Recovery in 2014? What options do you have?

Lately I’ve been hearing that we are looking at a potential recovery in the housing market around 2014 at the “earliest.”

Here the talk is about existing home sales and we haven’t even got into the construction aspects of new home building or additions. So its a pretty dismal few years it seems but there are a couple of silver linings that I want to point out here.

First, all is not how it seems. Granted, the economic picture has drastically changed, and it seems like … Continue Reading

How To Find Construction Sales Leads on Twitter?

One of the most popular social media sites out there is Twitter.

If you haven’t heard of twitter don’t worry – and if you have – I’ll just take a minute to sum it up: “Its a message system that allows anyone to post short messages”. For now – that’s all you need to know.

How is this relevant to your construction business you ask? Well its very relevant because all businesses are becoming “real-time” and “now.” The faster you move the better your chances … Continue Reading

Giving Away The Plot For Free

One of the more unique ideas we’ve come across is a construction company giving away a plot of land for free if you build a house with them. Unfortunately I can’t remember which company it was – but it was recent (2011) in the midst of a not-so-good time for the construction industry.

What I liked about this approach was that – in the article – it said that this company had turned to using social media to promote the giving away of the free plot … Continue Reading