Gatekeepers Best Practices
Learn how to get the gatekeeper to put you through over 80% of the time without screening you out!
Most sales reps hate prospecting because they don’t know how to effectively deal with the gatekeeper. Do your reps suffer from call reluctance because they are afraid of the gatekeeper? Do they regularly get screened out and told to “just send an email”? Or worse, are they told the prospect doesn’t take “these kinds of calls?”
If so, then your sales reps are probably making some basic errors that actually create this kind of screening. The good news is: There is a better way! In fact, these are the exact kinds of problem areas we provide solutions for in our online training program. And once your reps learn and use our best practice approaches, they will not only breeze past gatekeepers, but they will feel more confident in other selling situations as well! And how will that affect their attitude and results?
To access this gatekeeper sample from our online training program delivered by Mike Brooks, simple fill out the form on this page.
What you’ll learn in this online training sample:
- How sales reps actually create rejection and cause the screening they get
- The three things you need to avoid doing
- Exactly what to do instead - complete with word-for-word examples
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