CMC identified marketing differentiation as primary motivation for builders.
Challenge
- Cost-effectively raise awareness of energy-efficient building practices in a rural service territory with limited new home construction activity
- Motivate new home builders to adopt those building practices and participate in the Pennsylvania Energy Efficient New Homes Program
Solution
- Develop and execute integrated marketing, public relations and direct outreach strategies with implementation partner Performance Systems Development
- Motivate builders by raising market visibility of high-performing program participants
Program Implementation
- Facilitated focus groups of program participants within the target market
- Established relationships with building trade leaders and community partners
- Integrated focus group feedback into marketing tactics including press outreach materials, content for trade association communications, direct mail campaigns and program marketing collateral
- Integrated focus group feedback into the program requirements redesign
- Developed and placed targeted print and digital advertising campaigns
- Partnered with builders to develop advertising and article content featuring each firms’ unique approach to energy-efficient home construction
Critical Success Factors
- Identified market differentiation as the primary motivation for builders to exceed code requirements
Results
- Increased program participation with 25% more builders in a two-year period
- Authored 9 articles published in 20 trade and news publications across Pennsylvania
- Pitched three article topics successfully published as feature stories in local newspapers
- Engaged nearly 50 channel partners including trade associations, government entities, code officials, REALTORs, appraisers and HVAC supply houses
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