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Winning Over Buying Groups: How to Sell to Multiple B2B Decision Makers

Brooks Group

77% of B2B buyers report their last purchase was complex, involving multiple stakeholders. More stakeholders means longer sales cycles. Sellers need sophisticated communication and consultative skills to understand varying stakeholder needs. Decision-making time, compared to five to seven years ago, has increased by 60%.

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Shortcuts Salespeople Should Never Take, According to Experts

Hubspot Sales

Imagine the majority of your prospects are finance managers. For enterprise deals, the number can jump as high as 10-15 stakeholders. A solid approach to handling this is multi-threading, aka building relationships with multiple stakeholders at your target companies. Mistakes should be lessons, not patterns.

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The Deal Desk: Sourcing Internal Expertise to Close Complex Deals

Hubspot Sales

As I touched on earlier, a deal desk might have a role in other aspects of the deal-closing process, including providing advice on negotiation strategy and insight about product knowledge. Again, you might include stakeholders from departments like sales, legal, product, and finance. Who do you want to involve?

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An Introduction to Enterprise Sales for Key Account Managers

DemandFarm

A multinational software company might spend nearly a year negotiating a $5 million deal with a Fortune 500 company. This process involves multiple product demonstrations, engaging with IT, procurement, and finance stakeholders, and significant customization to meet the client’s needs.

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3 Ways to Beat the Holiday Slump & Close More Deals

Hubspot Sales

This forces negotiations to take place before stakeholders in Procurement and Legal are out of the office -- something your well-meaning prospect might not have considered. Without these stakeholders, even your most eager prospects won’t be able to move their deals forward. 3 Ways to Close Deals Around the Holidays.

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Consulting Workshop Series 101: Tools to Generating Effective and Innovative Ideas

Flevy

Whether the focus is a strategy, operations, tax, finance, HR, or IT, management consulting firms have become a staple of corporate life. They are typically used to gather stakeholders who normally don’t cross paths–e.g. stakeholders from different departments, different business units, and/or different regions.

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The Best Software for Architects: What’s Your Tech Stack?

Nutshell

LEARN MORE Architecture accounting software As with every business, your architectural practice will need a reputable accounting tool to help you manage your finances. Xero: Architects looking for an easy-to-use and easy-to-understand accounting application ideal for small businesses can rely on Xero to manage their finances more efficiently.