Voice of the Customer. Why it matters.

By BP News
Customer Insight is rapidly becoming an area of greater interest for many industries and Builders are no different. We've shifted from a sell-to model of pitching customers a product, to a customer journey model where consumers decide when and where they engage with your company and how they proceed in getting to know you. The average customer travels 70% of their buying journey before
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SG&A Goals? Getting More from Lean Marketing Budgets.

By BP News, Builder Brand e-Store Platform
Company e-Store platforms have burst forth in the procurement world, supporting every possible form of purchasing and enabling enterprises to centralize their spend and operate more profitably. I thought it worth a blog post to talk about how our e-Store Platform helps Builder Marketing Teams use their lean budgets cost-effectively. So here's an overview followed by real life examples of what our clients say about the support they get from their virtual marketing team at Builder Promotions. Builder Promotions has a procurement platform that enables Builder Marketers to purchase all the branded marketing supplies they use throughout the home selling…
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Who are the Influencers in a New Home Sale?

By BP News, Digital Marketing Resources
Who wouldn't want to share this beautiful photo? That's probably what Lennar Homes thought when they posted this lifestyle image for one of their new home communities in Texas. For a lot of us, it's not about the house. It's about what we see through our windows and the spaces outside  where we explore with a small child on a Saturday morning or get out for a run after work. These kinds of images cut through the burden of home buying details and give buyers a sense of how it would feel to live in that home. If you are…
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Our Holiday Card Pop-Up Shop is Open for Business. Happy Shopping!

By BP News
2015 has flown by, and I can't believe we've already opened our Holiday Card Pop-up Shop! We've made it easy and fun to select and order your Corporate Holiday Cards with a simple click of your mouse. There are  800+ Corporate Holiday cards to choose from with lots of ways to sort and view on your screen. We are confident that you can find that perfect card to convey your Holiday Greeting to Customers, Realtors, Employees, and Stakeholders. We know Builder Marketing teams are busy closing out the year and getting ready for 2016. By using our Holiday Card Pop-up…
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What if you could attract greater numbers of digital home shoppers? You can.

By BP News
In an industry that is decentralized and local-buy-design, Local SEO can make a significant difference in the number of leads generated. With 90% of home searches starting online, Builder Marketing Managers need to think about how to differentiate at the "point of search". One very cost-effective way to do this is to ensure that you are optimizing your website for Local Search. Model Home GPS is a Local SEO product packaged and sold by Builder Promotions for the New Home vertical. We deliver Model Home GPS with our Digital Partner, Gotcha Mobile Solutions. I had the opportunity to interview CEO,…
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#YourBrandInTheirLife. How Do you "fit" into your Prospect's life?

By #YourBrandInTheirLife - New Products, BP News
A Home Builder brand wants to inspire future homeowners to live their best life in a new home and to enjoy the total lifestyle that a planned community offers. Builders want to fit into the ideal of what a new home will offer for home buying prospects. #YourBrandinTheirLife refers to branded products that support consumers in their daily lives. I got to thinking about how our e-Store products integrate into "life" for home buying consumers so that we could give builder marketers one more way to nurture prospects during the home selling process. Branded products tend to be low cost and…
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