Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We want to get a desired outcome without doing all the work one would normally have to do to achieve that outcome. In work, we constantly look for shortcuts. Some of the time is we are overburdened, we need to find a more efficient way of doing things. Sometimes, we need to compress the time to results.

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Bernadette McClelland

DECEMBER 30, 2023

I want more TOP LEVEL leaders of business to stop discounting the value of their lower down leaders by not providing them a sounding board, or someone who calls them on their BS. So last night we had our final Sellebration (with both sets of leaders in the room). We are all human! Sales Leadership At A Crossroad?

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 20, 2021

Save 20% on our already discounted, Bestselling CD Series: “How to Double Your Income Selling Over the Phone.”. Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day? Top pros are using this time to sharpen their sales skills so they can make a killing in the fourth quarter. July 20 th to July 26 th , midnight).

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Loyalty, at the end of the day, is not created by offering discounts or exceeding customer expectations. Rather, loyalty is simply a trust-based relationship that is established by meeting the needs of the customer on a consistent basis over time. In addition, we dig the sand from the same pit. I rarely ever do that.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

A big gap needed to be closed and that’s where we entered. We worked through it together and to avoid the free agency deadline because we knew at crunch time, unpredictable things happen in a negotiation. We recommend scripting the negotiation in advance. If you understand their needs, you can respond better.

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

As we’ve said many times, we will pay what we feel the solution is worth to us. We don’t buy the product; we buy what the product will do for us. Now, what if your prospect that you’re dealing with wants a bigger discount ? Firstly, ask why the discount is necessary. How much is that water worth to you now?

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Anticipation of discounts: Buyers know that salespeople are more likely to discount the later it gets, so they wait in anticipation of discounts. Work backward from these numbers to determine the number of demos, discovery calls, and connects you’ll need to make by month, week, and day. Set a goal.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 18, 2021

In sales, as with any other field or practice, sometimes you need to think outside the box to come out on top. Mention Pricing on Cold Calls Talk About the Competition Prepare for the Discount Talk Master the Sales Call Monologue Bring in Your Customer Success Specialists Early Forecast Using Data, Not Instincts. Longer sales cycles.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 18, 2020

We were in the final stages of closing a big deal. They not only wanted the deal, but they needed the deal. The customer says, “We are almost there, but we’ve hit a roadblock…… ” I won’t go into the details, but the customer presented a fascinating discussion. I was doing a deal review.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 5, 2021

Price is important—of course, but sometimes I think we, sales people, make it more important than it is to the customer. Too often, pricing, moreover our willingness to discount, is the centerpiece of our sales strategies. We spend little time talking about these issues with the customer and what they mean.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Here, we discuss five aspects of negotiation that will help you improve when carrying out those stages: Prepare with your customer in mind. For instance, if they are asking for a discount, find out the reason why a cheaper price is important to them. Concentrate on Interests not Positions. Are they comparing you with a competitor?

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

First and foremost, you need to be mindful of where a deal stands before you engage in a price negotiation. Make sure you‘re not rushing into a closing call or trying to leverage a discount to force a deal’s timing. You need to remain mindful of this. 10 Key Steps to Preparing for a Successful Price Negotiation 1.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 6, 2024

Too often, there is an alignment challenge between what buyers need and what sellers do. We seem to be on diverging paths, and this creates problems for both buyers and sellers. What don’t buyers need from sellers? They don’t need a lot of education about our products. But they don’t need this.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

price discount. The line items you throw in may differ depending on your offering – but the price discount should always be last. When people are asking for discounts, Wernke says, they’re asking if what they’re buying is going to be successful. We need to revert to value-based appeal. The Rule of Three.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 2, 2021

Before we start it’s important to shed some light on what big data actually means. Most importantly, not making use of big data can mean failure to understand who your customers are and what they need. Big data is everywhere around us, shaping the way businesses run. What Is Big Data, Anyway? Big Data and Email Marketing.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 20, 2022

It didn’t make sense to me, so we dug into the issues a little. I can’t recap the conversation, but here are some of the issues we discussed: Pricing is never established by sales It’s usually established by some combination of product management, finance, and sometimes strategy. But sales never establishes pricing!

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Allego

MARCH 31, 2023

The more we try to overcompensate or justify what we are saying by being “honest,” the less credibility we have. Don’t say this: “Honestly, I think we can have you up and running by this time next week.” Don’t say this: “Honestly, I think we can have you up and running by this time next week.”

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 21, 2023

We delved into the intricacies of AI and its impact on content marketing strategies. Solely relying on AI tools and neglecting the need for a marketing strategy can be a pitfall. Testing AI Tools: ChatGPT and Midjourney Kyle mentioned that he has tested various AI tools and finds ChatGPT to be the most useful for his needs.

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John Barrows

APRIL 10, 2019

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 12, 2019

Author: Todd Caponi Negotiating an agreement with a client is often perceived as requiring the development of a completely different selling muscle: During the sales cycle, we’re doing things to add value to the buying journey, building trust and providing the information a buyer needs to make a confident, informed decision. .

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Need Help Now. Even if we assume they do; it does not change the fact that you can’t three months into a two-month bag. Clearly, we do not want to discount or offer incentive that will reduce the total value of the client. We are not looking to develop lasting habits, only to make up for lost time and effort.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 7, 2023

They answer concerns I have with product capabilities, not what the solution means to me and my organization and what we are trying to achieve. And finally, they rush to discount when I raise my obligatory objection to the pricing. Somehow, it seems that if we are paying for the product, we magically improve productivity.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 15, 2023

We often gauge the quality of our conversations by the responses we get in those conversations. How do we provoke this level of engagement? How do we engage people in ways that encourage deeper questions? Do the questions we ask provoke great questions from others? Conversations shut down, there is no engagement.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 25, 2024

But in all seriousness, difficult prospects are a fact of sales life, and dealing with a difficult buyer who makes a sale harder than it needs to will always suck — and from time to time, you're bound to deal with an especially difficult buyer who makes a sale especially harder than it needs to be, and that experience will especially suck.

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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Commerce APIs Are Transforming The Way We Shop Our guest blog, Commerce APIs Are Transforming the Way We Shop, is provided by Diya Bag, a Senior Content Writer at commercetools. As a result, companies can’t afford to ignore the power of a great online experience.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

To make customers feel good about the sale, communicate these three pieces of value, in this order: additional support additional product and services price discount. The line items you throw in may differ depending on your offering – but the price discount should always be last. We need to revert to value-based appeal.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

If you’re selling on price, why does the customer need you? When we start playing with our price and thinking we need to discount it to close a sale, we open up Pandora’s Box. Blog pricing Professional Selling Skills discount discounting price' Price is […].

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 18, 2021

In sales, as with any other field or practice, sometimes you need to think outside the box to come out on top. Mention Pricing on Cold Calls We can already see your carefully-honed management sensibilities bristling. Knowing the rules for a sales call is vital; so is knowing when to break those rules. Longer sales cycles.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 9, 2021

How would buying and selling change if you couldn’t discount? What if there were no discounts for making a decision sooner, no discounts for who you are as a buyer, no discounts even for volume or phase of the moon?” From a sales point of view, it means we would have to change how we sell and how we win.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 14, 2023

You need to project confidence and authority, right off the bat. Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a new weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. Buyers will request concessions to address their concerns about perceived shortcomings. Why do value leaks occur? Why do value leaks occur?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Stafford continues, "But once I understood what it meant, I went from feeling like we were talking about something I knew nothing about … to feeling like we're talking about something I truly do everyday, both professionally and personally.". When you're negotiating, you need to ask yourself, 'What are the concessions I'm willing to make?

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

In our recent white paper The Ultimate Guide to Sales Negotiations , we discuss how negotiations improve with consultative selling. However, while both sides have their wants, and one side’s needs should not supersede the other’s, it is still essential that sellers control the tone, tenor, and timing of the negotiation.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 16, 2024

We all want to be paid fairly. With any job, a primary consideration is compensation. One common perk of a career in sales is the ability to earn more based on your own hard work and selling success. With no variable costs, payroll expenses are easy to forecast and budget for. Also, it can be more challenging to tie performance to goals.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 8, 2023

A customer needs to make sure they select the CPQ solution that best suits their business case. If a customer does not want to fully rely on a CPQ vendor or a system integrator, they need to have these skills in-house. In this article, we’ll look at a quantitative approach to CPQ ROI.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 8, 2023

A customer needs to make sure they select the CPQ solution that best suits their business case. If a customer does not want to fully rely on a CPQ vendor or a system integrator, they need to have these skills in-house. In this article, we’ll look at a quantitative approach to CPQ ROI.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 5, 2023

As whispers (or shouts) of an economic downturn persist, salespeople need to shift from defense to offense. Here, we cover the top consumer spending trends in 2023, along with five key strategies for selling during an economic downturn. This means retiring the old playbook and getting creative with your sales strategies.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

21:47) The art of negotiation: offering discounts. (25:31) 21:47) The art of negotiation: offering discounts. (25:31) As sales professionals and operators ourselves, we needed more. His client list includes Zoom, Salesforce, Gainsight and 80+ SaaS start-ups. The importance of sales coaching and role playing.

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