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Discounting Belongs in Every Sales Tookit

Pipeliner

Discounting gets a bad rap. Discounting is a Sure Sign of Sales Failure , proclaims one recent headline. Other titles are similarly dismissive: Salespeople Who Give Discounts Are Not Salespeople. Vendors discount their selling prices for many reasons, and sweetening their offer to buyers are among them.

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Unlocking Sales Potential with the Customer Product Mix Sheet in SMP Dashboards

Sales Management Plus -- SMP

Distribution is exceptionally competitive, and finding ways to maximize your sales opportunities can help you with that competitive edge. Here is an overview of its functionalities so you can unlock its potential for driving strategic sales growth. .”

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6 Ways to Beat Lower-Priced Competitors

No More Cold Calling

Don’t discount. The same principles hold true in B2B sales, but customers don’t instinctively get the message. In this week’s guest post, Geoffrey James shares six ways to stand out from the cheaper options: “When you’re selling against a lower-priced competitor, you have two basic choices: discount or differentiate.

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13 Emails Every Distributor Should Send

Sales Management Plus -- SMP

SMP is a powerful distribution CRM system that can help streamline your sales and marketing efforts. They are easy to implement in SMP, but even if you’re not currently a user, distribution sales reps will appreciate the time these templates save. Download Your Templates Today! Here’s how it can help: 1.

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Post-Sale Follow-Up: The Secret to Lasting Customer Relationships

Sales Management Plus -- SMP

Customer relationships are more important in distribution than making individual sales. But how is your post-sale follow-up? Following up with customer post-sale is an important way to make sure your customers know they mean more to you than just a sales transaction. Schedule a free test drive of SMP.

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Targeting Sales Opportunities - The Hidden Truth

Understanding the Sales Force

Targeting is a fairly simple practice, but when sales management doesn't perform this activity for their salespeople (as in, "Mary, call on these 27 accounts.") They're getting neither proper direction, coaching nor feedback from sales management. They aren't being held accountable by sales management.

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Announce the Agenda for Your Sales Meeting Ahead of Time

The Sales Hunter

One of the most common mistakes sales managers make is to have no direction for the sales meeting. This is why Secret #3 in my 10 Secrets to a Successful Sales Meeting is to announce the agenda ahead of time — and hold people accountable. That’s right! Make people come prepared and hold them accountable. (Be