Sales Evangelist

AUGUST 6, 2021

Sometimes all it takes to get past the gatekeeper is to build a solid relationship with them. Make connections with the gatekeeper: Ask them what the best method is is to talk with them. Many salespeople know the gatekeeper is essential, yet we treat them as if they aren’t. Don’t be afraid to interact with the gatekeeper.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Finally, work with your marketing and IT teams to ensure that your email is deliverable. Confirm that your SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records are properly set up within your sales or marketing automation tools. However, in each, a multipronged approach, with numerous touches, gives you the best opportunity. Do you know Max?”

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Gatekeeper Webinar Metrics 62

Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 25, 2021

Skill level of the sales rep is the most important thing; however, there are other variables like the type of lead—inbound versus outbound; the territory; existing client or new prospect; the marketing and/or branding of the company, etc., And you’ll get there if you’re creating more opportunities, and that means making more calls.

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Face-to-face Gatekeeper Decision Maker Licensing 178

eGrabber

JANUARY 11, 2024

B2B marketers, according to HubSpot , face a common foe: 61% struggle with lead generation. Let’s explore some of the most popular inbound marketing strategies that will help you to get sales leads for your business. Blogging: Blogs are the heartbeats of inbound marketing. Don’t gatekeep this knowledge!

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Paid Content Inbound Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 45

No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

They believe a call isn’t cold because it’s a marketing-qualified lead, because the prospect downloaded a whitepaper, or because they have a mutual connection on LinkedIn. When you receive a referral introduction, you breeze past gatekeepers and walk right into meetings with your prospects. Then, ask for an introduction.

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Decision Maker Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead 401

Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2020

Sales and marketing teams, specifically, have abandoned chasing (demand gen) waterfalls or examining funnels. Instead, go-to-market teams are tirelessly doing anything and everything they can to hit their numbers today. Market segmentation needs to be beyond reproach and sales metrics need to be measurable and projectable.

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Pipeline Marketing Top of Funnel Hiring 100

Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 22, 2021

One of the companies does it the best, and it’s no secret why: They aggressively market across all appropriate and available opportunities; They have the largest staff of inside sales appointment setters (while the majority of the other companies don’t have any!); Unlimited License: One to 100 reps can attend for one low price!

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Face-to-face Gatekeeper Decision Maker Licensing 178

Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 17, 2020

How you handle your response to that email will determine if, and what kind of, opportunity you will get later. You’re still in the market, and if we changed our offer just a bit, you’d be open to discussing it. First of all, realize that you can’t win them all—at least not now. But that doesn’t mean you can’t win them later.

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Face-to-face Gatekeeper Call-back Decision Maker 187

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 30, 2014

For more ideas to make 2015 your best sales year ever, check out what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this month: 4 Ways to Get Past the Gatekeeper (No Tricks Required) Gatekeepers are valuable to the executives whose time and energy they protect, but not to you, at least not until you’ve developed a relationship with them.

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Referrals Gatekeeper Cold Calling Networking 260

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It's the jumping-off point for every closable deal — and doing it effectively can be the difference between maintaining a steady stream of productive opportunities and your sales process never getting off the ground. Capitalize on your inbound marketing. Learn how to communicate with gatekeepers. But what is B2B prospecting?

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Ideal Customer Profile B2B Prospecting Gatekeeper 87

Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2020

If so, you know how tough it can be to connect with busy executives, To add insult to injury, executive-level assistants are trained to be gatekeepers. Think Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), etc. Have you ever tried to set up a meeting with a senior-level contact?

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B2B Gatekeeper InsideView Face-to-face 162

Zoominfo

APRIL 19, 2018

To add insult to injury, executive-level assistants are trained to be gatekeepers. Keep reading if you’re ready to bypass gatekeepers and set more meetings with the C-Level. Work with a B2B data provider like ZoomInfo to access the contact information you need to bypass gatekeepers, increase connect rates, and close more deals.

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B2B Meeting Gatekeeper InsideView 165

Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Helpful Recruiting Terms for Job Seekers to Familiarize Back in the job-hunting market? Still, understanding five of these crucial recruiting terms allows you to navigate the job market effectively and master the sometimes confusing hiring language.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Networking 119

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Don’t miss this opportunity to invest in yourself. Learn How to Get the Gatekeeper on Your Side. Why is getting past the gatekeeper and finding qualified leads so challenging for salespeople? The dreaded gatekeeper. Read “ Learn How to Get the Gatekeeper on Your Side.”). It’s just $499.00.

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Referrals Gatekeeper Sales Qualified Lead Cold Calling 153

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 2, 2021

The Gatekeeper. The gatekeeper is usually an executive assistant or associate of the decision-maker. In some instances, it is beneficial to work with the gatekeeper to build trust with them and have them vouch for you with the decision-maker. Enter gatekeeper marketing. Build trust with gatekeepers.

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Decision Maker Influencer Gatekeeper How To 110

Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2018

For today’s blog post, we put together a comprehensive list of the best articles about corporate events and event marketing. We tried to tackle every aspect of event marketing. Keep reading for our favorite event marketing blog posts! This list includes some of our own posts as well as posts from other great companies.

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Webinar Metrics Trade Show Marketing Strategy 113

Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

But most are unaware that ‘gatekeepers’ reside within our mindset, preventing us from achieving business growth and our desires. It’s a unique opportunity whereby diversity and inclusion are the hallmarks of the conversations. Vunela Provides a unique opportunity to view Videos and read articles by World Leaders.

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Hiring Gatekeeper Media Benefit 106

PandaDoc

JANUARY 14, 2019

It’s a never-ending list of updates, upgrades, evolutions of tools and technology, and digital marketing trends. Keep reading to learn how you can shape your marketing strategies in the coming year. Marketing teams will create and distribute more video content. Integration of different marketing channels will become more common.

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Trends Marketing Top of Funnel Lead Rank 88

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 11, 2017

This means the absence of gatekeeper types, which increases the odds that key players will pick up their own phones. Having a clear pathway to introduce yourself, ask about their challenges and communicate the effectiveness of your solution is exactly the opportunity you’re looking for. Key players will have more free time.

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Gatekeeper Decision Maker Social Media Quota 224

Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2020

If you happened to miss this post, then here is another opportunity to learn and begin using a proven way to deal with the common brush off: “We are all set.”. Response One: “That’s great, and I’d just like to see if we could get on your vendor list for the next time you’re in the market. Enjoy and happy holidays! Let me ask you…”.

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Face-to-face Decision Maker Cold Calling Objections 191

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

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.”). (Read “ Mobilizing the Corner Office—What CEOs Want From You.”). Newsflash: You’re not fooling anybody.

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Gatekeeper Referrals Cold Calling Hiring 218

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 26, 2017

Author: Nick Bhavsar, Senior Vice President Marketing, Get Smart Content We’ve all been there: It’s the end of the quarter and you find yourself staring at the numbers, wondering how you’re going to make up the revenue gap in such a short amount of time. But, modern marketing has created ways for marketing to help in the short term as well.

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Pipeline Case Study Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 185

Hyper-Connected Selling

OCTOBER 18, 2017

We have to understand that there isn’t a magic gatekeeper who holds the magic key to our success. Even worse, there are well-known figures in many industries who market their influence and make it seem like they have the secret and they’re willing to be your friend…all you need to do to be in their club is pay them.

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Zoominfo

MAY 21, 2020

It takes time: researching a prospect’s priorities and pain points, their background, and hopefully time to find an opportunity to create a personal connection. Hyper-personalized cold emails are the main tenant of account-based sales approach (related to account-based marketing, or ABM ). When you’re using an account-based strategy.

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Examples Account Based Marketing Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 264

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 26, 2018

Despite the plethora of martech and sales enablement technologies now on the market, most sales teams are still performing at sub-optimal levels. Think of someone who disrupts an executive’s day by getting past the gatekeeper explaining he/she knows that person and is following up ‘our previous discussions’ – yeah right!

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How To Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead Lead Capture 218

DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 25, 2017

Sales and marketing teams that buy into myths about data providers miss out on serious business value. Triggers help sellers recognize these opportunities. To buyers, these types of interactions may seem serendipitous, but timing sales and marketing interactions requires foresight. Remember the Sony Betamax ? Us either.).

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Account Based Marketing Case Study Data Campaigns 241

SugarCRM

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

You’ve probably heard that automation helps both marketing and sales teams do their jobs—but that doesn’t mean they’re interchangeable. Does marketing automation serve a different purpose than sales automation? The most common marketing automation features include: Email marketing. CRM integrations.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2020

If so, you know how tough it can be to connect with busy executives, To add insult to injury, executive-level assistants are trained to be gatekeepers. Think Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), etc. Have you ever tried to set up a meeting with a senior-level contact?

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B2B Gatekeeper InsideView Face-to-face 100

Increase Sales

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

To accomplish this homestretch run requires getting the word out through cost effective marketing. Will the “right” target market actually read your paid advertisement? How many “right” sales leads will be generated from this marketing action? ” First what does cost efficient mean?

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 8, 2014

The name of the game is speed for salespeople and marketers. Today’s successful sales and marketing pros are turning to referrals, not taking shots in the dark. Referrals get you past the spam filters (and the gatekeepers). So why are people still cold calling? Good question.

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Cold Calling Small Business Small Business Referrals 290

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Through consistent processes, leaders derive quick insights on how its sales organization attacks their market. Its made up of the following: Total Addressable Market (TAM): The entire spectrum of prospective buyers who could potentially use a product — even the outliers. Needless to say, while accounts buy, ultimately, people decide.

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Top of Funnel Funnel Data Sales Qualified Lead 130

Women Sales Pros

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

They’re the same habits that may be keeping you from getting past gatekeepers or closing more first appointments. You have to be able to address prospecting objections from gatekeepers through decision makers. Many of your best and worst prospecting habits are ones you probably aren’t even aware of until you hear them. That’s simple!

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Cold Calling Gatekeeper Decision Maker Call-back 118

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

It takes time: time to research a prospect’s priorities and pain points, their background, and hopefully time to find an opportunity to create a personal connection. Hyper-personalized cold emails are a main tenant of account-based sales approach (related to Account-Based Marketing, or ABM.). Use a personal hook.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 30, 2017

Sales reps aiming to displace the current provider were stuck dialing into dead-end corporate switchboard phone numbers, getting stonewalled by gatekeepers, never to reach their buyer’s voicemail box—let alone pitch their product to a decision-maker. According to Hubspot, only 3% of the market is actively ready at any moment.

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LeadFuze

JULY 13, 2023

Grasping the fundamentals of sales is an indispensable part of any enterprise, regardless if you are a budding salesperson or a knowledgeable marketer. This post aims to provide valuable insights into mastering the art of selling, from evading gatekeepers in B2B environments to closing tough customers effectively.

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How To Gatekeeper Case Study Proposal 52

Adaptive Business Services

JUNE 8, 2022

There are literally tons of sources for new business opportunities. Squandered opportunity. Gatekeepers – State your name and company. Get the gatekeeper’s name. City permit listings – These are great sources for both opportunities and opportunity research! Buyers have changed. More calls.

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Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring Face-to-face 71

SalesLoft

JUNE 26, 2018

InMail is an opportunity for personalization! LinkedIn profiles offer an opportunity to discover relatable information based on the user profile. Recently shared content creates opportunities for ongoing discussions. I’d love to meet for coffee and hear your thoughts,” promotes opportunities for future discussion.

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