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Negotiating a Deal In Crunch Time

Sales and Marketing Management

The negotiation started with the Twins offering five years, $90 million. We worked through it together and to avoid the free agency deadline because we knew at crunch time, unpredictable things happen in a negotiation. Unfortunately, not all negotiations are textbook like this. We recommend scripting the negotiation in advance.

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Incentive Gift Cards Continue to Delight

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: SMM Research from the Incentive Gift Card Council (IGCC) and the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) shows the majority of U.S. they can be used for both short-term and long-term incentive efforts?—?adds A lot of channel programs use a reloadable prepaid card as their incentive mechanism. businesses?—?fully

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Turning Adversarial Negotiations Collaborative

Janek Performance Group

In B2B sales, negotiations are a crucial component of the sales process. Traditionally, with so much on the line, negotiations were adversarial, which is not to say antagonistic. Of course, the very nature of negotiation pits two sides against each other. Hence negotiations, in which the best overall value can seal the deal.

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Negotiators Need To Learn How To Negotiate Under Pressure

The Accidental Negotiator

Let’s all face it: pressure is a part of the negotiating process. We wouldn’t know that we were in the middle of a negotiation if we didn’t feel some pressure on us. Negotiators can feel pressured to use their negotiation styles and negotiating techniques to wrap up a deal as quickly as possible.

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Transparent Negotiations: The Counterintuitive Way to Negotiate More Valuable and Predictable Deals

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Todd Caponi Negotiating an agreement with a client is often perceived as requiring the development of a completely different selling muscle: During the sales cycle, we’re doing things to add value to the buying journey, building trust and providing the information a buyer needs to make a confident, informed decision. .

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Changing employee behavior: Social vs. financial incentives

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

Unfortunately, they’re both likely to fail – because neither a financial incentive nor a disincentive is the right tool for what you’re trying to accomplish here. Fines didn’t work To see why, let’s look at a study from the University of Chicago involving the use of financial incentives. Market or social interaction?

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Changing employee behavior: Social vs. financial incentives

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

Unfortunately, they’re both likely to fail – because neither a financial incentive nor a disincentive is the right tool for what you’re trying to accomplish here. Fines didn’t work To see why, let’s look at a study from the University of Chicago involving the use of financial incentives. Market or social interaction?