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SaaS Case Study: How Customer Support Can Assist Sales Initiatives

Sales Hacker

This action can take the form of special discounts, extended support hours, or dedicated customer care lines for the most common issues. The post SaaS Case Study: How Customer Support Can Assist Sales Initiatives appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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Case Study: How a Company Hurt its Business with a Change in the Comp Plan

SBI Growth

The CEO was upset with the rampant discounting used by his sales team. This is a story of how a bad comp plan can ruin a sales force. In 2011, P&O Cruise lines cut is commission rate from 12% to 5%. So he cut the commission rate in half. The sales force revolted and sales plummeted.

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How to Use Email Autoresponders to Increase Your Sales

Sales and Marketing Management

After a week, a new email is being delivered, showcasing the best links, blog posts and case studies of your brand. After a week and a half, a 20 percent off discount opportunity becomes available to your interested subscriber. Offer them a case study that proves something that’s relevant to them.

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How To Build Value Before Having To Add Value

MTD Sales Training

Videos and podcasts of how others have benefitted from using your product: Just like a case study can convince a customer upfront how other companies have benefitted from using your services, videos and podcasts can show how those same companies have built their business success with your products and services.

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How to Score Deals in the Final Quarter [Data & Expert Backed Tips]

Hubspot Sales

Anticipation of discounts: Buyers know that salespeople are more likely to discount the later it gets, so they wait in anticipation of discounts. Pull out the discount. You can always lean on a trusty discount. The discount can be used in conjunction with a note about urgency. Demo in bulk.

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10 Sales Tactics Brands Should Avoid This Year, According to Experts

Hubspot Sales

Relying Heavily on Discounts. Ortiz also warns against leaning on discounts when conducting sales efforts in 2021. She says "It’s also important to know that putting the pressure on and relying heavily on discounts will be the least effective strategies. Over-Reliance on Case Studies.

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For Sale, Not On Sale - The True Cost of Discounting and What to Do About It

The ROI Guy

By Mark Schlueter & Tom Pisello More sales execs are revealing that discount pressures are at an all time high, and as a result, they need more transactions than ever just to make the numbers. Procurement specialists’ incentive pay is now directly tied to the discounts they can extract from each vendor. So how bad has it become?