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LoLo Engagement Provides an Automated Way for NP Dodge Real Estate Agents to Support Local Businesses

Omaha, Nebraska – October 22, 2019 – NP Dodge Real Estate has partnered with LoLo (Locals Supporting Locals), a local relationship marketing program that helps businesses engage clients while supporting the community. LoLo curates a network of preferred local vendors and allows NP Dodge Real Estate agents to easily send the Local Gift of the Month to their clients via email/text. Now, more than ever, it is vitally important that we support the businesses that make up the local vibe and hearts of our communities.

Clark Harris, Co-Founder of LoLo says, "Real estate agents are essentially ambassadors to the neighborhood. We’ve created a relationship marketing program, which provides an alternative to prepaid gift cards or online gifts. This is a socially responsible program that drives traffic back to the small local businesses and helps strengthen the community that really is the heart of the business for NP Dodge Real Estate."

"Throughout our long history, innovation has been a core value of our company," stated Mike Riedmann, President of NP Dodge Residential Sales. "We are thrilled to be the first independent brokerage in the Omaha metro area to partner with LoLo to stay in touch with our clients while supporting our community."

NP Dodge agents gathered today for the company’s annual MarTech conference where LoLo’s Clark Harris described how the program works and how agents can use LoLo’s automated digital marketing tools to deliver results for their clients.

About LoLo: LoLo is a relationship marketing platform based in Asheville, NC. Founded in 2013, LoLo works with businesses to enable them to engage clients and contacts via automated monthly digital gifts sent via email/text to clients. LoLo makes it simple for businesses to stay in contact in a way that is meaningful to both the clients and the local community.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

NP Dodge Welcomes New Residential Sales Associates

Omaha, Nebraska - October 1, 2019 - NP Dodge Real Estate is proud to announce:

Nicky Kershaw joined the 148Dodge office located at 501 N. 148th Street, Omaha. Nicky has a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and MS in Administration K-12. Nicky has 19 years with Omaha Public Schools.

Rick Schumacher joined the 148Dodge office located at 501 N. 148th Street, Omaha. Rick has a Contractors License and has experience in flipping houses.

Rachael Kies joined the Sarpy office located at 4912 Shannon Drive, Papillion. Rachael transferred from Minnesota with 3 years of real estate experience. Rachael was a cosmetologist and business owner in Iowa. Rachael attended PCI Academy Beauty School in Ames, Iowa.

John Sawaged joined the 148Dodge office located at 501 N. 148th Street, Omaha. John is a business owner and is bilingual in Arabic and English.

Amy Barnhill joined the Washington County office located at 1449 Washington Street, Blair. Amy has been a local business owner for over five years. She has also been a leader and teacher of Bible Study class for 14 years. Amy is a mentor with TeamMates of Nebraska. She completed two years at Mesa Community College in Arizona.

Lashell Johnson joined the Sarpy office located at 4912 Shannon Drive, Papillion.

Josh Delaney joined the Washington County office located at 1449 Washington Street, Blair. Josh has experience in flipping houses and property management.

Poppy Grove joined the Council Bluffs office located at at 1032 Woodbury Avenue, Council Bluffs. Poppy transferred from Keller Williams and is licensed in Nebraska and Iowa. Poppy is a business owner of Grove Custom Home Builders LLC.

ABOUT NP DODGE

NP Dodge is the longest running, family-owned real estate company in the United States. The company currently maintains eight sales offices in Nebraska and Iowa and has over 450 sales associates. NP Dodge Real Estate is an exclusive affiliate of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® and Luxury Portfolio International®.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

NP Dodge Agents Are Ninja Selling Graduates

September 27, 2019 - Omaha, Nebraska - NP Dodge Real Estate hosted a four day Ninja Selling Installation Training conference for 50 of their agents and management team at Omaha Area Board of Realtors, Omaha from September 24-27, 2019. Clara Capano, Ninja Selling Instructor, moderated the four day training conference, leading the 50 attendees in training sessions focused on improving their business skills and everyday life. The four day training event concluded with a graduation ceremony and reception.  

Ninja Selling Graduates included NP Dodge Agents Trista Beaudette, Hope Benne, Bill Black, Coleen Black, Kirstin Brown, Stephanie Burns, Josh Christie, Carlene Claspill, Josh Delaney, Julie Diers, Adam Elsaesser, Joseph Erdei, Joe Finlay, Tiffany Gray, Greg Haer, Thomas Helligso, Kalee Hergert, Marilyn Hinn, Michelle Jenkins, Mike Jenkins, Carol Kaufman, Nicky Kershaw, Rachael Kies, Beth Lingelbach, Jodie Liu, Kimberly Mathias, Conner Matthew, Sandi McPadden, Trudy Meyer, Rosemary Nicholson, Justin Norton, Lauren Parks, Brenda Petersen, Sean Petersen, Maria Polinsky, Jacob Raymond, Jody Reynek, Nicole Riddle, Patricia Rocha, Katie Rodnova, Drew Rowe, Tim Salzbrenner, Kristin Sterns, William Sullivan, Shari Thomas, Becky Tindall.

Ninja Selling is recognized world-wide as a leader in real estate sales training and has trained over 31,000 professionals in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The Ninja Selling System is based on the philosophy of building relationships, listening to the customer and helping customers achieve their goals. This specially designed high-level course is to help REALTORS® learn effective leadership techniques and customer service skills to better serve their clients and community. "I’m excited and proud to have these top agents investing their time and money on such an amazing program, to better serve the real estate needs of their clients." said Mike Riedmann, President of NP Dodge Residential Sales.

ABOUT NP DODGE
NP Dodge is the longest running, family-owned real estate company in the United States. The company currently maintains 9 sales offices in Nebraska and Iowa and has over 450 sales associates. NP Dodge Real Estate is an exclusive affiliate of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® and Luxury Portfolio International®.

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DodgeCares Inaugural Golf Outing a Huge Success

Omaha, Nebraska – September 9, 2019 – The DodgeCares Inaugural Charity Golf Tournament was held today at beautiful Tiburon Golf Club, Omaha. The day kicked off with breakfast sandwiches prior to the shotgun start which took place at 10:00 am. DodgeCares covered the course with a total of 18 teams consisting of NP Dodge Real Estate agents, management and various business partners. The day was rounded out with prize and raffle drawings while golfers, hole sponsors, and charity participants enjoyed a buffet dinner.

DodgeCares collected over $7,000 to distribute to fifteen local nonprofit organizations. These organizations provide food, shelter and comfort for the homeless, displaced and abused in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. DodgeCares, Inc. contributions are for the following nonprofit charitable organizations: Open Door Mission; Siena/Francis House Homeless Shelter; Sleep in Heavenly Peace; Stephen Center; Habitat for Humanity of Omaha; Fremont Area Habitat for Humanity; Habitat for Humanity of Sarpy County; Together Inc.; Wounded Warriors Family Support; YES-Youth Emergency Services; Rebuilding Together Omaha; Heart Ministry Center; Council Bluffs Housing Trust Fund; Joseph's Coat/Washington County Food Pantry; Lydia House.

Special thank you the many sponsors and contributors of prizes for this special event including Breakfast Sponsor Cobalt Credit Union, Dinner Sponsor TitleCore National and Hole Sponsors 2-10 HomeBuyers Warranty, American National Bank, AmeriSpec, Arbor Bank, Bug-Z, Corspect Home Inspections, DodgeCares, Excel Window Solutions, First National Bank, Focus Printing, Inspectix/ Red Rhino Roofing, Moose Roofing, Omaha World-Herald, Rensch Property Inspections and Service One.

A 501(c)(3) exempt charitable organization founded in 2002 by agents of the NP Dodge Company, DodgeCares, Inc. collects and distributes tax-deductible contributions from NP Dodge sales associates, employees and the general public. The company’s continuous support of the community stems from the belief in people and nonprofit agencies that work to make Omaha and its surrounding areas an even better place to live, work and raise a family.

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Blair, Nebraska - The NP Dodge office in Washington County today honored their community by serving over 475 free hot dogs at their annual Community Appreciation Lunch during Gateway to the West Days in Blair. 

NP Dodge agents and staff manned the popular booth with lots of laughs, smiles and community pride.
Washington County Bank provided the grill in the NP Dodge parking lot, and then everyone pitched in to hand out the abundance of hot dogs from approx. 11:00 am -1:30 pm. Always a favorite spot during the festivities!

ABOUT NP DODGE
NP Dodge is the longest running, family-owned real estate company in the United States. The company currently maintains eight full-service sales offices in Nebraska and Iowa, with over 450 sales associates. NP Dodge Real Estate is an affiliate of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® and exclusively represents Luxury Portfolio International®.

Omaha, Nebraska - NP Dodge held their annual Open House Extravaganza today, to educate buyers on what’s available out in the market and to boost listing sales. Eighty-four homes were open to view and purchase in Omaha, Blair, Bennington, LaVista, Valley, Louisville, Peru, Nebraska City, Fremont, Elkhorn, Ashland, Papillion, Bellevue and Council Bluffs, Iowa.
NP Dodge advertised the big event by placing a full page ad in the Omaha World-Herald Sunday Home Section, other area newspapers, online through Omaha.com and Facebook. Hundreds of consumers took advantage of the Sunday Extravaganza. NP Dodge agents talked of great open house traffic and many interested buyers.

ABOUT NP DODGE
NP Dodge is the longest running, family-owned real estate company in the United States. The company currently maintains eight sales offices in Nebraska and Iowa and has over 450 sales associates. NP Dodge Real Estate is an affiliate of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® and Luxury Portfolio International®.

Omaha, Nebraska - NP Dodge Real Estate today held a Veteran Appreciation Breakfast for local and Sarpy office veterans at 4912 Shannon Dr., Papillion. Twenty-one veterans, special guests and NP Dodge agents and staff attended the event. It started with a breakfast provided by Cobalt Credit Union and a welcome given by Jerry Vogel, Broker Manager of the NP Dodge Sarpy sales office, to all who attended. 

Dean Mathisen on behalf of Brigadier General (U.S. Representative) Don Bacon, gave a short speech and Duan Rockette, 1stSgt USMC, (Retired) now Managing Broker for the 204Dodge office, asked the Air Force Color Guard to post colors. Duan went on to talk about the service, support and programs for veterans that NP Dodge feels so strongly about. The special event included a message from Sue Mohr with Cobalt Credit Union, challenge coins given to each veteran and a viewing of the new Veteran Wall placed in that office of NP Dodge Sarpy related veterans. 

The morning ceremony ended with each veteran introducing themselves, the folding of the flag by the Air Force Color Guard and the reverent playing of taps.

ABOUT NP DODGE
NP Dodge is the longest running, family-owned real estate company in the United States. The company currently maintains eight full-service sales offices in Nebraska and Iowa, with over 450 sales associates. NP Dodge Real Estate is an affiliate of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® and exclusively represents Luxury Portfolio International®.

Agents will receive Daily Social Media Content, Training and Tools 

Omaha, NE – NP Dodge Real Estate introduced at their quarterly all-company meeting a suite of tools offered by Agent Icon. The tools include daily social media images, articles, training and an instant imaging system for social media. First email from Agent Icon was perfectly engineered to be received by all NP Dodge agents during the meeting. 

Social media continues to gain momentum and become a primary source for Realtors® to promote themselves, find new buyers and sellers and provide valuable information to the communities they serve. Agent Icon sends NP Dodge agents daily content to ensure that they are viewed as icons in their marketplaces.

"Social media is another way for NP Dodge agents to connect with their clients. The products from Agent Icon make it easy for our agents and we’re excited to provide their products to them. Real Estate is always changing and so is the way we communicate with home owners," said Mike Riedmann, President, NP Dodge Residential Sales.

About Agent Icon

Agent Icon, LLC provides social media content to agents and brokers which helps them become icons in their communities. We provide agents daily content to post to social media that includes images, articles and training. We have thousands of agents from around the world utilizing our tools to create and leverage their brands on social media.

About NP Dodge

NP Dodge is the longest running, family-owned real estate company in the United States. The company currently maintains 9 sales offices in Nebraska and Iowa and has over 450 sales associates. NP Dodge Real Estate is an exclusive affiliate of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® and Luxury Portfolio International®.

Omaha, Nebraska - NP Dodge Real Estate is proud to announce:

Trudy Meyer joined the 148Dodge sales team at 501 N. 148th St., Omaha. Trudy is a transfer from Remax Results and earned her broker’s license. She has both her Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) and Graduate, REALTOR® Institute (GRI) designation.

Justin Norton joined the 148Dodge sales team at 501 N. 148th St., Omaha. Justin is a new licensee with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance. He also works with the Bank of the West in Consumer Lending.

Sonia Herrera has also joined the 148Dodge sales team at 501 N. 148th St., Omaha. Sonia is originally from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and graduated from the University of South Dakota and Randall School of Real Estate. She previously worked with Boys Town in the Intensive Residential Treatment Center.

Lynn Kimsey joined the 35Dodge sales team at 3552 Dodge Street, Omaha. Lynn also works at the University of Nebraska Medical Center as a Nurse Practitioner.

Wendi Landholm joined the Washington County sales team at 1449 Washington St., Blair. Wendi is a graduate of the Randall School of Real Estate and has 17 years of title and escrow experience.

Brian Pearce joined the Iowa sales team at 1032 Woodbury Ave, Council Bluffs. Brian is the proud grandfather of two granddaughters, an Iowa Hawkeyes fan and also a Vikings fan.

Jodie Liu joined 204Dodge sales team at 613 N. 204th Ave. Cr., Omaha. Jodie studied at both UNO and Metro Culinary School before pursuing her career in real estate. She is also a successful, local restaurant owner.

ABOUT NP DODGE

NP Dodge is the longest running, family-owned real estate company in the United States. The company currently maintains 9 sales offices in Nebraska and Iowa and has over 450 sales associates. NP Dodge Real Estate is an exclusive affiliate of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® and Luxury Portfolio International®.