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[Missed Connections]: December Referral Selling Insights

No More Cold Calling

Goodbye, 2014. Gatekeepers can smell phoniness a mile away. When you receive referral introductions from people your prospects know and trust, their gatekeepers will happily patch you through. Here’s what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this month. Hello, New Year! And certainly not when you cold call.

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The Top Ten Changes In Sales Over The Past Ten Years

Bernadette McClelland

Besides many today have their own gatekeepers. According to Manpower, the role of a salesperson is in the top five hardest jobs to fill every year and in 2014, it was second hardest role worldwide. The business manager was a decision maker in his or her own right and their sign-off was for a fairly healthy dollar figure.

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How to Map Out the Decision Making Unit to Sell More Effectively

The Brooks Group

in late 2014. Gatekeeper. The size of the decision making unit will vary depending on the organization, and the purchase that needs to be made. But the average number of customer stakeholders involved in B2B purchasing decision is 6.8 – up from 5.4 One person can also play multiple roles. ) .

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Guest Post: About Arrogant Salespeople

The Science and Art of Selling

Try to think back to when you were in the trenches with everyone else and remember how awful it felt when you spent 8 hours either leaving voicemails, speaking to angry gatekeepers, and being hung up on. And you aren’t above returning a call or two. We need better training, that is an absolute given. kmiglautsch@gmail.com.

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5-Step Plan to Penetrate the Market in 90 Days (In Any Industry)

Sales Hacker

In fact, BrightFunnel report found that from 2014 to 2015: It took 52% more marketing touches to close a deal. We tend to think of them as only gatekeepers; however, in reality, they are responsible to greet and assist all those that call the company they work for. As it worked. For a time.