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Building Products | Mid-Year State of the Industry Report
The United States seems to have turned a corner on Covid, but the ripple effects from the pandemic and shutdowns are still being felt. The predicted “roaring back” -- while definitely here -- has also been noticeably uneven. No one’s ever shut down a complex,...
The 3 Top SEO Strategies for Building Product Brands
When one conducts a “random” search for a product or service on the Internet, the results are anything but random. Rather, search engines like Google organize and display pages (lots of pages) of results… in what appears to be a well-choreographed dance. That...
What Crayola can teach building product brands
Since its beginnings in 1903, Crayola has been an important part of everyday life for kids, parents, and educators. That didn’t happen by accident. The brand has been very intentional about how it cultivates such a strong following, and their approach holds some...
Eight Ways to Future-Proof Your Building Product Brand
It’s easy to get lulled into complacency when the housing industry is at the top of its game. In fact, The National Association of Realtors Affordability Index, which looks at three key metrics -- home prices, mortgage rates and...
How to Align Your Building Product Brand Teams
How often does your Sales team talk to your Marketing team? Do they speak the same language? Are they really listening to one another? Are they aligned in their efforts? Consider the following truths: 60% of sales pipelines are stuck… with no decision pending.67%...
The Best Social Strategy for Your Building Product Brand
Since our last economic cycle -- and the resulting great recession -- it’s become clear that all businesses need to be active on social media. To help engage with customers and prospects. Build brand awareness. And to drive sales. No argument there, right? But...
How to Make your Building Product Brand into a Superhero
As summer approaches, so does blockbuster movie season -- and as our friends at Marvel and DC know -- Americans love movies about superheroes. In fact, my kids are buzzing about the release of Black Widow and Venom. And why not? Ever since Superman flew onto the...
Why the Time is Now to Promote the Skilled Trades
Currently, millions of Americans who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic continue to search for employment. At the same time, the number of skilled labor jobs in the U.S. is significantly exceeding the supply of workers qualified to fill them.
What Building Product Brands Need to Know About Podcasts
The value of influencer marketing in today’s media landscape can’t be overstated. Influencers enable building product brands to reach a wide range of audiences… with a message that is perceived as an authentic endorsement -- in comparison to ads --...
Change is Hard – Zillow shows in new campaign that they ‘get’ how home buyers feel
The stakes in Real Estate have never been higher. And that’s creating a feverish competition of creative one-upmanship among some key players... including RE/MAX, Rocket Mortgage, and now Zillow. In the old days, the ad wars were reserved for the Madison Avenue...