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		<title>Dirkjan: Created page with &quot;Different roles in the DMU are:  * Users * Buyer * Decider * Gatekeeper ** Gatekeepers can say &quot;no&quot; but they cannot say &quot;yes&quot; * Influencer  A special role at the customer is t...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;Different roles in the DMU are:  * Users * Buyer * Decider * Gatekeeper ** Gatekeepers can say &amp;quot;no&amp;quot; but they cannot say &amp;quot;yes&amp;quot; * Influencer  A special role at the customer is t...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Different roles in the DMU are:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Users&lt;br /&gt;
* Buyer&lt;br /&gt;
* Decider&lt;br /&gt;
* Gatekeeper&lt;br /&gt;
** Gatekeepers can say &amp;quot;no&amp;quot; but they cannot say &amp;quot;yes&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
* Influencer&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A special role at the customer is the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;coach&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Who is the person that:&lt;br /&gt;
* Wants you to win&lt;br /&gt;
* Helps/Guides you through the opportunity&lt;br /&gt;
* Has credibility with the other buying influencer&lt;br /&gt;
* Is part of the decision making unit&lt;br /&gt;
* Can be more than one person&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The DMU can perceive your offering in the following ways:&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Growth perceivers in the DMU|Growth]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Trouble perceivers in the DMU|Trouble]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Neutral perceivers in the DMU|Neutral]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Overconfident perceivers in the DMU|Overconfident]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You can use the following rating scheme to assess each member in the DMU:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
!Rating&lt;br /&gt;
!Verbal indication&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|5&lt;br /&gt;
|Advocate&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|4&lt;br /&gt;
|Strongly supportive&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|3&lt;br /&gt;
|Supportive&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|Interested&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|Will go along&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|-1&lt;br /&gt;
|Probably won&amp;#039;t resist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|-2&lt;br /&gt;
|Uninterested&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|-3&lt;br /&gt;
|Negative&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|-4&lt;br /&gt;
|Very negative&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|-5&lt;br /&gt;
|Anti sponsor&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:sales]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:M20]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Term]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Dirkjan</name></author>
		
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