Welcome to BDC Magazine’s new outlet for keeping you (our subscribers) up to date and informed regarding the latest in the design center industry–our BLOG!
Our Goal
Our goal is to stay connected with our reader base in an interactive, fun, and informative manner between electronic issues of the magazine. We also aim to facilitate connection among our readers, because we believe that design centers can benefit from being part of a community, especially during such a tough market.
Topics for Discussion
From this Blog, you can expect to find exactly what you find in the magazine–including tips, tools, advice, and updated news and events. Topics may include anything that peaks our interest, or anything we think will peak yours. (If you have any ideas, feel free to contact us at http://bdcmagazine.com/contactus.) We are looking forward to having fun with this!
BDC Bloggers
BDC Bloggers will include the staff at BDC Magazine, our column of industry-leading experts and contributors whose advice you have come to respect, and other industry specialists.
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You can help build the BDC community by visiting on your lunch break, sending a link to a friend, or adding comments and valued insight to our entries.
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Eligible respondants will be entered into a drawing to win free registration* to Artisan Design Group’s Design Center Forum 2008! Simply fill out the brief survey, indicate your job title, and be sure to enter your email address when asked. For more information regarding the conference, go to http://www.designcenterforum.com/. Entry deadline is July 15, 2008.
*prize package does not include airfare or hotel fees, winner will be notified by email
Important Announcement from the Editor!
by Maria Muto-Porter, Editor, BDC Magazine
From the time the Europeans came to North America with only what they could carry on several scary-tiny ships, people learned to find ways to accomplish what they wanted using limited resources. Some lessons were learned from the Native Americans, for whom living off the land was a way of life. Some were naturally adept at adapting, discovering multiple uses for tools and scavenging for the rest from the forests around them. Others lamented what they once had, and failure meant returning to the old country, or simply not surviving.
Selling Green
by Tracy Reid, East Coast Design Center Manager, Shaw Industries
You learn at a tender age that yellow and blue make green. The question then becomes how to make green by selling green? The statistics are in and consumer research reveals that 78% of consumers make a conscious effort to recycle, and 88% are interested in learning about environmental products. So, how do you close the sale on green products?
Research to Build On
By: Rick Palacios
John Burns Real Estate Consulting
Times of hardship should motivate our industry’s leaders to ready themselves for when the market begins to recover. Forecasts, however bleak they may seem right now, play an integral role in the preparation stages, helping us identify the ever-elusive bottom of the market. Comprehensive research is a must at this stage in the housing cycle. By focusing on research now, you can ensure that your business will flourish over the long term.
Below are five indicators that we believe everyone in the housing-related industries should be monitoring to help their business succeed.
The Roundtable Advantage
By Bethanie Hestermann, Editorial Assistant, BDC Magazine
Ever wished there was a Design Center Managers Anonymous? You know, a place to go when you need support and encouragement? A place where your struggles are empathized with and your successes are celebrated? If so, consider the advantages of starting a Roundtable in your area.
Nancy’s Picks at K/BIS 2008
by: Nancy Hugo, CKD
Like 45,000 other designers, builders and the like, I make the pilgrimage to Chicago in April to see what new and exciting products, appliances and trends were being introduced at the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show. After perusing 600,000 square feet, well most of it anyway, I chose some of my favorite products, if money were not an issue, that I would put into my home tomorrow.
by Charlie Scott, Woodland, O’Brien & Scott
In the last issue of Builder Design Center Magazine I wrote a column using a fable as the basis for a lesson. That fable approach generated more positive comments than I have received from any column in recent memory….so, let another fable begin…
Did you miss this year’s Surfaces or IBS conferences? Word on the street is that many of you were not able to attend due to budget constraints. (Trust us, we understand.) Luckily for you, we were able to send part of our team to both, and we took notes!
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