Archive for June, 2010

Share Your Construction Marketing Secrets and Win a Free iPad!

June 28, 2010

Share your secrets for effective construction marketing with our monthly blog column. We will publish with credit and make you famous! Share ideas and approaches of some of your best marketing programs. No you don’t have to include proprietary results, just some good descriptions! The best secret of the year will win a FREE iPad! [...]

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Posted in Best Practices, Construction Marketing, Construction Marketing Association, Construction Marketing Secrets, Marketing Tips 10 Comments »

Construction Marketing Training Programs Available

June 25, 2010

The Construction Marketing Association offers a number of marketing training programs to association member companies, each developed by  experts from our Construction Marketing Institute.  The programs are  delivered on-site, at your offices. Choose from our popular programs below, customized to your company. Or request a (free, no-obligation) consultation to determine a customized training program that addresses [...]

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Posted in Best Practices, Construction Marketing, Construction Marketing Training, Marketing Tips, Social Media Training 4 Comments »

Success with Google AdWords: Developing Killer Content for Effective B2B Lead Generation Programs

June 22, 2010

by Eric Gagnon Online advertising, particularly methods like Google AdWords keyword search advertising, give advertisers the immediate response and measurability they need to run accountable B2B marketing programs, with a speed and precision not found in print trade advertising or other, more traditional parts of your marketing program. The vast majority of successful AdWords lead-generation [...]

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Posted in Best Practices, Construction Marketing, Marketing, Search Marketing No Comments »

New Product Launch Checklist

June 17, 2010

Improving the effectiveness of new product launches is of critical importance to most companies and brands as development costs can be stratospheric, coupled with extremely high failure rates. Some estimates of new product failure as high as 90%! Certainly the new product development process is complex and multi-functional—not just marketing—but typically involving many departments such [...]

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Posted in Resource 5 Comments »

Groups and Chapters Offer Leadership and Networking

June 15, 2010

The Construction Marketing Association (CMA) has a number of Groups and Committees, along with regional and local Chapters with leadership and networking opportunities. Special interest Groups or Committees, and regional/local chapters will be formed based on achieving a minimum number of member participants. Each have or will require a Chairperson, and depending on size and [...]

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Posted in CMA Chapters, Uncategorized 1 Comment »

How Does Your Construction Brand Rate?

June 4, 2010

The Construction Marketing Association (CMA) announces the Construction Brand Internet Index (CBII). A comprehensive rating of the internet presence of top construction brands based on over 50 variables. The rating identifies how effective a specific website domain is relative to other websites. The ratings are based on search engine data, website structure, traffic, social media [...]

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Posted in Association News, Best Practices, Communications, Construction, Construction Marketing, Uncategorized 1 Comment »

Association to Study Media Usage of Contractors and Construction Firms

June 1, 2010

The Construction Marketing Association (CMA) announces a new research study initiative to identify how contractors and construction firms use media in the search and selection of construction related products and services. Based on requests from association members, the study will determine how such media as trade publications, search engines, blogs or forums, publisher websites and [...]

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Posted in Association News, Construction Marketing, Research 2 Comments »