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How Builder Prime Grew

All-in-one CRM for home improvement contractors.

How did Builder Prime grow?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Builder Prime grew by continuously iterating and adding key features such as automated text messaging and SMS-based marketing, which encouraged customers to upgrade their subscriptions and created a new revenue stream. The company shifted its approach to customer onboarding by increasing phone calls and Zoom sessions to provide more hand-holding, responding to customer preferences for direct support. Growth was also supported by word of mouth and search engine optimization, including building out blog posts to attract organic traffic from people searching for CRM solutions for home improvement companies. Customer feedback played a role in growth, with early customers providing valuable insights that helped guide product development.

Channels

5 channels · grouped by how Builder Prime grows

  • SEO

    · 1 mention
    “So one of the things, right, so with that pivot and repositioning as a CRM, that's what people search for. And that's why we always say, hey, what do you do? Oh, we're a CRM for home improvement companies because people are searching, the people know the term CRM, they know they're supposed to ha...”
    high

  • Word of mouth

    · 1 mention
    “And then there's some word of mouth as well.”
    high

  • Group Product Demos

    · 1 mention
    “we started moving away from emphasizing, book a call with us, book a call with us, let us help you, let us help you, right? So we tried to push people more to self-service and they weren't looking for self-service. They wanted that hand-holding, those calls, those Zoom sessions. ... Let's reverse...”
    high

  • Innovation

    · 1 mention
    “Besides that, it was also just continuing to iterate, add some key features. Like for example, we added automated text messaging and SMS-based marketing and all of that kind of stuff. And that was actually a big driver for people to upgrade their subscriptions. It's a completely different revenue...”
    high

  • Customer feedback

    · 1 mention
    “So it was just iterating, listening to feedback. You know, there was one really kind of interesting and helpful thing that happened. My, I believe he was my third customer. I met him at a local home improvement contractor association meeting here that I joined up. And he became my third customer,...”
    high

How 2,667 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — Builder Prime’s highlighted.
  • Referral/Word-of-mouth
    68% ◀
  • Social media
    58%
  • Search/SEO
    57% ◀
  • Email
    47%
  • Community
    33% ◀
  • Content/Inbound
    31%
  • Partnerships
    30%
  • Paid ads
    24%
  • Events
    24% ◀
  • Press/PR
    18%
  • Outbound/Sales
    16%
  • Marketplaces/App stores
    8%
  • Brand Authenticity
    2%
  • Product expansion
    2%
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