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How To Get Past Gatekeepers

MTD Sales Training

The Gatekeeper : the secretary, receptionist or personal assistant, whose job it is to “screen” your call and stop you from talking to the decision maker. Understand that gatekeepers are important and powerful and play a pivotal role in business. You may have to go through one or two screens just to get to the main gatekeeper!

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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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Close More Sales with this Training Program

Mr. Inside Sales

Check out our best inside sales training available on the Internet: On-Demand Training! Here’s an example of a training tip that you’ll learn, and that I used, to handle a frustrating objection I used to get all the time: “The price is outside of our budget.”. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Embrace The Gatekeeper

Score More Sales

For years I have worked with sales professionals who strive to get around the Gatekeeper – that person at your prospective customer’s company who guards their executive from unnecessary time with all sorts of things but most notably from salespeople. Have a negative image of what a Gatekeeper is and instead align with them.

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To Get Past More Gatekeepers, Just Get In The Gate

MTD Sales Training

The Gatekeeper; that secretary, receptionist or otherwise, frontline person whose job, it seems, is to make your life as a professional sales person, miserable. Yes, a good gatekeeper (GK) can indeed cause havoc and prevent you from getting to the decision maker (DM). Here is one example: Who’s Who? MTD Sales Training.

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One Difference Between Top Sales Reps and You

Mr. Inside Sales

An example is how most sales reps open their calls. What these approaches have in common is they are passive, and they give the gatekeeper control of the call. Given the example above, this translates to: “Hi, Dave Anderson, please.”. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Is Dave Anderson available?”.

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Close More Sales with this One Training Tip

Mr. Inside Sales

If yes, then do what I did: Get the best training you can and use what you learn. Enroll yourself or your team in next week’s 7-week online training program. Here’s an example of a training tip that you’ll learn, and that I used, to handle a frustrating objection I used to get all the time: “The price is outside of our budget.”.

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