TRANSCRIPTION: The results are in of the 2018 benchmark study! Hi there, I’m Leah Turner, Sales Coach, and Trainer with Belinda Brody and Company. Every year we put together a benchmark study that we share with our clients. What we do is we take all the data from the year and compile it to come… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Sales Management
The New Home Sales Critical Path Explained in Under 15 Minutes
Recently, I was asked, as part of a much larger training series, to explain The Critical Path for New Home Sales to a group of smaller volume home builders. While, as a new home salesperson, you should regularly practice your use of The Critical Path through much more in-depth training, this shortened version can help… Continue Reading
Builder Funnel Radio Podcast: Episode 43: The Customer Experience Funnel (CEF) w/Kimberly Mackey
In this May 2019 episode, Spencer Powell hosts Kimberly Mackey of New Homes Solutions Consulting. Kimberly talks us through the Customer Experience Funnel (CEF): Where it starts How it works The different stages of the CEF How to master yours to improve your homebuyer customer experience If your business thrives on new and repeat… Continue Reading
Fantastic Salespeople and Where to Find Them, Part 3
TRANSCRIPTION: Hi everyone, Kimberly Mackey here with New Homes Solutions Consulting. Welcome back to our three-part series, Fantastic Salespeople and Where to Find Them. Today is our third and final episode. If you will recall, or feel free to refer back to Part 1 on our YouTube Channel or our Blog site (NewHomesSolutions.com/blog), in Episode… Continue Reading
Fantastic Salespeople and Where to Find Them, Part 2
Transcription: Hi everyone, Kimberly Mackey here with New Homes Solutions Consulting. Welcome back to our three-part series, Fantastic Salespeople and Where to Find Them. Today is our second episode. If you will recall, or feel free to refer back to Part 1 on our YouTube Channel or our Blog site (NewHomesSolutions.com/blog), in Episode One, we… Continue Reading
Fantastic Salespeople and Where to Find Them, Part 1
TRANSCRIPT: Hi Everyone! Kimberly Mackey, with New Homes Solutions Consulting here. Thank you for joining us on the 1st of our 3-part series, “Fantastic Sales People and Where to Find Them.” Today, in part 1, we are going to discuss the composition of a great salesperson. On July 10th, we will talk about all the… Continue Reading
As Seen at IBS75: Do You Know How Much Sales Traffic You Are Missing?
Back in 2008, I wrote an article entitled, “It is 7 PM, Do You Know Where Your Customers Are?” The gist of the article was that we, as builders, were not positioning our model hours to make it more convenient for our buyers to visit with our sales professionals at the times when the buyers… Continue Reading
What Happens 2 Weeks After a Big Training Session?
Transcript of Video: You hold a big “RAH, RAH Training” for all of your Sales People. Everyone is super pumped and excited. You even have everyone write down the three things they will implement immediately. The first week back, the sales manager touches base with everyone to see how it is going and what they… Continue Reading
When Does the Customer Experience Start?
Asking when the Customer Experience starts is like asking the question, how long do you get to make a first impression? The answer for both is that they start well before initial contact is made with your prospect. Today’s buyers are more educated because of our connected world than they were just 5-10 years ago.… Continue Reading
A Stocking Stuffed with Real-World Safety Solutions to Keep You Safe in Your Model Home and Beyond
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from New Homes Solutions! I am Kimberly Mackey. Today I would like to thank all of you for making 2018 so fantastic for us. It has been a year of abundant blessings, growth, and lessons learned. We are sincerely looking forward to a terrific 2019. Today, although a rather somber… Continue Reading
Fix What’s Right!? (Use the Gratitude Challenge to do S.W.O.T. Analysis)
Wait? What? Why on earth would I need to fix something that is right? If it is right, then by definition shouldn’t we leave it alone? Absolutely not! The last thing I want you to do is to leave it alone. What I want you to do is to focus your efforts on what is… Continue Reading
VLOG: Lead From the Side
TRANSCRIPTION OF VLOG: Hi, Kimberly Mackey from New Homes Solutions, and I am coming to you today from the barn so that I can talk to you about leadership. Hopefully I can get this 1,100 pound beast beside me (my horse, Prince) to actually cooperate and be part of it. “Prince, say hi to everybody.”… Continue Reading
Builder Funnel Radio Podcast: Episode 15: New Home Sales Management: Close 50 Sales a Year w/ Kimberly Mackey
A while back, Kimberly Mackey had the privilege of sitting down with Spencer Powell of Builder Funnel Radio to discuss new home sales management. Builder Funnel Radio is a podcast designed to bring you bite-sized sales and marketing strategies that you can easily implement into your company’s plans. In this episode, we talk to Kimberly Mackey… Continue Reading
As Seen on NAHBNow: “Accountability: The Key to Sales”
Accountability: The Key to Sales Filed in Home Building, Sales & Marketing on February 14, 2018 • 3 Comments Have you ever noticed how people who enroll in a weight-loss program that involves accountability and long-term maintenance most often do better than those who try to go it alone? The same is true in sales. It is not… Continue Reading
As Seen On NAHBNow: In New Home Sales, Process Equals Growth
Posted on NAHBNow | The News Blog of the National Association of Homebuilders on July 19, 2018 In New Home Sales, Process Equals Growth Filed in Business Management, Councils & Committees, Home Building, Sales & Marketing on July 19, 2018 If you want to freak out certain personality types, just start throwing around words like process, systems, tracking and accountability — words that… Continue Reading
Kimberly Mackey and Roland Nairnsey to Headline at SEBC’s Rockfest Sales Rally
Our dynamic duo of Roland Nairnsey and Kimberly Mackey will entertain, educate and engage you with innovative tips and practices on how to MASTER your sales presentation from the moment your prospects walk in the sales office! You will WIN big with these ‘real world’ sales strategies designed to help you hit your professional JACKPOT!… Continue Reading
Process Equals Growth
If you want to freak out certain personality types, just start throwing around words like, process, systems, tracking, and accountability. It is like they are “4 letter words” to some people. Now hear me out though. Don’t walk away. We haven’t gotten to the juicy part yet. Everyone can master these properties, but some of… Continue Reading
Video: Do You Have An Abundance Mentality?
Today, I’d like to ask you, do you have an abundance mentality or a scarcity mentality? Perhaps you have both at different times? For those of you with whom I have had the privilege of training or coaching, you have often heard me refer to these concepts. Those who have an abundance mentality, focus on… Continue Reading
Quint Lears, from NewHomeSales.com Interviews Kimberly Mackey on Sales Management
At the International Builders Show in January 2018, Quint Lears caught up with me to ask me about sales management and the challenges our sales managers face in today’s hectic sales environment. If you find that you or your teams are struggling to get it all done, hopefully a few of these tips will help… Continue Reading
Video: Just Whose Objection is it Anyway?
Often times, we are the ones with the objections that we project onto our buyers and that isn’t fair. Your buyers need for you to be impartial, and to listen to their wants and needs objectively, not filter it through your own lens. I hope you will take a the few minutes to listen to… Continue Reading