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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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Top Tactics for Selling to a Buying Committee

Brooks Group

Finance, operations, and management, oh my! Bigger deals usually mean bigger committees, which present unique challenges compared to selling to an individual decision maker or even a small group. These stakeholders typically fall into four primary categories: Decision Makers Decision makers hold the ultimate authority for the purchase.

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Two Real-World Stories: Cultivating a Single Source of Truth

Planview

Each company is a trailblazer in evolving PPM to meet stakeholder needs and achieve strategic objectives. Planview’s Chief Product Officer, Louise Allen, moderated an engaging, in-depth conversation with these customers: Hiren Shah – Johnson & Johnson – Global Finance Transformation, Sr. J&J’s Global Finance Transformation.

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How to boost sales strategy with a deal desk

PandaDoc

This is done by forming a team of stakeholders and decision-makers, establishing approval workflows, and effectively integrating automation tools. Deal desk stakeholders and their roles are clearly defined, streamlining approval workflow. Let’s get to it! See also How to close the sales cycle with sales battle cards 2.

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Selling to the C-Suite: Strategies for Reaching Executive Decision Makers

Brooks Group

As buying processes grow more complex, it’s becoming increasingly important for sales professionals to gain access to senior executives and C-level decision makers. Today’s major purchasing decisions often involve cross-functional buying committees that include executives from the C-suite. Your prospect lacks budget authority.

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Book review – Managing Brands

Red Star Kim

Brands have attributes, values and personality – customers will perceive or make associations with a brand that can be positive or negative. Google ZMOT (Zero Moment of Truth) describes this less as a journey and more as a flight map: Zero moment of truth (ZMOT) decision-making moment – Think with Google.

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The Proactive M&BD Executive – Culture shock, marketing models, fee-earner engagement, qualifications and social media

Red Star Kim

Just before Easter I spent a day facilitating the popular PM Forum training workshop “The Proactive M&BD Executive”. I’ve found some fee-earners don’t contribute to the smaller projects which subsequently slows the larger project down There are focused workshops on achieving buy-in and stakeholder management.

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