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3 Tips to Avoid Teaching Your Buyers to Expect a Q4 Discount

SBI Growth

We all know the famous saying, “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” This can be applied to the way many organizations have trained their Buyers to buy, particularly in Q4. Discounts become the primary weapon of sales reps.

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How To Handle A Client That Wants A Bigger Discount

MTD Sales Training

Now, what if your prospect that you’re dealing with wants a bigger discount ? What if you’ve already offered a discount and the prospect says ‘you’ve got to increase that discount?’. Firstly, ask why the discount is necessary. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. should do it.

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3 Ways To Handle Clients That Won’t Stop Negotiating Discounts

MTD Sales Training

One way they do this is to keep negotiating a discount , no matter what figure you have dropped or discounted to. Some prospects like to see how much discount they can get and will be like a dog with a bone. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. Happy selling! Sean McPheat.

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The 5 Best Phrases To Use When Offering Your Prospect A Discount

MTD Sales Training

In other words, make them aware that discounting comes at a price to them too. If you do find it necessary to lower your price, use these phrases to ensure you still maintain the value in the prospect’s eyes: 1) ‘Just to be clear, can I ask you why you are requesting a discount? MTD Sales Training. Happy Selling! Sean McPheat.

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Discounting And Defending Value

Partners in Excellence

Then finally, to get the deal, we discount! How do they view the value we created in the context of the deep discount to win the business? If they are so willing to discount, was the value they talked about real?” Deep discounting to get an order diminishes our value creation and articulation tremendously.

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Games Sellers Play, Pricing/Discounting!

Partners in Excellence

It’s around pricing and discounting. I never discount, I don’t believe there is a single situation in which a seller should discount. And when we do discount, it’s because we’ve failed. We have trained our customers to ask for and expect discounts. I am uncompromising on discounting!

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Are You Confident Enough In Your Value Not To Discount?

Partners in Excellence

Discounting has reached Pandemic levels. Today, responding to a prospecting call earns a discount. Proposals come with a price and then either an automatically applied discount, or hints at a discount. Something like, “Buy by the end of the month and I can discount 15%! What If You Couldn't Discount?

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