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Entering a new market fails for predictable reasons: the wrong sales motion, a process that ignores how the region actually buys, or a vertical gate nobody mapped. This playbook covers the frameworks that travel, the steps for each region, how verticals change the rules - and how Sales Source gets you signed and selling.

Two variables decide your motion: where you’re selling and who you’re selling to. Get both right and the same product closes in markets that look nothing alike.

The frameworks that travel

You don’t need a new methodology per country - you need a small, proven toolkit and the judgement to apply the right one. Tap each framework to see what it’s for and when to reach for it.

Qualification

MEDDPICC - is this deal real?

The qualification spine of any serious B2B motion. It forces you to confirm the metrics, the economic buyer, the decision criteria and process, the paper process, the pain, your champion and the competition - before you commit forecast to it.

Use it: everywhere - it’s the discipline behind a clean forecast in every market.
Go deeper

MEDDPICC is especially load-bearing in process-heavy markets (DACH, public sector, financial services) where the paper process and economic buyer make or break the deal. Read the full MEDDPICC guide →

Discovery

SPIN - make the buyer talk

A question sequence - Situation, Problem, Implication, Need-payoff - built on the largest sales study ever run. It gets the buyer to articulate the problem and its cost, so the value is theirs, not yours.

Use it: in consultative, relationship-led markets - UK, Nordics, much of APAC.
Go deeper

SPIN shines where hard pitching backfires and buyers expect to be understood before being sold to. Read the full SPIN Selling guide →

Insight

Challenger - teach, tailor, take control

The research found the best reps don’t just build relationships - they teach the buyer something new about their business, tailor it to each stakeholder, and confidently take control of the conversation.

Use it: in fast, competitive, confidence-rewarding markets - North America especially.
Go deeper

Challenger is powerful with committee buyers who need a reframe to break consensus inertia. Read the full Challenger Sale guide →

Control

Sandler - the no-pressure close

Up-front contracts make every next step explicit and mutually agreed, so there are no surprises and no chasing. “No” is acceptable early, which filters out the deals that would have wasted the quarter.

Use it: where pressure repels buyers - the Nordics, UK, consensus cultures.
Focus

3-3-3 - focus any conversation

Three outcomes, three questions, three next steps. A lightweight discipline that keeps any meeting purposeful and ensures you never leave without a concrete way forward - layered on top of the heavier frameworks.

Use it: on every meeting, in every region, to keep momentum.
Go deeper

3-3-3 is the easiest to adopt and a fast way to lift a whole team’s meeting discipline. Read the full 3-3-3 method guide →

Build your market-entry plan

Pick a region and a vertical to see a tailored, step-by-step approach - the recommended framework, the regional sequence, and the one adjustment that vertical demands.

The plan above is the starting point. The hard part is execution on the ground - local language, local credibility, and a rep who already knows how that market buys. That’s where most expansions stall.

How Sales Source gets you signed and selling

We’re not a consultancy that hands you a deck. We embed local SDRs and BDMs who already run these frameworks in-market, so you get pipeline from week one instead of a year of trial and error.

Discovery

15-minute discovery call

We learn your product, target markets and growth goals - and tell you honestly where we can help.

Plan

A market-entry plan

We map the right framework, region sequence and vertical motion for your offer - the plan above, made specific.

Embed

Local reps, embedded

A dedicated, native-speaking SDR or BDM joins your team - local number, local network, your brand.

Pipeline

Qualified pipeline

Booked meetings and qualified opportunities from week one, reported transparently against clear targets.

Sources & further reading

1
Andy WhyteMEDDICC (2020) - qualification and mutual action plans - meddicc.com
2
Neil RackhamSPIN Selling (1988) - the research behind consultative discovery - www.mheducation.com
3
Dixon & AdamsonThe Challenger Sale (CEB/Gartner, 2011) - teach, tailor, take control - www.gartner.com
4
Sandler TrainingUp-front contracts and the no-pressure close - www.sandler.com

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