Spiro Technologies

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Salespeople must develop a wide range of skills in order to succeed, but one of the most overlooked skills in sales is the ability to negotiate. Lots of sales training tends to gloss over this part of the sales process, even though negotiations happen throughout every transaction. Stop trying to be ruthless.

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Hubspot

JUNE 7, 2023

Every step of your sales process is a struggle in its own right, so by the time you reach the negotiation stage, it can feel like you've run a marathon — but you still have a ways to go. So in the interest of showing you exactly what not to do, we've put together a handy, seven-step action plan for losing a negotiation. Don’t prepare.

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The 5% Institute

MAY 1, 2020

If you’re in sales, you’ll eventually come across a gridlock situation – this is where negotiation tactics can play a hand and create a win, win situation. Using negotiation tactics can help you get to your ideal outcome, and also help your client walk away from the deal as a winner. 10 x Negotiation Tactics To Close More Sales.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 27, 2022

How Much Can I Negotiate? Unfortunately, as a non-CEO, non-founder of an acquired start-up … you have almost no ability to really negotiate. Overall, your ability to negotiate in M&A in any context, in any job, is based on your ability to walk for something better, or just walk. How Much Can I Negotiate?

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Women Sales Pros

MAY 17, 2019

By the time two parties to a negotiation are sitting across the table from each other, the negotiation may already be over. Ask questions before it’s time to negotiate. If you wait until the negotiation begins, you’re going to get answers that are intentionally limited. During the negotiation, people withhold information.

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SaaStr

JUNE 13, 2024

Don’t be 100% honest about your clearing price. Corporate Development is trained to both offer 50% of what they hope you take to start, and in the end, to always try to get a discount. You have to ask for at least 120% of your High Price to ever get there. I often see them walk when a deal just ends up being too hard.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2021

How long does it take to negotiate a term sheet? Who should open the negotiation on valuation – VC or entrepreneur? What are the top tips for entrepreneurs preparing for a term sheet negotiation? There really aren’t many variables these days, really just price and how much you raising/selling. But others won’t.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 6, 2019

If you confuse objection handling and negotiating , you could be losing sales. . In this article, we’ll look at what objection handling and negotiating are (and what they aren’t). Then we’ll go in-depth to look at 5 techniques for handling objections and sales negotiation, so you always walk away with a win. Let’s get started.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 25, 2023

Dear SaaStr: As An Employee, As an acquired employee, How Do I Negotiate My Compensation in an Acquisition? Unfortunately, as a non-CEO, non-founder of an acquired start-up … you have almost no ability to really negotiate. You can’t negotiate nothin’ much here. Especially below the VP level.

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Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Read on to discover how reps can confidently approach each closing conversation with closing sales training that works. What is Sales Closing and Why Is It Important How Does the Sales Closing Process Work? Sales closing is persuading a potential customer to say ‘yes’ to your offer.

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Hubspot

MAY 24, 2023

A closing call is like the finish line of a marathon. As a salesperson, you’ve invested a lot of time in your prospect by the time a closing call rolls around. Whether your prospect says yes or no is up to them. The closing call is all about controlling the controllable. In this article: What is a closing call?

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I'd also spent the morning reading up on BATNA, so I could relate. Plus, how you can leverage BATNA's key negotiation tactics to ensure your business and your customers are both benefitting from a deal. BATNA stands for Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement. There are some key benefits to leveraging BATNA in negotiations.

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 28, 2015

Though I normally like to take the lead early, I really wasn’t entirely focused on a “great start” because I had 5,280 feet to make up for a slow start. Not a sprint, not the exhausting 440, but certainly a little more demanding of speed and a good start than what I needed when I ran the mile. Price too high.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Contract negotiation is essential for modern businesses, but it isn’t always easy. Kennedy stated: “Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.” Although negotiation can make the suavest salesman scared, you can develop this skill over time. What is a contract negotiation?

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 27, 2021

We analyze sales conversations and deals using AI, then share the results to help you close more revenue. Like the deadly simple negotiation mistake preventing you from winning deals. . And the (counter intuitive) ideal length for a follow-up prospecting email. Tip #1: Never negotiate over email. First, the good news.

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The Lost Book of Sales

JANUARY 12, 2024

This is something for you to consider before stepping into negotiating and finalizing your complex deal. Objectives of the pre-negotiation stage Determine whether consequence issues exist. Often, these are disguised as concerns about pricing, which are the more acceptable way to express deeper underlying issues to the seller.

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Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Read on for the five signals most reps miss, and how to use them to get to close faster. Sail to close in record time Use our Sales Engagement tool to jump on hot leads fast with ready-to-go email templates, AI-generated customer insights, and recommendations for next deal actions. If so, you have a lead worth following up on.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 23, 2019

But that’s not why raising prices is so difficult. Instead, poor planning is to blame: Companies neglect to plan a price increase until there’s a financial squeeze or, for the thirtieth time, a customer confides that, “You know, you really ought to charge more.”. What’s at stake: The exponential impact of a price increase.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Then, your prospect drops this on you: “We like you, but you need to do something about that price.”. What would you say that could help you win at this point in a negotiation? They’ll take what they can get, so long as they close the deal. By the end of this post, you will know: Why you need a formal negotiation process.

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Salesforce

MAY 31, 2024

Maximizing network utilization, optimizing prices, predicting usage demand, selling effectiveness, and maintaining loyalty are all factors that affect a telecommunications wholesaler’s ability to be competitive and profitable. This reduces the time to close, while also ensuring accuracy and compliance.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

When it comes to negotiation, the goal isn’t a win… What you want is a win-win. True negotiations are all about coming to a mutual agreement on something where both parties feel like they got something out of the deal. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t “win” a negotiation by making the other person lose.

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SaaStr

MAY 25, 2020

“Presumptive close in a transactional sale. “At At the end of the call we’ll walk through the application so you can start trying the product” — Sam Blond, CRO, Brex. In your pricing. “Flat pricing for paid pilots” — CEO & Co-founder, ToneDen. “Simplicity. In your messaging.

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SaaStr

JULY 23, 2019

It shouldn’t take more than a week, or even just a few days, to negotiate a term sheet, once a VC decides they want to do a deal. There really aren’t many variables these days, really just price and how much you raising / selling. So what are the tips to get the best deal — but also to ensure the deal closes? But others won’t.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 26, 2024

Eventually, I was invited into customer meetings to answer questions, and occasionally, I presented the pricing models and assisted in negotiating pricing and deal structures. When these large, strategic deals closed, our team and the company celebrated the success. Like most salespeople, I started ‘carrying a bag.’

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Here are some sales email tips for Q4 and beyond to help you close out your year strong. “They picked up the phone and told me they had ‘this much’ to spend — we got the deal signed that day.” When that happens, the first thing to move is price (AKA, your commission). Deals Don’t Close in the Inbox.

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Salesforce

OCTOBER 10, 2023

3 ways to optimize your sales cycle Follow a clear path from prospecting to close Sales Cloud gives you the tools to navigate every sale easily, tracking each stage in the sales cycle and surfacing recommendations for actions that will get you to closer faster. The sales cycle has seven stages, from customer research to close.

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Salesforce

JANUARY 8, 2024

” to close a sale. Drafting a sales contract Considerations and customization Negotiation and review process Execution and implementation Best practices and legal considerations Speed up the sales cycle from quote to close Go from lead to inked deal in record time with automation that speeds up quoting, approvals, and contracting.

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SaaStr

APRIL 17, 2024

From the start of the company to a couple of years after being acquired, it was about a ten-year journey altogether. If you build a company with the intention of getting acquired and you call up an acquirer, you lose your leverage. In general, your valuation is a hard floor on a good acquisition price. He always said no.

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Hubspot

APRIL 17, 2018

Ask any sales rep what the hardest part of their job is, and I’ll bet they’ll say “closing.” Here are 17 of the most prevalent -- and devastating -- closing fumbles I see reps make. 17 Sales Closing Mistakes to Stop Making Right Now. Here are 17 of the most prevalent -- and devastating -- closing fumbles I see reps make.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 28, 2014

We’ve made negotiating mistakes that cost us more than we could have imagined. It’s time we get them out on the table, and hopefully as a result, we can avoid making these negotiating mistakes in the future. Are you making these 6 negotiating mistakes? You can’t negotiate until you know what you’re negotiating.

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PandaDoc

MARCH 29, 2024

A deal desk streamlines deal management and enhances win rates — if the process flow is set up correctly. 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. How to set up a deal desk 1.

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SalesHandy

MARCH 6, 2021

As your qualification criteria get more granular, your lead qualification accuracy goes up. Some buyers only evaluate new products to be able to negotiate better with other companies they’ve evaluated. As a follow-up to the last question, you can ask your prospects regarding their plans on finding and implementing solutions.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

This post should be filed under the “I’m not creative enough to make these stories up. ” A close friend is VP of Procurement for a very large multinational. This morning we were catching up on a number of things and he mentioned 3 very large vendor negotiations he had just completed.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 5, 2015

We were debriefing a closing call. After pleasantries were exchanged, the customer said, “I just can’t justify your price to my management team. You need to hit this price target.” He started asking some questions: Had the business case been reviewed with management? ” Bill was stunned.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 12, 2023

Selling more, earning more, and one-upping your 2022 self. But that’s part of the trouble — the top and bottom of this year’s leaderboard will both start with the exact same goals. Slow deals down… to speed them up. Popcorn pricing”. Read Morgan’s full write-up, here. And adds an extra zero to my commission….

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 29, 2022

Closing a deal is definitely the most challenging and demanding part of sales negotiations with the customer. In this article, you’ll find some valuable advice on how to seal the deal faster, as well as how to close the deal with an undecided customer. Simply put, to seal the deal is to successfully finish what was started.

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Gong.io

JUNE 25, 2021

Silence, followed by phone hanging up sound. Open up your next cold call with the following question: . The data prove it will be worth that extra click: Deals are 127% more likely to close when the video is used during any point in the sales process: 127% higher? Cursing during a sales call can supercharge close rates. .

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