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4 Powerful Pricing Tactics That Have Nothing to Do With Discounts, According to Yocale's CEO

Hubspot Sales

Welcome to “The Pipeline” — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable insight from real sales leaders. Research shows there is a weapon you can use to increase your sales performance — a sales strategy that's effective no matter where you work or what you sell. What is this sales strategy, you ask?

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Are You Sending “Discounting” Signals?

The Sales Hunter

I had done the research, read reviews, talked with others and decided on a particular type of computer program. Hands down it had what we were looking for and now comes the clincher — these guys will discount! In my book, that is a pretty lousy sales process. Problem is they’ve told the market they discount!

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How to add value by ditching the discount

Trinity Perspectives

In sales, sometimes we default to providing a discount because in the absence of anything else, the easiest lever to pull is price. But offering a discount has a negative impact for several reasons: It costs you money. Discounting does more subtle damage, too. Discover and negotiate, don’t discount.

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How to Negotiate Pricing With Today’s B2B Buyers

SalesFuel

SalesFuel’s research shows one-third of sellers say their price being “too high” is the top objection they hear from buyers. They have access to information and do their own research on vendors before even reaching out. This includes pricing details, as well as offers and discounts. And his advice is backed by research.

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6 Ways Breaking Sales Call Rules Leads to More Sales Success

Zoominfo

In sales, as with any other field or practice, sometimes you need to think outside the box to come out on top. Knowing the rules for a sales call is vital; so is knowing when to break those rules. Our research has shown how much sales calls have changed in the last year. Longer sales cycles.

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Five Myths About Price and Discounting

Pipeliner

I can’t think of any concepts more misunderstood than price, pricing, and discounting. Let’s discuss five myths about pricing, and its Mr. Hyde alter-ego, discounting. Discounting is only going to convince your prospect to doubt the numbers. So…”make it up on volume” disciples: how much do you discount before down becomes up?

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3 Myths About Procurement Debunked by Research

The Brooks Group

This post comes from Michelle Richardson, Vice President for Sales Performance Research at the Sales Performance Research Center. . Research conducted by the Sales Performance Research Center has uncovered the keys to working successfully with procurement to achieve a win-win outcome for both parties involved.