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5 Tips for Getting Past the Gatekeeper

Janek Performance Group

Without question, gatekeeper is the most intimidating designation in sales. Often, if the gatekeeper doesn’t like you, you’re not meeting the VIP you need, let alone presenting a pitch. Here are five keys to advance past a gatekeeper: No Funny Business. Remember, to the gatekeeper, you are no better than the mail carrier.

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4 Secrets for Reaching the CEO and Other Senior People

The Sales Hunter

BONUS TIP: Be sure to treat the gatekeeper — their administrative assistant — with the same level of respect that you would the CEO or senior level person. Blog Cold-Calling Consultative Selling Networking Phone Sales Tips Professional Selling Skills phone sales tips voicemail' ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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How to Apply the 10,000 Hours Rule in Consultative Sales

Anthony Iannarino

How to Get Past the Gatekeeper. Every discovery sales call is an opportunity to improve in consultative selling. How You Sell Is the Key to Winning Big Deals. My Proprietary Strategy for Gaining a Meeting. 4 Ways to Boost Your Cold Call Results. The Right Way to Leave a Voicemail in Sales. Improving Discovery.

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An Open Letter to Social Sellers Everywhere

Tony Hughes

Where I'm going with this is that Trigger Event selling is a science irrespective of technological channel. Challenger Selling is somewhat of a remix of recurring themes which renders Solution Selling, Strategic Selling, BattlePlan, Insight Selling and Consultative Selling absolutely more valid than ever.

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61 Awesome B2B Sales Jargon Busters

Klozers

. Much easier to sell on price. 15) Customers  the only reason selling is not the perfect job. 26) Gatekeeper  a person whose boss is never in. 32) Marketing  the department for people who can draw, but cant sell. 34) PR  the department for people who can spell, but cant sell.

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How to find, interview and hire great sales people [ 22 Interview questions included ]

OnePageCRM

It makes for a more consultative sell. From finding out what a prospect’s goals and issues are and trying to find a solution for them (hopefully it’s what you are selling), to a more basic problem of how do I get in touch with the right person in the company. assuming they are coachable, see point 1 above).

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40+ of the World’s Best Sales Training Programs to Get Your Team Into Shape

Sales Hacker Training

Imparta’s sales training solutions are modular and highly customizable to match each organization’s selling environment, challenges, and needs. You can choose a single hyper-specific course such as consultative selling skills or opt to build a comprehensive learning infrastructure such as your very own Sales Academy.

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