http://www.homebuildersuite.com/blog Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:00:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Homebuilder Online Marketing Update http://www.homebuildersuite.com/blog/homebuilder-online-marketing-update/ http://www.homebuildersuite.com/blog/homebuilder-online-marketing-update/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:00:22 +0000 dpillie http://www.homebuildersuite.com/blog/?p=34 Continue reading →]]> Our team is committed to bringing you the latest and greatest information to help you navigate your way through the complex, ever-changing world of online marketing and make it relevant to homebuilders. Below you’ll find a copy of our first email newsletter that went out last week. If you found this information useful, be sure to subscribe so you can get these updates delivered straight to your inbox and share it with colleagues you think would like it! Also, be sure to let us know if there are any topics you’d like us to cover.

Housing Market on Long Road to Recovery

Esther Cho reporting for DSNews.com offers a brief write-up on the housing industry for Capital Economics. Their analysis indicates that while elements of the housing industry are starting to move forward, there are constraints on how quickly the industry will recover. Read her entire article, or you can sign up for Capital Economics’ reports on their website.

QR Codes In the News

We saw a LOT of QR Codes at the International Builders Show in Orlando last month. Right after the conference there were a number of articles about the usefulness of QR Codes. We’ll be weighing in on this topic on the Homebuilder Suite blog, but in the meantime check out this offering from our parent company’s director of product development, Kevin Mullett.

New Facebook Page Features

If you spend some time browsing around Facebook you may have noticed that the layout of individual profiles started changing a few months ago. These changes are now coming to business pages as well. Check out how Lennar chose to take advantage of the new format.

Instituting a Social (Media) Revolution at Your Company

David Johnson, of Social Media Today, provides some suggestions on what steps your company should take to transform into an enterprise ready to take advantage of the opportunities social media presents. For good general advice worth considering, read his full article here.

RSVP for our Upcoming Webinar

On March 20th we’ll be holding a free online webinar for homebuilders covering “Search Engine Optimization for Homebuilders.” There are two times available, you can RSVP now for the 11am or 2pm EDT webinars. The slides from our last webinar “Online Marketing Tools for Homebuilders” are now available online.

]]> http://www.homebuildersuite.com/blog/homebuilder-online-marketing-update/feed/ 0 Slides from Online Marketing Tools for Homebuilders Webinar http://www.homebuildersuite.com/blog/slides-from-online-marketing-tools-for-homebuilders-webinar/ http://www.homebuildersuite.com/blog/slides-from-online-marketing-tools-for-homebuilders-webinar/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:52:20 +0000 dpillie http://www.homebuildersuite.com/blog/?p=29 Continue reading →]]> Last month we presented our first in a series of webinars covering various topics related to online marketing for homebuilders. This first webinar focused on the tools that homebuilders need to make use of to be found online with some quick tips for how they can be quickly applied to their current marketing program.

If you missed the webinar and would like to browse the slides, you can find them below, hosted on SlideShare.net:

Online marketing tools for homebuilders

Our next webinar will be held March 20 at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm EDT and will focus on search engine optimization for homebuilders. If you own a residential construction company or work for a home builder – this is where you need to be!

Click this link to learn more about our free Search Engine Optimization for Homebuilders webinar.

]]> http://www.homebuildersuite.com/blog/slides-from-online-marketing-tools-for-homebuilders-webinar/feed/ 0 Congratulations to our IBS 2012 Contest Winner! http://www.homebuildersuite.com/blog/congratulations-to-our-ibs-2012-contest-winner/ http://www.homebuildersuite.com/blog/congratulations-to-our-ibs-2012-contest-winner/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:20:46 +0000 dpillie http://www.homebuildersuite.com/blog/?p=20 Continue reading →]]> We hope Jason Stanley enjoys his Kindle Fire as much as the man in this pictureFor those of you following Homebuilder Suite at the International Builders Show in Orlando last week, you may have heard that we were giving away a Kindle Fire to someone who stopped by to visit us during the show.

We drew the name yesterday and are pleased to announce that Jason Stanley of Stanley Homes, Inc. of Melbourne, Florida is the proud winner of our Homebuidler Suite booth contest! Congratulations to Jason and his team… if you want to see what they’re up to you can visit their website, follow them on Twitter, like them on Facebook or connect with Jason on LinkedIn.

Thanks to everyone for stopping by our booth last week! We’re going to be posting our concluding thoughts on the show tomorrow, but wanted to let everyone know that the contest winner had been decided.

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You can watch the video below:

If you’d like to learn more about the Homebuilder Suite™ and how we can develop a home-builder website for you that will help you sell more homes, contact us! We also have a newsletter you can subscribe to for regular updates on the online marketing world as it relates to home builders.

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