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How to Win at the Procurement Game

The Brooks Group

Some other findings of our study that support this notion: Procurement as Gatekeeper : Two-thirds of procurement professionals surveyed indicated they were involved in the buying process from the very beginning — at the point where needs were being identified. Sales Coaching Sales Training

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Preparation and Sales Success

Anthony Cole Training

Leadership Training (2). sales management training (4). Sales Training (5). training sales (25). Tony Cole, Founder and CEO of Anthony Cole Training Group. There isnt enough margin for error anymore! Join Tony for the Cincinnati Chambers 2012 Sales Team in Training Series! Increase Sales (22).

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Increasing sales productivity – 7 steps to improving lead qualification

Sales Training Connection

Gatekeepers – These are the contracting officers and other administrators that control money and procedures. If you commit to a project with marginal profitability, you might be denying the use of the resources for a “better deal” – so it may be bad business. They are concerned about following the rules. ©2012 Sales Horizons, LLC.

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Executive-Level Selling: How to Actually Gain Access to the C-Suite

Corporate Visions

But that advice is over two decades old—popularized at a time when you had limited access to executive decision-makers and almost always had to finesse your way around the gatekeeper. Why was the Known Business Initiative + ROI approach—a message advocated by so many training programs for executive-level selling—perform so poorly?

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An Open Letter to Social Sellers Everywhere

Tony Hughes

Don't just install it, train your people on it thoroughly, weekly and quarterly. The Status Quo and Do Nothing are more megalithic than ever with budgets slashed on razor thin margins. When I train sales people I train them to execute. They're leveraging survey data and training as we speak. The folly of Sales 2.0

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40+ of the World’s Best Sales Training Programs to Get Your Team Into Shape

Sales Hacker Training

If talent acquisition, development, and retention are top-of-mind for you as a sales leader, here are 40+ of the best sales training programs to check out! And that is why training has become not only a competitive advantage but the primary driver of corporate excellence. Great Sales Training = The Best Sales Outcomes.

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A Guide to Walk Away Negotiations in Sales

LeadFuze

A gatekeeper is usually a person who has to procure products or services for others in their organization, but they dont actually have ownership over solving that problem themselves. Know your margins and know what you need the deal for (expansion, debt repayment)2. Six Reasons to Back Out of a Deal. How to walk away?