Friday, May 09, 2008

Robert, an NAHB Marketing Director of the Year, is Chairman of Gourmet Real Estate, and Founder and President of S. Robert August & Company, Inc., a full-service marketing, management, sales and consulting firm specializing in creating strategies to promote and sell real estate products and services throughout the United States. He created the Denver-based national consulting firm in February, 1983.

Robert has helped merchandise billions of dollars of residential, resort, recreational, commercial, and industrial real estate.

Since moving to Colorado in the late '70s, Robert has received numerous civic and industry awards. The Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Denver honored him as its top "Sales and Marketing Director of the Year" for multiple years in a row, and as its "Man of the Year". Robert also won the HBA's "Associate of the Year" award.

Another honor came when he was recognized by the National Association of Home Builders as the national "Marketing Director of the Year." Robert's biggest honor is The William "Bill" Molster Award which is awarded to the most outstanding sales and marketing professional in the nation by the nation's leading housing trade association of 200,000 companies, the NAHB.

Among Robert's other honors have been the "Economic Developer of the Year" and the "Marketeer of the Year" by the Metro North Chamber of Commerce in Denver, Colorado. Robert helped establish the Adams County Economic Council, and founded the Douglas County Economic Development Council and the Teller County Economic Development Council.

He was honored for his work in founding the Sales and Marketing Council of the Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Colorado Springs, which was named the "Best New SMC" in the nation.

Robert also created and developed the first centralized Parade of Homes for the Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Denver.

Robert is a Past Chairman of the Sales and Marketing Council of the Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Denver and also Colorado Springs, a long standing member of the Board of Directors and Public Affairs Chairman for the Colorado Association of Home Builders. He also has been elected as a member in the Institute of Residential Marketing (MIRM), an exclusive organization representing the country's leading sales and marketing professionals and has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute. He is also a trustee of the National Sales and Marketing Council and a nationally recognized leader in membership recruitment and sponsorship sales.

Robert is currently the Vice Chairman of the National Sales and Marketing Council of the NAHB.

Robert has been a charter member, member of the Board of Directors and most recently President of the Builder Realty Council International.

Robert is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Editors. He is a regularly published contributor to the Digital City of America On Line, Builder-Architect Magazine, Monthly Marketing Ideas, member of the advisory group of The Executive Housing Report, Colorado Builder, and has co-authored the book, Marketing For Remodelers: Building Business Leads.

Robert has a B.A. in labor-Management Relations from Penn State University and a Master of International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, Arizona.

Robert and his wife, Penny, have been married for over 30 years. They have two sons, Jason and Alan.