Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 23, 2023

There are the “decision-makers,” often the CEO or CFO. The typical strategy is to offer a price concession, which accelerates deal flow but also cannibalizes demand. To be effective, they had to train their sales reps to sell multiple services, deepening the relationship. Next, we have the “recommenders.”

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Which people will be involved in the buying decision? What’s the importance of the role each will play – is Lee Baker the key decision maker or simply a minor influencer? A concession on price is unlikely to resolve such a fundamental communication problem; it may even make it worse. ©2014 Sales Momentum, LLC.

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Networking Decision Maker Policies Training 88

Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Limited availability to decision makers due to the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. After Friday the 14 th you’ll find that many decision makers are going to be gone for the holiday. Are you prepared?

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Decision Maker Negotiation Forecasting Proposal 40

Customer Centric Selling

MAY 24, 2013

Sales Training Article: 8 Types of Customers to Avoid. The Freeloader They demand you write a detailed proposal, then use your proposal to extract concessions from their current vendor. Take a look at the sales training workshops available to you and improve sales performance. Need some help with your sales performance?

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. After Friday the 14th you’ll find that many decision makers are going to be gone for the holiday. Negotiate with Decision Makers and know in advance: Your positions when asked for concessions.

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Decision Maker Negotiation Forecasting Proposal 40

Pipeliner

JUNE 4, 2020

To do it, they should take the time now (especially during the mandated lockdowns) to up-skill by taking some additional training that could help them increase their efficiency. In short, they must compensate for a decrease in leads with a higher conversion rate. This is also an area where salespeople can take a leading role.

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Decision Maker Retail Compensation Lead Generation 72

Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

If a seller covers all of the eight items listed below, and the buyer realizes there is a cost of delaying their decision, there are instances where they will volunteer to buy. Before earning the right to close I believe decision makers should: Know the price. Be aware of the business outcome(s) they want to achieve.

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Customer Centric Selling

JUNE 15, 2016

When in front of decision makers, there are several things buyers should know before sellers close them: The desired business outcome(s) they want to achieve. Some sellers may discover that if all the items above are known by decision makers, some will actually volunteer to buy. Need some help to increase sales?

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Each year, Richardson Sales Training asks sales professionals about the sales challenges that they anticipate in the coming year and complies their responses to create its annual selling challenges study. The sales professionals who prevail will win big as new opportunities escalate amid today’s robust business climate. Prospecting.

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Decision Maker Face-to-face Survey Lead Rank 61

Customer Centric Selling

APRIL 22, 2015

By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Making a decision when buying sales training or process is difficult. It’s demeaning when sellers try to close non-decision makers. Sellers make mistakes by not getting in front of decision makers to close.

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Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Once sellers start discounting, smart buyers press for and often receive further concessions. Take a look at the sales training workshops available to get started and improve sales performance. Read more sales training articles for helpful sales tips and techniques from CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company.

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Discount Decision Maker Vendor Negotiation 40

The Brooks Group

AUGUST 29, 2018

Here are 9 sales negotiation skills your salespeople need to master to avoid price concessions and protect your profit margins. Nothing is more disheartening than settling on a deal with someone, only to find out they don’t have the final say in the decision-making process. . Talk to the Right People.

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HeavyHitter Sales

APRIL 7, 2013

During lengthy sales cycles, evaluators frequently become reoriented toward other emergencies and the decision makers disappeared. Increasingly, purchasing has more say over decisions that were previously made solely by business areas. Administrivia.   Pre-sales Resources. Other Steve W.

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Study B2B Penetration Lead Rank 146

Sales Hacker

JULY 10, 2020

I hired and trained people who have gone on to hit their goals, and I personally took on initiatives that helped shape the strategy and culture of multiple organizations. They are the ultimate decision maker. Don’t offer any concessions until you’re at this step and understand every ask holistically.

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Call-back Buyer Competition Hiring 115

Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

These minor details can help sellers align decision makers to promote a solution and advocate their cause. It culminates in regular, constructive, and motivating sales coaching and training. But the best sellers know concessions and compromises produce win-win outcomes. Setting your agenda is another key.

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Hiring Follow-up Course Objections 62

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 6, 2018

Treat everyone with respect: Just because someone isn't a decision maker doesn’t mean you should dismiss them or their authority (unless you want to get disqualified). Avoid manipulative closing techniques, which prospects are now sophisticated enough to recognize and trained to walk away from. General Sales Tips.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 13, 2021

For example, Accenture sells a CRM system with a multimillion dollar engagement that provides customization, training, and implementation to its end-customer. Product management, engineering, customer success, sales, and marketing groups will weigh in on the decision-making process. OEM deal structure. Executives. Product management.

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Licensing Software Software Enterprise 74

Pipeliner

MAY 1, 2019

Each decision maker has an individualized sense of value. A demand is inflexible and can only be satisfied with a concession. They need to transition from one selling skill to another when engaging the twisting path of the buyer’s journey. Agility is important with so many stakeholders in the picture.

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Face-to-face Negotiation Scale Selling Skills 75

Sales Training Advice

MAY 19, 2011

Negotiate Only with Decision Makers: Sometimes an apparent decision maker is merely a ‘gate keeper’ in disguise. Give Slowly and Reluctantly: During final negotiations, whenever you offer a price concession, do not make major reductions. Learn who your customers and competitors are as professionals.

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