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How to Reach Decision Makers Every Time

No More Cold Calling

A referral is the best way to get a meeting with the decision maker. There are two parts to the sales process: Part One: Getting meetings with decision makers. You get an introduction to your prospect, and you get a meeting with the decision maker. Why It’s So Hard to Reach Decision Makers.

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Three Recent Hurricanes Show the Path to More Effective Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

One major key to success in sales is a salesperson’s ability to reach decision makers. Salespeople who reach THE decision maker are 341% more likely to close the business than those who fail to reach the decision maker. Objective Management Group (OMG) has assessed nearly 2.4

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How to Align Sales and Marketing to Close More Deals

Revegy

According to John Arnold, Principal Analyst at Forrester, technology and business decision-makers in sales are almost twice as likely as their marketing counterparts to say that marketing teams work independently of other internal functions.

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How to Develop a Customer Insight Report Your Whole Team Can Use

Zoominfo

Customer acquisitions often require a combined effort from sales, marketing, product leaders, and executives. Enter, the Customer Insight Report. And, you can only achieve that level of consistency by maintaining a shared understanding of what’s in the minds of the decision-makers you’re targeting.

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How to Develop a Customer Insight Report Your Whole Team Can Use

Zoominfo

Customer acquisitions often require a combined effort from sales, marketing, product leaders, and executives. Enter, the Customer Insight Report. And, you can only achieve that level of consistency by maintaining a shared understanding of what’s in the minds of the decision-makers you’re targeting.

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The Real Value B2B Decision Makers Want to See in Your Thought Leadership

Mereo

The 2022 Thought Leadership Impact Report from Edelman and LinkedIn (released in December 2022) has found that a key tool to showcasing your value is not through traditional product marketing but rather with thought leadership. The situation demands your selling organization lead with value above all else.

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Why Technical Decision Makers remain Skeptical of You

Babette Ten Haken

Technical decision makers are skeptical by nature. First, they do not assume anything, including the validity of marketing and sales materials. Technical decision makers are just as skeptical with each other as they are with the sales, marketing and non-technical types reading this article.