Member Advantage Update - 08/12/2008 (Plain Text Version)Office Depot: $10 off First $100 for NEW Member Customers
Fix Credit Card Processing Rates for Two Years with Solveras
Solveras Payment Systems, NAHB’s exclusive credit card processing provider, has designed an amazing opportunity for all NAHB members: Sign up by September 15th to fix your rates for the next 2 years. Sales consultants are available to review current credit card processing rates and other payment costs for members and HBAs. They will save you money—or simply tell you if you have good existing rates. It’s fast, easy and free. Call 1-800-613-0148 or email at info.1@solveras.com Learn more about Solveras’ Complete Payment Processing and Virtual Terminal Pro at www.solveras.com/nahb. Dell Double Discounts in September-- A Full Month of Added Savings
New from BuilderBooks: Option Selling for Profit
A customer’s home buying experience does not end with the signing of the sales contract. Successful full-service builders in today’s market must offer more than just a well-built home. Customers need to be given the opportunity to design a home that suits their individual tastes and lifestyles. By offering a range of options and upgrades, the design phase provides the best opportunity to make a lasting impression and ensure that buyers will favorably remember the entire buying experience. Use the design center ideas and check lists for your Parade of Homes and Home Shows. In Option Selling for Profit: The Builder’s Guide to Generating Design Center Revenue and Profit, authors Gina Gullo and Angela Rinaldi share their hands-on understanding of high-powered selling in the ever-expanding market of options for new homes. This book shows readers how to
Option Selling for Profit also provides access to a Web page with 19 downloadable tools that can be customized to suit specific needs. This is the definitive guide for builders to generate Design Center revenue and profit. “From pricing to sales presentation, this book will help you learn how to sell options and increase your bottom line.” S. Robert August, President, S. Robert August & Company, Inc., and President, Institute of Residential Marketing To view or purchase this publication online, click here, or call 800-223-2665. [return to top] Win-Win: The Only Way to Describe the GM $500 Program
The main reason I like it is because it is easy. The members can log-in and get all the information without a huge time commitment from the staff and… your HBA receives non-dues revenue each time a member uses it. It's a big win-win. I also like it because all the marketing materials are free from www.nahb.org. Right now we have put it in our newsletter a couple of times and we include the $500 GM Buck Slip in our "thank you for renewing letter." Amanda Patterson
The Home Builders Association of Billings, Montana
Here's an idea for membership and the GM. Our commercial GM dealership is a member. We set him up at our trade show (of course he pays for the booth space) and then we spread the buck slips everywhere. It has been a win, win, win relationship for everyone involved! Laura Clifford
The Builders Association of Northern Nevada
Be sure to see May 13, 2008: HBAs and Dealerships Team Up for the GM $500 Member Offer Provide a Great In-House Member Benefit: Your Association Resource Library
Want to help your members find information quickly about a wide range of industry topics – and stay a step ahead of Google? Now is the time to set-up your very own BuilderBooks Resource Library at a great discount price. With the Pre-Packaged BuilderBooks Resource Library you’ll be able to provide information to your members on topics including Accounting & Estimating , Business Management , Codes, Regulations, & Legal Issues, Construction Management, Customer Service, Design, 50+ Housing, Green Building, Land Development, Safety , Sales & Marketing, and the important topic of your members’ relationships with the Home Buyer/Home Owner . A sampling of publications are illustrated above. Click here to see a complete list of the selected titles in your Pre-Packaged BuilderBooks Resource Library along with the discounted prices. Please note that no adjustments can be made to the package. Future updates to the library package will be based on new titles as they become available. The Pre-Packaged BuilderBooks Resource Library program gives HBAs a 50% discount off the retail price of selected titles published by BuilderBooks. So, for under $1,000 plus shipping and handling, you can build an in-house wealth of knowledge for your members. Last year, the HBA of Greater Chicago had their BuilderBooks Resource Library donated by a member. Among many others, Greater Atlanta HBA and MBA of King & Snohomish Counties also have a BuilderBooks Resource Library. To place your order for the Pre-Packaged BuilderBooks Resource Library, please request an order form via fax from Jackie Barnes at 202-266-8512 or via e-mail to jbarnes@nahb.com. Also, remember to sign up to participate in the BuilderBooks Retail Affiiate Program at www.BuilderBooks.com/Affiliate. Announcing the Winner of the UPS “GPS Giveaway” for 2008 National Membership Day
The winner is Carmen Harrison of Lee Masonry in Hopkinsville, KY. Carmen was already an enthusiastic UPS customer. “The online shipping is convenient,” she said “And I really like the help screen and the fact I can call someone [at 1-800 PICK UPS] if I have a question.” Carmen was also quick to add, “We have shipped with UPS forever.” Pitney Bowes mailstation 2™: the Smart Solution for Small Business Just Got Smarter
Enjoy the ease and versatility of the mailstation 2™. Now we’ve made it even easier to run your small business. With mailstation 2™ you can track and refill postage online or through the phone 24/7. Save time and money, enjoy the convenience of a digital postage meter and avoid the hassle of going to the post office. Our all-in-one mailstation 2™ digital mailing system with its built-in scale lets you weigh and calculate postage at the touch of a button. You get exact postage every time — no guesswork. You can even print promotional messages on your envelopes. Increased productivity and reduced costs make the Pitney Bowes mailstation 2™ Digital Mailing System a valuable tool for your business.
As an NAHB member, you can sign up today and get a 90-day trial. After the trial period, pay only $19.99 monthly meter rental for 1 year or return the equipment with no further obligation (an initial $30 postage deposit is required plus $9.99 shipping and handling*). You’ll also receive $50 in FREE postage coupons, which are redeemable after the trial, if you decide to keep the meter. Call toll-free 1-800-376-7047 and refer order number 999991198. [return to top] Promotion Extended: New Revenue Share Opportunity through Bank of America
Get Started Now! Go to www.nahb.org/BOA and download the application for your members to request the business card with WorldPoints® Rewards. You can always find completed details about the program on this Web page. Download the Official Fax Cover Sheet addressed to Amy Lincoln at Bank of America. One request/application form per fax, please. This Official Fax Cover Sheet must be used for the special summer promotion. HBAs earn $20 for every “successful” Business Card application defined as follows: the application is complete and correct, the applicant is approved for a business card account and the account is open and active within 90 days. Your HBA will get credit for all "successful" Business Card applications as defined above. Sometimes a member prefers to send in the application his or herself. So just provide that member with a copy of the Official Fax Cover Sheet that you have already filled in for them and instruct him/her to fax Amy Lincoln. You'll also want to delete the part that mentions the scratch and win card because that card is for the HBA. If you'd like to give this to the member, that is your call and therefore the language can stay. With your customized Official Fax Form, all the member has to do is use it as a cover sheet for their application when they fax it in. Special Summer Promotion Extended Receive a Scratch & WIN gift card for every business card application you submit before September 15, 2008. For complete details, click here. Grand Prize $250 gas card awarded at Fall Board to individual/HBA submitting the most applications before September 15, 2008. **You need not be present to win. Revenue Share Payments to HBAs The revenue share payment from Bank of America will be included in participants’ revenue share check in March. For this pilot program, you do not need to sign-up. Submit your first business card application from a member, and you are automatically participating! Questions or more information: Contact Tiffany Lindsley tlindsley@nahb.com or Rand Cheadle rcheadle@nahb.com . NOTE: These request forms for business credit card with WorldPoints® Rewards may be submitted on behalf of members only by an NAHB-affiliated builders’ association according to procedures established by Bank of America. [return to top] For more information or to contact us directly, please visit www.NAHB.org | ©2008, National Association of Home Builders |