Courtesy of Blue Tangerine Solutions, Erik Cofield and Wendi Pannell presented Project Management Gone Right. You can download it now!
Learn what you can do in your next project to ensure success from the beginning.
Know what pitfalls to avoid.
Get the key critical decisions to make long before starting any project
Understand Critical Path Project Management - What comes first and whose on second!
http://www.bluetangerinesolutions.com/webinar/4_20_2010_Webinar.wmv

BuildTopia is very pleased to provide business best practices for an upcoming project management best practices webinar  Think: Project Management Gone Right.

Join us for "Successful Strategies for Builders Changing Business Processes" April 20th at 1:00 Eastern, sponsored by Blue Tangerine Solutions. Register at http://bit.ly/NsN6r

Wendi Pannell and Erik Cofield offer insight and business best practices for builders, or anyone, facing a project involving business process change.

They will cover:
Action items you must know and do long before starting the project
Essential elements for a successful project management engagement
Pitfalls to avoid
and Critical Path Project Management - What comes first and whose on second!

Attendees receive a copy of the presentation to share with the rest of your team.

BuildTopia is pleased to recognize Erik Cofield, VP Sales and Marketing, as a new consultant for Builder Radio!  More details available at www.builderradio.com.

Erik Cofield, CGA has leveraged technology and provided business management consulting for all sizes and types of builders, developers and Remodelers since 2000, including volume, multi-family and custom, to help them improve their business. He is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing with BuildTopia, a widely used international construction management software company.  He enjoys applying best practices to businesses and being part of their success, growth and financial stability. As a long time advocate for education and professionalism in the residential construction industry, he managed the education program for the Greater Houston Builders Association for 2 years and holds the CGA (Certified Graduate Associate) designation from the National Association of Homebuilders.  

He speaks on a variety of subjects and provides content to outlets including Home Builder Associations, HGTV, NAHB, magazines and e-zines. 

He has been published in the 2008 and 2009 NAHB Business Management Guides He writes the business management best practices blog here at BuildTopia www.buildtopia.com/blog 

He is an NAHB Approved Instructor for:         
Customer Service         
Sales and Marketing for Remodelers         
Introduction to Business Management 
The CSP Course-Certified New Home Sales Professionals

One of the best compliments we here about Erik is from builders who tell us he has made a difference in how they run their business.

Congratulations Erik!

We are happy to expand our role at the Epcon sales conference in Columbus this month.

As a preferred vendor for Epcon corporate and franchisees, it is not just about having customers. BuildTopia is also pleased to be providing training support on the system and sales best practices to help leverage the system to out position the competition. 

We know it has been a tough year for builders.  If you are going to have a smaller piece of the pie, make it very rich!  As a partner to Epcon, we are happy to announce we are as steadfast, solid, still growing, and still willing to give back added value to our clients.

BuildTopia supports and participates in numerous on site events, speaking engagements, presentations at home builder associations, on site group training, webinars with Builder Radio, Blue Tangerine Solutions and road shows with strategic partners such as New Home Source.

If you are interested in discussing our involvement in your organization, please contact Erik Cofield at ecofield@buildtopia.com

The recent selling strategies seminar BuildTopia was at in St. Louis proved to be the most successful yet. BuildTopia's VP of Sales, Erik Cofield, joins Builder Homesite's, Chad Bria and Carol Flammer with mRelevance to promote the Builders Trifecta: You have to get leads, you have to have a great web site and social media presence and you have to manage leads like a Super-Hero! 

The attendance was incredible strong with over 60 attendees. BuildTopia ended up signing up 14 builders on BTLead in one day!

More "road shows" are planned. If you would like this seminar at your HBA, contact Erik Cofield at ecofield@buildtopia.com. The presentation may be complimentary in some cases.

Join us as we head to St. Louis!  Erik will present his "Managing Leads Like a Super-Hero!" as one of the presenters with Builder Homesite.  BuildTopia is part of a road show with Builder Homesite as we head to Home Builder Associations around the country giving builders real world advice on successful selling strategies to sell homes online, or anywhere else. Carol Flammer with mRelevance joins as well.

RSVP details are in the flyer below.

If you would like this at your HBA, contact Erik Cofield at ecofield@buildtopia.com.

St Louis 1-5-10 seminar on selling homes.pdf (54.78 kb)

Westlake Village, CA (October 14, 2009) – Move, Inc., and Builder Homesite, Inc., today announced the launch of Builders Digital Experience (theBDX.com), a joint venture dedicated to helping new home builders reach buyers with innovative online marketing solutions, providing the nation’s largest network of new home web sites, and streamlining customer service and support.  As a result, this new venture will enable increased investment in product portfolio expansion while providing builders with greater value and affordability.

Through this new strategic partnership, Builders Digital Experience (BDX) will operate the Move.com New Homes Channel and NewHomeSource.com, the country’s two most visited new homes websites¹, thereby delivering the largest online collection of new home listings. In addition, BDX will provide home builders with a one-stop-shop for the comprehensive portfolio of marketing and media services they need to market new homes to buyers.

Full article and press release at www.thebdx.com

Erik Cofield
ecofield@buildtopia.com

The Greater Houston Builders Association holds their annual product expo on 10-22-09 and expects hundreds of builders of all types and sizes to come see nearly 100 exhibitors, to see new products, take the contract seminars and reconnect with vendors. BuildTopia will be there in booth number 30 showing the entire suite of products, BTBuilder, BTSales, BTService and BTLead. BuildTopia will also be communicating the GHBA member discount on BuildTopia's extraordinary lead and prospect management system, BTLead.

More information at www.ghabshows.com

Is your HBA ready for a great non-dues revenue source? If so, contact Erik Cofield at ecofield@buildtopia.com