Navigating Internal Approval Bottlenecks in Sales

Today, Tim Caito joins Rachel to discuss how to communicate the needs of the customer internally, centering the conversation around three high-level concepts: the external sale, the internal sale, and achieving an ideal outcome using two-way guidance. In the course of the episode, he shares best practices on gathering necessary customer and internal requirements, finding the right balance between the customer’s view of a great outcome and that of your company, aligning with the customer’s Decision Criteria, and overcoming common internal bottlenecks.

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