BAM NEWS

Doing Business With Members Take a minute and think about why you joined the builders association. You may be thinking about the many services provided to you or the promotional opportunities available, or perhaps you’re considering the support from your local, state and national associations and the ability to create change on behalf of the building industry.
However, one of the top reasons you likely joined the builders association was to join a community of industry professionals that can help you grow and sustain your business.
Doing business with members is one reason the builders association exists; to provide members with a means to get to know one another and build solid business relationships. Know, like, trust is the process with which all good business relationships are built, and the builders association is just the place to start that process.
The Do Business with a Member campaign is a year-round strategy developed by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Associate Members Committee to promote business relationships between members on the local, state, and national levels.
The majority of associate members join a builders association in order to expand their business contacts and increase their sales potential, and the Do Business with a Member campaign affirms the importance of builder and associate members contacting another member first when in need of an industry product or service.
A collection of program, event, and service ideas that encourage members to do business with members has been collected from local associations across the country and is available on the NAHB website (www.nahb.org) for members and association staff.
BAM and local associations are currently promoting doing business with members in many different ways such as handing out awards like Builder of the Year, Associate of the Year and Builders Employing Associate Members (BEAM) and hosting events such as trade shows, table top shows, and the Minnesota Builders Convention.
As a member of the builders association, take full advantage of membership by participating in the business-building opportunities provided. By getting actively involved in the association, you can develop a significant network of business contacts.
Working alongside a member on a committee or community project can really help you learn what makes them tick and allow you to show them what you are about in return. Doing business with members whom you know you can trust will not only help your business it will support the building industry.