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Handling the Gatekeeper and Engaging Executives

Sales and Marketing Management

Long sales cycles. Executives are more likely to have admins (often referred to as gatekeepers) that invariably will ask a question that sends shivers down many sellers’ spines: “Who is this and what is it regarding?”. Let’s take a step back and more closely consider the term “gatekeeper.” Handling Gatekeepers.

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Three Scripts to Handle: Email Me Something….

Mr. Inside Sales

This tells you how cooperative your prospect is, and so how cooperative they will be throughout the sales cycle. If they will, however, then you know there is a legitimate chance they are interested. Open the email when they get it. Blow you off with another objection. Allow you to set a definite follow up appointment.

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How to Struggle Less, While Making More Sales

Mr. Inside Sales

Jeffrey Gitomer tells a great story about how he once bet a client his entire training fee on whether there were more than eight objections their sales team got on a regular basis. Unlimited License: One to 100 reps can attend for one low price!

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Cold Calling Guidelines for Practical and Actionable Prospecting

Zoominfo

Anticipate gatekeepers (the jaded call operators). Warm calls mark the beginning of the sales cycle , which requires extensive personalization and communication. Consider these following tips to get more success in your cold calls — before, during, and afterward: Do: Research your prospect (Who are they?

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Getting Buy-In Before Going Over Price

Mr. Inside Sales

Want to instantly make asking for the sale easier? We provide the exact talk tracks, templates, and proven tools your team will be motivated to apply, all structured around an award winning comprehensive inside sales approach that gives your team the confidence to succeed in every selling situation they face today. Who Should Attend?

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Who needs to change – buyer or seller?

Bernadette McClelland

Who has noticed that the sales landscape is changing at an accelerated pace and has no intention of slowing down? Are sales cycles either nonexistent or getting even longer? Have gatekeepers had some form of combat training? The problem is not you or the sales cycle – they are just symptoms of the real problem.

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Overcoming objections in sales: 40+ examples, tactics, and rebuttals

Close.io

If you hear this objection early in the sales cycle , your prospect is just trying to get you off the phone. If you hear it later in the sales cycle, it means you’ve dropped the ball. The gatekeeper. Gatekeepers are living, breathing objections and, in many cases, they’re the first roadblock you’ll face.