Insights for Building Materials Companies

How Influencers Can Affect Building Material Sales

The people in red on the infographic above are the influencers who can make or break you.  Sometimes they are obvious and sometimes they are hidden, they are always important….

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8 Most Common Mistakes Building Material Companies Make

In my 20 years of working with building material companies, I have consistently seen the same mistakes made over and over again.  Mistakes that limit their effectiveness, waste dollars and,…

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Disasters Create Building Product Opportunities

Living in Boulder, Colorado, I recently got to experience a natural disaster first hand, a terrible flood.  I also watched first hand how building material suppliers reacted and saw many…

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Do Builders Have a Sales Prevention Department?

Builders work hard for every sale. They invest a lot in marketing to draw in more new homebuyers. They also invest in sales people, training, model homes and sales centers….

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Building Material Sales People are Social Media Experts

Most building material companies make social media too complicated. The result is that they either don’t participate in social media or if they do, they don’t do it well. The…

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How to Sell a Naked Builder

As the housing market tanked, builders started stripping their homes down to the bare essentials.  They did this in an effort to make their homes more affordable and to not…

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