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Get the Gatekeeper on Your Side

No More Cold Calling

The gatekeepers are onto your tricks. Newsflash: 90 percent of CEOs do not respond to cold calls or emails, and neither do their gatekeepers. Newsflash: 90 percent of CEOs do not respond to cold calls or emails, and neither do their gatekeepers. But gatekeepers are good at their job. Of course you would. Think again.

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This Is Why Your Lead Generation Process Isn’t Working

No More Cold Calling

You can’t count on accurate forecasts when pipelines are unqualified, so you’re never really sure whether your team will make quota until it’s too late. Yet, nearly 80 percent say they don’t always get past the gatekeeper. Why can’t they get past the gatekeeper? Breeze Past the Gatekeeper with Referral Sales.

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Your Lead Gen Is Broken (Here’s How to Fix It)

No More Cold Calling

Considering half of the deals that are forecasted to close don’t, and customer retention has decreased as seller attrition increases, sales teams are facing yet another frustrating year if something doesn’t change. Existing lead-gen methods simply aren’t generating qualified leads. Can I Trust You?

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Truth Bomb: Salespeople All Look Alike to B2B Buyers

No More Cold Calling

Instead, sales forecasts are “smoke and mirrors,” and sales leaders continue to complain. They don’t have to worry about getting past gatekeepers or heading off the competition, because they have the best possible competitive advantage—a relationship built on trust. But that’s not happening in most sales organizations.

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Impeccable Honesty

John Barrows

They were honest with their clients, gatekeepers, managers, forecast, everything. Leaving those 20%ers in your pipeline and continuing to push them out every month to make your forecast look better than it actually is. They found the best sales professionals were impeccably honest with everything they did at every level.

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Love Them or Lose Them

No More Cold Calling

22% increase in win rates of forecast deals. Lies You Tell Gatekeepers. Gatekeepers can smell phoniness a mile away. When you have a referral, you’ll never have to use duplicitous tactics to bypass the gatekeeper. Read “ Lies You Tell Gatekeepers.”). 37% improvement in overall revenue plan attainment.

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Hiring for Sales Ops? The 5 Job Descriptions You Need

Hubspot Sales

This role often has a focus on data and forecasting, so experience in these two areas will be crucial. This role serves as an administrator and gatekeeper for your sales team. This is another role that’s heavily involved in forecasting and data analysis. is responsible for supporting all stages of the sales cycle.”

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