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Data-Agnostic? See How Data Quality Affects ROI in This A/B Test

DiscoverOrg Sales

It’s easy to see the correlation between data accuracy and sales efforts: If phone numbers are correct and link sales reps directly to their buyers, they can spend more time talking to likely prospects at the other end of the line, rather than shaking down a phone tree of gatekeepers. 50% fewer encounters with gatekeepers.

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How Limeade Is Keeping Collaboration at the Heart of Their Account-Based Plays

SalesLoft

Manager of Demand Generation at Limeade, believes that executing on an account-based strategy first requires establishing good organizational health. In fact, there should never be a handover between marketing and sales once a prospect becomes a lead. Lindsay Gates, Sr. Want to hear more? Account-Based at Limeade.

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WHY IS IT SO HARD TO ACCESS DECISION MAKERS?

Mereo

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. When your salespeople manage to engage a decision maker, too, they must be prepared with the right talking points and framing.

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Bridging the SDR-to-AE Promotion Gap (Two Leaders' Perspectives)

The Bridge Group

I wanted real practitioners to share advice so I reached out to Kevin Dorsey , Head of Sales Development and Enablement at ServiceTitan, and Natasha Miller Sekkat , VP of Demand Generation at ClickSoftware. What’s a gatekeeper? Rather than post the full transcript, I’ve grouped their thoughts below. What’s Salesforce?

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Career Advice from the Pros: Starting a Sales Career in 2020? Do This

Sales Hacker Training

Authenticity is so much more inviting than a canned sales pitch, and your prospects with thank you for it. Director of Demand Generation at Nextiva. I Identify a challenge (getting through gatekeepers, dealing with a pricing objection, getting to power), and then I identify two different approaches to solving that challenge.

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The Proven Process for Developing a Go-to-Market Strategy [+Templates]

Hubspot Sales

While the funnel is centered around the awareness, consideration, and decision stages of the customer’s journey, the circular flywheel focuses on attracting, engaging, and delighting prospects, leads, and customers. In this stage, a prospect has demonstrated they have a problem your product can solve. First up is the attract phase.

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The Proven Process for Developing a Go-to-Market Strategy

Hubspot Sales

Gatekeeper: Blocker in getting a product implemented or approved. This is when a prospect has demonstrated they have a problem your product can solve. At this time the prospect has likely asked for a quote or a trial period and are nearing a decision on whether or not to purchase. Generate interest.