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Negotiating a Deal In Crunch Time

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Andres Lares When Joe Mauer’s contract neared its expiration in 2010, the all-star’s agent sat with him and shared how his research revealed he could secure a contract of approximately $300 million over 10 years in the free agent market. The negotiation started with the Twins offering five years, $90 million.

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Group travel is down, but not out

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Nolan According to an April survey by the Incentive Research Foundation, the top concern about participating in work or reward-related travel was the threat of an epidemic/pandemic at 33%, followed closely by severe weather at 29%. Incentives interrupted. This begs the question, what’s up with the weather scaredy-cats ?

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How Defining Your Processes for Special Pricing Agreements Can Improve Margins and Drive Profitability

Distribution Pricing Journal

SPAs are a common vendor program that provide a special framework for offering exclusive pricing and incentives to strategic customers. SPAs also foster closer collaboration between manufacturers and distributors, aligning their sales and marketing strategies with strategic accounts. SPA Processes The SPA process is straightforward.

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Sales Operations Roles in Startups: The Model Team Structure

LeadFuze

Some CEOs and VPs of sales believe that the CRM admin and Excel pivot table wizard is all there is to a successful head of sales. Marketing content can be used to train employees, or provide them with the information they need. Being opinionated is important in negotiations and territory disputes. Strategy and planning.

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20 Sales KPIs Every Sales Team Should be Tracking 

Crunchbase

Some organizations link KPIs with incentives, such as monthly bonuses, extra time off, free memberships and other experiences that give your reps an extra boost. KPI metrics for sales are pivotal to your success, but which metrics should you track? Setting goals for each seller improves engagement, morale and accountability.

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PODCAST 123: How to Go From a Transactional Model to a Subscription Model with Brandon Meyers

Sales Hacker

He even managed to help pivot the company from a programmatic transactional revenue model to a subscription model over the course of, not just the last three months during COVID, but over the course of the last few years. Sam Jacobs: Do you sell to the chief marketing officer? So what do we do, right? Is that your primary persona?

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Close the Right Deal Based on a Shared Business Case to Buy: Using Value Propositions Later in the Sales Cycle

LeveragePoint

In the middle of the sales cycle , your sales rep breathes a sigh of relief as the buyer pivots to active evaluation. A clear picture almost never emerges, setting the stage for weak-kneed negotiation and price concessions. Leverage Value in Negotiations. Objectives Later in the Sales Cycle. Seed the content for those meetings.