Ask a Certified New Home Marketing Professional (CMP)
Take your career to the next level with the CMP designation. The following experts can answer your questions about courses, the required elective credits and continuing education. These CMP graduates will answer your questions so you can be on your way to enhancing your professional skills and marketability.
Find out the benefits of earning your CMP by simply clicking on the Ask Me link following the expert’s bio.
Responses and opinions provided to you by designation holders are solely their own regarding the CMP designation program. NAHB does not warrant or endorse their accuracy, completeness, timeliness or reliability. NAHB assumes no liability for inaccuracy or incompleteness of the responses or opinions provided by designation holders.
S. Robert August
S. Robert August & Co., Inc.
Greenwood Village, CO
Designation and Year Received: CMP - 1982
Area of Expertise: Sales & Marketing
The CMP designation is special to me. It signifies that I have successfully completed the four IRM courses. As an instructor and critic of each of these courses, I am able to create a state-of-the-art education process as I update my knowledge for each course. Further enhancing my knowledge through pragmatic and academic application of the course material helps me assist others in improving their profit performance.
Meredith Oliver Meredith Communications
Orlando, Florida
Designation and Year Received: MIRM - 2003, CMP - 2003 and CSP - 2002
Area of Expertise: New Home Sales & Marketing
I got my MIRM designation because I want to know EVERYTHING about our industry and the MIRM program was a great way to add to my education! I took all four courses and wrote my case study in one year. The most valuable part of the experience was writing the case study which helped me pull together the information from all four classes. I highly recommend the MIRM courses because they give a broad understanding of what it takes to create revenue from dirt to dollars. It doesn’t get any better than that!
Area of Expertise: New Home Sales and Internet Marketing
Tammie Smoot brings more than 10 years of proven Internet marketing experience & practical knowledge to the Carolina’s as a professional marketing consultant for HomeBuilder.com.
Tammie has a proven record as an exceptional sales & marketing professional in the building industry working for large national, regional & custom builders, crafting cost-effective, results oriented marketing programs.
As a certified internet marketing specialist, she utilizes her extensive experience & knowledge of the industry’s inner workings to help builders focus on finding & implementing solutions to achieve their marketing goals.
Tammie’s expertise also extends to the demanding intricacies of Web site development. Working hand-in-hand with HomeBuilder.com’s™ award-winning, Web site division, one of the largest builders and developers of Web sites in the country.
Tammie has applied her in-depth industry knowledge in training sales personnel, educating marketing groups & entertaining builder groups as well as creating e-mail follow-up programs & initiating Internet marketing strategies.
She has been actively involved in the Charlotte HBA, Charlotte SMC & the Professional Women in the Building Industry for many years. Tammie is also a member of the Raleigh Wake HBA & the Triangle SMC. Tammie has served as an officer on the North Carolina State Professional Women in the Building Industry board for the past 3 years.
Gian Hasbrock
Beach Realty & Construction Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Designation and Year Received: CMP - 1998
Area of Expertise: Sales & Marketing Training
I took all four courses in 1994 but had not completed my case study when the CMP designation was unveiled in 1997. Receiving this designation in 1998 made visible my commitment to achieving membership in theInstituteofResidential Marketingin 1999.
I initially took the CMP classes on the recommendation of a business associate who also worked in the new homes industry as a marketing director. Since I have worked for 2 Fortune 500 home builders in the United States I have come to believe that self-education is of the utmost importance in our business. I believe this because too often I have witnessed individuals (and companies) who have become complacent with their skills (and knowledge) and therefore eventually lost their “edge.” Since I work in a rather dynamic industry my livelihood is affect by a plethora of environmental factors but having an in-depth understanding of the most recent trends and industry best practices has provided me a considerable competitive advantage which in turn has resulted in vastly increased personal income and career satisfaction. Taking the four classes that were required to earn the CMP designation also introduced me to other opportunities for continuing education and resources that I could utilize to benefit my company and career. Upon taking the CMP courses I have continued to expand my knowledge by taking other courses offered through the NAHB and IRM. During this journey, I also learned about the MIRM designation and I decided to make that designation my next goal.
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