RAIN Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Sales negotiation is a critical part of the sales process. It moves the deal to a close, and it's where both parties come to agree on the terms of the initiative, including the price. However, many sellers and organizations struggle with negotiating successfully.

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Sales Pop!

JANUARY 25, 2025

Weve spent years helping businesses boost their sales by standing out online. Below, youll learn how to identify your unique selling points, communicate them effectively, and turn them into real sales advantages. Publish Case Studies to Legitimize Your Claims When it comes to marketing and sales, proof is everything.

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The 5% Institute

APRIL 29, 2021

If you’re involved in B2B sales , high ticket B2C sales, or consultative selling; one of the key sales skills you’ll need to learn is how to negotiate price effectively. 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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RAIN Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Some buyers are conditioned to try certain tactics to lower your price. Maybe they've read about negotiation in books or were trained to use pressuring strategies.

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The 5% Institute

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

If you’re in sales, you’ll eventually come across a gridlock situation – this is where these negotiation strategies and tactics can play a hand and create a win, win situation. These negotiation strategies and tactics can help you get to your ideal outcome, and also help your client walk away from the deal as a winner.

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Veloxy

JUNE 15, 2023

The year 2023 has brought with it new challenges and opportunities in the world of outside sales. As sales professionals navigate this ever-changing landscape, the secrets to their success lie in adapting to industry trends , leveraging technology, and honing essential skills.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 20, 2022

He reported on pricing problems within the sales organization. I can’t recap the conversation, but here are some of the issues we discussed: Pricing is never established by sales It’s usually established by some combination of product management, finance, and sometimes strategy.

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Martech

APRIL 30, 2025

There’s growing recognition that clean, enriched data is critical for targeting and automation in B2B sales and marketing. These objectives could include improving email deliverability, reducing duplicate records, increasing data completeness or enhancing account profiles for better sales productivity.

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PandaDoc

MAY 12, 2025

Every brand knows that pricing plays a major factor in purchasing decisions. Price is one of the most visible parts of any offer, and getting it wrong can cost more than just a few sales. A poor pricing strategy erodes trust, damages positioning, and undermines long-term brand growth. Lets get started.

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RAIN Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Negotiations may be more competitive than ever, but the best negotiators are still confident, able to achieve target pricing, and more satisfied with the results of negotiations. But where do these negotiators excel?

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Martech

MAY 7, 2025

The sales would be overseen by a court-appointed trustee, who would find buyers and monitor compliance. A sale of AdX and DFP could disrupt how digital ads are bought and sold, potentially impacting the costs and efficiency of ad campaigns. Dropping Unified Pricing Rules to give publishers more control. Why we care. Whats next.

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Martech

JULY 10, 2024

Below is MarTech’s coverage from May 9, 2024, when HubSpot released its earnings and more reports surfaced of an Alphabet-HubSpot deal: HubSpot’s earnings and revenue beat expectations for the ninth consecutive quarter amid more reports of a sale to Google’s parent company Alphabet. on sales of $598 million. on sales of $598 million.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

A wide variety of possible price negotiation strategies exist but all of them have a common baseline. That’s why successful bargaining requires special knowledge of negotiation tactics and advanced negotiation skills. Expect to be much more efficient at the following: How do I negotiate the price politely?

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

But Andy got 3 other firm offers through the bank he hired — along with a price more than $10m higher. Once The LOI / Term Sheet is Signed, You Can’t Change or Negotiate Anything This is true in corporate M&A too, but a good reminder. They lost their entire sales team, except one exec. It was a total reboot.

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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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RAIN Group

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In our sales negotiation research , we studied the factors separating the best negotiators from the rest. According to buyers, six out of 10 sellers cave on price at some point in negotiations. While it may be tempting to concede on price to secure a sale, a single concession can make a buyer expect more later on.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Sales up 22%! What began as a solution for fighting parking tickets has evolved into a comprehensive platform that helps consumers assert their legal rights and negotiate with large companies. Under his leadership, DoNotPay has pioneered the use of AI for consumer advocacy, including developing sophisticated AI negotiation systems.

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Closing Bigger

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This sales podcast is focused on 12 Non-Negotiable Sales Truths. As a sales trainer and keynote speaker I come across people often who want to short-cut and negotiate the price of sales success. There are also twelve not-so-popular sales truths. I will delve into these in today’s podcast.

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Iannarino

DECEMBER 29, 2022

While you could expect objections and a negotiation over price, selling was relatively straightforward. As a salesperson, you might have called on a decision-maker once or twice. Often, you and your contact were the only people in the room. If you performed well, your contact would sign a contract.

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criteria for success

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Whether it's to win a project or to fund a new opportunity, sales negotiation is a key component of the sales process. That's why I’ve put together the following five-step acronym to help you and your team through the sales negotiation process. Sales Negotiation: How to Implement the AGREE Model.

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PandaDoc

MARCH 13, 2025

As these relationships deepen, partnering companies will often agree on contracted pricing, a pre-negotiated price structure that applies over a defined period. Contracted deals ensure that pricing is more predictable, consistent, and transparent between buyers and sellers. What is contracted pricing?

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 16, 2023

It’s around pricing and discounting. Unfortunately, we sellers and sales leaders have created a customer buying experience that demands discounting discussions virtually 100% of the time. This doesn’t mean price. Sellers make it about the price, not the deal. Let me dive into this.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Negotiating is one of the most important skills salespeople can develop, yet it’s often overlooked. Which is a real problem… Because after you’ve put effort and resources into researching and creating a solid pitch and proposal, it only makes sense to come to the table prepared to negotiate with the prospect.

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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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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.

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SaaStr

JULY 10, 2021

Q: Dear SaaStr: Should I Publish My Pricing? Transparent pricing has many advantages: It makes the sales process simpler. And it places you app in pricing context with other apps. It makes the sales process faster. Do pricing right, and a number of customers who aren’t a great fit qualify themselves out.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The ability to negotiate is a critical skill for salespeople. Your ability to effectively negotiate a deal is more about your ability to read the situation and act accordingly than it is about talking a prospect into doing what you want them to do. As a rep, your goal is to facilitate a smooth, efficient sales process.

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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.

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Salesforce

MARCH 6, 2024

There’s no better feeling than closing a deal after a tough price negotiation. Negotiation is a learned skill, requiring time for research, discovery, and due diligence long before both parties ever sit down together. What you’ll learn: What is price negotiation? Why are price negotiations important?

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Spiro Technologies

JULY 14, 2022

The one conversation that makes most salespeople nervous, however, is the one about price. This nervousness usually stems from a belief that discussing price is an inflection point where the deal could go south, leaving them deal-less, quota-less, and, at least according to their lizard-brain, out on the street.

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RAIN Group

JANUARY 29, 2020

Win-win negotiation is the way to go…except in one situation: when the buyer has their hand in your pocket. Whether they're doing it intentionally or just out of habit, sometimes buyers try to push down seller prices just to see if they can. I know what I'm doing."

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Hubspot

MARCH 22, 2022

A sales contract defines a relationship between two parties. A lot of time and effort is spent creating them, and this happens through a process called contract negotiation. Sales contracts are legally binding, so negotiation is often necessary to ensure everyone will get their needs met. Contract Negotiation Examples.

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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. So you can try a bit to negotiate.

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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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Spiro Technologies

MAY 19, 2022

Negotiating is an important skill for salespeople. While it’s only one part of the sales process, it’s usually the point when things either come together or go completely off the rails. However, there comes a point in every negotiation when it’s time to throw in the towel. There are huge warning signs flashing.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

By using HubSpot’s AI chatbot builder, we enabled our prospects to get answers to their questions 24/7/365, regardless of sales rep availability. Why Use AI Sales Closing Techniques With AI backing up our sales department, missed opportunities became a thing of the past — which is critical considering that sales is a numbers game.

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SaaStr

MARCH 5, 2025

The 10-Point Checklist for Selling Your Company Understand Buyer Motivations – Have conversations with potential acquirers before announcing you’re for sale to understand what they truly value. Maintain Financial Stability – A healthy balance sheet gives you the option to walk awayyour most powerful negotiating tool.

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