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Discount Dilemmas: How to Stand Firm on Your Fee

SalesProInsider

Never Accept This Payment: Promises Won’t Pay Your Bills True story: An advisor in NJ had two great conversations with a prospective client who could not believe the services they would receive working with him compared to another option. And what a discount! Wow what a promise! That wasn’t acceptable.

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4 Powerful Pricing Tactics That Have Nothing to Do With Discounts, According to Yocale's CEO

Hubspot Sales

Welcome to “The Pipeline” — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable insight from real sales leaders. Research shows there is a weapon you can use to increase your sales performance — a sales strategy that's effective no matter where you work or what you sell. What is this sales strategy, you ask?

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Are You Confident Enough In Your Value Not To Discount?

Partners in Excellence

Discounting has reached Pandemic levels. Today, responding to a prospecting call earns a discount. Proposals come with a price and then either an automatically applied discount, or hints at a discount. Something like, “Buy by the end of the month and I can discount 15%! What If You Couldn't Discount?

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Ominous Signs for Sales Teams and Baseball Can Help

Understanding the Sales Force

This is a great time to upgrade your sales team. A sales team evaluation shows who will and won’t be able to develop the necessary skills to succeed in this worsening selling environment. Not just any sales training, but results-focused sales training with role-plays, and with your sales leaders becoming effective coaches.

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We Don’t Create Value By Discounting It!

Partners in Excellence

” Hidden in this elegant argument was a request for a 20% discount. And the customer knew the sales person wanted the order NOW! I was so proud of the sales person. Rather than coming back to management and asking for a discount that would lock the deal in for end of year, he took a deep breath.

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#1 Way to Stop Discounting Your Price

The Sales Hunter

Last week I wrote about the issue of discounting, and needless to say it generated a major amount of conversation all over social media and in emails and phone calls to me. A few people pushed back on my thinking. I’m fine with that, as I know what I say won’t always resonate with everyone. […].

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How Driving Down the Highway Will Help You Close More Sales

Understanding the Sales Force

That exact same thing happens to salespeople on their sales calls. They’re having a great conversation, the prospect needs what you have, there is money available, you’re with the decision maker, and you start making some assumptions about how good this opportunity looks. Last week, I had a conversation like that.

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