"The number of meetings required for each sale was steadily trending up all last year, and I’m not exactly sure why."

This is a fascinating LI post from Scott Lichtenstein -- Very interesting results:


"The number of meetings required for each sale was steadily trending up all last year, and I’m not exactly sure why."


https://www.linkedin.com/posts/scottlichtenstein_the-number-of-meetings-required-for-each-activity-6796080582288842752-OPMu



Is this something you're seeing in your work, too?

Scott Lichtenstein
posted on LinkedIn
The number of meetings required for each sale was steadily trending up all last year, and I’m not exactly sure why.

What do you think is going on here?

According to data from Chorus.ai, winning B2B deals required 53% more meetings in December 2020 than in January 2020.

I think this could be buyers and sellers adjusting to remote sales, but if so, I’d expect this number to eventually come back down.

Why do you think each sale has been requiring more and more meetings?

Do you think it's taking more calls to close deals?

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sahil
Notable Contributor
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Deepak Chopra of Sales
Lack of in person interaction causes people to be cautious.

there's reduced trust amongst most peers b/c companies aren't set up to work remotely 
SADNES5
Politicker
0
down voters are marketing spies
Boomer vibes. 

"Let me shake his hand!"
Lambda
Tycoon
2
Sales Consultant
100% more calls are needed, people are worried about the economy so being extra cautious about spend it makes sense rationally
CadenceCombat
Tycoon
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Account Executive
Great post. Not only is this a fascinating observation but the formatting of your post is also very clean 👌
CaneWolf
Politicker
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Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract
Because companies are broke and fucking up spend will get your ass fired.
SADNES5
Politicker
1
down voters are marketing spies
Money's tight right now. 
softwaresails
Politicker
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Sales Manager
We actually haven't seen a change in our organization. Our sales cycle pre-covid was about 11 days and right now we are average 12 days. Not much of a change.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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Very interesting 🤔
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