Construction Marketing: A Professional Approach

By Paul Pearce

This book is aimed at anyone working in the construction industry wishing to obtain new work. It draws upon the reader's own experiences as a consumer to introduce the key principles of marketing and relates how these principles can be used to advantage in the construction industry. The book explains marketing strategy as the means of assessing where customers are likely to be, deciding what to offer them and what to say to them to persuade them to work with the reader's firm rather than with a competitor. Emphasis is placed on the development of personal relationships as a route to developing new business. Practical guidelines are offered for obtaining competitive advantage, for securing an initial meeting with potential clients, for the design and use of brochures and other publicity material, and for many other marketing and sales related activities.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0727716522
• ISBN13: 9780727716521
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Amer Society of Civil Engineers
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.4" x 6.3"