Industry Ideas & Insights
Helping You Build a Thriving Premium & Luxury Appliance Business
We talk to appliance dealers nearly every day and have been for the last decade. Those conversations give us unique insights into what a healthy business looks like and how successful dealers are growing their high-end business. We share many of our observations in our regular blog posts. Make sure you join our email list to have those insights delivered to your inbox monthly.
Building In-Person Connections With Digital Strategy
When it comes to marketing your business, brand awareness is only a small fraction of the process. Once you have customers in reach, strategies such as email marketing can help you build trust with your audience so that they can rely on you for expertise,...
Grow Your High-End Business With Email Marketing
At Riley & You, we continue to tout the importance of a consistent email marketing strategy to our premium and luxury appliance clients, and with good reason. In today’s landscape, any marketing strategy needs to include content marketing to be...
Our Secret Sauce: Paid Search Campaign Strategy for High-End Dealers
We believe that a solid Google Search campaign focused on your business—not a specific brand or manufacturer—should be a foundational element of every dealer’s digital advertising strategy. Spending manufacturer funds for online advertising is something we get...
If You’ve Got It, Flaunt It: Showcase Your Expertise With B2B Content Marketing
We recently added several new writers to our team, and in doing so, we were very intentional in seeking out talent with a deep understanding of kitchen and interior design. One of them was even a kitchen designer in their previous professional life. Doing this brought...
Beyond the Showroom: Rethinking Luxury and Premium Selling
Before the spring of 2020, your showroom was a key part of your sales model. Appliance dealers used their funds to host events and draw people in to see their products in person. Manufacturers used the direct connections that come with showroom events to build their...
High-End Appliance Dealers: The Next Generation
Beginning in the 1970s, independent appliance dealers have enjoyed a great run. As family-owned businesses, they are often cornerstones in their communities. Everyone recognizes their name, and there is a lot of pride in having the second or even third generation...
Create Repeat Customers: Close Your Marketing Loop
When someone purchases an appliance from your dealership, the relationship doesn't end with the card swipe and signature. The customer/dealer relationship is one that—like any relationship—needs nurturing and follow-up care. Do you keep in touch with your clients...
How to Attract the Affluent Buyer
While the affluent buyer is a smaller subsection of the overall consumer audience, it is one that packs a big financial punch. And as a luxury and premium appliance dealer, it’s an audience you need to understand. From how this audience has...
Adjusting Your Sales Funnel for an Affluent Audience™
When it comes to sales, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. The same is true when it comes to the luxury consumer. A more expensive purchase, even for the wealthiest among us, merits more time and consideration. And sometimes, the higher the price tag, the longer...
The High-End Appliance Audience Has Changed—Here’s How
Identifying your target audience is one of the first steps in developing a marketing strategy. After all, if you don’t understand who your target audience is, how can you be sure that your marketing efforts will reach the right people? However, simply identifying your...
Find Your Audience to Maximize Growth
In a game of bowling, you know your target. Hit one pin and you can take them all down and score big. Well, the same is true in business. You have to understand your ideal customer or audience—that’s the target you’re aiming to reach in order to meet (or exceed) your...
Enhance Your Affluent Strategy with Online Advertising
The advertising landscape has changed immensely in recent years, opening up new opportunities for appliance dealers to reach their most valuable audience. From manufacturer funding to promotional budgets, options to increase brand awareness and sales abound. But if...
How Will AI Impact High-End Appliance Marketing?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay, and it will absolutely impact your business if it hasn’t already. While machine learning has been used for a wide range of business functions for quite some time, a new form of AI known as generative AI was introduced to...