Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Closing an enterprise sale in a niche market follows the same sales funnel as any other deal, but a bit more fine tuned. It represents the culmination of ‘art’ and process, where the enterprise sales process is modified to better reflect the client’s unique and specific needs. What Is Enterprise Level Sales? Enterprise sales.

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Emissary

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

MEDDPICC ® helps revenue teams uncover crucial information for qualifying opportunities and driving success in enterprise technology sales. E conomic buyer – the people making the buying decisions, including the ultimate authority. Economic Buyer. Make immediate impact with presentations in the economic buyers’ voice.

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Enterprise Enterprise Sales Qualified Lead Networking 52

Sales Hacker Training

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Transitioning from mid-market selling to enterprise selling isn’t easy. In part two, we are going to look at 5 go-to-market prerequisites that you need to consider if your expedition into enterprise is going to be a success. 1) Marketing: Does your marketing appeal to enterprise orgs? Customer and channel partnerships.

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criteria for success

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Having a strong enterprise sales process is a sure-fire way to ensure some type of sales success. It’s important to consider your team’s ideal buyer personas as well as the type of offerings they’re responsible for selling when creating a sales process. Enterprise sales teams tend to be large and multi-locational.

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Enterprise Enterprise Sales Process Strategy 49

Pipeliner

MAY 2, 2019

What is Sandler Enterprise Selling?”. What is enterprise selling itself?”. So, we define enterprise selling in terms of the unique pains and challenges faced by organizations selling to large enterprise accounts versus small and medium-sized businesses – SMB’s. With enterprise accounts, seasons pass in sales cycles.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 27, 2010

Whether you sell technology, professional services, or financial services, the complexity of your client’s business issues as well as your proposed solutions are game changing. Your challenge is proving to your buyers in the C-Suite the demonstrable ROI they receive from their investment. Get referrals!

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Pipeliner

JUNE 26, 2018

Enterprise Selling: The Difference Between Owning a Cat and Herding Cats. Winning, growing, and keeping enterprise accounts presents complexities far beyond those offered by small and medium-sized accounts. And, to address those unique challenges of the enterprise world, you need to engage all of your assets in the selling process.

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SBI

MAY 16, 2019

Upland Software, a leader in cloud-based enterprise work management software, announced that two products, Upland Qvidian and Upland RO Innovation , have been selected as winners of major industry awards ahead of the inaugural Upland Sales Enablement Customer Roadshow, taking place this June through October.

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Enterprise Enterprise Sales Enablement Software 57

Gong.io

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Then we analyze how seller and buyer actions impact success rates. This 9-slide deck will add some serious horsepower to your sales proposals and get the green light from DMs). Check it out… Enterprise deals rely on DMs. And enterprise deals that don’t involve DMs drive right off it (RIP). . They get irritable.

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Decision Maker Proposal Enterprise Enterprise 118

Sales Hacker

MAY 23, 2019

Is It Possible to Shorten the Enterprise Sales Cycle? That’s especially true in enterprise deals. Keep reading to learn 8 key tactics to effectively shorten the enterprise sales cycle and manage the close on time. Then Carter, one of our enterprise reps, took a different approach to work his accounts. Reps come and go.

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Sales Cycle Enterprise Enterprise Decision Maker 68

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 11, 2016

In an interview with Randy Perry, VP of Business Value Consulting for IDC, we discussed several key changes in purchase decisions for hardware, software, Cloud and services, leveraging IDC’s research from over 400 enterprise buyers over the past two years. The conundrum?

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Cincom Smart Selling

JULY 27, 2020

Specific individuals, departments or the enterprise as a whole require the ability to mobilize and to physically decentralize and maintain operations without interruption or pause. Stabilizing or improving sales revenue translates into stability for the enterprise and justification for extending your transformation efforts into other areas.

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Sales Tips: The Potential Benefits to an "Enterprise" View. A Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) study showed over 50% of sales cycles that end with sellers involved, result in buyers making “no decision.” When trying to justify expenditures, a seller’s challenge in complex sales is to provide an enterprise view of value.

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Enterprise Enterprise Benefit Proposal 65

Gong.io

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Enterprise sales are a different beast than small to medium-sized business (SMB) transactions. A complex or enterprise sale is a high-value deal that involves multiple decision-makers and a lengthy process. Of course, your buyers are likely considering other solutions as well. . Higher perceived risk for the buyer.

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Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker B2C Proposal 62

Sales Evangelist

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

How can you interact with potential buyers (especially enterprise clients) that encourage a dialogue? In today’s episode of The Sales Evangelist, Donald is joined by Dr. Stephen Timme and Melody Astley to discuss their recent book Insight-Led Selling , which details how to learn how buyers think. But it’s true!)

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

While transactional sales are typical in dealing with small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), enterprise companies call for a different process. Enterprise sales also involve multiple stakeholders, and the salesperson is typically in conversation with numerous people before deals are closed. Proposal Stage. Discovery Stage.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 18, 2017

More stakeholders than ever are engaged in enterprise buying decisions. According to Gartner, the average enterprise technology buying team now includes more than 13 people ! Nearly 3 in 4 of today’s enterprise purchase decisions aren’t driven by IT, but from C-level executive management or the business unit taking the lead.

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Buyer Decision Maker Enterprise Enterprise 65

Emissary

MAY 18, 2022

Even the best product in the market won’t boost win rates when it comes to enterprise tech sales. However, in recent research, Emissary found that for most enterprise technology purchases, buyers were torn between one or more offerings which were equally suitable for their needs. Download the Whitepaper.

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Sales Evangelist

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

How can you interact with potential buyers (especially enterprise clients) that encourage a dialogue? In today’s episode of The Sales Evangelist, Donald is joined by Dr. Stephen Timme and Melody Astley to discuss their recent book Insight-Led Selling , which details how to learn how buyers think. But it’s true!)

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Buyer Enterprise Enterprise Survey 40

Sales Evangelist

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

How can you interact with potential buyers (especially enterprise clients) that encourage a dialogue? In today’s episode of The Sales Evangelist, Donald is joined by Dr. Stephen Timme and Melody Astley to discuss their recent book Insight-Led Selling , which details how to learn how buyers think. But it’s true!)

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Buyer Enterprise Enterprise Survey 40

Emissary

MARCH 2, 2023

Achieving enterprise technology sales goals has always meant overcoming a host of unique and challenging obstacles, including withstanding a protracted decision-making process and convincing a slate of committee members of your value proposition. What do sellers do with that deep knowledge? The results are unmistakable.

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Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Networking 98

Gong.io

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A strategic sales plan is essential for targeting high-value enterprise clients for several reasons. Creates strong buyer relationships. When your reps are crystal clear on their sales strategy, they have more time to spend with potential buyers. This does wonders for the buyer-seller relationship. Image Source ).

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Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Sales Methodology 62

Cincom Smart Selling

APRIL 16, 2020

Product, especially complex-product sales , may benefit from an outcome-based focus, but benefits and features still play an important role for the buyer. Buyers of managed services, especially the decision-makers and influencers, are almost entirely concerned with their vision of success.

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Decision Maker Scale Influencer Proposal 77

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 20, 2013

Your buyers have to justify every dollar they spend, which means you have to prove that your solution is worth their investment. In fact, 90 percent of corporations require quantifiable proof of bottom-line benefits on most projects, according to an IDC survey of B2B buyers. And they expect you to do the ROI legwork.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Sales Tips: Know the Difference Between Buyers - and Researchers. Input from Key Players is needed to create enterprise views to quantify the potential improvement in business metrics for stakeholders. If there’s a fit proposals are presented to Key Players who decide whether or not to buy. to warrant expenditures.

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Research Buyer Buying Cycle Vendor 92

PandaDoc

MAY 28, 2024

Consultative sellers build tailored solutions before writing out a sales proposal. Speaking of sales documents, check out our free sales proposal template before negotiating your next deal. Sales Proposal Template Used 6035 times Reviewed by Josh Gillespie Use this template – free What is consultative selling?

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Consultative Selling Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 52

InsightSquared

APRIL 3, 2019

Here’s an example of price anchoring being implemented by Salesforce: On one end, they have the Lightning Unlimited plan that is double the cost of the Lightning Enterprise plan and 12x more expensive than the cheapest plan. For example, $354,294 is more likely to appeal to a buyer than $350,000. Make it easy for upsells.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 28, 2018

They recognized that companies running Eloqua tend to have a certain level of technical sophistication, and are usually big enough to be able to afford premium enterprise systems. If you’ve read any of our previous blog posts—you know we’re big on buyer personas. 5 Ways Technographics Improve Sales Prospecting.

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Gong.io

JULY 5, 2022

It‘s no secret that B2B sales (especially at the enterprise level) take a significant amount of time and effort to nurture and eventually close. A given buyer might not necessarily move linearly along this pathway. So, how do we measure and track how buyers are progressing through a sales funnel? Consideration. Evaluation.

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SalesLoft

JULY 31, 2013

Continually focus on people high in the buyer’s company. Be sure to recognize when you’re talking to “NINA” sales buyers (No Influence, No Authority) who can’t help you. Once you’ve initiated contact with a buyer and they’re interested, be ready to move forward immediately. Get to the Top Fast.

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Ideal Customer Profile Enterprise Enterprise Lead Gen 52

Openview

MAY 1, 2018

For sales organizations, there’s simply nothing worse than losing a deal during the final proposal and negotiation stages. For nearly every enterprise sales cycle, considerable time (and monetary) investments are made: Finance and legal teams work hard on contracts, proposals, and revisit redlines.

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Closing Decision Maker Proposal How To 66

Gong.io

JULY 13, 2022

If your buyers are “frazzled,” you might be a good fit for the SNAP selling methodology — a framework that lays out a strategy for selling to today’s busy and overwhelmed buyers. SNAP Selling is a sales framework that helps sales reps bring value to today’s overwhelmed and frazzled buyers. What is the SNAP Selling methodology?

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Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Software 62

SBI

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Russ: Enterprises today are focused on profitable growth. By aligning Sales, Services, Channels, Legal, Finance, Marketing and Products across the company, enterprises have an unique ability to deliver a differentiated customer experience, increase operational efficiency and deliver the expected profitable growth.

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Revenue Lead Rank SAP Maximizer 131

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 19, 2015

When I asked why the buyer didn’t contract with this company, I was told the system didn’t have advanced capabilities.) Finally, the buyers chose the existing vendor. That was my problem, not my buyer’s. Never leave a meeting without giving your buyer a task. Kept me hanging. I lost my job.

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Emissary

JANUARY 5, 2022

What pain points are most pressing for buyers individually? Do buyers recognize the need for backend upgrades, or do they believe they can carry on with the current environment? According to Emissary research , decision makers outside the IT group heavily affected 85% of recent enterprise technology purchases.

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Insurance Insurance Positioning Face-to-face 52

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 20, 2012

We recently introduced an enterprise software firm to the Solutions Option Framework. Whenever possible, create names that resonate with the buyer. For instance, a buyer may share that the purchase threshold is $400,000. You could keep the final proposal under $400K to streamline the process. BMW, Mercedes, and Ferrari.

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Customer How To Margin Negotiation 282

Gong.io

DECEMBER 27, 2021

It might be obvious, like your buyer asking for a lower price. Because here’s the thing: Once your buyer asks for anything, negotiations have begun. Once your buyer asks for anything, negotiations have begun. . In other words, when you use slides, you end up talking to the slides instead of to your buyer. . Don’t bite.

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