PandaDoc

JUNE 2, 2025

This stage is critical, because it represents a narrowing of the sales pitch to only the product features and benefits that are most likely to serve the prospective buyer. Factors like price, specific functionality, ROI, ease of implementation, and other factors can play a role here.

Objectives and Key Results

Salesforce

MAY 7, 2025

It represents the percentage of net revenue you make that exceeds the cost of goods sold (COGS). GPM provides valuable insights into your companys operational efficiency and pricing strategies. Conversely, a lower GPM suggests that your company may be facing challenges in controlling costs or setting competitive prices.

Profit margin

SaaStr

JUNE 21, 2025

Unlimited budgets for “AI” and “cybersecurity” Long contract terms (3-7 years) High switching costs (security clearances) Less price sensitivity Actionable Takeaways For Current B2B Founders: Audit your “mission-critical” score – Would customers pay 2x your price? If no, you’re in danger.

B2B

Highspot

JULY 9, 2025

Give your teams one place to find what they need Every sales rep spends way too much time searching for the most up-to-date tech specs, pricing, or region or industry-specific content. In manufacturing, where proprietary specs, buyer conversations, and sensitive customer data are involved, data governance is non-negotiable.

Manufacturing

SaaStr

APRIL 28, 2025

If a prospect asks about integrations, pricing details, or implementation requirements that you’re unsure about, you’ll simply ask your AI, and it will provide the perfect answer in real-time. It can handle pricing questions, objections, and proposals without emotional baggage or commission pressure.

Negotiate

Salesforce

OCTOBER 29, 2024

To keep our review process efficient within the short timeframe, we built a tiger team of representatives from each significant stakeholder business unit: IT, technical support (myself, obviously), and customer support. We took price out of the equation – functionality was our first priority. Implementation.

Service

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Each step below represents a lesson learned through trial and error. For instance, I assign higher points to prospects who engage with bottom-of-funnel content about implementation or pricing than those who only read top-of-funnel blog posts. Others came from analyzing what worked when I finally landed my dream clients.

Clients

Salesforce

APRIL 28, 2025

The Google product team adopted the concept in its A2A specification, citing AgentCard as the keystone for capability discovery and version negotiation. It then reaches out to a prospective partner’s Sales Agent to align on product offerings, pricing, and distribution logistics.

Retail

Salesforce

APRIL 28, 2025

For example, in ecommerce, a multi-AI agent system could include one agent handling customer inquiries, another managing inventory, and a third optimizing pricing based on demand, all working together in real time to improve efficiency and maximize sales.

Engineering

Salesforce

APRIL 24, 2025

Sales development representative (SDR) agents 2. Sales development representative (SDR) agents Sales Development Representative (SDR) agents are a type of artificial intelligence (AI) designed to assist or automate aspects of the sales process. It also helps update contracts, adjust pricing, and renew deals without delays.

Teamwork

Hubspot

MARCH 10, 2025

Equifax Payment Index 90+ represents low risk and timely payment history. Ive learned that even a small error in a report can derail financing or negotiation plans. Different bureaus offer various services, and their pricing and report formats vary. 50-79 indicates moderate risk with occasional late payments.

Negotiate

SaaStr

JULY 14, 2025

Acquisition price undisclosed by Cognition Lovable : $50 million ARR in 6 months, reportedly raising $150M at $2 billion valuation (40x multiple) $17M ARR achieved in just 3 months 30,000+ paying customers, 25,000 new projects daily Bolt.new (StackBlitz) : $40 million ARR, raising $83.5M Billion by Google $82m of ARR?

Sell

SaaStr

JUNE 30, 2025

The major SaaS providers have announced another round of significant price increases for 2025, continuing a trend that’s putting pressure on enterprise software budgets across the board. After years of relatively stable pricing, these companies are leveraging their market positions to drive revenue growth through higher per-seat costs.

Price

Salesforce

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Leverage the sales funnel model The sales funnel represents the customer journey from awareness to purchase, helping businesses understand where prospects drop off and how to guide them toward conversion. When negotiating price, the first rule is simple: make sure you’re speaking with the actual decision maker.

Territory

SaaStr

JULY 20, 2025

” The FTC-Driven “Empty Husk” Structure Google’s acquisition represents the latest evolution in what’s becoming a new M&A playbook designed to avoid FTC scrutiny. For a company that likely had sub-$10M in revenue, acquiring $82M ARR and $100M in cash represents transformational scale. 20x revenue.

Represent

Salesforce

MARCH 3, 2025

That’s what it’s like when sales reps manage approvals, pricing, and legal terms piecemeal, chasing down stakeholders for every deal. Professional services firms , like consultants and legal practices, use Deal Desks to define service scope, pricing, and client expectations for major engagements.

Legal

Salesforce

APRIL 17, 2025

Economic uncertainties like shifting trade policy, supply chain disruptions, and workforce retention are reshaping consumer behavior, with 85% of shoppers now trading down for lower-priced goods. It can coach them on the right value proposition, pricing, and promotions for the new items, so every rep is a pro seller. Back to top.)

Objectives and Key Results

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

This provides an efficient way to evaluate potential additions to your tech stack, negotiate deals, and discover innovative solutions to operational challenges. From customer success platforms to billing solutions and marketing automation tools, the exhibitors represent a curated collection of resources that can help optimize your business.

Pitch

Salesforce

APRIL 16, 2025

Topics could include a deep-dive discovery, advanced closing techniques, objection handling, negotiation skills, and buyer psychology. Maybe they need help with negotiation tactics or product knowledge. Compare pricing models and feature sets across different options to find the best fit for your budget and requirements.

Technique

Cerebral Selling

DECEMBER 20, 2021

One of the most important concepts in negotiation has to do with feelings of satisfaction. That’s why one of the most effective ways of reducing the size of the concessions you give while increasing the other side’s level of satisfaction (especially when negotiating at month-end ) is giving in slowly. concession.

Negotiate

Veloxy

JUNE 15, 2023

Defining Outside Sales Outside sales is the process in which sales representatives, or outside sales professionals , travel to meet potential customers face-to-face. In general, outside sales representatives tend to focus on more complex, high-value sales, while inside sales reps offer lower-priced products and services.

Outside Sales

Martech

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Negotiating with martech vendors requires a strategic approach that goes beyond budget considerations. Dealing with martech vendors Martech vendor negotiations are never the same – even when dealing with a company you already do business with. That variability is what makes negotiations fun to many yet anxiety-producing for others.

Negotiate

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.

Negotiate

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 1, 2013

It’s the customer’s moral and business obligation to always challenge you with, “But Your Price Is Too High.” What is the problem, is the mindless response from sales people, immediately offering a lower price. I’m not saying we won’t have to adjust our pricing. ” So what!

Price

Hubspot

JULY 1, 2020

Negotiations come in various shapes, sizes, and scales. The term can cover everything from haggling at a flea market to hashing out a fair price for a new car to finding common ground for billion-dollar deals. Do everything you can to help yourself anticipate how your prospect is going to negotiate. Do your research.

Negotiate

Hubspot

MARCH 22, 2022

A lot of time and effort is spent creating them, and this happens through a process called contract negotiation. In this post, learn about the key stages of contract negotiation, strategies for running a smooth negotiation, and scenarios where it makes sense to negotiate your contracts. Contract Negotiation Examples.

Contract

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.

Negotiate

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.

Price

Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

54% through the book (Location 3908 vs. page number), I read the following regarding negotiations between Mulally and the UAW union negotiator, Ron Gettelfinger: “Like everything else, labor relations were all about teamwork for Mulally. American Icon opened up right where I left off. Great stuff, this technology thing.

Teamwork

Anthony Cole Training

MAY 16, 2011

Negotiating (2). Sales Representative (5). Sales Representatives (3). Introducing the ACTG Learning Center which offers a full curriculum of sales courses at a price you can afford and 24/7 access for your convenience. Leadership Training (2). major performance factors (2). managing sales (4). managing sales teams (18).

Objectives and Key Results

Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 11, 2011

Negotiating (2). Sales Representative (5). Sales Representatives (3). That one thing being that I have moved to the right of the bell curve representing the age demographics of the group. Leadership Training (2). major performance factors (2). managing sales (4). managing sales teams (18). mentoring (2). Motivation (3).

Objectives and Key Results

Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Negotiating (2). Sales Representative (5). Sales Representatives (3). Introducing the ACTG Learning Center which offers a full curriculum of sales courses at a price you can afford and 24/7 access for your convenience. Leadership Training (2). major performance factors (2). managing sales (4). managing sales teams (18).

Objectives and Key Results

Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 27, 2011

Negotiating (2). Sales Representative (5). Sales Representatives (3). In order to succeed at accomplishing your passionate desires, your desires must be non-negotiable to the extent that you overcome the distracting and pleasing behaviors that are keeping you from doing what you must do. Leadership Training (2).

Objectives and Key Results

Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 26, 2012

Here are my 10 'do's for successful selling: Do have lots of non-negotiable personal goals. Update them, recommit to them, share them, build your plan or revise your current plan so that when you are finished you can look at your scope of work and tell yourself that "IF" you do this it will be representative of your highest and best.

Sell

Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Negotiating (2). Sales Representative (5). Sales Representatives (3). Introducing the ACTG Learning Center which offers a full curriculum of sales courses at a price you can afford and 24/7 access for your convenience. Leadership Training (2). major performance factors (2). managing sales (4). managing sales teams (18).

Objectives and Key Results

Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Negotiating (2). Sales Representative (5). Sales Representatives (3). Introducing the ACTG Learning Center which offers a full curriculum of sales courses at a price you can afford and 24/7 access for your convenience. Leadership Training (2). major performance factors (2). managing sales (4). managing sales teams (18).

Objectives and Key Results

Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 19, 2011

Negotiating (2). Sales Representative (5). Sales Representatives (3). More about pricing, value and purchasing process. Introducing the ACTG Learning Center which offers a full curriculum of sales courses at a price you can afford and 24/7 access for your convenience. Leadership Training (2). managing sales (4).

Sell