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TSE 1121: Your Price Is Right: How to Stand Your Ground Against the Lowest Bidders and Protect Your Margins

Sales Evangelist

We’ve all encountered price wars against the lowest bidder, but today we’re going to talk about how you can stand your ground, protect your margins, and earn the price that you’re worth and how that will help you grow your business. If they need on-time deliveries or fantastic customer service, you can continue the discussion.

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One Easy Tool to Improve Sales Efficiency Now

SBI Growth

Profit Margin (%). Other Costs to Serve (customer service time, billing inquiry time, post-sales support time, etc.). Here’s an example of giving a value to a customer''s Strategic Fit. Examples include optimized territory structures and off-loading non-essential tasks. Profit Volume ($). Revenue Potential.

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Do You Understand Your Branch Performance?

Sales Management Plus -- SMP

Most importantly, you can find ways to improve customer service, which can lead to increased customer satisfaction and loyalty. These could include sales volume, customer satisfaction scores, revenue, profit margins, operational efficiency, or inventory turnover. This ensures continuous improvement.

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Price Leadership: What It Is & Whether Your Business Can Achieve It

Hubspot Sales

There are several examples of price leadership in action — one of the most prominent ones being Apple. When they lower their prices, they are likely to attract more customers for increased volume and will make more money despite their decreased margin. Let's jump in. Its closest competitor, Samsung, only controlled 22%.

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Strategic Salesperson vs. Tactical Salesperson

The Sales Hunter

And it can be the difference between selling at a low margin short-term and selling at a high-margin long-term. The questions they ask are all geared around getting the customer to think and see why they need what it is they’re selling. The strategic salesperson is focused around the outcomes the customer is looking for.

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Sparkling ROI: 4 Ways To Cash In On The $400B Cleaning Industry

Hubspot Sales

Small businesses in this space make between $70k and $100k per year, with a 10%-28% profit margin. For example, your business can specialize in green cleaning — which requires more eco-friendly, organic products to get started. We betcha these peeps aren’t scrubbing their own roofs. Train cleaning teams.

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The Salesperson's Guide to Competition-Based Pricing

Hubspot Sales

It's hard to believe the smallest percent increase or decrease in price can make a significant impact on profit margins. For example, retail companies often use this method because prospective customers often evaluate the switching cost between each competitor (e.g., increase in operating profits ?