Hubspot

MAY 18, 2023

The ability to negotiate can bring you and your business tremendous advantages. Yet, many salespeople approach negotiations with trepidation. There are only a few occasions where we typically have the ability to negotiate, and they are usually high-stakes such as buying a house or taking a new job. Use the bracketing technique.

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The 5% Institute

APRIL 2, 2020

If you’re involved in B2B sales , high ticket B2C sales, or consultative selling; one of the common scenarios you’ll most probably come across, is negotiating on price. Discussing price and money is an important part of the sales process , and one that you do need to handle quite carefully.

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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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Spiro Technologies

MAY 19, 2022

Negotiating is an important skill for salespeople. That’s why every salesperson should learn how to negotiate, especially if they’re selling a product that doesn’t have fixed pricing. However, there comes a point in every negotiation when it’s time to throw in the towel.

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Gong.io

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the ever-growing complexity of the B2B buyer’s journey, reps can ensure they are multi-threading , driving next steps , and comprehensive in their follow-ups. The second is closing deals in less time. Sellers who close deals fastest discuss next steps 53% more. The first is increasing conversion.

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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.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 14, 2023

Value leaks undermine a buyer’s confidence in your solution, reducing your likelihood of closing — and even if you do win, you’ll have a harder time charging full price. For instance, let‘s say a salesperson is selling a product that isn’t backed by 24/7 support — and once upon a time, that factor held up a deal or two.

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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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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. Negotiation.

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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

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I'd also spent the morning reading up on BATNA, so I could relate. Here, we'll discuss why BATNA is an invaluable part of the selling process. Plus, how you can leverage BATNA's key negotiation tactics to ensure your business and your customers are both benefitting from a deal. But I never knew it as BATNA. BATNA Example.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I came up with the following: Water - you can get an unlimited amount of drinking water from the tap but we not only buy bottled spring water, we buy FIJI, one of the most expensive brands, because it tastes so much better. When prospects tell you that they're going with the lowest price, it's total crap. How many can you think of?

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Salesforce

MAY 31, 2024

But with a myriad of potential offerings and rapidly changing market dynamics , this makes the selling process increasingly complex. Dynamic pricing with AI Pricing in the wholesale telecom market can be complex, influenced by fluctuating demand and a highly competitive marketplace.

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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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Sales Coach Dew

MARCH 29, 2021

Learn to focus on clients who care about more than price. In relationship selling, we want to keep our clients happy. We don’t want to lose long-term relationships to a competitor who’s undercutting our prices. So, to keep our clients, we always need to win on pricing, right? Consider a fixed-price model.

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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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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 26, 2024

It’s a solution that addresses the way buying is changing, integrating digital and personal selling. But what really interested me were Bill’s perspectives on where buying and selling is headed and how we must change our engagement strategies to work with buyers more impactfully.

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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. I had half the distance to make up a poor start. He has zero time to make up for a slow start. Price too high. So, why do we get these objections at time of close?

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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?

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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. Four Rules of Enterprise Selling. Unlike the self sales model, where the volume of sales is somewhat higher, in the transactional sales model, sales volume is lower with a higher price point. Key Takeaways.

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The Lost Book of Sales

JANUARY 12, 2024

Consultative selling is more than creating value or helping your clients solve problems. 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. Clarify and understand these issues.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 8, 2024

A deal desk identifies upsell and cross-sell opportunities for existing customers by analyzing past deals and current contracts, and tracking renewal dates. A deal desk is a team within a company responsible for managing and negotiating deals, contracts, quotes, and other sales documents.

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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 In your pricing. “Help people buy how they want to buy and be as transparent as you can with pricing ” – Ken Edwards, Sales leader, Uberflip. “Flat pricing for paid pilots” — CEO & Co-founder, ToneDen. “Simplicity.

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SaaStr

APRIL 17, 2024

The Journey of Selling Your Startup Harry was the co-founder and CEO of Periscope Data, which raised a seed round before finding customers, yet didn’t run out of money before becoming an overnight success 3-4 years later. During those rapid growth years, someone would reach out every once in a while and ask if Harry would consider selling.

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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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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 13, 2014

Sales people seem to be obsessed with negotiation. They read books, they take all sorts of classes, they strategize “negotiation” sessions. Oddly, when I push on the negotiation issue, most negotiations that sales people focus on is about price. The only way to choose is price.

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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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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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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

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Sales has gotten harder, and those cycles take almost one more month to close than before. So i f deals take longer to close, you’re spending more money and paying people longer, so your customer acquisition costs are increasing, payback takes longer to materialize, and your LTV to CAC goes down. Then, get something exchanged.

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criteria for success

MARCH 11, 2020

Handling objections at the close is a common hurdle salespeople must overcome when finalizing a deal. 6 Tips for Handling Objections at the Close. They ended up being very open in discussing their concerns, so we let them take control of the meeting. We closed the deal, which was quite large, without meeting them in person.

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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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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 12, 2023

Selling more, earning more, and one-upping your 2022 self. Which is why selling better always leaves you at the bottom. Selling different. You need to sell differently. A set of hard-won, non-traditional “micro-trainings” on how to think and sell differently. Jump to: Target & sell to trainwrecks.

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Salesmate

JULY 8, 2020

The amount of time it takes to turn a lead into a customer will depend on the service you are offering, and the price of that service. You can take this approach to the next level by setting up retargeting ads across FB, Google Ads, or Youtube, that pushes these prospects to a landing page where you offer a content upgrade.

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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 probed a little more, he asked, “Why do you feel the price needs to be at that level? ” Bill was stunned.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

No one knows what it’s like to work in sales better than those in the trenches of the day-to-day — salespeople trying to hit their numbers while battling the ups and downs of the job. Pricing Negotiations There’s no doubt that at some point in your career, you will deal with pricing negotiations.

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