{"id":18422,"date":"2025-01-31T16:51:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T16:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sandler.com\/?p=18422"},"modified":"2025-01-31T16:51:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T16:51:49","slug":"why-most-sales-teams-have-no-idea-what-the-buying-criteria-are-and-how-they-can-crack-the-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandler.com\/whitepapers\/why-most-sales-teams-have-no-idea-what-the-buying-criteria-are-and-how-they-can-crack-the-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Most Sales Teams Have No Idea What The Buying Criteria Are And How They Can Crack the Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\"><b>Why Most Sales Teams Have No Idea What The Buying Criteria Are And How They Can Crack the Code<\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">In this paper, We\u2019ll look at three complementary, ongoing strategies that sales professionals (that is, leaders and front-line contributors), can pursue to address this common challenge. 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