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Shortcuts Salespeople Should Never Take, According to Experts

Hubspot Sales

Not only will you miss valuable information, but youll sound distracted. Imagine the majority of your prospects are finance managers. For enterprise deals, the number can jump as high as 10-15 stakeholders. These details will help you tailor your message to each stakeholder and build consensus.

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Influence Mapping: Why it’s Necessary to Your Sales Strategy

Upland

It can be used to: Identify the key stakeholders who need to be engaged in order to achieve your goals. Understand the relationships between stakeholders and how they influence each other. S ellers manage 6 to 10 stakeholders per account which, if you expand that out to your portfolio of accounts, could be hundreds of people.

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The Art Behind Becoming a Strategic PMO Leader

Planview

Throughout her career, she has developed expertise in project portfolio management , process improvement , change leadership , and stakeholder management. Then, I identify all stakeholders, flagging who is an assister, a resistor, and a neutral. But portfolio management wasn’t always her field.

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What Is Complex Selling? [+Examples]

Hubspot Sales

Enterprise sales also involve multiple stakeholders, and the salesperson is typically in conversation with numerous people before deals are closed. Overall, a complex sale is marked by three key elements: higher perceived risk resulting from higher price points, a longer sales cycle (6+ months), and multiple stakeholders.

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Winning With Internal Stakeholders

Whetstone

Engaging Internal Stakeholders in Strategic Accounts Introduction : No one questions the critical importance of effective stakeholder engagement in managing strategic accounts. However, the critical importance of internal stakeholders is often overlooked until it’s too late.

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The Deal Desk: Sourcing Internal Expertise to Close Complex Deals

Hubspot Sales

A deal desk provides a way for a salesperson to reference the information, resources, and advice they might need to cover those bases. Again, you might include stakeholders from departments like sales, legal, product, and finance. Who do you want to involve?

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Multiple Decision Makers? 5 Strategies for an Easier Sales Process

Hubspot Sales

This is no easy task and I’ve experienced these challenges first-hand after developing project management software for the finance industry. However, I still have to defend these facts to numerous stakeholders in order to gain each sale. Make it Easy to Share Information. Verbalize Key Differentiators and Benefits.