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A Sales Manager’s Guide to Deal Strategy

SBI Growth

Using the Stakeholder Wheel Job Aid (Click here to download the tool), walk your rep through the BDT. The BDT often includes someone in IT, HR, Finance. These stakeholders can wield tremendous political power and easily kill a deal. Help your reps identify where each stakeholder is on their decision timeline. User Buyer.

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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.

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Identifying Sales Prospects: Gatekeepers, Influencers, and Decision Makers

Hubspot Sales

Or, “ You wear a lot of hats, how do you prioritize your day? ”. The influencer is usually your main point of contact at the company, and they’ll pull in the appropriate stakeholders (such a finance or IT) throughout the sales process. Once you’ve identified the gatekeeper, you have a few options.

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How to Build Business Relationships: 7 Key Tips & Helpful Context

Hubspot Sales

There are several kinds of potential stakeholders you need to account for, and each connection requires some degree of individual attention and effort. Virtually any stakeholder that has some kind of bearing on a business's success or operations can have one with that company. Financial Relationships.

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The Art Behind Becoming a Strategic PMO Leader

Planview

In this post, you’ll learn: Why Putting People at the Heart of Change Matters The Exciting Future Ahead for the PMO How AI Can Help Prioritize Impactful Work Meet Athena Smith Athena Smith hails from Georgia and is based in Atlanta. Then, I identify all stakeholders, flagging who is an assister, a resistor, and a neutral.

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The Comprehensive Guide to Account-Based Sales for 2019

Hubspot Sales

Instead of one salesperson targeting a single contact within a company, an entire team is dedicated to targeting multiple stakeholders at the prospective customer’s company. Every team -- Sales, Sales Development, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance, Product, Engineering, and the C-suite -- must be aligned.

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Key Account Management: The Ultimate Guide

Hubspot Sales

While a salesperson focuses on the short term -- by necessity -- a key account manager (KAM) prioritizes the future. A key account manager must have an intimate, sophisticated understanding of her account's strategy, market position, finances, products, and organizational structure. Map out every customer stakeholder.