Insights for Building Materials Companies

Selling Building Materials – A Better Way

Most building materials are sold following the Business-to-Business (B-to-B) model.  I find that this is not very effective for long-term success. A better model for selling building materials is Business…

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How to Introduce New Building Products

As many as 9 out of 10 new products fail.  With that type of odds, you might be better off learning to play poker. Here’s how to improve your odds…

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Multifamily Construction a Two-headed Growth Opportunity

Multifamily construction is a big market that continues to grow.  Most building materials manufacturers aren’t aggressively pursuing multifamily and don’t know how. Manufacturers believe if a multifamily project uses their…

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Building Materials Sales Giving Up After First Quarter?

Many building material companies had a poor first quarter.  For most of these companies, this wasn’t through any fault of their own.  For most of them it was a combination…

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Powerful Building Materials Market Research Tool

Typical building material market research usually gives you back very expected results. The results are limited to what customers view as possible.  If you ask a contractor what a manufacturer…

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Get the dwell Materials Sourcebook

If you’re in the building materials industry you should subscribe to dwell magazine. On the surface it may seem a little too focused on design, almost as if it’s the…

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