anddreary day.
Uh, full of anxiety and worryabout weather and tornadoes and
just all the unrest and rain andflooding and things of that
nature.
Ask that you would just calmthe storm and ask that you would

(01:07:12):
be with us through it, guide us, protect us and see us through
it, help us to help ourneighbors, help us to help
others, as you've helped us,protect us all, and tonight and
the next few days of severeweather.
Those across the country thatexperience these same things, um

(01:07:33):
, ask that you would continue tobless our industry, keeping you
in the mix of all that we doand not letting us forget that,
in the name of chasing a dollaror um, just seeking riches, it's
um, it's your money, it's yourbusiness, it's your industry,
after all, and, uh, somethingyou'd continue to, let us be

(01:07:54):
vessels of doing good with it.
So we thank you, we thank youfor your son that you sent to
die for our sins, and, uh, Igive you all the honor and glory
in Jesus' name Amen.