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Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Applied AI-Tactics to Save Time and Sell Smarter

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Applied AI-Tactics to Save Time and Sell Smarter

Applied AI: Tactics to Save Time and Sell Smarter

Sales & Marketing Power Hour with Kimberly Mackey (New Homes Solutions Consulting), Carol Morgan (Denim Marketing), and guest Brian Kernahan (Lumen.ai)

Are you curious—or maybe a little cautious—about how Artificial Intelligence is changing the way we sell new homes? Maybe you’ve asked yourself:

  • Will AI take my job?

  • Can it really help me sell smarter without losing the human touch?

  • Where do I even start when every tech company claims to have “the” AI solution?

If those questions sound familiar, this episode of The Sales & Marketing Power Hour is your roadmap to practical, real-world answers.

In “Applied AI: Tactics to Save Time and Sell Smarter,” Kimberly Mackey and Carol Morgan sit down with Brian Kernahan, Chief Revenue Officer at Lumen.ai, to talk about how AI can empower—not replace—your team. Together, they unpack how to use AI as a productivity booster to handle repetitive tasks, personalize the buyer journey, and help your team focus on what really matters: building relationships that sell homes.

Key Takeaways:

  • AI won’t replace you—but someone using AI will. Learn how to leverage automation to make your sales process faster, smarter, and more consistent.

  • From leads to appointments: Hear how builders are using conversational AI to qualify leads, schedule tours, and follow up in real time—without losing that human touch.

  • The ROI reality check: Only 5% of AI projects deliver measurable returns—find out how to be in that winning 5% with clear goals and integration.

  • Avoid the “AI hallucination trap.” Discover how to protect your brand voice and keep your messaging on track.

  • Marketing meets AI search. Carol shares how AI-driven search is reshaping SEO and why creating authentic, consistent content is still your best strategy.

  • Practical tools you can use today. From Otter and Fireflies for meeting transcripts to Popl for instant lead capture at trade shows, get ready to take notes on time-saving tech you’ll actually use.

AI is here to stay—but the future isn’t AI-first, it’s customer-first, powered quietly and confidently by AI.

So before you say, “AI isn’t for me,” hit play and see how the best builders and sales teams are already using it to simplify their workflows, strengthen their follow-up, and sell more homes—without working more hours.

Watch the full episode to learn how to make AI your most efficient new team member.

And, be sure to REGISTER for our last SMPH of the year on December 10, 2025 at Noon ET. It is everyone’s favorite! We are partnering with ECI|Lasso CRM for the 2026 Edition of the Lasso Round-up! You’ll get a jump start on 2026 and exactly what you need to do now to prepare for the best year yet!

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Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Who’s On Your Website and How to Convert Them

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Who’s On Your Website and How to Convert Them

Who’s on Your Website and How to Convert Them | Sales & Marketing Power Hour Recap If you’re like most builders, you’ve probably spent countless hours (and dollars) driving traffic to your website. But here’s the hard truth: driving traffic without conversion is like building roads to nowhere. That’s exactly what we tackled on theContinue Reading

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Overcoming Objections in Climate Challenged Markets

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Overcoming Objections in Climate Challenged Markets

*Special thanks to Denim Marketing for our write-up of this session. With extreme weather events, rising insurance premiums and natural disasters becoming more frequent, builders and marketers face new challenges in maintaining strong sales, especially in sensitive climate-challenged regions. How can we, as the homebuilding industry, effectively position new homes as smart, resilient investments? SalesContinue Reading

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Blogging and Vlogging in the Age of AI

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Blogging and Vlogging in the Age of AI

The latest Sales and Marketing Power Hour was filled with actionable insights and practical takeaways, delivered by hosts Carol Morgan from Denim Marketing and Kimberly Mackey from New Homes Solutions, along with special guests Jaime Godwin of Kolter Homes and Kaitlyn Fogle of French Brothers Homes. The discussion, “Blogging and Vlogging in the Age ofContinue Reading

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Stop Waiting Start Selling

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Stop Waiting Start Selling

In today’s competitive market, sales teams can’t afford to wait for leads—they must take an active role in marketing. Should salespeople focus solely on closing deals, or should they also manage personal branding, content creation and lead generation? This edition of Sales and Marketing Power Hour, “Stop Waiting, Start Selling,” featured an engaging discussion hostedContinue Reading

The Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Annual Lasso Roundup for 2025

The Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Annual Lasso Roundup for 2025

Howdy, partners! We just wrapped up our annual Sales & Marketing Power Hour Lasso Roundup, filled with actionable insights for sales and marketing pros looking to make 2025 their best year yet. A huge thank you to our stellar lineup of speakers and our sponsor, Lasso CRM. We hope you’ll take away some practical tipsContinue Reading

Lasso CRM: Top New Home Sales Tips for 2025

Lasso CRM: Top New Home Sales Tips for 2025

Once again, Kimberly Mackey was honored to participate in the article “Best Sales Tips” for the Annual Lasso CRM. This article includes advice from homebuilding’s best and brightest. We know you’ll want to devour them all to get your best start for 2025. And, while you are at it, please don’t forget to register toContinue Reading

Sales and Mareting Power Hour: How the NAR Settlement Impacts You

Sales and Mareting Power Hour: How the NAR Settlement Impacts You

The recent National Association of Realtors (NAR) ruling has introduced significant changes to the real estate landscape, and home builders must be proactive in understanding how to adjust. In this edition of The Sales and Marketing Power Hour, hosts Kimberly Mackey from New Homes Solutions and Carol Morgan from Denim Marketing shared their expertise onContinue Reading

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: How to Stop Your Leaky Sales Funnel

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: How to Stop Your Leaky Sales Funnel

In this jam-packed episode of the Sales and Marketing Power Hour hosted by Carol Morgan from Denim Marketing and Kimberly Mackey from New Homes Solutions Consulting, we tackled one of the most pressing challenges in the homebuilding industry—plugging the leaks in your sales funnel. With expert insights from Spencer Powell from Builder Funnel, Kelly FinkContinue Reading

Sales and Marketing Power Hour Crossover Event: Sales or Marketing Whose Job Is It Anyway? (Part 2)

Sales and Marketing Power Hour Crossover Event: Sales or Marketing Whose Job Is It Anyway? (Part 2)

Buckle up because we’re diving into some game-changing insights from the big crossover event between The Sales & Marketing Power Hour with hosts Kimberly Mackey from New Homes Solutions Consulting and Carol Morgan from Denim Marketing and The Home Builder’s Digital Marketing Podcast hosted by Greg Bray from Blue Tangerine and Kevin Weitzel from Outhouse.Continue Reading

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: It’s Time to Turn Up the Tech

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: It’s Time to Turn Up the Tech

In today’s homebuilding industry, using technology effectively is essential rather than just an option. The latest Sales and Marketing Power Hour hosted by Carol Morgan and Kimberly Mackey brought together a panel of experts to discuss why builders need to leverage technology well. The panel included Monica Wheaton from ECI Solutions and Beth Byrd ofContinue Reading

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Shaping Your Brand Voice

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Shaping Your Brand Voice

This edition of the Sales and Marketing Power Hour was an engaging session led by hosts Carol Morgan with Denim Marketing and Kimberly Mackey with New Homes Solutions Consulting, focusing on the critical aspects of branding and its impact on sales. Taylor Humphrey, the Director of Sales and Marketing for Pacesetter Homes in Dallas Texas,Continue Reading

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: 2024 Annual Lasso Roundup

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: 2024 Annual Lasso Roundup

Every year, ECI/Lasso CRM invites the top minds in the home building industry to contribute to a joint blog post featuring the Top New Home Sales Tips, the Top New Home Marketing Tips, and recently added The Top New Home Operations Tips for the year. You can visit https://newhomessolutions.com/SMPH-2024-Annual-Lasso-Roundup for links to the full blog posts onContinue Reading

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: So, You Got a Lead, Now What?

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: So, You Got a Lead, Now What?

Today’s consumers are well-informed. To attract the right leads, we dive deep into the mindset of the modern homebuyer and explore ways to resonate with them. This entails leveraging effective marketing strategies, including targeted ads and SEO to reach target audiences. You will see proven techniques to generate high-quality leads consistently. Learn how to buildContinue Reading

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: How to AI…Now

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: How to AI…Now

  In our SMPH webinar, “How to AI…Now,” we further explore the potential of artificial intelligence in the home-building sector. Kimberly Mackey of New Homes Solutions and Carol Morgan from Denim Marketing invite industry leaders Anya Chrisanthon from Anewgo and Barrett Davis of NterNow, to present practical strategies for incorporating AI into sales and marketingContinue Reading

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: How Artificial Intelligence is Revolutionizing New Home Sales

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: How Artificial Intelligence is Revolutionizing New Home Sales

AI-Driven Sales: How Artificial Intelligence is Revolutionizing New Home Sales Chat GPT Generated Summary. For details, please listen and watch the episode. Hosts: Kimberly Mackey, New Homes Solutions Consulting Carol Morgan, Founder and President of Denim Marketing Panelists: Bassam Salem, Founder of Atlas RTX John Lee, CEO of Anewgo Will Zhang, CEO of OpenHouse.ai PatrickContinue Reading

Atlanta Real Estate Forum Podcast: How Homebuilders Can Get Traction With Sales

Atlanta Real Estate Forum Podcast: How Homebuilders Can Get Traction With Sales

The podcast was recorded on February 23, 2023. Recently, Kimberly Mackey joined host Carol Morgan, Founder and President of Denim Marketing, to chat about the Traction Scorecard strategy, predicting sales paces and more on the All About Real Estate segment of the Atlanta Real Estate Forum Podcast. Here is a summary of the conversation. ForContinue Reading

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Girl Power! How Women Are Changing the Homebuilding Industry

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Girl Power! How Women Are Changing the Homebuilding Industry

Mollie Elkman, Owner and President of Group Two and best-selling author of The House That She Built and Alaina Money-Garman, CEO of Garman Homes join hosts Carol Morgan of Denim Marketing and Kimberly Mackey of New Homes Solutions Consulting for this GIRL POWERED edition of the Sales and Marketing Power Hour. This program created quiteContinue Reading

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Annual Lasso Roundup 2023

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Annual Lasso Roundup 2023

The annual tradition continues, and this just might be the best one yet. Every year, LassoCRM does blog posts for the Top New Home Sales Tips and the Top New Home Marketing Tips. From that article, we team up with the experts who wrote the most innovative tips and bring them to life with ourContinue Reading

Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Follow-up Like a Boss

One thing on the mind of sales teams across the county right now is, “how can I follow-up in meaningful ways, and not ‘sound like a pest’? The keyword in that sentence is “meaningful.” We all sound like a broken record when we say the market has normalized and that we have to back toContinue Reading