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Pricing And Discounting Are Different!

Partners in Excellence

This time, the discussion started on “creating value,” and devolved into a discussion of discounting. Bob Apollo kicked off the discussion with the premise: Discounting is a sign of failure. I realized that people confuse pricing strategies and discounting. Discounting is a failure in sales execution.

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What is customer relations – Importance and tips to improve.

Apptivo

All About Customer Relations. What is customer relations? Who is responsible for customer relations in a company? Why is customer relations important? Customer relations vs Customer service. Steps to take to build lasting customer relations. 5 Tips to improve customer relations. Introduction.

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Channel Visibility Reveals Unique Sales Workflows in Multi-Channel Organizations

Cincom Smart Selling

Distributing product through multiple channels means accommodating multiple sets of needs, competence levels and knowledge. Each channel is unique to some degree, and that means each channel has unique requirements as well. Discerning the nature of those requirements requires visibility into the individual sales channels.

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CPQ ROI

Cincom Smart Selling

To reduce their eight-business-day quote turnaround time (à the high-level business objective is a “shorter sales cycle”) they dig deeper into business process steps like “configuring the product”, “pricing the product” and “getting approvals for requested discounts”. To get all required discounts approved typically takes five days.

ROI 62
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CPQ ROI

Cincom Smart Selling

To reduce their eight-business-day quote turnaround time (à the high-level business objective is a “shorter sales cycle”) they dig deeper into business process steps like “configuring the product”, “pricing the product” and “getting approvals for requested discounts”. To get all required discounts approved typically takes five days.

ROI 62
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Here’s What Every Business Should Know about Multi-Channel Sales Management

Cincom Smart Selling

In many ways, managing multiple sales channels is like climbing that mountain—it looks easy until you really get into the process, and then the challenges and difficulties become all too apparent. If you currently manage a multi-channel operation, you know how naïve this statement sounds. You Need Channel Management.

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The 4 Types of Channel Marketing Partners

Allbound

The 4 Types of Channel Marketing Partners. Navigating the world of channel marketing can be tricky, especially when common industry terms overlap. Channel Partnerships, Untangled. There are four different types of channel-marketing partnerships: 1. Reseller Partnerships – the Traditional Channel. billion by 2020.