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Darn Good Distributors is the podcast for B2B eCommerce professionals who are tired of fluff and ready for the real stuff. Hosted by Kyler Nixon, each episode features conversations with boots-on-the-ground leaders—from CEOs and marketers to operators and digital pioneers—who are redefining what success looks like in B2B distribution. You’ll hear practical strategies, hard-earned lessons, and honest takes on what’s working right now. Whether you’re scaling your company, rethinking digital, or just trying to stay sharp in a rapidly evolving space, this is your home for insights that actually matter.
Unknown Host hosts Darn Good Distributors, a business show with 45 episodes published.
Most people treat B2B and B2C marketing like two different sports. Kyler Nixon opens this one by admitting he loves pushing buttons on that exact idea, and his guest agrees they're far more similar than different. Isaac
Most B2B distributors compete on price, availability, and assortment. Keep Supply took a different bet: that the technicians turning wrenches in refrigeration facilities care about brand, vibe, and experience just as muc
Most manufacturers know what they sell. Solve Industrial Motion Group is in the middle of figuring out how to tell people everything else they can do. VP of Marketing John McMillian joins Kyler Nixon to talk through a pi
Four months before the call that nearly ended it, Nick Muscari's company was the one getting praised at every weekly meeting. Great gross margin. Strong cash flow. The favorite little side company. Then the parent distri
What does it actually look like when a small distributor decides to go deep on one product instead of wide across a whole market? That's the question at the center of this episode. Kyler Nixon sits down with Kevin Fielde
Most distribution leaders say they're open to change. A lot fewer have actually been forced to rebuild a 70-year-old company from the inside out, with no industry background, during a pandemic, before buying out their ow
Most distributors don't have a digital roadmap. They have a list of projects someone wants to do, a budget fight waiting to happen, and a general sense that they're behind. Kyler Nixon sits down with Sam Schwartz , B2B e
Cyberweld has been in business since 1938, online since 2000, and is watching AI-referred traffic climb from 1% in February to 15% this month, with 25% expected by summer. Kyler Nixon sits down with Bob Goodliffe , fourt
Most marketers in distribution and manufacturing can write a polished paragraph about a product they barely understand. Rich Ward , Director of Marketing at AcroMat, decided early in his career that path had a ceiling. S
Most distributors spend a lot of time talking about retention. This episode goes the other direction. Kyler Nixon and Mark Ryan break down a direct mail acquisition campaign that Plush in a Rush ran to find new florist c
When a company grows by acquisition, the obvious risk is fragmentation. Fifteen cutting tool plants, each built by an entrepreneur who spent decades doing things their own way, don't automatically speak the same language
Most distributors know they need better SEO. Very few have actually built a process around it. This episode goes deep on what it really takes: the wrong moves that cost money, the weighted analysis that told one distribu
Most B2B distributors hear "loyalty program" and think DTC. SupplyHouse.com built one anyway — and it's been running for over a decade. Kyler Nixon sits down with Nick Haertel , Director of Growth Marketing at SupplyHous
Most sales playbooks tell you to follow the script, hit the cadence, and move to the next number. Jeff Buster did it that way for a while, too - until he stopped, started just being himself, and became one of the top sal
How do you stand out as a small distributor in a category dominated by massive conglomerates with sales teams bigger than your entire company? For Pineapple Hospitality, the answer isn't revolutionary: it's doing the fun
Hiring marketing talent in the unsexy world of B2B manufacturing and distribution is notoriously difficult. How do you find people who actually care about selling industrial or dental products? Kyler Nixon sits down with
What happens when you bring a fast-paced retail playbook into a legacy B2B distribution environment? Kyler Nixon sits down with Andy Hall to find out. ㅤ After spending 12 years building digital experiences at The Home De
Marketing in the distribution world often feels like a constant battle for budget, attention, and sales team buy-in. How do you bridge the gap between building brand awareness and hitting targeted revenue goals? Kyler Ni
Distribution companies often rely on legacy relationships and a 20-year-old logo to drive sales. But what happens when the digital age brings fierce competition right to your doorstep? Host Kyler Nixon sits down with Mor
Most distributors view a fifty-dollar online order as a transaction. Kristin Livesay views it as a handshake. As the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Component Supply , Kristin uses a "starting point" strategy to
Amanda Clark
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1 appearance on this show
Andy Hall
Knowledge Transformation Manager · Cryptid Investigations of Appalachia
1 appearance on this show
Andrew Johnson
Master Coach and Being First Associate · UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
1 appearance on this show
Mark Knight
Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist · Mark Knight and the Unsung Heroes
1 appearance on this show
Lynn Martin
Pineapple Hospitality
1 appearance on this show
Kristin Livesay
Component Supply
1 appearance on this show
Wendy Sponaugle
SupplyOne, Inc.
1 appearance on this show
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