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Marketing Strategies to Protect Your New Home Backlog
With the fluctuating housing market, homebuyers are feeling less confident about purchasing a home. If you’re wondering about homebuyers who haven’t purchased yet, take a look at What Homebuyers Need...
Differentiating Your Master-Planned Community in This Market
The market continues to shift, but homebuyers have not disappeared entirely, even with sensitivities to rates and price escalations. Yet, we all know consumer confidence has taken a significant hit....
Summertime in Austin: Don’t Sweat It
Tacos, live music and hot, sunny summers – it’s what Austin is known for. Even native Austinites who grew up in this climate look for ways to cool off while...
Market Shift Checklist for New Home Marketers
Can your marketing control the housing market? If only. But there’s plenty you can accomplish with strategic marketing that’s going to serve you well as the market continues to shift....
Community Brand Presence: No Weak Links
Now that it’s time for your master-planned community’s campaign to go to market, it’s important to make sure your branding stays consistent at all touchpoints after launch. That means every...
What Homebuyers Need From Your Brand Today
“Will the Housing Market Crash in 2023?” is one of the top Google Trends searches going into Q3 2022, especially in California, Florida and Texas. Also ranking high in search...
Standout Community Brands Begin With Strategy
Without investing in a smart strategic foundation, your master-planned community brand could miss the opportunity to identify its true competitive edge. Of course, all creative elements associated with your brand...
Time to Refresh Your 55+ SEO Strategy?
Why make SEO an integral of your marketing strategy for 55+ communities? Because about 80% of users ages 55 and over are online, and you want them to find you....
How to Name Your Planned Community
What’s in a name? When it comes to your planned community, everything. If it strikes the right chord with your customers’ own home-owning aspirations, it can be the thing that...
The Content Calendar: Your New Favorite Tool
Do you “wing it” when it comes to your marketing content plan? You aren’t the only one. Many brands post phone pics on the fly, or when it’s time for...
Strategy. Audience. Social. In That Order.
The wealth of social media channels on which to market your brand in today’s hyper-plugged-in world can make it tempting to cast a wide net with your media dollars. But...
Humor. Your Next Power Move?
Not every brand category has “fun” baked into its offerings. In fact, some, like insurance, are considered a “burden category”; stressful and rarely a pleasure for the customer. Ironically, the...
Beyond SXSW: Tacos, Murals and Music
Austin is coming back to life, and things are returning to normal after a crazy couple of years. And that means one thing – South by Southwest is on! This...
Austin Gems: Past and Present
Austin is an ever-changing city, and that’s part of the reason we love it. We’ve seen many Austin classics come and go – even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic....
In Your Brand, We Trust
Every successful brand has one thing in common: people trust them. Whether it’s trust to do the right thing ethically, trust in quality offered, or trust in what you stand...
Level up Your Brand With LinkedIn Marketing
With nearly 800 million users and prolific feature launches to help businesses drive results, LinkedIn is a smart marketing choice for any brand in 2022. While platforms like Twitter, Facebook...
Wick’s 12 Days of Giving: Local Businesses to Support
‘Tis the season of giving, y’all! In honor of the holiday and general recognition of the super cool place we get to call home, we’re celebrating by sharing 12 quintessential...
‘Tis the Season for Strategic Advertising
It’s that time of year again! The holidays are upon us, and social media feeds are already swamped with endless offerings from brands. As a marketer, it’s crucial to plan...