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AI Is Your MVP Part 1: Integrating AI + CRM

| Part 1 of 3 | Years ago, I walked into Nordstrom to buy a bra and met Wendy, the Nordstrom Lingerie Specialist. (Now I have your attention!) After introducing herself and asking for my name, she started with, “Meredith,...

Why Does AI Matter for New Home Sales Professionals?

Artificial intelligence isn’t coming for new home sales. It’s already here, quietly shaping buyer expectations long before the first conversation ever happens. Today’s buyers arrive informed, opinionated, and often overwhelmed. They’ve searched Google. They’ve watched videos. They’ve compared builders. Increasingly,...

FANtastic Selling 3.0 Is Here

A New Playbook for AI-Powered New Home Sales Leaders Selling has changed, again. Buyers are more informed, more skeptical, and more influenced by technology and AI than ever before. By the time a prospect reaches out, they’ve already researched, compared,...

Builder Town Hall Finale: Lessons for 2026 From Five Years of “Heart + Smart”

When we started Builder Town Hall back in 2020, it was an emergency meeting for an industry in crisis. What began as a “temporary” Zoom call to steady the ship during COVID turned into a five-year livestream series, 72 episodes...

Maximize Your ROI with Meta Advantage+ Creative: Why Builders Should Care (A Lot)

If you’ve been feeling like your paid social ads are doing “fine” but not FANtastic, Meta’s Advantage+ Creative might just become your new best friend. We use it on a number of our builder accounts, and, no surprise, it’s delivering...

Real Talk About Reels: How Builders Are Winning with Short-Form Video

At the October Builder Town Hall, we got real about Reels—those short-form videos that dominate Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and now even Google search results. What was once optional is now essential. If your marketing strategy doesn’t include short-form video,...

Is Google’s Gemini AI Mode the New Frontier for Home Buyers, and How Can Builders Take Advantage of It?

Researched With AI. Written by HI. Let me lay it out: we’re in a seismic shift. Google isn’t just sprinkling AI on top of Search — it’s rearchitecting Search around AI. As a home builder sales and marketing leader, this...

Home Builder Website Launch: Dicharry Homes Builds a StoryBrand Experience with Catalyst

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the new Dicharry Homes website, designed and developed by Meredith Communications on our proprietary Catalyst WordPress platform. From day one, Dicharry Homes knew their online presence had to reflect more than floor plans...

Home Builder Website Launch: Summit Homes Florida

  We’re thrilled to announce the launch of a brand-new website for Summit Homes Florida, developed in partnership with Meredith Communications! Summit Homes Florida is a new home building company backed by over 100 years of experience in the housing...

AI + HI = Better Marketing: Why Ethical AI Use Creates Stronger Content

*** Written by Meredith. Edited by ChatGPT and Grammarly.*** If you’re a home builder marketer feeling conflicted about using AI to create content, you’re not alone. There’s a lot of noise online right now: hot takes, backlash, even moral panic...

Stop Selling the House. Start Showing the Craft.

Outside the Marketing Bubble: What Writing a Novel Taught Me About Home Builder Marketing, Part 2 In Part 1 of this series, I shared one of the unexpected benefits of writing my first novel: it pulled me into an entirely...

Your Next Great Marketing Idea May Come From Outside Home Building

Outside the Marketing Bubble: What Writing a Novel Taught Me About Home Builder Marketing, Part 1 I have spent more than 25 years studying marketing, communications, buyer psychology, technology, and the homebuilding industry. I have written books about marketing and...

Modern Search: How and Why SEO Matters More Than Ever in the Age of AI

Artificial intelligence is transforming search, but the biggest shift isn’t happening inside Google’s algorithms. It’s happening in the way buyers search for information. Builders who understand that difference won’t simply improve their rankings. They’ll earn trust before the first conversation...

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