Why are product designers useful?

Posted on 29/10/2018

When a prospect wants to know more about a product, they’ll search the internet for more information. With any luck, if you’ve done all the right things with your website, they’ll land on your site and start exploring the products you have to offer and the kind of company you are. But how do you keep them on your site for longer? And how do you encourage them to leave their contact details, so you can follow up this initial interest? 

 

If you read up on this topic, you’ll probably find an array of articles explaining that to generate leads online you need to encourage engagement with your visitors. It’s great that they are on your site, but you need to use every possible opportunity to inspire them to interact with you and engage with your brand. This is what peaks their interest and makes them a lead, not just a visitor.

 

Engage at every turn 

 

There should be opportunities for visitors to engage at every turn in the form of ‘click here’ buttons and ‘contact us’ prompts, but one tool that has seen particular success, is the product designing tool. Product designers are proving to be an excellent way of capturing the imagination of online visitors. Composite door designers have been the most popular in our industry, but this online lead generator is just as successful with any window or door product. But why? 

 

Whether they are used by homeowners, or by the installers selling these products, product designers help the consumer to visualise the finished product. They can see exactly how their colour choice, door style and suite of hardware will look in situ on their new door, or how the type of glass and handles will look on their new window. Encouraging this interaction with your site makes it far more likely for the visitor to get in touch. 

 

More cost effective than you think

 

Talking to people about product designers for their website, whether fabricators or installers, we often hear that it’s something they’d love to have but assume is prohibitively expensive. This isn’t the case. Product designers are fantastic online sales tools that are more cost effective than you think! If you want to put us to the test on that, get in touch today to find out more.

What your online presence can do for your lead generation

Posted on 25/09/2018

Fifty-three per cent of marketers say half or more of their budget is allocated to lead generation, but 63% said generating traffic and leads was their top challenge. It’s not easy to generate leads and it’s certainly not easy to generate meaningful leads. However, there are a lot of online tools that can really help. Find a company that knows what they’re doing, and you could transform your business.

The window and door industries provide their very own set of challenges too. They’re competitive markets that are renowned for their more aggressive sales and marketing tactics. Of course, not all companies operate in this way, but if you’re a fabricator or installer operating in these markets, it’s imperative that you stay ahead of the competition in the right way. Your online presence and lead generation tools should have a significant part to play.

What works?

The team of designers and developers at Glazing Vault have years of experience – all within the window, door and glazing industries, with both trade and retail companies, large and small – so they know what works and what doesn’t.

Even with a basic brochure website there are things you can do with the design and layout to encourage people to interact and engage with your business. You can make it easy for them to find the information they want, and you can give them every opportunity to get in touch. The easier you make it for your visitors, the more likely it is that you’ll start to get genuine leads from your online presence.  

Encourage engagement

If you want to go a step further, you can also add product designers to your online offering. We’ve produced product designers in various fields for countless companies who quickly see the benefit of allowing customers to interact with potential product combinations online, before they buy. It helps soften the buying process and gives them more control over the decision-making process, which they can do 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to suit them. This takes us back to our previous point about making it as easy as possible for visitors to find what they want from your site, when they want it.

Make the change

If you’re a retail business or a fabricator selling to installers and you think you can get more out of your online presence, our experienced team would be happy to talk to you to review what you have in place now and how we could help make it better in a cost effective way. Make sure your online presence is working as hard as it can be for your business and get in touch today.    

Welcome to the new Glazing Vault !

Posted on 02/03/2017

Welcome to the new enhanced Glazing Vault!

 

We’ve been listening to your feedback and we’ve been busy re-developing all new glazing industry website themes and designers.

 

What’s new?

 

All new website themes

Our website themes are designed specifically for the glazing industry. You can now choose from Clyde, Hudson, Baltic or Flint. Each theme has a unique design, meaning that you will be able to find the perfect theme to suit your company.  These themes are rich in glazing themed content and stunning images and feature your company logo and ‘About Us’ content.

 

Website themes exclusively for DoorStop and Solidor customers

We offer website themes exclusively for customers of Door Stop and Solidor.  If you are a customer of either of these companies, you can take advantage of these themes, which contain all of Door Stop or Solidor’s imagery and assets.

 

Composite Door Designers

The latest mobile responsive Composite Door Designers including Door Stop Sales Manager and Solidor Sales Generator.

 

Bifold Door Designer

We’ve redesigned our Bifold Door Designer, making it easier than ever for your customers to design their very own bifold door on your website.

 

Casement Window Designer

Our new casement window designer allows your customers to design their own windows anywhere, anytime.

 

We have everything you need to allow your customers to design, order and purchase your products 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

 

Log in or Register today to re-discover the enhanced Glazing Vault and see what we can do to help you generate more leads and sales online!