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The Deal-Killer's Playbook: How to Spot (and Avoid) the 5 Silent Mistakes That Stall Your Pipeline
Avoid these major deal killers! You know the feeling. The discovery call was a slam dunk. The demo was flawless. Your champion seems...
Wayne Johnson
7 min read


Why Relying on One Champion Is Holding You Back (And How to Fix It)!
In the world of complex B2B sales, champions are vital to driving deals forward. However, many salespeople make the mistake of finding...
Wayne Johnson
6 min read


The Five Easiest Ways to Lose Your Deal
Let’s be honest: most deals don’t fall apart at the end—they were doomed somewhere in the middle. Or worse, the very beginning. We lose...
Wayne Johnson
4 min read


How to Build a Champion (And Why You Can’t Win Without One)
In every complex sale, there’s one person who holds the keys.Not the signer.Not the evaluator. The Champion. Your Champion is the...
Wayne Johnson
3 min read


Start the New Year with a Winning Quota: Embrace MEDDIC for Success
The new year brings fresh sales targets, and the MEDDIC framework is your key to achieving them. Success starts with a deep understanding...
Michael Heiser
2 min read


Champion or Cheerleader? How to Find and Test Your Real Sales Advocate
Distinguishing between a coach and a champion—and validating a true champion—is a must for significantly increasing the odds of winning...
Wayne Johnson
2 min read


Hidden Stakeholders
I was recently reminded to never become too complacent with what you're hearing from your Champion, especially as you approach the final...
Michael Heiser
2 min read


Champion Preseller
MEDDIC for Presales - Champion As presales we go deep into the technical weeds. That’s what we do to understand the what, how, and why....
Michael Heiser
2 min read


Motivate to Act
Recently a family member engaged me over the merits of the sales function in today’s ever-increasing SaaS and AI automated world. I took...
Wayne Johnson
3 min read


Time To Test Your Champion!
Operating under Incorrect pretenses can cause a big mess in your forecasted opportunities; one of the biggest mistakes is incorrectly...
Wayne Johnson
3 min read


Intentions Matter
Today we will take a step back from MEDDIC and talk about discovery; after all, to uncover MEDDIC, you must become an expert at...
Wayne Johnson
2 min read


Understanding the Players
Hopefully, you’ve had a chance to review last week’s article, “Are you sure you know the Decision Process?” and concluded that you should...
Michael Heiser
2 min read


A Demo Story - The Voice that Counts
Everyone was excited about the opportunity that was in front of us. The company was a Fortune 500 company and a leader in their industry....
Wayne Johnson
2 min read


Coach vs. Champion
After conducting hundreds and hundreds of deal reviews, one of the biggest mistakes I have seen in working opportunities when it comes to...
Wayne Johnson
2 min read


🎶 We are the Champions, my friends... 🎶
We all know the famous Queen song, "We Are The Champions," but this is a different kind of Champion. Today is all about defining what a...
Wayne Johnson
1 min read


What is MEDDIC?
Let's begin to define MEDDIC by what it is NOT vs what it is. MEDDIC is NOT a sales process, a sales methodology, or a cure for world...
Wayne Johnson
4 min read
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