Lessons in High-end
Appliance Marketing
The Insight You Need to Reach the Affluent Audience
As high-end appliance industry specialists, we’ve been helping dealers capture and retain their affluent audience for over 14 years. Our videos provide premium and luxury appliance dealers with the insight they need to craft a marketing strategy that promotes steady growth and greater profitability.
Working Smarter and Staying Ahead: Adjusting Your Strategy for a Changing Market
This article is the final piece in a series called Working Smarter and Staying Ahead featuring highlights from the annual KBIS Insights Breakfast presentation. Check out our previous posts for Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. You know that your customer...
How COVID-19 Is Impacting Home Design
Editor's Note: We recently wrote this article for a premium appliance dealer to share with their audience of high-end homeowners and trade professionals. It's a great example of how we use timely, relevant content to position our clients as experts with their...
Working Smarter and Staying Ahead: How to Sell to Different Customer Segments
This article is part of a series called Working Smarter and Staying Ahead featuring highlights from the annual KBIS Insights Breakfast presentation. Check out our previous posts for Part 1 and Part 2. Once you understand the various segments of your market, then...
Begin With The End In Mind
The sale is complete. Delivery and installation are done, and you called to follow-up, making sure the customer was satisfied with their new appliances. So that's it, right? Until they need their next kitchen appliance ... at least that's what you hope. But you...
The Stress Is Real: Taking Extra Steps to Encourage Your Team
There's no denying the pandemic is taking a toll in a variety of ways. The most obvious, of course, is the health of people around the world who have contracted COVID-19. Statistics on illness and death have become ever-present in our newsfeeds. We can't ignore...
Working Smarter and Staying Ahead: Changes In Your Showroom
This article is part of a series called Working Smarter and Staying Ahead featuring highlights from the annual KBIS Insights Breakfast presentation. Check out our previous post for Part 1. You know that your customer base is growing and changing, and the people...
On Valued but Borrowed Time
The years of experience in your sales force can be a key component to the success of your premium retail business. We repeatedly entrust the most important relationships to the most seasoned, proven professionals on staff. It’s no secret that the results of this...
Working Smarter and Staying Ahead: Know Your Customers
Whether your store has been around for decades or just a few years, your customers are changing. At the bare minimum, they are getting older and their buying habits and needs change as they age. But you have also felt the rapid changes in technology, in your...
Working With Designers: Making the Right Match Inside Your Sales Team is Crucial
Having provided marketing services to premium appliance dealers for over a decade, we’ve met and worked with many sales professionals over the years. Inside the appliance showroom, team members often earn a reputation for their different strengths. One we are commonly...
Quick Upgrades to Appeal To Affluent Buyers
The Affluent Audience™ isn’t looking for the lowest price—they’re looking for confidence, expertise, and a brand that aligns with their expectations. If your business still relies on discount-driven messaging or lacks a strong luxury presence online, you could be...
The Secret of Consistent Growth (HINT: It’s Not Just the Builder Business)
Just as your investment professional insists that diversification is essential for consistent financial growth, the same is true for the growth of your business. While having solid relationships with high-end builders and designers is crucial for a healthy bottom...
How to Accelerate Growth in Slower Times
It’s a FACT that business owners know and must accept: There will be times when your business experiences sales lulls. The reasons can vary—time of year, perhaps a new competitor opening up, or perhaps an economic downturn. But before you get defeated,...
The Ad Investments That Clearly IMPACT High-End Growth
Having spent more than 14 years meeting premium and luxury appliance dealers throughout the United States, we have learned some pretty eye-opening findings when it comes to this specific type of dealers’ ad investments. More specifically, our experience has revealed...
When You’re Serious About Showing Off Your Work
Discovering that video and images are the magnet in today's world of advertising and social media can be a surprise to some. When you're an appliance dealer, it takes ongoing investments in video and images to play this game, which is why many don't embrace it. Since...
Silo Automation and the Tale of the Lost Multi-Million Dollar Salesperson
For an independent appliance dealer to be profitable, follow-up is often the key to closing deals, yet it’s a step many salespeople overlook. Here’s a story highlighting the importance of follow-up and offering valuable lessons for dealers. Meet Salesperson Sam Sam...
Your End-Of-Year Campaigning Starts Now
July is a pivotal month for dealers to maximize their co-op funding. This is the time to set the stage for the remainder of the year, ensuring you maximize your marketing budget and build momentum with your Affluent Audience™. Re-engage with Your Reps Now is the time...