February 13, 2007
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Newly Updated, Now in it's Tenth Edition
Introducing the 2007 Dell Home Builder Association Honors Program

The Dell HBA Honors Program recognizes home builder associations across the country whose members make the highest sales volume of DELL purchases during a designated quarter.

Competitions will be based on HBA membership size: Up to 350 members, 350-750, and more than 750.

Prizes will be given in each category for three quarters in 2007 beginning with the second quarter.

First place: Dell 32” LCD TV (list $1199)
Second place:  Dell 966 all-in-one photo inkjet printer (list $199)

Please visit the Member Advantage Toolkit for more information.

 

Office Depot Deals: Music to our Ears

 

Here's a great introductory gift for NAHB members -- and their HBAs --  from Office Depot.

  • Call 800.274.2753 and sign up for your 10% NAHB savings on Office Depot® delivery orders.
  • Just mention coupon code 64073602 when you phone in your delivery order for $150
    or more to receive your free Slim CD Stereo CD Player.*
*Available for phone orders only. Remember, the cost of the Free Gift does not contribute to your minimum purchase. Limit one offer per customer/business. Valid for in-stock items only. No rainchecks. While supplies last.  However, Office Depot ® at its discretion reserves the right to make substitutions of equal or greater value. Nonreturnable. Offer expires 3/31/07.
 

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Get Your Supply of 2007 GM Buck Slips

GM Buck Slips for 2007Make sure you're part of another record-breaking year with the NAHB GM $500 Offer.

Order a supply of GM NAHB 2007 Buck Slips -- perfect for mailings, literature tables, dues renewal notices, or new member packets.

To order, email Alex Leopardi at aleopardi@nahb.com.  Include the subject line: "GM NAHB 2007 Offer Buck Slip Order Request" and include quantity, shipping address and your local association number.

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Steve Monroe's 'Selling to Builders, Second Edition' -- a Must-Read for Your Associate Members

For your members who are building suppliers, manufacturers, trade contractors, real estate brokers (your members who sell sell products or services to home builders), here's an important tool to help them increase their success rates and business savvy.

This second edition includes a companion CD with exercises that help readers evaluate current business practices and guides them to become even more successful salespeople. The CD also has easy-to-use business forms that will bolster the amount of business that can be done with builders.

 

"Bull’s-eye! Selling to Builders hits the target! Steve Monroe has simplified the keys to earning the builder’s business. This book is, without question, the sales 'bible' every associate member at NAHB should have". 

 Michael Kurpiel, Strober Building Supply, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

"I can’t image a better resource for training new sales people in the millwork industry."

L.Thomas Bychinski, Peachtree Companies Inc./Weather Shield Windows and Doors

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Order Your FREE 20-page Color Brochures and Wallet Cards NOW!

Help Your Members "Pocket the Savings" with money-saving discounts for Home Builder Association members.

The brochure and wallet card feature a wide range of new and existing companies.

  • Perfect for new member mailings and your
    Association “welcome” packets
  • Put it to work during your next membership drive
  • Display year-round on brochure tables during meetings
  • Great tool for member retention campaigns

Go to www.nahb.org/matoolkit to access the
Member Advantage Toolkit and ORDER FORM.

 

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Biz Forms and Checks: Providing Some of Our Builders' Most Important Tools

Biz Forms and Checks BuilderMembers can get a huge discount on some of the most important tools in a contractor or builder’s toolbox: business forms and checks. Now, Biz Forms and Checks, newly selected by NAHB to join the Member Advantage program, is offering to NAHB Members:

  • A 30% DISCOUNT ON EVERY ORDER.
  • 100 FREE Proposal Forms, item #SNP-11 with your first order
  • The chance to win a $500 Home Depot® Gift Card. Every NAHB member who orders is automatically entered in the contest. Three (3) $500 Gift Cards will be awarded on 6/15/07.
  • Free logos printed on the forms and checks
Biz Forms and Checks has all the forms your members need including standard and remodeling proposal forms, weekly time records, non-computerized forms and forms and checks that work with the most popular accounting programs that your members are using—such as QuickBooks®, Quicken®, Peachtree™, or MYOB®.
 
Members can go to www.bizformsandchecks.com to place an order and see the complete line of compatible products. Call 866-849-4374 and speak directly to one of our customer care specialists.
 
IMPORTANT NOTICE:  Biz Forms and Checks has replaced NEBS.  You must sign up for revenue sharing with Biz Forms and Checks.

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NAHB Career Center Makes Full Page Splash in BUILDER Magazine

NAHB Career Center in BUILDER Magazine

Be sure that you're doing your part to make your builder members aware of this highly successful collaboration with ConstructionJobs.com.  
 
NAHB offers this recruitment tool to all NAHB members in their search for new employees, and  members enjoy a 20% discount off of standard rates for job posting.  
 
NAHB Career Center: "For a true competitive edge, go where the focus is on construction."
 

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Lock in 2006 Visa/MC Processing Rates Before Increase

 

Year after year MasterCard and Visa have consistently announced nationwide interchange processing rate increases each April. If your HBA and members accept credit cards for payment, you know how much these changes impact your association's and your members' bottom lines.
 
Industry experts anticipate another rate increase this spring. NAHB has negotiated an exclusive deal for members to avoid this potential increase. Members that enroll in the NAHB Credit Card Processing Program through Solveras Payment Systems before February 28, 2007 will lock in 2006 rates. That means if MasterCard and Visa raise rates in April, your processing rates would not increase with the rest of the country, but instead remain at the same 2006 levels.
 
Add that to the program’s regular discounts on credit card processing, simplified monthly billing, and an easy-to-read account statement, and you’ll find an excellent opportunity for you to keep more profit on every credit card sale.
 
Simply take advantage of the free savings analysis to see in writing how this program could cut your monthly costs and streamline your billing process. This tool consistently uncovers savings for two out of three businesses, finding average projected savings of 17%.
 
You and your members should take a moment to see how this program could impact your bottom line. Please fill out this form (scroll down the linked page for PDF) and FAX it to 1-800-297-3405 for your free analysis or call 1-800-613-0148 today.
 

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BuilderBooks Welcomes More Revenue-Earners

 

The BuilderBooks Affiliate Program welcomes the following Associations:
  • Chippewa Valley Home Builders Association
  • HBA of Lexington
  • HBA of Oconee
  • HBA OF Greater Cincinnati
  • Klamath Basin HBA
  • Magic Valley Builders Association
  • York County Builders Association
Not signed up?  Get all the details today on earning revenue for YOUR association.
 

 

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