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Tips to Maintain Control of a Sales Negotiation

Janek Performance Group

In our recent white paper The Ultimate Guide to Sales Negotiations , we discuss how negotiations improve with consultative selling. By stressing long-term relationships over short-term sales, sellers should form partnerships and work with buyers to achieve the best outcomes. After all, it’s a negotiation, not a fire sale.

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How Sales Managers Undermine Price

The Sales Hunter

Sales managers without even trying are very good at taking profit right out of their company. They do this because of how they handle things with their salespeople who in turn offer customers discounts. When a sales manager places pressure, they need to do it with guidance as to how the salesperson should handle things.

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5 Reasons to Dump a Customer

The Sales Hunter

The demands they place on your company are impacting the level of service you’re able to give to other customers. The price concessions you’ve had to make to get their business is killing your profit. The customer’s reputation is a risk to your reputation. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Higher Price Is What You Pay, Cost is What You Lost

Anthony Iannarino

What gets lost in the sales conversation around investments is the higher cost that results from accepting a lower price. Most of the time, a lower price requires you to make concessions, to give something or accept something less, even if it appears to be “ good enough.” Price Is What You Pay.

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How to Differentiate Your Company’s Model

Anthony Iannarino

If we were to score your ability here, we might call it your “ sales effectiveness quotient.” The second is the concessions your client will be forced to make when they choose a different model. Highlighting Concessions. Sales Call Planner Guide. Execute your best sales calls with this free sales call planner!

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Don’t Roll Over and Play Dead When the Customer Asks for a Discount

The Sales Hunter

Customers aren’t stupid, but I hate to admit I think in the sales profession there are a lot of stupid salespeople. What I’m saying is salespeople have to believe in how what they sell is going to help the customer achieve their objectives and expected outcomes. Sales is a great profession.

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What We’ve Learned Supporting Telecom Sales Teams

Janek Performance Group

The new year is upon us, and this year looks to be anything but easy for telecom sales. It was rollercoaster of a year last year for enterprise sales: It’s not how we start in January but how we finish in December that counts. The changing macroeconomic conditions have created a more competitive climate and extended sales cycles.