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How to Handle: “We’re happy with who we’re using…”

Mr. Inside Sales

Could I at least do a no cost/no obligation comparison quote for you?”. Layer: “And when was the last time you did a comparison with another provider?”. [If Could I at least do a no cost/no obligation comparison quote for you?”. Could I at least do a no cost/no obligation comparison quote for you?”.

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How to Measure Sales Fitness

Sales and Marketing Management

Think of someone who disrupts an executive’s day by getting past the gatekeeper explaining he/she knows that person and is following up ‘our previous discussions’ – yeah right! Unfortunately salespeople as a rule have earned a reputation for being an unwelcomed disruption.

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Objections Increased Our Win Rate by 30% — Here’s How

Sales Hacker

As Ken Baldo puts it in this article: “The salesperson will either give up by hanging up, try some pushy, aggressive way to get through the gatekeeper or call point – to eventually find out it doesn’t work and over-time this creates frustration, desperation and a cry for help to their manager.”

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[Part 3] Execute on Account-based Marketing: Value Selling to Stakeholders at Key Accounts

LeveragePoint

Is an individual stakeholder a decision-maker, a key recommender, a champion, an organizer, an evaluator, an influencer, a user or a gatekeeper? Moving procurement beyond a direct price comparison to looking at cost-in use is important for many innovative products. Gatekeepers. What is a stakeholder’s role in the buying process?

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[Part 4] Execute on Account-Based Marketing: Account-Based Value Selling Addresses 5 Sales Challenges

LeveragePoint

Great Value Propositions also address the stakeholder-specific interests and concerns of individual within a buying team, enabling sales to speak the language that resonates with a stakeholder’s function, while helping to navigate the buying process through organizers, influencers and gatekeepers.

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Two Cold-Calling Scripts to Help Your Team Schedule More Meetings

Chorus.ai

After rigorous prospecting to determine the companies (and decision-makers/gatekeepers) to approach, your sales reps will pick up the phone. Your product’s unique value proposition will come out best when placed in comparison with your competitors. Cold calling is defined as any unsolicited sales call.

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How to close the sales cycle with sales battle cards

PandaDoc

Competitive comparison battle card sample. Briefly summarize who your target customer is, i.e., what industry they operate in, who is the gatekeeper your sales team will typically be dealing with first, what’s their demographic, etc.). It’s time to start creating battle cards! Target customer profile. The problem.