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Dan Ream

Dan Ream

Founder of Solar Blaster, maker of solar-powered roof vent fans (Solar RoofBlaster) for sheds and homes, and an early guest on the Shed Geek Podcast.

Sep 25, 2026

40:37
I'm
40:37
saying, man, I'm not going to grow my business focusing on all these little line items, starting this kind of program or that kind of program or a warranty program or a database.
40:50
I learned last week that I'd spent $6,000 on a Shopify database that I thought was going to go to the 3,700...
41:04
Spreadsheeted, researched, roofing companies and shed companies, container companies that my wife had researched that we sent actual mailers, snail mail to.
41:15
No, Shopify website won't do that.
41:18
Only existing customers or past, existing or past customers.
41:23
And then if you send them, like we sent them our blog post, which I feel was fantastic, to get out to our previous customers that they would tell their friends, If you get one kickback where they unsubscribe, it flags you to the point where I don't know what the result is.
44:56
adding value comes back on us that's through advertising or through marketing or through rent-owned clients or whatever so it still comes down to you know dan's been out here dan i know you already work with multiple shed manufacturers across the country

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