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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. Net worth: $16.7

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Sales Proposal: Free 4-Step Checklist to Close Deals Fast

LeadFuze

Love it or hate it, a sales proposal is a critical part of every successful deal. A well-written sales proposal gives you a chance to show that you understand your prospect’s needs, that you have listened to them diligently, and that you’ll provide a compelling solution. Sure, you may know your sales proposal in and out.

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Is Discounting a Deal Suicidal? Six Ways to Tell

Pipeliner

Six Ways to Commit “Suicide by Discount”. It’s often tempting to discount your way out of sales trouble, but sometimes you’re doing more harm than good. While discounting is sometimes necessary, it’s often the biggest mistake you can make. Full disclosure here: I’m highly biased against discounting.

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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?

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Best Way to Reduce Discounting: Better Negotiating or Value Selling?

The ROI Guy

There is more pressure than ever on suppliers to lower their prices and offer steep discounts. Recent studies indicate that the average discount levels has risen to 20% per deal (IDC), but we find that many solution providers would be happy if that were the level of discount they were providing. Many are a whopping 50-70%!

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Your Numbers Have To Add Up

The Pipeline

Simple questions, like of ten prospects who enter Discovery, how many will take a proposal. Given all the tools available, we shouldn’t have to exclusively go by feel. At times, the only number they seem to know is the level of discount they need to win (buy) the deal. How Do You Feel? Frankly, no one cares.

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How to maximize your deal desk process flow

PandaDoc

Key takeaways A deal desk is a cross-functional team assembled to oversee opportunity qualification, solution and proposal development, and negotiation stages of a sales process. Automation tools, such as software designed for business proposals or contract management, accelerate collaboration with all stakeholders.