Member Advantage Update - 02/14/2006 (Plain Text Version)

When More of Your Members Use this Benefit, Your Association Earns More Revenue

Please make sure you print out the PDF below and keep it on hand when this topic comes up with your members. You'll have the answers you need at your fingertips to help members take advantage of this offer from GM.

And you'll also be contributing to your association's bottom line through the NAHB Revenue Sharing Program.

Look for complete details on this flyer (which was included in the most recent EO Mail) or visit www.nahb.org/matoolkit and review the special "SHOWCASE" section.

Click here to locate a GM dealer in your area. You can search by Dealer Type to find a dealer for your specific needs.

NAHB members may find Light Duty Dealers (Business Central Dealers) especially helpful since they're committed to meeting the special needs of commercial customers. These Chevrolet and GMC dealers carry work-ready commercial trucks, vans, and utility vehicles.

The Buckslip Starts Here

We’ve looked it up and here’s what we found:

buck·slip ‘bək-‘slip noun 1: MAILING INSERT 2: a slip of paper about the size of a dollar bill that can save dollar bills for your members and generate dollar bills for your HBA 3: reminds members of the values of membership such as the GM NAHB $500 EXCLUSIVE OFFER!

We’re taking a survey. Do you want buckslips to enclose in your member mailings to promote the GM program? We’re standing by to get some printed.

Please contact Tiffany Smith at tsmith@nahb.com and let her know if you would use these in your member promotions and how many you would use during the remainder of the year.

We’ll submit the results to GM and get back to you.

Remember: this GM offer is part of the revenue-sharing program—just one more way to help YOUR HBA generate revenue while your members save. [return to top]

A Special Valentine for the Newest BuilderBooks Retail Affiliates

We love having more BuilderBooks Retail Affiliates and we're happy to send a special Valentine's Day Thank-You to the newest participating Associations:

Lawrence County Builders Association
Helena Building Industry Association
Vikingland Builders Association
Hill Country Home Builders Association
Memphis Area Home Builders Association
Buffalo Niagara Builders Association
Home Builders Association of Seacoast Area, Inc.
Southwest Montana Building Industry Association
Northwest Arkansas Home Builders Association
Forx Builders Association
Oregon HBA

These HBAs know that making money doesn't get any easier than this! Sign up to be a BuilderBooks.com Retail Affiliate Member and start making money right away. Every time a visitor makes a purchase through your Association’s Web site, you earn up to 5% of each sale. Plus, if a customer identifies your Association as the source on the BuilderBooks.com’s check-out page you will also earn up to 5% of that sale.

Simply complete your application online. Once you’re accepted into the Program, you’ll be provided with graphics and easy-to-use guidelines. To permit accurate tracking, reporting, and referral fee accrual, we will provide you with special "tagged" links, to help us keep track of orders we receive as result of this special link.

Soon, your Association is on the way to earning up to 5% on every item sold.

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NAHB Member Welcome & Reference Guide Going to All New and Recently New Members

Starting this month, the NAHB Membership Team will begin a mailing of the NAHB Member Welcome & Reference Guide to all new and recently new members, providing members with an in-depth review of the most current benefits and services available to them. Many of the resource information sheets will be customized to each new member. And the welcome letter will include the member's individual PIN and instructions on how to log on to www.nahb.org.

You should have received a hot-off-the-press copy of this spectacular new brochure in the EO Mail of February 10.

The mailing will also include another special enclosure: the Member Advantage Quick-Reference with a detachable wallet card (shown in the photo at right).

For any additional information about the NAHB Member Welcome & Reference Guide, please contact Emily Fitzsimmons at X8354 or efitzsimmons@nahb.com . [return to top]

Give Your Members Hertz Cards Customized with Your HBA's Name

Now you can get these great Hertz member promotion tools CUSTOMIZED with YOUR ASSOCIATION'S NAME (at no cost to your Association).

Member Savings Card featuring the NAHB CDP#: The NAHB Hertz CDP# is always online at www.nahb.org/ma. While members don’t need a card to qualify for Hertz discounts, the CDP# is required. Distribute this card with your HBA name or logo to all your members so that they can carry it for quick and easy reference. It also includes valuable special offers.

The card can be imprinted with your builder association logo or name (printer will determine based on intricacy of provided art).

Member Savings Sticker featuring the NAHB CDP#:
For added convenience, this sticker features the Hertz CDP# and can be attached to a Rolodex® card or telephone. Already imprinted with NAHB MEMBER ADVANTAGE.

Fee-waived Hertz #1 Club Gold® Application: The application is online at www.nahb.org/ma. But for an added personal touch, why not distribute the print version of the application with an imprint of NAHB Member Advantage? You can also make this a standard part of your new member welcome package.

Note: Associations with membership larger than 250 may request Association-customized Hertz #1 Gold® Applications. Please discuss with the NAHB Hertz representative.

Contact our NAHB Hertz representative directly. She will send you a PDF of the order form and fulfill your order.

For customized Hertz promotional items, e-mail Heather Conti at hconti@hertz.com or call toll-free 888-613-6823.

Remember: Your members receive up to 20% off their car rental with Hertz.

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Top 10 Best Sellers at the 2006 INTERNATIONAL BUILDERS' SHOW®!

Want to be in-the-know when you talk about our industry with your members? Here are the hottest topics—and the Top 10 Best Sellers—from the BuilderBooks Store at THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDER'S SHOW® in Orlando.

And remember that BuilderBooks Gift Cards make the perfect gift for a speaker, member, or friend of the industry who deserves special recognition.

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