Automation Helps Homebuilders Sell Smart Homebuilders have the opportunity to streamline and accelerate the sales process with today’s advanced customer relationship management systems.
10 Tips for a Better Web Site Redesign If your Web site is easy to navigate, has current, up-to-date information and you get multiple e-mail leads each day, you might feel good about it. But if you think you are ready to take a breather, think again. Forward-thinking home builders are already introducing the next generation of Web sites.
Perfect (Green) Match Green builders, have we got a match for you. VerdeEnergy.com — a free online Web site — has been matching pre-screened green professionals called Verde Pros with customers who provide their project information through an online survey. Users receive competitive bids from up to four contractors in their area who will contact them personally about their project.
Product Review: Software Here is an overview of current software on the market for various facets of the home building industry.
Shopping Software How to select off-the-shelf software that is customized for your business applications.
A Custom Revolution Remember when chess champion Gary Kasparov went up against Deep Blue, the supercomputer? Kasparov won the first time. But the second time, Deep Blue's programming included almost every possible combination of moves. As a result, a shaken Kasparov conceded defeat. Simonini Builders, Inc. (SBI) has done to custom building what Deep Blue did to chess.