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Do You Know: 80% of calls go to voicemail, and 90% of first time voicemails are never returned?
[Source: RingLead]
As a salesperson, you have often been forced to have that dreaded conversation with gatekeepers.
Gatekeepers are essentially office assistants or administrators whose job is to keep sales people
away from the perpetually buys high level prospects who you want to speak to. A typical
conversation between a sales person and a gatekeeper would include formalities regarding who was
calling, whom you wanted to speak with, where you are calling from, etc.
And the conversation just goes downhill from there. Having this conversation would be the most
dreaded thing to you at that moment. While there are general methods other sales people use to
get past these pesky gatekeepers, there is another tried and tested method you could use.
This method may sound too good to be true, but all you need to do, is find a way to completely
avoid having to talk to the gatekeeper.
In order to succeed in this method, you will have to understand
three simple factors that play in this situation:
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1. What the Gatekeeper does
Essentially, a gatekeeper’s job profile is that of a low level administrator appointed by high level
decision makers, who has to do only one thing- keep all unnecessary distractions at bay.
Now, a gatekeeper can be quite stubborn. It is close to impossible to get past them, but the thing
to remember here is, that most of these gatekeepers work from a nine to five time slot. This means
that they aren’t present as a barrier between you and your high level prospects at selected time
early morning and evenings!
2. What your High Level Prospect does
Your high level prospects, on the other hand, are required to slog through heavy hours, sometimes
even work overtime. In order to complete their tasks, most high level decision makers are known to
work twelve hours a day - 7am to 7 pm. And their most productive work is produced in during the
time when they are alone, undisturbed, such as the times between 7 am to 8.30 am and 5.30 pm to
7 pm. Some of the high level decision makers even have to sign into work on a few Saturdays a
month.
This leaves a small window of opportunity for you to reach your high level prospects while they are
unguarded.
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3. The Trick
Now that you are familiar with the work habits of the gatekeepers and high level decision makers,
here is the trick you can use to sneak past the gatekeeper and reach your prospect.
An experiment was conducted with two teams- where the first team, Team A, was asked to try and
reach the high level decision makers during their usual nine to five work hours. It was seen that only
one of the participants of the way was able to reach his prospect and that too, by making an early
morning call occasionally.
Team B on the other hand, was advised to try and reach their prospects outside of the normal nine
to five working hours- early mornings or late evenings. The results from this experiment were a
breakthrough.
The team who dialled their prospects outside of the nine to five working hours were successfully
able to get through to the high level decision makers, and even have around 30% more conversa-
tions with the high level prospects than the other team who made sales calls only during the stan-
dard nine to five working hours. Since there was no sign of the stubborn gatekeepers, it was easier
to reach the high level prospects!
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On the other hand now, if you are faced with the gatekeeper, there are a few things you must keep
in mind while dealing with them. These suggestions will help you to ultimately reach the decision
maker.
The first thing to keep in mind is, try to befriend the gatekeeper. Do not see him as an enemy. He is
the only way to get through to your prospect, so try to get him on your side. Never be rude to the
gatekeeper, as doing that may prove to be a dead end for your sales call.
The next thing for you to remember is, whenever you are stuck in a conversation with the gate-
keeper; do not try to pitch your sales speech to him/her. This gives the gatekeeper the authority
of the decision maker, to either accept or reject your sales pitch. Also, if he/she is to rely the infor-
mation back to the decision maker, you can be assured the message would not even 1% of the pas-
sion that your pitch would have. This will lower your credibility.
A very important thing to keep in mind when dealing with gatekeepers is never to leave a message.
Expecting a call back from the decision maker is a high reaching dream. Instead, ask the gatekeeper
when the decision maker would be available to call again, and try and get through to him at that
time.
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The last resort strategy you could try, which might end up making you some enemies, is to tell the
gatekeeper that you are returning a call from the decision maker. This is a very tricky method to
use, and you must be ready with a backup plan to soften the gatekeeper once your game plan has
been discovered.
Remember, when you are in a sales job, avoiding the gatekeeper altogether may not always work,
so try and use other tricks to get past them, and try to get them on your side, not against you, as
you reaching your high level prospect ultimately lies in their hands.
Summary
Gatekeepers are paid to control the flow of calls. Respect them. But you’re paid to sell. It’s your job
to reach decision makers to achieve your target. Use these tricks to make your job easier and more
successful.
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