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How Modern Day Gatekeepers Are Ruining Your Sales Figures

MTD Sales Training

To celebrate ‘Learning At Work Week’, here on the MTD Sales Blog we are giving away materials and resources that will help you enhance your sales skills. This week we have launched our new ISM accredited ‘Professional Selling Skills’ award. Happy prospecting! Sean McPheat. Managing Director.

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Are You Telling the Truth About Asking for Referrals? [Q3 Referral Selling Roundup]

No More Cold Calling

Learn more about the power of referrals in the Q3 blog posts and podcasts below. 3 Referral Selling Skills All B2B Sales Reps Should Practice. Referral selling skills aren’t built overnight. Want your sales team to build permanent, repeatable, effective referral selling skills? Listen to the podcast.

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Does Your Personality Come Through with the Gatekeeper?

The Sales Hunter

I’ve been digging deeper into 10 Ways to Get Past Gatekeepers When Prospecting on the Phone, and I’ve reached #8: Let your personality come through and allow the gatekeeper to see you as a normal person who is merely doing their job, just like them. Few things turn people off faster than answering the […].

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Are You Asking the Gatekeeper the Right Questions?

The Sales Hunter

Today is part 2 of my 10 Ways to Get Past Gatekeepers When Prospecting on the Phone. Rather than asking the gatekeeper for the person you want to speak to, begin the call by asking them the same questions you would ask your prospect. See Part 1 at this link. Here is #2: 2. Many […].

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Getting Past Gatekeepers: Call and Ask for the Sales Department

The Sales Hunter

I am starting a new blog series to dig into the 10 ways to get past gatekeepers when calling on the phone. Here’s the first one: Call and ask for the Sales Department. Talking with salespeople can be an excellent approach. It’s amazing how one salesperson will be willing to help another salesperson. When […].

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Getting Past the Gatekeeper: Call a Different Division

The Sales Hunter

If you’ve been following for the past few weeks, I’ve been digging into 10 Ways to Get Past the Gatekeeper When Prospecting on the Phone. Today we’ve reached #9.

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10 Ways to Get Past the Gatekeeper When Prospecting

The Sales Hunter

There are 10 ways to get past the gatekeeper that I highly recommend. One of the toughest prospecting challenges is simply getting connected to the right person. The number of roadblocks seems to grow more each day, and yet the task remains the same — to reach the decision maker. Plan to also join me […].