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 are current pain points and buying centers? What are their styles?

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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 20, 2013

Sales Training Article: Electronic Starts to Buying Cycles By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company This article is a continuation from last week's article , as part of the IIWII ("It Is What It Is") series. Need some help with your sales performance?

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Further, they shared a couple of “big reveals”; one was that “buyers” will go to the web and the social web long before they will “call a sales person or company”, in fact completing over 60% of the buy cycle. Real decision makers are seeking clarity and judgement above all. More is not better, clarity and action are!

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Lead411

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Remember, these company targets are actively looking for solutions/services and so the ideal goal is to get your communication to align perfectly with their buying cycle. Find the Right Decision Maker. Lead411 has the decision maker data, but you still need to find it.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 8, 2013

One must also understand that today’s lower level contacts are doing the majority of the legwork of researching possible solutions because higher level decision makers don''t have time. Watch today''s PowerMinute to learn how to establish a meaningful lead definition that matches today’s buy cycle.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 4, 2023

For sales professionals selling to high-level decision-makers, the question is how we handle unconscious biases that negatively impact our outcomes. Decision-makers in a position of power have a dominant identity, making it challenging to teach them new things. Decision-makers do the same thing during the buying process.

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Pointclear

AUGUST 16, 2018

Often hot leads are really buying companies that have already been sold by another vendor. They’ve indicated they have a short buying cycle and they’re eager to talk, but what these buyers may be doing is validating a decision already made. Leads at every stage of the buying cycle are essential for a healthy pipeline.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Leads 113

Pipeliner

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Influencing decision-makers. decision-makers. Sales and marketing need to collaborate in developing the content packages to bring to the buying team because, for instance, the IT manager needs to hear different things than the finance manager. Deliver the Outcome. Each B2B business has an average of 6.7

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BuzzBoard

MARCH 28, 2024

These resources guide prospective clients through each stage of the buying cycle, addressing their questions and eliminating doubts. This includes qualifying leads, identifying decision-makers, and monitoring communications. Remarketing has also become an essential part of the digital sales journey.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2021

With the correct firmographic data, marketers can target campaigns based on industry, decision-maker roles, or revenue. By nature, ABM focuses on personalization and building long-term relationships with customers — a good fit for B2B’s often complex buying cycles and multiple decision-makers.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In complex sales, the competition is not the only competitor sales reps face in the buying cycle. Because buyers would rather make no-decision than make a wrong decision. The fear of making the wrong decision creates the “Let me think about it and get back to you next quarter.”

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Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2021

But fear of the unknown with the pandemic caused executives to bring in other decision-makers to confirm that purchase plans were justified. There’s a group of people around that decision that wasn’t there before,” Hays says.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 29, 2012

A) Authority: You need at least one Buyer that can make final decisions. This “Decision Maker” has the authority to sign appropriate documents to close the deal. A direct link to the Decision Makers can shorten your sales cycles. (N) T) Timing: The Buyer must clearly communicate their decision timeline.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

As many companies currently slow their buying cycles or freeze them completely, intelligent virtual selling is one of the only ways to overcome these uncertainties. The stakes felt higher since organizing a face-to-face meeting could be challenging and you would only be seeing those key decision-makers once or twice a year.

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Pointclear

AUGUST 9, 2016

They’ve indicated they have a short buying cycle and they’re eager to talk, but what these buyers may be doing is validating a decision already made. If the 40 long-term leads are not followed up on simply because they’re a buying cycle or two out, $30,000 (half of the total spent) is wasted.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Lead 100

Pointclear

MAY 7, 2013

The "approver," the "influencer" and the "decision-maker" are all sharing software and creating the story together. Interestingly, in recent years even vendors and suppliers have increased in importance in the buying cycle because of the way buyers are now networked. Study Lead Behavior.

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Buyer Buyer Persona Buying Cycle Sales Qualified Lead 189

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

But hype is something decision makers have a radar for, serious decision makers want facts not hype, they want tangible things that help them achieve their objectives. These are people who of their own volition initiated a buying cycle. Let’s look at the “short list claim”, and decision makers.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

They also know how they make a purchasing decision. In turn, they learn to accelerate deals through the buying cycle. They maximize opportunities by getting warm introductions with key decision makers, inside target accounts. They understand their objectives and fears. They learn to speak the buyer’s language.

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Decision Maker Maximizer Buying Cycle Top of Funnel 320

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 17, 2013

Non-Supportive Buy Cycle (the way that salespeople buy things doesn''t support ideal sales outcomes). Skills and Tactics - How am I supposed to know how their decision making process will work? Stupidity - Why do I need to speak with the decision maker? Of course there are more, like: Ignorance - Qualify?

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Customer Centric Selling

MAY 28, 2014

Access can also come laterally if sellers either proactively or reactively start buying cycles at Key Player levels and then either ask or are granted access to peers of the Champion. The best situation is when Champions are decision makers and grant access to lower levels. Need some help to increase sales?

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Find out exactly who the decision-maker is before you make contact, not during the call. 10) Discover the prospect’s buying cycles. 21) Technology is changing the buying cycles of buyers, so build your knowledge of all the technological advances in your industry. 11) Build trust at every touchpoint.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Related: How Business Search Behavior has Shifted During the Coronavirus How to Respond to Buying Signals Accessing a visitor’s intent data helps marketing understand where B2B decision-makers are in the buying cycle. Consider this.

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 26, 2016

One way is to present a beneficial situation from another customer’s viewpoint and then ask the decision-maker if that appeals to them. It may sound something like this: “Tom, many businesses in the construction industry have been able to save over 15% in their long-term buying cycles by using our preferred supplier status discounts.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 13, 2014

84% of B2B decision makers begin their buying process with a referral. Longer than average buying cycle. Remove these customers from your call cycle and replace with a hot prospect. Inquire about the representative(s) who held the territory before you. What did they do well that drove business?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

According to Gartner, the typical buying group for a complex B2B solution involves six to 10 decision makers ‚ each armed with four or five pieces of information they’ve gathered independently and must deconflict with the buyer group. This slows the buying process. Instead, it’s an ever-changing non-linear process.

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Customer Social Media Top of Funnel Loyalty 130

Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

According to Gartner, the typical buying group for a complex B2B solution involves six to 10 decision makers ‚ each armed with four or five pieces of information they’ve gathered independently and must deconflict with the buyer group. This slows the buying process. Instead, it’s an ever-changing non-linear process.

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Customer Social Media Top of Funnel Loyalty 130

Miller Heiman Group

JUNE 4, 2020

decision makers involved in a deal and the sales cycle stretching beyond 5 months. But 90% of buyers said they’d be willing to engage sellers earlier in the buying cycle if they faced a challenge that was new, risky or complex. Deals were also becoming more complex, with an average of more than 6.4

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Braveheart Sales

JUNE 23, 2020

Reaching Decision Makers – Your team of sellers must be able to get to the real decision-makers, rather than being stuck at lower levels. These salespeople must resonate with those leaders who are also making tough decisions about how they allocate resources. This is inefficient.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 26, 2018

On the flip side, if the salesperson showed up to the meeting fully prepared having read his previous colleague’s CRM notes, the decision-maker would be happy to have a meeting. Successful salespeople will conduct detailed research in advance and ask professional, yet probing questions to move the buy cycle forward. .

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How To Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead Lead Capture 218

Mindtickle

MAY 21, 2021

Sharing a relevant learning module and AI-based insights: Was the rep able to gather the critical details they needed to pre-qualify the account, e.g., the customer’s challenges and goals, their current solution, their willingness to spend, the influencers and decision-makers in the buying cycle, etc.?

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The ROI Guy

MAY 18, 2017

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. It is most common for buying teams to spend between three and six months in each major area of the buying cycle.

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The Digital Sales Institute

JANUARY 23, 2024

Align with your prospect’s buying cycle. Position yourself well with decision makers and other influencers to ensure your deal is solid. Build a large sales funnel to allow for potential fallout and strive to exceed your numbers. Follow your sales process. Drop the ‘‘happy ears’’—they will get you in trouble.

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SalesLoft

MAY 24, 2016

Once you’ve identified the personas that you want to approach, both by function and where they live within the buying cycle, it’s finally time to uncover their pain points — specific to their function — and how your solution is going to help relieve those pains. What is the decision making criteria?

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Lead Rank Decision Maker Buyer Persona Scale 52

SalesLoft

MAY 10, 2016

How do they buy? Where do they land in the entire buying cycle? Are they the decision maker? There are a few core personas in the average buying cycle: the Champion, the Influencer, the Decision Maker, and the Executive. What solutions are important to them? Are they an influencer?

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Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In fact, in a recent McKinsey & Company study , 80% of B2B decision makers surveyed prefer a sales model where there are more “remote human interactions” or digital self-service instead of in-person. Cited reasons are safety due to the Covid-19 pandemic, ease of scheduling, and expediting the buying experience.

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Sales Enablement Buyer Hiring Face-to-face 81

DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 11, 2016

Sales intelligence can mean a number of things, but in the case of DiscoverOrg, it’s an in-depth solution spanning from “trigger events” that can indicate the presence of purchase intent, to decision makers’ verified contact data & job responsibilities, to predictive analytics based on content consumption.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 120

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Second, buying teams are becoming larger and more diverse. And key decision-makers continue to be on the move and even willing to change positions and companies in the middle of the buying cycle. As a result, buying teams are finding it harder to reach a consensus and buying decision.

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