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Doing Things Differently in Times of Crisis

Are you a planner? Is the “not knowing” of how things will play out with your business causing you real strife? You’re not alone! Times of crisis can be really scary for businesses—owners and employees alike. That’s because the more...

Advertising

Why Search Intent Matters For Your Home Building Business

Before we dive too deep into this topic, let’s start with an easy-to-understand explanation: Search intent is the motivation that a person has when they enter their search terms into a search engine. They’re looking to build a new home...

FANtastic Marketing Tips

Creating Fan Profiles For Your Business

Creating fan profiles is a great team building activity that will not only help you clarify who your customers—or as I like to say, FANS—are and their preferences, but will also help your team gel around a central brand message. Of course, many business...

Lead Generation

Increase Profitability With A Solid CRM Strategy

When you’re a small business, everyone tells you that in order to grow you need to put the customer first. And let’s face it. Without them, you wouldn’t have a business at all. But putting the customer (or FANS) first...

Content Marketing

Don’t Get Bored—Get Marketing!

There’s a trap at work you’ve probably fallen into before: “I don’t have anything to do.” That’s usually about the time you check out your social media feed or drift off into a daydream. But what if I told you...

Digital Marketing

Understanding The Buyer’s Journey Of Today

Is your business tied to using the sales funnel? Awareness. Interest. Consideration. Intent. Evaluation. Purchase. Sounds familiar, right? Well, did you know that your buyers no longer follow a linear path from awareness to purchase? They bounce all over the...

Digital Marketing

Google AdWords is now Google Ads

Google AdWords has officially changed to Google Ads. With that change comes new features as well as the loss of some of the old features. Everyone must convert to the new interface if they want to continue to use this...

Small Business Marketing

Our Top 3 Digital Marketing Articles | Week of September 4

One thing that is constant in the field of marketing is CHANGE! Staying up to date can be overwhelming for sure. I feel like I spend a lot of time staying current – nevermind getting ahead of the what’s coming...

Guest Blogs

Guest Post | Simplifying Your Sales and Marketing

Thanks to Mollie Elkman from Group Two for filming this wonderful guest blog! Group Two is known as “THE Ad Agency For Home Builders” and we couldn’t agree more. We’ve had the chance to partner with Group Two and it’s always...

Small Business Marketing

Toolbox Tuesday | Tips on How to Use Yoast to Improve Your Site’s SEO

By this point, you know SEO is critical to showing up in search results and getting your new homes in front of people who want to buy them. While there’s a lot that goes into amazing SEO, one WordPress plugin...

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Sales and marketing advice, tips, and strategies for home builders.

August Marketing Pro of the Month Pat Sommer

How are we already in August? I’m actually thrilled because it means that I get to introduce you to an all-new Marketing Pro of the Month! Her candor in this interview, especially as it relayed to her successes and mistakes...

FANtastic Marketing Example—GoDaddy

You probably remember the GoDaddy marketing campaign of years’ past. You know the ones: They featured attractive women including Natalia Velez, Rachelle Wood, and Michelle Hayden in skimpy outfits parading around the GoDaddy logo. It doesn’t take a marketing genius...

Housing Upgrades Millennials Don’t Care For

Millennials are a big part of the current housing market. But as a digital, pet-loving, less formal generation, millennials have different requirements for their homes than other generations. And as a homebuilder, it’s essential you understand what this demographic is...

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