Matthew Dixon, Ted McKenna Books
Matthew Dixon is a business researcher and author known for co-authoring 'The Challenger Sale' and 'The Effortless Experience'. Ted McKenna is a sales expert and researcher specializing in customer behavior and decision-making.
Known for: The JOLT Effect: How High Performers Overcome Customer Indecision
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The JOLT Effect: How High Performers Overcome Customer Indecision
Based on extensive research into sales conversations, this book reveals why customer indecision is the biggest barrier to closing deals and how top-performing salespeople overcome it. The authors introduce the JOLT method—Judge the indecision, Offer your recommendation, Limit the exploration, and Take risk off the table—to help sales professionals guide hesitant buyers toward confident decisions.
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Our research began with one of the largest empirical studies ever conducted on sales behavior. Partnering with several organizations, we analyzed 2.5 million sales calls captured through conversation intelligence platforms. By using natural language processing and machine learning, we correlated lin...
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Identifying Indecision
Understanding indecision begins with recognizing that it isn’t the same as objection. When customers raise objections, they’re usually signaling uncertainty about your solution—perhaps its cost, fit, or features. Objections are directed outward, toward the product or seller. Indecision, on the other...
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About Matthew Dixon, Ted McKenna
Matthew Dixon is a business researcher and author known for co-authoring 'The Challenger Sale' and 'The Effortless Experience'. Ted McKenna is a sales expert and researcher specializing in customer behavior and decision-making. Together, they co-founded DCM Insights, focusing on improving sales perf...
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Matthew Dixon is a business researcher and author known for co-authoring 'The Challenger Sale' and 'The Effortless Experience'. Ted McKenna is a sales expert and researcher specializing in customer behavior and decision-making. Together, they co-founded DCM Insights, focusing on improving sales perf...
Matthew Dixon is a business researcher and author known for co-authoring 'The Challenger Sale' and 'The Effortless Experience'. Ted McKenna is a sales expert and researcher specializing in customer behavior and decision-making. Together, they co-founded DCM Insights, focusing on improving sales performance through behavioral science.
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Matthew Dixon is a business researcher and author known for co-authoring 'The Challenger Sale' and 'The Effortless Experience'. Ted McKenna is a sales expert and researcher specializing in customer behavior and decision-making.
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