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
Category Archives: Sales Management
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”
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 enough to simply “train” your… 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
Just What Does Work/Life Balance Look Like Anyhow?
As written on NAHBNow.com, here is the advice Amy O’Connor, from Shore Consulting and Kimberly Mackey of New Homes Solutions Consulting, shared during our recent presentation at the International Builders Show this past January in Orlando, Florida. You might not be able to have it all right now, but you can make the most out of… Continue Reading
Practice Carefully!
If we all agree that with practice comes proficiency, does it not stand to reason that whatever you practice doing you will become better and better at it…including mediocrity? Be careful on what you are practicing and devote yourself to practicing only those things which will make you better. Kimberly Mackey, REALTOR®, is the founder… Continue Reading
VIDEO: The Best Advice a New Homes Sales Manager will Ever Get
New Homes Sales Managers, we understand that it seems like you can’t possibly fit everything in that you are expected to do. In this video, we discuss the way to prioritize the items that will get your team to produce more sales. The 10-5-2-1 formula is easy to use, easy to teach, and guarantees you… Continue Reading
The Planned Encounter–The Most Important Tool in the Sales Manager’s Stable
Sales Managers, when you understand the 10-5-2-1 Principles you can create more sales in less time with your sales team. Training and holding your team accountable happens each and every week during the Planned Encounter and we argue that the most important thing you have to do each and every week is to get out… Continue Reading
Suzanne Neff Joins Forces with Kimberly Mackey at New Homes Solutions
New Homes Solutions and Kimberly Mackey are pleased to announce the addition of Suzanne Neff to the team. Suzanne brings a wealth of experience to New Homes Solutions. Having been involved in the home building industry for over 30 years, she began her career as a successful on site salesperson and worked her way through… Continue Reading
Wise Words from the Customers
by Suzanne Neff A few months back I was having a meeting with one of my home builder clients. The conversation turned to their recent traffic; those who had not yet purchased, but according to the information entered into their data base by their salespeople, were good leads. Where were these customers in the home… Continue Reading
Good Sales Professionals Always Mind Their Own Business
If you want something done, do it yourself! Sales pro’s, this is something we must remember each and every day. So often, we try to “hand-off” work to our managers or others in the company. Then, we complain when it takes them too long to get it done. If we want effective sales management, we… Continue Reading
Maybe It Isn’t “All or Nothing”
Gordon Gekko, in the movie Wall Street, taught us that, “greed, for lack of a better word is good.” Being a glass half-full kind of gal, I like to think that he meant that going after something, and working hard in order to reap the rewards is a good thing. It is pretty hard to argue with… Continue Reading