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That’s what it’s like when sales reps manage approvals, pricing, and legal terms piecemeal, chasing down stakeholders for every deal. A Deal Desk is essentially an assembly line for sales, replacing the need for one person to switch between various types of tasks with a streamlined, repeatable process.
Sales people fail because they company fails them and when the company fails them the isn’t doing some or all of these things; They don’t provide a good competitive product. They aren’t providing solid salessupport (enablement). They’ve created a shitty sales culture. Weak sales messaging.
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We simply cannot succeed unless we have a support system. As sales people we rely on a lot of people to help us to do our jobs. It may be SDRs, product specialists, pre-salessupport teams, our teammates, our managers, operations folks, product managers, implementation/delivery teams.
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Here are the key differences between the two: Scope and Focus Go-to-Market Strategy (GTM): Encompasses the entire process of bringing a product to market, including product development, pricing, distribution, sales, and customer support. Addresses broader business aspects beyond marketing alone, emphasizing a holistic approach.
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” Is it something beyond just “we want bigger deal sizes to make our unit economics work” or do they feel they have a strong product market fit and can actually command those prices. On top of this, the sale cycle is longer, more bureaucracy and more legal scrutiny up there. Needs more pre salessupport.
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