Presentations

The 2020 International Builders Show just wrapped-up and I am intoxicated by the possibilities the future holds for our industry. It’s no surprise my time at the show is almost completely spent in Sales Central, the sales and marketing education sessions, or connecting with the sales and marketing pros in attendance. This year just kept […]

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Top 5 Can’t-Miss Builders’ Show Sessions

| Megan English

Every year we take a long, hard look at all the sales and marketing sessions on the IBS Education Grid and choose a few (5 to be exact) that we find to be the most compelling, cutting-edge, or just downright fun. It’s a daunting task, as there are so many great topics and even more […]

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The Marketing Pulse, Stand Out, and IBS 2015

| Dennis O'Neil

It has been a busy 2015, and we’re just getting started. January included both the release of insights from ONeil Interactive’s 4th annual Pulse report and my Stand Out! presentation with Dawn Sadler at the International Builders’ Show. If you were not able to make it to our Sales Central presentation, you can download the […]

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Did You Miss the Facebook Webinar?

| Dennis O'Neil

If you missed Dennis’s webinar in December, then we have some good news. “Facebook Fact & Fiction. Real Numbers. Real Engagement. More Sales” is now available on YouTube in its entirety, and you can watch in just 34 minutes. If you don’t see the video below, click here to watch it now. You can download […]

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Facebook Webinar: Wed, December 17th at Noon CT

| Dennis O'Neil

Next Wednesday, December 17th at Noon Central Time, we are honored to be participating in Smart Touch Interactive’s professional webinar series. For about 40-45 minutes, we’ll be discussing builder social media participation trends, the measurable results they’ve seen (and not seen), and discuss specific tactics that have proved successful in driving traffic. I really, really, […]

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The Sales & Marketing Pulse Webcast – This Thursday

| Dennis O'Neil

At the 2013 International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas, I had the pleasure of presenting the results of our annual Sales & Marketing Pulse report with our partners, Shore Consulting. Jeff Shore and I presented the results to the crowd in Sales Central with standing room only. If you missed us at IBS, you’ve got […]

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Thank You Pulse 2013 Attendees!

| Dennis O'Neil

The International Builders’ Show is off to an AWESOME start! This morning’s Pulse 2013 event  was a huge success, with standing room only in Sales Central, as Dennis O’Neil and Jeff Shore shared a wealth of valuable data points pulled directly from our survey results. They touched on everything from the social media participation to […]

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The Sales & Marketing Pulse 2013

| Dennis O'Neil

It’s back for 2013! As builders work to maximize the full potential of today’s recovering market, everyone is looking for a performance edge. To that end, we are excited to announce The Pulse 2013, a leading edge survey conducted by ONeil Interactive and Shore Consulting. This annual survey represents hundreds of new home sales and […]

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The Sales & Marketing Pulse 2012 Report and Video

| Dennis O'Neil

In early January, Jeff Shore and I began an ambitious project to survey nearly 300 new home sales and marketing leaders about what’s hot, what’s not, and what’s really happening in the marketplace. This in-depth survey asked leaders specific questions about topics including negotiating frequency, salesperson turnover, social media use, and online leads. Because of […]

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Coming up for Air

| Dennis O'Neil

I’ve spent the last 4 months solid working without a break or a breath. We’ve been launching some great new websites for builders, creating new features that no one’s ever seen, and we’re in the middle of a few additional projects that are really going to empower builders of all sizes to take control of […]

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Effective Communication with Social Media

| Dennis O'Neil

On March 9th, I had the pleasure of speaking to over 200 new home sales and real estate professionals at SMC SalesCamp. My assigned topic was “Effective Communication with Social Media.” The videos below contain my full presentation. In this presentation, I was able to introduce the concept of Lead Curation – Creating an environment conducive to […]

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Yes. A Camp for Us.

| Dennis O'Neil

BarCamp, RE BarCamp, PodCamp, WordCamp… any of these ring a bell? What about Ignite events, or TED talks? The last few years have brought on sweeping changes in how people gather to support a topic, idea, or purpose. Instead of days of grueling lectures and courses defined by the ‘hours’ for which they qualify, “Camps” […]

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2010 is Going to Make You Cry

| Dennis O'Neil

If new media marketing was an onion, 2009 peeled away just the surface layer of potential. However, in 2010, we’re heading deep into that onion – get ready to cry… in a good way. Last year’s new media tools are maturing, and their business purpose is quickly coming into focus for more and more users. […]

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