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Sales & Marketing Alignment
Application of soft skills is especially crucial to help ensure that sales and marketing teams are aligned. After all, both sales and marketing share the same essential goal: to grow the company.
Why Some Building Products Are Growing… And Others Aren’t
For years, building product brands could rely on a relatively predictable growth environment. Steady project flow. Familiar specification cycles. Established dealer relationships. And brand preference built over time. That environment has changed. Project timelines...
Why Google and AI Isn’t Enough? Social Search Is Watching Different Signals
For years, the digital strategy playbook had a familiar starting point. Rank on Google. Earn the click. Land the visit. Convert the lead. That model still matters. But it is no longer enough. AI search dominates the conversation today. And for good reason....
What Apple’s CEO Transition Says About Trust in Building Products
When Apple announced this week that Tim Cook would hand the CEO baton to John Ternus, the story was not simply about succession. It was about the opportunity to extend a brand’s most important asset. Trust. Cook has shared what Steve Jobs advised him before he took...
Short-Form Video Strategy Tips for Building Product Brands
Short-form video has quietly become one of the highest priorities – and a pressure test – to lead brand content. Audiences seek to understand how solutions work. They want proof and clarity. Yes, most importantly, they want to view products in action. For building...
HydroBlok Expands U.S. Distribution Through Partnership with Weatherization Partners, Ltd.
DRAPER, Utah (April 14, 2026) — HydroBlok, a manufacturer of lightweight, waterproof construction systems, today announced a distribution partnership with Weatherization Partners, Ltd. (WPL), an award-winning wholesale building materials distributor, expanding access...
Want a Loyal Audience? Start Thinking Like a Franchise.
Brand loyalty doesn’t work the way it used to. For years, building product brands could grow on familiarity and long-standing relationships. A trusted rep who cultivated dealer recommendations. Or a contractor – who always uses – the same manufacturer. That model has...
What an Inbox Can’t Tell You… About Jobsite Communication
With Artemis back in the news this week, one detail stood out to me: when something important breaks, email is not the solution for jobsite communication. Roughly seven hours into the mission, NASA’s crew reportedly ran into an Outlook email issue and had to call...
Brand Differentiation Success For Challenger Brands
In crowded categories, the brands that win need not be the biggest. The Building Product Brands that are gaining the greatest momentum provide dealers, contractors and specifiers with a clear reason to believe. A compelling promise to remember. And a relevant...
Campaign Critique: True Value “Your Project, Your Way”
When Meaning Replaces the Hard SellProduct Claims and Promotions Can Resonate Building products marketing – at point-of-purchase – always has been comfortable speaking in certainties. Strength, durability, value. And yes, availability. The traditional narratives are...
Entry Level Homeownership | Solutions for Channel Success
Entry level homeownership affordability remains stubborn. And many in the single-family residential channel have understandably asked the same question: Are younger Americans simply giving up on owning a home? First-time buyers feel squeezed. Yet, that demand seems to...











