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Are You Sending “Discounting” Signals?

The Sales Hunter

Here was the system I knew was going to be best for my company. Hands down it had what we were looking for and now comes the clincher — these guys will discount! Yes, you can say for a moment that would be the type of company you would want to sell for because they’re willing to discount to close the deal.

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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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Pricing And Discounting Are Different!

Partners in Excellence

This time, the discussion started on “creating value,” and devolved into a discussion of discounting. Bob Apollo kicked off the discussion with the premise: Discounting is a sign of failure. I realized that people confuse pricing strategies and discounting. Discounting is a failure in sales execution.

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The 3 Step Process Of How To Give A Discount (Only if you have to!)

MTD Sales Training

The Correct Way to Offer a Discount: The Proper Price Drop. Reducing your price, offering discounts or “price dropping” is an extremely delicate issue requiring skill, practice and a strategy that when done right can do wonders for your business and career. Now you are ready to offer a discount. Step 2: Build Value.

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Stop Discounting with These 5 Tips

Pipeliner

Regardless of the pricing model, you have worked hard to develop when push comes to shove, and often even before push comes to shove, salespeople cave in and offer discounts. If key stakeholders are not invested in the relationship with your company, they will have no qualms about pushing for discounts that hurt your bottom line.

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Hyperbolic Discounting: How to Use This Psychological Bias to Sell More

Hubspot Sales

Starbucks has mastered hyperbolic discounting. So, what is hyperbolic discounting? In the case of hyperbolic discounting, this means that even if a reward in the future is better or more valuable than an immediate reward, people are more likely to choose the short-term reward anyways due to psychological bias.

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Sales Leadership Talent of Systems Judgement

Increase Sales

Today the majority of top sales performers must demonstrate the sales leadership talent of systems judgement if they are to efficiently and effectively achieve their sales goals. When we think of this term systems judgement it is much easier to connect this type of cognitive thinking to schematic thinking. Share on Facebook.

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