To help accelerate and strengthen their commercial development, The Builders Merchants Federation has appointed built environment brand specialists CMDi – based on the agency’s recent work for the Federation of Master Builders.
CMDi’s latest end-user survey has revealed the truth about why people join a trade association in 2017. It’s not because they want to fit in. It’s because they expect to stand out.
CMDi have revealed a sharp divide between organisations struggling to retain members, and those seeing a reversal in membership decline and a return to growth. Here, we explore the reasons for some surviving and others thriving.
After an intensive two year programme involving a complete brand review and overhaul, the FMB relaunched its new brand at the House of Lords this July, timed to coincide with its 75th birthday.
You might understand brands, but do your colleagues? When CMDi surveyed 200 built environment marketing professionals recently, the findings were worrying...
Fact: strong brands win – those that differentiate and have a clear point of difference, cut through. In the crowded world of construction marketing, the power of a strong brand is what provides that vital edge.
The built environment is crowded with choice, how can your product secure a sharper position in your customers' mind? Find your difference, prove it, own it, communicate it.
We always expect something new from Ecobuild and the 2017 show did not disappoint. Refreshingly this year’s talking point was all about regeneration.
