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To Discount Or Not?

Sales and Marketing Management

Teaser: Salespeople constantly push for discounting to reel in business. There are simple (but frequently forgotten) rules that govern discount decisions. Salespeople constantly push for discounting to reel in business. There are simple (but frequently forgotten) rules that govern discount decisions.

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Selling In Tough Times….

Partners in Excellence

One client is seeing great opportunity in helping their customers comply with regulatory changes that have been mandated by the government. No amount of discount, will cause them to spend money, if they aren’t required to make a change.

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What is Money Worth to You, Your Customer and Congress?

The Sales Hunter

government, along with most other governments, has been struggling with the issue of not enough revenue to cover the expenses. To Congress and their perspective of looking at the big picture, that amount is enough to keep the government going for only about 2 hours. ” Example is Congress. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Thank You For #CASL Mr. Harper

The Pipeline

And despite the bravado from the Canadian Government that they will pursue these spammers to the four corners of the world (I thought earth was round), I doubt they will be able to stop or even slow the usual abusers. Meaning that most will experience the downside of CASL. Forethought? Click here to learn more about our CASL Relief Special.

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Three Deadly Sins That Sellers Must Avoid

Miller Heiman Group

In normal times, your buying influences —anyone who has a positive or negative impact on your ability to close the deal—are likely to be governed more by rationality than by their emotion. Do you offer incentives or discounts? What do we mean? Think about your buying influence as consisting of two separate decision makers.

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The Most Overlooked Job in Sales Operations

SBI Growth

Click here to get your Guide to Sales Data Governance. Data without governance or stewardship will lead to bad decisions. How does this affect billing, discounts, rates, etc.? Download the Guide to Sales Data Governance today. More Data Does Not Mean Better Data. Making better decisions in our data-rich world is expected.

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PODCAST 152: A Framework for Bringing Ethics into Sales with Sara Archer

Sales Hacker

Get out of the dollar bin… or… Why discounts aren’t your friends [13:53]. I was hoping to keep my government job, and they said, “Why don’t you go to school and study something like linguistics or something related to government work?” Can you give us a discount?”