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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. Then, ask for an introduction.

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5 Online Sales Meeting Mistakes To Avoid At All Costs

MTD Sales Training

Are you using online sales meetings throughout your sales process? You just lose all momentum and it always seems to be the decision maker! See if you can bunk off work early and say you’ve got a sales meeting somewhere”. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image at Bigstockphoto.com.

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WHY IS IT SO HARD TO ACCESS DECISION MAKERS?

Mereo

B2B decision makers have often been akin to the Viking warriors centered behind a shield wall. According to a past Objective Management Group analysis , only 1% of salespeople new to sales — those often with the onus of sales development — can get past the shield of gatekeepers to access decision makers.

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22 Ways To Critique Your Sales Meetings

MTD Sales Training

He once said to me, “Sean, what do you do after a sales meeting that ensures the next one will be even better?”. It’s probably the most basic area of review that you can do as a salesperson, but most don’t do it properly and hence miss out on the opportunities they may have found out in the meeting itself. Happy Selling!

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10 Ways to Keep Buyers Engaged During Virtual Sales Meetings

RAIN Group

Imagine this: You're in a live sales meeting in a conference room with three decision-makers, and one of them, while you're talking, pulls out their phone and starts responding to text and email messages. They continue to check the news and start fiddling on social media. You even hear a light snicker.

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B2B appointment setting – Effective tips for more sales meetings

Salesmate

You need to stay focused, get past the gatekeepers, connect with the right decision-makers, and convince them to meet you. You should be able to get the decision-maker at ease as quickly as possible for setting a meeting. Effective B2B appointment setting tips to get more sales meetings.

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Why your sales meeting sucks — and how enablement can fix it

Sales Hacker

One day you might have to explain to your children that companies once had sales meetings in person, in a room with the lights dimmed and something called a PowerPoint presentation. (If Now we all use Zoom for our meetings. And this is why your sales meetings suck. Sales excitement vs. sales enablement.