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Sep 2024
39m 57s

249 (Sell) How to Eliminate the 'No Deci...

Armand Farrokh & Nick Cegelski
About this episode

FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS

  • Multi Single-Threading: After a big team meeting, send individual follow-up messages to key stakeholders. This helps build relationships without asking for anything, creating future points of contact.
  • Daily Pipeline Review: Every day, look at your deals and think of specific actions to increase your chances of winning, maintaining daily momentum across opportunities.
  • Win One Stakeholder at a Time: Focus on winning over stakeholders one by one at different stages—manager during discovery, director during the demo, and VP at the big team meeting.
  • Structured Sales Cycle: Brian’s sales process follows a clear path: discovery, demo, big team demo, pilot, and finally commercial negotiation.


PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB

  • Senior Mid-Market Account Executive @ Gong
  • Mid-Market Account Executive @ Gong
  • Commercial Account Executive @ Gong
  • Senior Commercial Account Executive @ Gong
  • Enterprise Account Executive @ BrightEdge


RESOURCES DISCUSSED

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