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WHY IS IT SO HARD TO ACCESS DECISION MAKERS?

Mereo

B2B decision makers have often been akin to the Viking warriors centered behind a shield wall. According to a past Objective Management Group analysis , only 1% of salespeople new to sales — those often with the onus of sales development — can get past the shield of gatekeepers to access decision makers.

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Bridging the SDR-to-AE Promotion Gap (Two Leaders' Perspectives)

The Bridge Group

I wanted real practitioners to share advice so I reached out to Kevin Dorsey , Head of Sales Development and Enablement at ServiceTitan, and Natasha Miller Sekkat , VP of Demand Generation at ClickSoftware. What’s a gatekeeper? 2nd Quarter - the performing quarter (It’s time to take off training wheels and be a monster SDR.).

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The Proven Process for Developing a Go-to-Market Strategy [+Templates]

Hubspot Sales

According to Gartner, the typical buying group for a complex B2B solution involves six to 10 decision-makers. Evaluation: The decision-makers in the organization weigh the cost of the product to the results they achieved during the business case. These people make up what is called the "buying center."

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The Proven Process for Developing a Go-to-Market Strategy

Hubspot Sales

decision makers for every sale who have a say in whether a product is purchased. Decision maker: gives final approval for the purchase. Gatekeeper: Blocker in getting a product implemented or approved. Negotiation: Both sales rep and decision makers discuss pricing details and feature needs.

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Top 25 Incendiary Social Selling Secrets

Tony Hughes

Everyone in marketing should get trained on Challenger Sales and everyone in sales should study The New Rules of Marketing and PR. Understand each others' pain and come to the center with insight generation which leads to demand generation rather than reactive servicing of demand. Think social cross-training.

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170 Sales Terms From A – Z: The Updated Glossary of B2B Sales Definitions

Sales Hacker

Complex Sale is a type of sale common in B2B markets involving multiple decision makers, custom service or purchase agreements, and relatively longer sales cycles. Decision Maker. Demand Generation. Gatekeeper. General Manager. Gatekeeper is a person (e.g., Sales Training.

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Sales Hacker Recommends: 97 Best Sales Books for Peak Performance (2020 Update)

Sales Hacker

Contrary to popular sales training, you don’t have to make presentations to everyone who will listen. Shanks has trained and advised 100’s of companies on SPEAR Selling to increase sales pipeline in all types of sales functions (inside sales, field sales, customer success, channel sales). Selling to Big Companies.