The Community, established by MarketingWorks to provide a focus for construction marketers to learn and network, has now joined forces with the Chartered Institute of Marketing Construction Industry Group (CIMCIG).

CIMCIG aims to be a forum for members to share knowledge, skills, information and best practice. MarketingWorks Training and Consultancy has long been a member of CIMCIG, and in 2009 the MarketingWorks Community will discontinue as a separate group in order to support CIMCIG in providing better services to members of the construction industry. You can still see a range of MarketingWorks articles here on the MarketingWorks website, but there is much more available on the CIMCIG Knowledge Hub.

There are currently over 1000 CIMCIG members from a wide range of construction disciplines including construction consultants, contractors, sub-contractors, developers, material suppliers and distributors, information suppliers and specialist marketing consultancies. MarketingWorks strongly recommends that all existing and new MarketingWorks Community Members involved in winning work in the construction industry join CIMCIG.

CIMCIG is part of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and works on behalf of members to raise the status of the marketing profession in the construction industry.

CIMCIG publishes a newsletter that is circulated electronically to all members on a monthly basis, carrying details of construction marketing news and events. CIMCIG also runs two groups on networking sites: Facebook and Linkedin, and negotiates special deals for its members, for example, discounts for marketing data and research, magazines and training events.