Essential Contract Review Tips for Sales Professionals: Read Client Contracts with Confidence
Iannarino
MAY 16, 2024
Ensuring you understand client contracts is crucial for sales success—don't let legal jargon trip you up.
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Iannarino
JULY 6, 2021
This post may be a bitter pill for those who believe their clients buy from them because they like their company, their products, or both. Even though these things are important, their value can only be recognized (not to mention realized) after the client signs a contract. You Make Sense of Their World.
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Sales Pop!
NOVEMBER 30, 2024
As we march towards the end of 2024 and another selling year, we work to close deals and position ourselves for a strong start to 2025. Of course, it’s very appropriate to have that dual focus as deals and accounts are typically the two areas most closely connected to wins, commissions and bonuses. Can they, in the end, be win themes?
Iannarino
DECEMBER 23, 2022
On LinkedIn and other social media platforms, you will find advice like "Don't close deals, open relationships." This implies that asking your client to sign a contract will somehow harm them. In reality, closing the deal allows you to provide the improvement they need.
Martech
OCTOBER 21, 2024
I thought this issue had been resolved long ago, but with several new clients, it has resurfaced as a top priority. Each case was slightly different, but they all boiled down to the client not owning or controlling 100% of their analytical or marketing data. Eventually, the client became dissatisfied and wanted to switch agencies.
Iannarino
JULY 4, 2021
The Gist: Your clients measure your performance by the value of the conversations they have with you. Focusing on the conversations that your clients find most valuable for their goals is the key to creating a preference to buy from you. The first thing you need to do is to create value for your prospective client.
Partners in Excellence
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Another client, the leaders were very proud of their win rates. I had actually worked with a lot of other clients, including their competitors. As I dove in, I discovered the sellers were not entering opportunities into the pipeline until they were actually in the contract negotiation stage. They were consistently above 60%.
Iannarino
JULY 19, 2021
The idea is that small talk at the beginning of the conversation would help the salesperson connect with their prospective client , making clients more likely to buy. Starting with your company is designed to do two things: prove that your client can trust the company, and provide you (the salesperson) with some level of credibility.
Martech
AUGUST 19, 2024
Dig deeper: 22 must-have reports for measuring CRM health The 6 high-churn personas marketers need to watch closely There are at least six high-churn personas marketers and sales teams need to watch closely. Flexible contract terms and proactive support can help too.
Iannarino
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
You always have open loops you need to close, like sending a new contact the case study they requested. Or perhaps you owe another client an edited contract for a new offering they are interested in buying. It's important to be organized in sales.
Iannarino
AUGUST 8, 2021
To solve your client’s problem, you have to solve the problems that prevent them from solving the problem. The manuscript is due to the publisher in three days: my contract calls for 65,000 words, a good length for the publisher based on what people will spend on a book. The deadline for my fourth book is looming. A Circular Argument.
Salesforce
JANUARY 8, 2024
” to close a sale. Sales contracts are vital to completing any business transaction. This guide will teach you how to draft a bulletproof sales contract. This guide will teach you how to draft a bulletproof sales contract. What you’ll learn What is a sales contract? Why is a sales contract important?
Martech
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Marketers must: Ensure that contracts include essential features. Work closely with other teams involved in and leading these efforts (i.e., They are well-positioned to help procurement understand which features should be included in contracts and the benefits they can bring to the company’s marketing processes.
Iannarino
AUGUST 1, 2021
It is a mistake to believe that recent means better when all leads share common traits, one being helping clients on their buyer’s journey. But if you find yourself gravitating toward new sales leads just because they’re new, it’s probably because a part of you believes that newer leads will be easier to close.
The 5% Institute
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
The soft close is easily our most favourite sales closing technique, because you’ll have a higher chance of getting your outcome – and without the risk of breaking rapport. The magic of succeeding with the soft close, is all the work you do prior, leading up to asking for the sale. What Is The Soft Close?
Sales Gravy
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Zack faces a unique challenge that may sound specific at first but is more common than you think: he can only close a deal if his customer closes a deal of their own first. In other words, they must sell a project to their own clients before Zacks solution can come into play. Today, we took a call from Zack in Defiance, Ohio.
The 5% Institute
APRIL 27, 2022
One of the most critical parts of sales training , is learning how to close a sale without being pushy. Without the close; your discovery call and everything else after may be wasted time, so learning how to ask effectively is critical for consistent sales. Pro Tip – The Sale Happens Before You Ask To Close It.
Martech
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Regardless of how we moved forward, they knew we had listened to their perspective strengthening our client-vendor relationship. Contract timing My team once negotiated a contract with a new vendor where timing was critical. It’s a reminder that leaning on organizational partners can help everyone succeed.
Iannarino
JUNE 17, 2021
Resisting this reality, however, causes many problems for legacy laggard and legacy solution salespeople—and even more problems for their prospective clients. At one time, as a salesperson, you would be told to find “the decision-maker,” the single individual who could sign a contract. Part 2 | The Starting Question.
Iannarino
MARCH 2, 2023
The Earl of Chesterfield For as long as anyone can remember, salespeople have been trained to identify their prospective clients’ problems and their implications. Without educating your contacts about these key topics, you create uncertainty, which is the opposite of what your client is looking for.
Sales Pop!
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
As the selling year draws to a close, we’re captivated by Q4 activities focused on closing the year strong in terms of winning business and, hopefully, also delivering as much value as possible to our clients. And how will future government decisions about unemployment benefits affect your clients’ workforces and customers?
Martech
JANUARY 8, 2025
Running a campaign targeting enterprise clients? If your team is switching between five different platforms just to close a deal, guess what? And make digital signature tools like DocuSign or Adobe Sign your go-to for contracts. That lead should go straight to the rep who specializes in big deals.
SaaStr
MAY 5, 2025
Customization and Fit : Pilots give clients a chance to see how your product fits into their specific workflows and processes. Internal Buy-In : For enterprise clients, a pilot can help them build internal support for your product. Internal Buy-In : For enterprise clients, a pilot can help them build internal support for your product.
Veloxy
JUNE 21, 2021
Introduction Opening Lead Qualification Closing the Sale. Introduction Opening Lead Qualification Closing the Sale. If the customer is a business, this may include new clients, new hires, new contracts, etc. Clients have shared their past troubles with similar competitive solutions—low adoption, low ROI.
Sales Pop!
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
Going back a couple of decades, to provide development and hosting to our banking compliance client World Check, we established our own complex data center with 50 or 60 rack-mounted Alpha and, a bit later, IBM servers. We needed multiple contracts with hardware and software vendors. Original Data Center. It was quite impressive.
Salesforce
AUGUST 15, 2024
Communication tools such as instant messaging and video conferencing make it possible to connect instantly with customers and clients — reducing the delays of traditional email. Market expansion : Ecommerce platforms can help businesses reach clients all over the world. These tools help you stay connected no matter where you are.
PandaDoc
AUGUST 17, 2020
When you are a part of a sales team, your main priority is closing deals faster and meeting your monthly quotas. However, you have to be fully prepared before you can close a deal through a sales meeting. And what better way to communicate with clients other than easy-to-use platforms like Zoom and Skype?
Anthony Cole Training
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
Can your clients or prospects say the same thing? Too often sales people make assumptions, hope they can get approval, hope that they can overcome challenges to close the business as those challenges arise. Here are 10 points about selling that Rich made yesterday. Set Expectations about the process. Get Lucky or Do it Right? -
Sales Pop!
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Continually prospecting allows you to keep your sales funnel full and helps eliminate end-of-the-month scrambling to close deals. The most significant error that people make while prospecting is going after clients who aren’t a good fit. Even if they can’t authorize the contract, they can still advocate for you within the company.
RingDNA
MARCH 26, 2025
They’re potential partners, collaborators, and clients. Whether it’s engineers sharing new product features or customer success reps highlighting client wins, your entire team can contribute to the company’s growing authority. In B2B sales, it often takes north of six contacts to close deals.
Search Engine Land
JULY 11, 2024
In this article, I’ll share some tips on: Keeping clients happy. You’re often expected to work miracles quickly, trying to keep clients happy. These clients often pay budgets that are too low and won’t sign up for lengthy retainers. You need to face the harsh reality of SEO: Clients will churn.
Sales Pop!
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
So, it’s especially important now to be attacking the highest probability deals, the true profile deals that align most closely to your capabilities. Those, of course, are the ones for which your probabilities of successful delivery, healthy margins and robust client satisfaction are highest.
Veloxy
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Crucially, it identifies the high-value accounts that demand greater attention and offer the best closing potential. Businesses that implement advanced ABSD strategies stand to see a range of benefits, including but not limited to: A 171% increase in the average annual contract value from each account. The results?
Search Engine Land
AUGUST 19, 2024
Before you close this down, consider the makeup of the average SEO agency. With the emergence of AI, the roles of operations, client services, writers, SEO execs, account managers, SEO directors and tech SEOs could be significantly transformed or even replaced by AI agents, potentially reshaping the entire SEO industry.
SaaStr
MAY 25, 2020
“Presumptive close in a transactional sale. “At In your contracts. “Pacakage in extras, all users, projects, features into the price and reduce any hidden costs in contracts. “Sell to the next step not jumping to the close” — Jason Hamilton, Co-Ceo, TestLauncher. “Simplicity. .
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Mangomint has one onboarding manager for every two sales reps, but with no contracts and a 30-day free trial, onboarding starts during the trial. If it doesn’t work, the business won’t know who their clients are, access records, book appointments or take payments — they might as well close.
Martech
MARCH 25, 2025
For instance, many of my European clients use the term email newsletter interchangeably with email message any message a company sends to its subscriber base, regardless of content, is considered a newsletter. Case study I helped a client create a new email newsletter a year ago. They make versions for prospects and clients.
Search Engine Land
JULY 22, 2024
Standard holiday : When votes are close to a 50/50 split. Instead, be proactive with the steps mentioned to stay effective in SEO and benefit your company or clients. Reserve the following now, get contracts with partners signed and get budgets approved as soon as possible: Influencer dates for promotions and products in their hands.
Sales Hacker
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Closing an enterprise sale in a niche market follows the same sales funnel as any other deal, but a bit more fine tuned. It represents the culmination of ‘art’ and process, where the enterprise sales process is modified to better reflect the client’s unique and specific needs. This will give you the annual contract value.
PandaDoc
OCTOBER 15, 2024
As businesses and competition grows, more companies are turning to deal desk software to organize their processes and close more deals. Key Features: Workflow automation : set up who is on your team, what their role is, and hook integrations with your CRM, proposal management system, and contract management software.
Search Engine Land
AUGUST 5, 2024
Have you ever felt like your brilliant SEO ideas are trapped in your head, struggling to gain traction with your team or clients? Maybe you work for an agency, and your client just wants to know the results, not what you’re doing. Your leadership team or your client may fully trust you to get the right work done.
Sales Pop!
OCTOBER 18, 2021
A well-defined sales process allows salespeople to close deals predictably. Among sales teams who use sales analytics tools, 74% said they are extremely important for closing deals. If calling your clients by phone is more suitable, try first to verify the right contact via LeadFuze or ZoomInfo before making any calls.
Veloxy
JUNE 8, 2022
The pipeline shows how many deals salespeople are expected to close in a given week, month or year as well as how close a particular rep is to hitting their sales quota. For instance, you could have a pipeline worth a million dollars in contract value. 2: Automation. This is where automation comes to the rescue.
Veloxy
DECEMBER 28, 2023
Sales professionals in outside sales roles enjoy a higher level of autonomy, often working independently and engaging directly with clients to build strong customer relationships. An integral part of outside sales is the talent to interact with clients in person to finalize the sale.
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