Marketing for Building Materials Brands and Distributors

Our expertise in building materials marketing comes from knowing how architects specify, how owners approve, and how contractors can help keep your products in a project or force them out.

We work with both building materials manufacturers and distributors to get them found, trusted, and chosen.

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How We Work with Building Materials

Selling building materials is different now.

Over 70% of prospects no longer want to meet sales reps in person.

Traditional B2B sales approaches in building materials have declined by 52% since 2020.

It's more difficult to get in front of architects and specifiers than it was five years ago.

The brands winning in this environment don't necessarily have better products.


They have better marketing.

As long as buildings are being built or renovated, there are opportunities to sell.

The question becomes: are those sales going to you, or to a competitor who invested in marketing?

We serve both brands and dealers.

Building materials manufacturers and distributors face different challenges and need different strategies. We work with both, and we understand how the differences shape marketing.

BUILDING MATERIALS BRANDS

Architects need to find your product, understand it, trust it, and specify it.

Owners need to understand the ROI.

Contractors need to know how it will impact the project.

See how we work with brands

DEALERS & DISTRIBUTORS

For dealers with exclusive territories, prospects need to choose your products.

For dealers competing on the same products in the same markets, prospects need to choose you.

See how we work with distributors

We Know This Industry Because We've Worked Inside It.

Graphicmachine was founded by a former practicing architect. Since our founding in 1999, we've worked inside the architecture, building materials, and construction industries.

So when we talk about specification cycles, dealer relationships, architect search behavior, and U.S. market dynamics, we're not guessing. We're drawing on decades of experience.

We've also helped multinational building materials brands build their U.S. presence from scratch. Understanding the American buyer, the American specification process, and the American distribution channel is a level of expertise that is difficult to match.

27+ Years

AEC experience

Global to U.S.

We help global brands navigate the US market

AIA & USGBC

Membership in industry organizations

Why Aren't You Being Specified?

It's not a problem with your product. It's a visibility and trust problem, and we can solve it.

There are five reasons great building materials products lose specifications to inferior competitors. These tend to be the same reasons no matter the brand or the use case. The good news: they're fixable.

Download Five Reasons Your Product Isn't Getting Specified
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A free guide for building materials brands and dealers losing specifications they should be winning.

Tell us about your product, and we'll identify the missed opportunities.

We offer a free 30-minute marketing assessment for building materials brands and distributors. Tell us who you're trying to reach and your distribution model, and we'll tell you the highest-impact things you can do to increase sales.