SalesProInsider

APRIL 16, 2024

Yet, that’s what can happen when discussing fees for service with prospective clients. Never Accept This Payment: Promises Won’t Pay Your Bills True story: An advisor in NJ had two great conversations with a prospective client who could not believe the services they would receive working with him compared to another option.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Discount pricing is borderline omnipresent. Here, we'll dive into the concept a bit further, review who it works best for, see some discount pricing examples, and review the method's pros and cons. It's worth noting that discount pricing isn't a unilaterally effective strategy that delivers across every industry and brand of sales.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 18, 2020

The problem that needs to be fixed in their inability to prospect and bring enough viable opportunities to play. Rather than focusing on adding some real prospects, they turn to urgency. They should improve prospecting, not sprint times. But if all you have is a discount and a free feature, you’re beat. The Future is Now.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Pushback is natural and often productive in a sales engagement, but in many cases, a piece of you is going to think, Oh, come on, when a prospect brings up concerns. When prospects say, Its too expensive,' reps sprint toward discounts or value props. Objection handling is one of the trickier, more grating aspects of sales life.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 27, 2025

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Prospects Can Direct Us to A Better Path for Sales Long ago, salespeople were advised to generate many cold calls daily to find one or two interested parties. Its critical to realize that we are each unique individuals, prospects included, with varying thinking and abilities.

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The Pipeline

JULY 7, 2021

No doubt we all want greater quality prospects, than just more things in the pipeline. But there is no denying that a lack of quality prospects leads to the same poor results. Simple questions, like of ten prospects who enter Discovery, how many will take a proposal. You would be surprised how many do not know, they say depends.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 27, 2019

They not only give away their time; they pay the prospect for the privilege of doing so. This is exactly what you are doing when you choose to discount instead of sell. If it isn’t quota, then why discount? You know what I mean, spending all that valuable time with prospects that you know will never buy. Below Your Scale.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 4, 2019

The risk is that buyers will discount your claims; you need only look at feedback buyers are providing. Once they discount claims of success, how soon before they discount what they believe your product can actually do? About 600% of that was environmental; they weren’t prospecting before I showed, then they were.

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KLA Group

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

You’re probably more than used to seeing the end-of-year car and truck commercials, each offering a giant bow and a hefty discount. But, is discounting the answer for your business? Sales leaders

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 20, 2021

Save 20% on our already discounted, Bestselling CD Series: “How to Double Your Income Selling Over the Phone.”. Qualify prospects better and learn their buying motives. For a proven way to make more money, with less rejection, and a way to become more confident and make more sales, take advantage of our Summer Sale! Get Access Today.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 6, 2021

Most salespeople are way over reliant on their product while prospecting or selling, continuing to lead with and hype features/benefits. But as Mike Tyson said, the best made plans are laid out by the first punch or prospect objection. Doing a much better job selling the manager on the discount than selling the value to the prospect.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

price discount. The line items you throw in may differ depending on your offering – but the price discount should always be last. When people are asking for discounts, Wernke says, they’re asking if what they’re buying is going to be successful. So any discounts should be last. additional product and services.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 14, 2019

If you have a solution that fits their needs, you can offer it to them in the exact context and phrasing of your prospect, ultimately leading to bigger and better sales. A focus on closing sales can also cause salespeople to spend too much time chasing down leads that will never close, instead of moving on to new prospects.

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MTD Sales Training

JUNE 4, 2019

How many times do you ‘hold something back’ so you can surprise the prospect with that little extra to encourage them to buy? We sometimes cause ourselves problems here, because the prospect may be wondering what else might you be holding back, and have they really got everything they could from you?

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2024

I'm always saying, “Sound, well-structured business email templates are central to effective sales communication, initiating productive sales conversations, and sustaining relationships with prospects and customers.” It's relatively self-explanatory. Let's get a little more perspective on the various kinds of business emails you can send.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

After a week and a half, a 20 percent off discount opportunity becomes available to your interested subscriber. By strategically positioning your emails in a progressive sequence, you can turn even the most resistant prospects into vulnerable prospects that are most likely to convert. Day 4 – Product recommendation and Discount.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 26, 2018

More than 10 years ago, a marketing agency told me most sellers cave on price before prospects even ask for a discount. We’ve trained our buyers to expect discounts and that everything is negotiable. Price isn’t an issue with referral business. Sadly, that behavior continues in sales negotiations today.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

If she were accepted, she’d get a lifetime discount — all she had to do was promote the brand on her social media pages (and hopefully make some sales). Even better, the email had a 35% discount code for her first purchase, which she had to make in order to activate her ambassador status. Become a Rep,” it read.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 20, 2025

What subjects, prospecting, qualifying, deal strategies, account management, call planning/execution, objection handling, closing? . “We provide sales training! Choose from our course catalog! F2F, virtual, elearning, we have it all. Choose all those you want!

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 18, 2024

It doesn’t matter if you're operating in the luxury market or if your product is as cheap as chips — it’s how you frame those prices that will influence prospects and accelerate your close rate. Here, I‘ll discuss four tactics you can use to frame your prices as effectively as possible — without resorting to discounting.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

We have some great news from the Proactive Prospecting Club , we have added a new course, and, members get a discount! Jason has kindly agreed to offer special pricing for Proactive Prospecting Club members. By Tibor Shanto. And it’s not just any course. SPECIAL OFFER FOR CLUB MEMBERS.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 16, 2019

This means identifying what is most important to the prospect. For instance, if they are asking for a discount, find out the reason why a cheaper price is important to them. If the prospect asks for money off, see if you can get an increased order for it. Concentrate on Interests not Positions. Don’t concede…trade.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

To be successful, sales professionals need to be experts in many different areas at once: their product’s strengths and weaknesses, their prospects’ pain points and needs, and the broader economic and competitive landscapes. Training can also build their acumen and confidence in cutting small discounts and other deals to win accounts.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 25, 2021

Number of emails sent helps companies understand the number of prospects discovered per number of emails sent. It also helps assess prospect interest in messages sent by your team. and appointments made with prospects. Closing the largest deals sometimes isn’t enough; consider costs that influence prospecting and retention.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The others are 80% plus the same; the winner has better salespeople or deeper discounts. Not being nasty, but why not have a bake-off with a couple of copier reps, or call me for the name of a SaaS rep who offered me a discount on the first intro call. ” The silence also works and wares on the prospect too. Silence Sucks.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 22, 2024

They’re having a great conversation, the prospect needs what you have, there is money available, you’re with the decision maker, and you start making some assumptions about how good this opportunity looks. Enroll in Movie Night for Salespeople and enter discount code Jan23Blog at checkout to receive a $275 discount!

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 20, 2019

For example, when I ask some reps why they are not prospecting, I’ll get different excuse based on time of year and state of their pipeline. As though every potential prospect picks up and leaves town. What makes you think your prospects can’t do all that and chew gum at the same time? Normal Function.

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Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

The key area to track in my view is prospecting. When I look at most company’s prospecting numbers a big red light starts flashing in my head with words “bottleneck” written on it. Improving your prospecting numbers is very likely to directly boost your sales. If you want prospecting to improve, you need to measure it.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 2, 2024

As someone with extensive experience leading teams of SDRs, I'll be the first to tell you that keeping both reps and prospects engaged with the holidays on the horizon is every bit as tricky as it is essential. You don't have to have your team berate prospects, wide-eyed and frantic, yelling, “THERE IS LITERALLY NO MORE TIME!

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The excitement you feel when you get a positive response from your prospect is palpable. All that hard work, all that research, all that grafting and painstaking questioning and presenting has paid off and the prospect is heading towards buyers-ville. It’s all going so well. Do you see what has happened here?

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SalesFuel

MAY 6, 2024

Not all prospects will be easy to deal with, and you’ll encounter many types of difficult prospects. As HubSpot’s Jay Fuchs notes, “difficult prospects are a fact of sales life.” But even the most difficult prospects can be worked with to reach a deal. Consider using these when you’re needing to nail down a busy prospect.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 12, 2018

62% of organizations rely on marketing and prospect data that’s up to 40% inaccurate ( source ). Offer a discount. Speaking of exclusive offers—give your prospects and customers a discount for subscribing to your emails. Consider the following: Up to 25% of B2B database contacts contain critical errors ( source ).

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Get more inbound leads where prospects seek you out. And don’t forget to use my Black Friday gift code 50OFFJB — and NOT the BLACKFRIDAY discount code on the registration page and promotional ads. Selling with LinkedIn for Individuals is a good fit if you (or your team) want to: Start more sales conversations.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 30, 2020

In fact, they didn’t even need to talk to prospects, because they had great tech tools. Today’s the last day to get your discounted copy. The #1 Way to Land Top Prospects Now. The #1 Way to Land Top Prospects Now.”). It felt like asking for a favor or pleading with prospects for business. Sales Pipeline Dried Up?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

To make customers feel good about the sale, communicate these three pieces of value, in this order: additional support additional product and services price discount. The line items you throw in may differ depending on your offering – but the price discount should always be last. So any discounts should be last.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 29, 2025

But as he scrambled through outdated spreadsheets, manually adjusting pricing and discounts, he realized an errorone that had already been sent to the client. Instead of juggling spreadsheets and emails, sales reps like Jerry can generate accurate quotes in minutes with real-time pricing, pre-approved discount rules, and automated approvals.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 19, 2016

That IT guy taught me a valuable lesson: Don’t discount anyone when it comes to your referral network. Perhaps one of them has a brother who works at your prospect company. Connect with everyone you know on social media—clients, prospects, co-workers, former employees, friends, and other social acquaintances.

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