Webcast – Tuesday, January 17, 2012 A webcast will preview the new book: Tools of the Trade: Modern Marketing for Construction Brands by Construction Marketing Association (CMA) Chairman Neil M. Brown. Registration is now open on the Construction Marketing Association (CMA) website, link below. The free webcast for members and non-members is scheduled for Tuesday, January 17, [...]
One of the most important decisions you can make as a marketer is finding a marketing agency to partner with that can generate great ideas, as well as manage and implement projects expertly and efficiently. And perhaps most important, help you be successful with measurable marketing results. Shouldn’t be too hard, right? After all, there [...]
An excerpt from CMA Chairman Neil M. Brown’s book, Branding Best Practices: A Guide to Effective Business and Product Naming. What’s in a name? That which we call a facial tissue or gelatin dessert or adhesive bandage by any other name would still be the same Kleenex or Jell-O or Band-Aid. Yet, for fear of [...]
The September 22 webcast was our top attendance! Not surprising with our blue chip panelists. Marketing of architectural, engineering or construction (A/E/C) services is highly specialized. The webcast identifed what A/E/C marketing approaches work best. Deborah Hodges, A/E/C veteran, Executive Director of the Construction Writer’s Association and former SMPS President shared strategic marketing analysis techniques, [...]
by Eric Gagnon amd originally posted by The Business Marketing Institute Wherever I go, I try to stay on the lookout for ideas and how-to-do-it lessons for making better products, and for ways to market and sell products and services more effectively. Awhile back I encountered a great company run by a guy who makes [...]
This blog, Part 2 in the a series will share email testing tips, measuring email campaigns, a Glossary of Terms, and an enormous construction email list. Part 1 covered email marketing basics, and email tips and tricks. Email Testing One of the advantages of email is the ease of testing and optimizing campaigns. Before sending [...]
The recent CMA webcast “Killer Construction Content” demonstrated that content is king! Content marketing is becoming foundational to a modern marketing program. Content supports such goals as awareness, customer retention and lead generation. Marketers are transforming into authors and publishers. Content marketing is the creation and distribution of educational and/or compelling information in multiple formats [...]
Leads are Important! With both commercial and residential construction down by double-digits in many markets from pre-recession highs, sales lead generation has never been more important to marketers targeting construction decision makers, whether construction firms or building product manufacturers. This fact is reinforced by a recent Construction Marketing Association survey—2011 Construction Marketing Outlook—which ranked Lead [...]
Want insight about the best lead generation techniques in construction markets? Then take a quick and anonymous survey via Survey Monkey! Sponsored by the Construction Marketing Association, the goal is to determine the best lead generation techniques that construction marketing professionals are using today. A complete report will be available to survey participants after our [...]
Following is the complete whitepaper following the November 15, 2010 Construction Marketing Association webcast on Measuring Construction Marketing Results. In a recent survey sponsored by the Construction Marketing Association, 21% of construction marketers ranked Measuring Marketing Results as their top priority for 2011, beating all other priorities including Internet and Social Media. Clearly in a [...]
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