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Stop Selling Like You’re In Stockholm

The Pipeline

Doing a much better job selling the manager on the discount than selling the value to the prospect. Yet they are willing to fight for a discount every time, no matter the profit erosion. While prospects may think they know what they want, as an SME, you can round out or extend their perspectives.

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Does Making Excuses retain Your Clients Long Term?

Babette Ten Haken

Which means that in order to retain them, you discount or refund or offer a two-for-one deal. Babette is a member of SME, ASQ, SHRM and the National Speakers Association. These clients have a well-developed habit of picking apart what is wrong with your deliverables, and all of their other suppliers’ deliverables, as well.

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Marketing Accountability: Can Sales Afford Not Knowing the ROI on Marketing Spend?

Sales Hacker

Spontaneous (SME). But sales had a hard time getting the deals closed and granted a couple of discounts, leading to an average deal size of $1089 and with an overspend by marketing of about $5000, the ROI dropped down to 14%, making your management team less happy than when you unfolded your campaign plans.

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Are We reinforcing our organization’s Customer Disloyalty Program?

Babette Ten Haken

Unlike other stores in Ann Arbor, no discount was applied for bulk purchase of items like wine and yogurt. She is a member of SME, ASQ, SHRM and the National Speakers Association. The only coupons offered were for items I normally did not purchase, rather than coupons customized to my purchase habits. is available on Amazon.com.

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The ultimate sales guide to setting and discussing pricing

OnePageCRM

Think about offering a 1-2 month discount for annual subscription plans to encourage a longer-term commitment. Should you offer discounts or go freemium? What to do if a prospect asks for a discount. Still, there will be times when you’re on a sales call and the client asks for a discount. Academia and students.

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Pricing Strategies for Your Product or Service [Ultimate guide]

OnePageCRM

Think about offering a 1-2 month discount for annual subscription plans to encourage a longer-term commitment. Should you offer discounts or go freemium? What to do if a prospect asks for a discount. Still, there will be times when you’re on a sales call and the client asks for a discount. Academia and students.

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Sales enablement: what is it, and how does it work?

Close.io

This includes white papers, case studies, testimonials, pricing and discount information, and more. Slack integration to capture SME answers and add them directly to the knowledge base. That’s why organizing customer-facing content is essential. Easy content organization with boards, sections, and cards.