Connecting Industry Trends

The Minnesota Builders Exchange provides our members with the most current industry information.

	Buyers Guide + Membership Directory Our annual print publication reaches thousands in the construction industry! The directory includes a useful listing of members and their paid CSI and Trade Name Listings/Advertisements, as well as a directory of industry organizations and firms that help support our organization. We mail a printed edition to all member companies, plus over 300 local architects, engineers and agencies, with an online edition available to the general public. Members: Promote your services to the industry using the Buyers Guide + Membership Directory contract form, emailed to all member companies in August.  Changes appear on November invoice.
	Weekly Bulletin Distributed every Tuesday night exclusively to members via email, this indispensable tool includes construction industry and MBEX news, plus the most current listing of projects available to our members via our physical and online plan rooms.
	MBEX Quarterly Exchange The MBEX Quarterly Exchange provides our members with the opportunity to read more about important topics of interest at MBEX and within our industry. In this publication, members find exciting recaps of our events, invites to upcoming events, and features on important benefits of membership and industry-related news.

Spread YOUR Word

All members are invited and encouraged to promote their products, services and achievements.Target your ad message directly to the industry via print, online and at our events!

Trade Listings

• Listings by CSI number(s): $15/each
• Trade Name listings by product(s): $10/each

Here’s how: Each August, MBEX emails the Buyers Guide + Membership Directory contract form to all member companies. Complete the form. Return it to us bu the indicated deadline.

• Listings appear in the Buyers Guide + Membership Directory
• Trade Names/CSI Search is a public, searchable database of listings

Visual Advertisements

• Promote your company with a banner advertisement: $360 annually
• Become an official MBEX sponsor: our way to say thanks for your banner ad

Displayed in a variety of locations, banner ads offer the most cost-effective means of advertising— digitally and in print:

• Our homepage on mbex.org features sponsors and ads, and it's a different ad with every visit and page refresh! 
• Inside the Weekly Bulletin on every project information page
• Printed inserts in the Buyers Guide + Membership Directory proudly display all banner sponsors
• Public sponsor thank yous and displayed ads at various MBEX
• All banner ads are also displayed online on our Sponsors page with click-thru link

Classifieds

We can help with posting and sharing the following types of notices in our Weekly Bulletin:

• Help Wanted | For Sale | Work Wanted ads - $5 per line per # of weeks the ad is run. (For example, a 2-line ad is $10. Running it for 4 weeks would be a total cost is $40).
• Minority Notices - These cost $10/week OR $200/year for unlimited ad placement. Click here to learn more about posting Notices of Minority Participation.

Ads and Minority Notices are also posted to our Classifieds at no extra charge.

How to get started: Contact our Membership & Communications Manager, Ashlee, at 612-381-2631 or ah@mbex.org.

We also share company news and announcements to MBEX members and non-members alike. There is no charge to share your good news; all you need to do is share it with us! 

Yes, Our Events are Exclusive.

The Minnesota Builders Exchange is proud of its tradition of providing our member companies and their employees with numerous opportunities to connect with each other.

Our Annual Events are widely-popular and highly-attended. 

Attend

• Register to attend any of our annual events
• Volunteer to help at an event
• Check out all upcoming events; the 2023 calendar will be published soon!

Sponsor

• Place your company front and center with a new audience -- whether you're attending the event or not
• Sponsorships vary from $30 - $500
• Sponsorship dollars help support our scholarships and future events
• Sponsors are recognized at the event, in our Weekly Bulletin, across social media, and other marketing materials

Event Committees

• Join a committee to help in planning MBEX events
• Committee members attend for free
• Gain recognition for your company by volunteering your time

Be Known. Be Seen. Be Heard.

In addition to utiziling project information, advertising your company's services and attending events, employees of our member companies find value in other aspects of our organization:

Give Yourself a Voice

• Run for a seat on the MBEX Board of Directors
• Volunteer regularly at events

An Office Away From Your Office

• Members are welcome to visit our phyiscal Plan Room any time during our regular business hours. Drop on by and utilize our spaces. 
• Members can also request use of our conference room for meetings

Keep Your Network Growing

• Attend MBEX events to network and socialize. Trust us when we say we know how to have a good time!
• Visit our website regularly, especially our News and Events pages. New short articles, event updates, and fun finds are posted 3 times a week.
• Follow us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and Instagram. Best done when taking a mental break from work.
• Share your company news with MBEX. Simply email it to ah@mbex.org.
• Advertise your company's services in the annual Buyers + Membership Directory, on our website, and in the Weekly Bulletin. Your ad will be seen by 1,000+ industry professionals; your ideal audience.