Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Yet, research in LinkedIn shows 70 percent of B2B buyers think sales reps are not adequately prepared. These deficiencies can hinder selling or drive buyers away. It’s understanding what widgets are, what they do, and how they affect their buyers. No matter the industry or account, they can just jump on a call and ask questions.

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Social Media Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker Referrals 71

criteria for success

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Why it's ineffective is that the whole premise of hunting , particularly what I refer to as old school hunting, doesn't work because it relies on salespeople reaching out to make contact with buyers using traditional methods. So why do you have to talk to a gatekeeper who's just there to say they don't have an answer? Watch Now.

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Hiring Banking Call-back Trends 98

Zoominfo

JULY 29, 2020

And with the use of intent data , preparation can include things like current pain points, revenue, industry niches, and beyond. Having a variety of cold calling scripts on hand makes sales training easier for new hires as well. Your script will change with different industries, locations, and even job titles.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 30, 2017

Sales reps aiming to displace the current provider were stuck dialing into dead-end corporate switchboard phone numbers, getting stonewalled by gatekeepers, never to reach their buyer’s voicemail box—let alone pitch their product to a decision-maker. Direct Prospecting at Interested Buyers. Timing is everything in sales.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 2, 2019

RELATED: 4 Steps to Create a Buyer Persona Sales Reps Will Use (Template Included). This description should include: the industry they operate in. Do you make more sales to certain sized companies in particular industries in specific geographical markets? You can search by company, job title, industry and geographic location.

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Penetration Industry Buying Cycle Marketing 68

BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Enabling sales reps to sell more and sell better is not an easy job — that’s why sales enablement departments (and an entire industry) were created. Remember, SMEs are not necessarily expert content creators, so you should be the gatekeeper of the content before it goes out to sales – vet it, package it and refine it.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

You probably know already that I often speak and write about the evolution of the modern-day buyer. . Today’s sales professional has to evolve along with the modern-day buyer in every aspect. Today’s buyer will test you, like never before. MTD Sales Training. 1: Today’s Sales Professional is a True Believer.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 23, 2018

92 percent of B2B buyers use social media to engage with industry thought leaders. In fact, the social media version might be even more annoying because you’re wasting buyers’ personal time and basically spamming their personal accounts. That’s what business buyers want from salespeople. Source: LinkedIn ).

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Social Selling Social Media Referrals Lead Rank 218

PandaDoc

JUNE 4, 2019

Solution selling has earned itself a bad rap in recent years as buyer behaviors and the role of the sales rep have both changed drastically. The criticism of solution selling is that it doesn’t account for today’s hyper-informed buyer who subconsciously devalues the role of the sales rep due to their own access to information and research.

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Solutions Selling Decision Maker Case Study Ideal Customer Profile 72

Showpad

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

However, it is a crucial part of finding potential buyers, developing relationships with them, and closing deals. For sales enablement professionals, it’s imperative to train and regularly coach sales reps on the best techniques for prospecting. Research the buyer. Let’s face it; prospecting isn’t the most fun part of selling.

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Sales Enablement Top of Funnel Prospecting Lead Qualification 66

Corporate Visions

OCTOBER 31, 2019

But that advice is over two decades old—popularized at a time when you had limited access to executive decision-makers and almost always had to finesse your way around the gatekeeper. The Research: Gaining Access to Executive Buyers. So, what messaging approach works best for executive-level selling?

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Showpad

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

However, it is a crucial part of finding potential buyers, developing relationships with them, and closing deals. For sales enablement professionals, it’s imperative to train and regularly coach sales reps on the best techniques for prospecting. Research the buyer. Let’s face it; prospecting isn’t the most fun part of selling.

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Sales Enablement Top of Funnel Prospecting Lead Qualification 40

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 11, 2019

Without many ways for buyers to independently learn about products and services, they had no choice but to get on the phone with a company and learn their options. Reps were gatekeepers to information and controlled the buying process. Now, buyers hold the power. If buyers don't feel acknowledged, they won't buy.

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Showpad

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In this interview, Pedro shares the innovative ways IFF is integrating technology into the sales training and content process , from information tagging to augmented reality and AI. Learn how IFF introduces an a la carte engagement training approach that empowers salespeople to find content on-demand, to meet their customer’s needs.

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Sales Enablement Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

Partners in Excellence

JULY 9, 2012

Chris is a Senior Buyer with a large company in the Automotive Industry. What I need as a buyer is different from what our engineers need, but sales people constantly pull out their standard presentation. ” “I don’t want to be a gatekeeper, I want you to work with our engineers and manufacturing people.

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Automotive Top of Funnel Gatekeeper Engineering 91

LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

Here are the 8 exercises that are most effective for sales training. A company in the Financial Services or Banking industry. Examples are CEO, Director X, or gatekeeper. It could also have a follow up like mock sales training. Its amazing how little attention people pay to doing it right. Practice makes perfect.

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Exercises Hiring Objections Face-to-face 52

Salesmate

JULY 28, 2020

Below is an outline of the laws stated by Jeffrey Gitomer in this sales book: Unbreakable law 1- Attract willing buyers Unbreakable law 2 – Think Yes! Buyers have changed the way they want to interact with your business. Modern mindset, skills, and tools are required to handle these smart buyers. . The Modern Seller.

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SBI

OCTOBER 30, 2018

There is a lot of great information to be shared amongst all the different practitioners in the industry. Talk to us in terms of just kind of how we should even navigate some of that complexity and how you’re seeing buyers do that. But from a broader industry perspective we have a long way to go. We’re in need of it.

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Sales Enablement Top of Funnel Vendor Ideal Customer Profile 139

Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

You’re easily replaceable, and most of them haven’t figured out how to properly support and train new salespeople yet. 2) A modern training program where you will learn how to sell effectively. CEO of JBarrows Sales Training. Remember, they are worried about their success more than they’re worried about yours.

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Hiring Demand Generation Agencies Up-Sell Hubspot 79

Sales Training Advice

MARCH 1, 2013

They have no idea which 7% will close: regardless of how appropriate a solution is for a prospect, regardless of a seller’s skill at gathering information, presenting data, or following up, sellers lose over 90% of their prospects – regardless of industry, size of sale, type of solution, or price point. Why sales fails. What’s the problem?

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Sales Hacker Training

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

If talent acquisition, development, and retention are top-of-mind for you as a sales leader, here are 40+ of the best sales training programs to check out! And that is why training has become not only a competitive advantage but the primary driver of corporate excellence. Great Sales Training = The Best Sales Outcomes.

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Training Scale Lead Qualification Lead Rank 103

Cience

JULY 25, 2019

Similarly, in B2B, buyers ask questions to sales and expect an immediate response. One could argue that B2B buyers are trained in a B2C world and bring those expectations forward everywhere they go. Before speaking about the price they want to find out more about the potential buyer. Don’t mess with my freedom.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank B2B 56

Sales Training Advice

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Training – many believe that training is the best method to alter selling patterns but have found little return on investment. In fact they know more about your business, your industry and your company then ever before. In the age of caller ID, the number of gatekeepers and simply busyness- people are too busy.

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Cold Calling Gatekeeper Case Study Policies 44

Sales Training Advice

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Moreover, buyers often prefer dealing with experts, technicians and practitioners, over salespeople. In the world of complex B2B sales your team’s knowledge of not only its products, but of the customer’s industry is key to sales success. So, hiring new salespeople is not necessarily the solution. In the 1980?s

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Hiring Referrals Strategy Airlines 42

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

Go-to-Market Strategy Benefits As you develop a new product or service, it’s vital to start drawing a go-to-market strategy that’s customized to fit your budget and your buyer persona. For example, we noticed high clicks in certain industries, so we began targeting and using our ad budget to focus on that handful of industries on LinkedIn.

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Paid Content Top of Funnel Lead Rank Webinar Metrics 98

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Buyer-Centered Selling. Leveraging transparency and vulnerability in your presentations and your negotiations leads to faster buyer consensus, larger deals, faster payments, longer commitments and more predictable sales forecasts. To this day, she sheds value on the sales industry like a bright, warm sunshine. Agile Selling.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Hiring Handbook 141

Cience

JULY 9, 2020

Is it still an efficient way to connect with B2B buyers in the digital decades present and future? Ideal Customer Profile and Buyer Persona. Gatekeeper. In 2018, The Rain Group studied 488 B2B buyers and 489 sellers and found some interesting stats: So why does “the cold calling is dead” myth persist? Table of Contents.

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Cold Calling Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Decision Maker 79

LeadFuze

AUGUST 10, 2021

Every time we hire new reps the ones we want are the ones that want training, the ones who are constantly wondering how to be a good salesperson. It’s critical that you ask the right questions to qualify the buyer.” “ I can’t seem to get past the gatekeeper. “ 9 Befriend The Gatekeeper and Respect Their Position.

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Gatekeeper Sales Qualified Lead How To Cold Calling 52

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 30, 2017

This is an important principle to understand when you’re selling to a prospective buyer: They’re going to be evaluating a number of different providers in the process, and they’re going to be providing a number of different value stories. This is a very real problem that has very real costs tied to it. million in revenue.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Video Case Study 163

Tenbound

JANUARY 3, 2024

Given the ongoing change in companies, industries, and customers, it is recommended that salespeople review and refresh their SWOT analysis at least once each quarter, if necessary. Three factors should be considered to create a good IAP: Firmographic : This includes your prospects’ industry, company size, and geography.

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Prospecting Outsourcing Services Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 49

OnePageCRM

MAY 25, 2017

Dean came up with a 1-line email that has generated millions in revenue across multiple industries. Ideally you have the stats, case studies and industry knowledge to back it up. How to get past gatekeepers. The best way to get past a gatekeeper like this is to reframe how you approach the call. Presentation is King.

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Top of Funnel Cold Calling How To Sales Qualified Lead 20

Sales Hacker

APRIL 24, 2019

Why aren’t we spending hours honing our conversational tactics, perfecting our pitches and learning to guide buyers through the sales journey? Examples of these can be CXO, Director of X, or gatekeeper. They can also help you build out your own programs to maximize your time and effort spent training your teams. Be the Buyer.

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Exercises Objections Follow-up Face-to-face 98

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 23, 2019

When sales teams know how to ask for referrals, they don’t have to worry about identifying decision-makers, bypassing gatekeepers, or proving themselves trustworthy. percent of business buyers prefer to work with referred vendors, and 73 percent prefer to work with referred salespeople, according to IDC and LinkedIn.

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Referrals Scale How To Lead Rank 297

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 23, 2019

When sales teams know how to ask for referrals, they don’t have to worry about identifying decision-makers, bypassing gatekeepers, or proving themselves trustworthy. percent of business buyers prefer to work with referred vendors, and 73 percent prefer to work with referred salespeople, according to IDC and LinkedIn.

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Referrals Scale How To Lead Rank 228

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Buyer: Owns the budget. Gatekeeper: Blocker in getting a product implemented or approved. These roles vary based on the product, industry, and vertical you’re selling to. For example, we noticed high clicks in certain industries, so we began targeting and using our ad budget to focus on those handful of industries on LinkedIn.

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Paid Content Top of Funnel Lead Rank Webinar Metrics 137

Cience

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Just like any other business process, mastering conference networking is impossible without understanding current industry trends. Senior Vice President and General Manager, American Express Meetings & Events, Issa Jouaneh predicted a boom in the event industry for 2019 after a tremendous slowdown as recently as 2015.

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Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 40

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

A buyer is an individual or organizational entity that purchases a product or subscribes to a service. Gatekeeper. Gatekeeper is a person (e.g., Sales Training. Sandler Training. Base Salary. BASHO Email. Business Development Representative. Buying Intent. General Manager. Global Business Unit. Sales Operations.

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Lead Rank Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 99