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Buyer’s journey vs. customer’s journey — what makes these paths different, and where they intersect

Hubspot

You can break into three main stages: The buyer journey focuses entirely on the pre-purchase experience and involves the questions, doubts, and motivations that drive someone to buy. Instead of using standard templates in their demos, they customize everything around the prospect’s real sales playbook, objection-handling examples, and KPIs.

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What is the challenger sales process?

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This is a key moment in the sales conversation, because it helps potential buyers feel like theyre talking to an industry insider who has both the knowledge and the sales experience to help them solve problems. The key is to focus on a business problem that the buyer either hasnt fully recognized or has misjudged in scope.

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Contracted pricing CPQ: what it is and how it works

PandaDoc

As these relationships deepen, partnering companies will often agree on contracted pricing, a pre-negotiated price structure that applies over a defined period. Contracted pricing is a pre-negotiated price structure between a vendor and a buyer that remains in place for a set period of time. What is contracted pricing?

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6 Experts Share Their Unconventional Negotiation Tactics

Hubspot

I dont know if its tacky or melodramatic to call negotiation an art, but that's probably one of the better ways to categorize it. That's why we tapped some experts to see if they had some unconventional negotiation tactics that have worked for them. 6 Unconventional Negotiation Tactics 1. Take a look at what they came up with!

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GTM 134: When to Hire Your First Sales Reps (And How to Get It Right) with Joe DiMento

Sales Hacker

Discussed in this Episode: When to hire your first account executives Key traits to look for in early sales hires Structuring compensation for first sales reps Should you ‘hire the buyer’ to be your sales rep? As a key GTMfund partner, they equip sales and marketing teams with top performers. To this point of generosity.

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How to Increase Sales Effectively: Expert Strategies for 2025

Salesforce

Make these goals actionable with a balance of activity key performance indicators (KPIs) and outcome metrics. Outcome metrics focus on results (like revenue generated, deals closed, and win rates). AI-powered tools can quickly identify common pain points, objections, and recurring themes. The S.M.A.R.T.

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6 Key Strategies Used by Every Shrewd Negotiator

Hubspot

Negotiations come in various shapes, sizes, and scales. Virtually any sale can involve some kind of negotiation, so naturally, as a salesperson, it's in your best interest to understand how to be a shrewd negotiator. Do everything you can to help yourself anticipate how your prospect is going to negotiate. Who are they?